Pipeline hits $1.5 billion as demand soars (30 May 2006)
Customer demands in WA is underpinning the increase in size and cost of the proposed stage five expansion of the Dampier-to-Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) resulting in an extra 375 terajoules per day (TJ/d), with a potential construction cost of $1.5 billion. An additional 1150km of new pipeli...
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$5 million Stage 1 development for CBH (30 May 2006)
CBH Resources has committed $5 million towards the Stage 1 development of a $13 million decline to accelerate the assessment of the silver-lead-zinc mineralisation of the Rasp Mine project at its Broken Hill project in NSW.
The investment will secure equipment and enable preparation of the declin...
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Woodside to drill deepwater well in Great Australian Bight (30 May 2006)
Woodside is planning to drill the Springboard-1 deepwater well in the Great Australian Bight (GAB) in 2007.
In March and April this year, a three dimensional (3D) seismic survey was acquired over a 1250sqkm area about 330km south of the Head of the Bight, South Australia.
The survey area was b...
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WA and NT the next big thing in petroleum (30 May 2006)
Australian energy ministers have flagged Western Australia and the Northern Territory as the next two major petroleum centres for the Asia-Pacific region.
Federal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane and WA Resources Minister John Bowler agree the 25 year export deal worth $25 billion between China ...
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Warriedar Joint Venture (30 May 2006)
Royal Resources Limited (ROY) and Gindalbie Metals Limited (GML) have reached agreement to progress the iron ore exploration on the Warriedar Joint Venture tenements located in the Mid West Iron Ore Province.
The Warriedar Joint Venture arrangement at a glance:
GML to spend $1 million over t...
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ARF secures full uptake agreement for new WA plant (30 May 2006)
Perth-based biofuels producer Australian Renewable Fuels (AR Fuels) announced a $200 million, four year sales agreement with WA fuel distributor Westfuel for up to 45 million litres of biodiesel a year.
The sales agreement (which includes a guaranteed minimum volume component) will consume the en...
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The WA Economy - Opportunities for Future Growth Lunch (30 May 2006)
The Premier of Western Australia will discuss WA's growing economy, challenges and opportunities at a corporate luncheon presented by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The WA economy is booming on the back of higher mining exports and investment, strong construction activity and record levels...
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Report illustrates importance of renewable energy (30 May 2006)
Increasing renewable energy in WA's main electricity grid was the focus of a report conducted by Econnect Pty Ltd.
The report Maximising the penetration of intermittent generation in the SWIS identifies benefits associated with increasing the use of renewable energy technologies. The report also ...
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$28 million for groundwater research (30 May 2006)
The WA State Government plans to invest more than $28 million to identify groundwater resources to better understand and protect groundwater supplies.
The 15 year groundwater investigation program will focus on the Perth region and the horticultural districts throughout the Perth Basin from Geral...
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Hopetoun Power Project (30 May 2006)
To meet dramatic increase in power requirements, a 1.9MW low load diesel power station and second wind turbine are being built in Hopetoun.
The increase in power demand is mainly driven by Ravensthorp Nickel Project workforce, which resides in Hopetoun.
The new $8.9 million power stat...
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Australia’s Defence-The Front Line business luncheon (30 May 2006)
The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce is presenting a business luncheon Australia's Defence-The Front Line-Opportunities for Business and Community in Darwin on 13 June 2006.
The luncheon will consist of two guest speakers:
Mr Gareth James - assistant secretary Defence Support for the NT ...
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Tom’s Gully gold in sight
Renison Consolidated expects to join the ranks of Australia's gold producers when first gold is poured from its Tom's Gully mine in the Northern Territory.
Wet commissioning of the processing circuit at Tom’s Gully is underway and final plant commissioning will commence in June 2006, with first g...
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