BAM Clough receive LOI for design and construct contract on Ichthys LNG
Feb 8, 2012
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited reported that the BAM Clough Joint Venture has received a Letter of Intent

Tangiers Petroleum reports admission to AIM
Feb 6, 2012
Tangiers Petroleum commenced trading on AIM on 3 February 2012. This move follows the successful placing of 12.7m new shares

Clough awarded Wheatstone Offshore Hook-Up and Commissioning contract
Feb 2, 2012
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited reported the award of an approximate A$350 million contract for the offshore

PetroFrontier Corp. appoints new COO
Feb 2, 2012
PetroFrontier Corp. reported that effective February 1, 2012 it has appointed Earl Scott, P. Eng., as Chief Operating Officer of

Apache completes acquisition of 49-percent stake in Burrup Fertilisers plant
Feb 2, 2012
Apache report that its Apache Energy subsidiary has completed previously announced plans to acquire an interest in Burrup Holdings

Tangiers Petroleum undertakes AUD$6.35 million placement
Jan 31, 2012
Tangiers Petroleum has completed a private placement book build to raise approx. AUD$6.35 million through the issue of approx.

Magellan reports a new pool discovery in the East Poplar unit
Jan 30, 2012
Magellan Petroleum Corporation through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nautilus Poplar, LLC has completed its EPU 117 well within

Technip awarded Wheatstone gas platform contract in Australia
Jan 27, 2012
Technip Oceania, a Perth, Australia subsidiary of France's Technip Group, has been awarded a contract worth $117 million (AUD 110 million)

Central Petroleum reports increase in oil flow Surprise-1 RE-Entry
Jan 23, 2012
Central Petroleum Limited advises that further flow testing of the Surprise-1 Re-entry H (S1REH) well has resulted in a c.20% increase in sustained

Chevron reports further natural gas discovery offshore Australia
Jan 20, 2012
Chevron Corp. reported a natural gas discovery by its Australian subsidiary in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin,

Beach Energy to drill unconventional wells in Cooper Basin
Jan 19, 2012
Strike Energy Limited outlined further details of its Cooper Basin unconventional exploration program announced in November 2011.

L&M Energy commits to drill new well in the Kahili gas condensate field
Jan 19, 2012
L&M Energy (LME) intends to drill a new well in the dormant Kahili gas condensate field with the aim of generating significant cashflow

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Australia
Jan 18, 2012
Subsea 7 S.A. reported the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $60 million from Santos Limited on the Fletcher- Finucane

PetroFrontier reports the initiation of a joint venture process
Jan 17, 2012
PetroFrontier Corp. report that as a result of inquiries from third parties and to maintain its financial flexibility, it has retained Macquarie

Total and INPEX launch the Lchthys strategic offshore LNG Project
Jan 16, 2012
Total and its joint venture partner INPEX CORPORATION have taken the final investment decision for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas

INPEX transfers Ichthys LNG project equity interest to Tokyo Gas
Jan 13, 2012
INPEX Corporation report that INPEX Ichthys Pty Ltd and other project group companies have reached an agreement with Tokyo Gas Co.,

MEO Australia executes contracts with CGGVeritas
Jan 12, 2012
MEO Australia has executed a contract with CGGVeritas Services for the acquisition of three marine seismic surveys including 170 line km

FMC awarded $150 million Greater Western Flank project
Jan 11, 2012
FMC Technologies, Inc. reported that its Australian subsidiary has signed an agreement with Woodside Energy Ltd. for the design, manufacture

RMR™ helps make Woodside’s first CWD well a record breaker
Jan 10, 2012
AN AMBITIOUS exploratory well project has entered the record books – with AGR’s Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR™) system from their

Maersk Supply Service wins major contracts with key customers
Jan 9, 2012
Maersk Supply Service has won four major contracts worth about DKK 1.5 billion (around USD 250 million) with the major Brazilian oil

Eni completes acquisition of Bathurst 3D seismic over Blackwood East structure in NT/P68
Jan 9, 2012
MEO Australia has been advised by Eni Australia, as operator of permit NT/P68, that acquisition of the Bathurst 3D seismic survey

Senex commences unconventional gas exploration campaign in the South Australian Cooper Basin
Jan 9, 2012
Senex Energy has commenced a dedicated exploration campaign to assess the unconventional gas potential of the shales, tight sands and coals

Beach Energy spuds Admella-1 well in PEL 106B
Jan 6, 2012
JV partner Drillsearch Energy has reported that the Western Wet Gas Fairway exploration drilling program continues with the spudding of

Beach Energy provides update on Baird-1 exploration well
Jan 4, 2012
After reaching a total depth of 2,837 meters on December 19, the Baird-1 exploration well has been cased and suspended for future