North West Shelf Venture’s second trunkline
LNG expansion updateConstruction activities on the $1.6 billion Train 4 project have intensified as the project moves towards its mid-year 2004 start-up. All major contracts have now been let and over the coming months, the construction workforce will peak at more than 2,000 personnel. Since the new...
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Final decision on Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline
After three and a half years, WA’s Independent Gas Access Regulator, Dr Ken Michael, has handed down his 168-page final decision on tariffs for the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP). The regulator believes the outworking of his decision is an ‘average’ tariff of $0.95/ GJ at 1 January ...
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Duke Energy interconnects south-east Australia
Victorian Energy Minister Theo Theophanous has launched Australia’s first gas trading hub, a Duke Energy initiative to support growing gas demand and security of supply. The project involved the integration of the Eastern Gas Pipeline and the GasNet transmission system near Longford, Victoria. VicHu...
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$10 million development of Qld coalbed methane gas project
Victorian-based Molopo Australia has announced a $10 million Phase 1 development program for the Mungi coalbed methane gas field in Queensland. The first phase of the program includes 11 wells (of which nine are new), a pipeline and new compressor capacity, with first gas from the wells expected in ...
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Electrofuel project update
WA company HiTec Energy is developing the Electrofuel project to produce high quality, low cost EMD using the world’s most advanced, socially and environmentally-friendly process. Production will be from a plant to be constructed in WA. During the first quarter of 2003, HiTec’s focus was on the eval...
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Sakhalin 2 project gets green light from shareholders
Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Limited has received the green light from shareholders to launch the second phase of the Sakhalin 2 project in the far east of Russia. Shareholders in the company include: Shell Sakhalin Holdings BV, Mitsui Sakhalin Holdings BV (Mitsui) and Diamond Gas Sakhalin BV ...
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Santos establishes Perth base for Mutineer/Exeter development
Major Australian oil and gas group, Santos Limited, has opened a new Perth office for the development of its Mutineer and Exeter oil discoveries in the Carnarvon Basin. Santos’ WA operations contribute approximately 50 per cent of the company’s oil and gas liquids production annually. The new Perth ...
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Production begins at Woollybutt Oilfield
State Development Minister Clive Brown said the start of production at the Woollybutt Oilfield highlighted the success that could come to companies pursuing resource development in WA. The oilfield, about 80 km, offshore north of Onslow, is a joint venture project between Agip Australia Ltd (operato...
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Aldinga flows expand Beach’s Cooper Basin production
Beach Petroleum Limited has further expanded its oil production from the Cooper Basin in SA, with a third field brought on stream in recent days. The Aldinga-1 well has commenced production testing from the Cadna-owie Formation at an initial rate of 70-80 barrels of oil per day supplementing Beach’s...
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Cooper Energy 2003 drilling program
Cooper Energy has announced that its planned 2003 drilling program is expected to commence on 16 June 2003 with the drilling of Christies-1 in PEL 92. The Christies structure lies some 11 km to the south-west of the Sellicks-1 oil discovery and is considered to have mean recoverable reserves of appr...
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SAMAG smelter project extension of development approval
Magnesium International Limited (MIL) has announced that the SA Development Assessment Commission has agreed to extend the development approval for the company’s SAMAG magnesium project until 5 July 2004.Magnesium International’s managing director Gordon Galt said the development approval, which has...
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BHP Steel announce growth initiatives
BHP Steel is looking to expand its operations in Sydney and New Zealand. BHP Steel is investigating the establishment of a new, state-of-the-art COLORBOND® steel facility in Western Sydney to meet continuing demand for the company’s COLORBOND® steel products in the nation’s largest housing growth co...
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Exploration commences on Thundelarra’s Kimberley diamond and nickel project
Exploration programs have commenced on Thundelarra’s diamond and nickel-copper projects within the Kimberley Region. At the Phillips Range diamond project, Falcon™ airborne gravity survey is well underway with preliminary results expected within four to six weeks of the survey completion date. In th...
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Mining study underway at Radio Hill
Fox Resources is undertaking a study to determine the viability of re-establishing an economic mining and milling operation based on the disseminated and stringer nickel sulphide resources at Radio Hill, located 35 km south-east of Karratha. Studies by external consultants commissioned in late 2001 ...
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Potential major Pilbara nickel resource
An exploration drilling program by Central Kalgoorlie Gold Mines (CKG) at its Sherlock Bay project near Karratha in WA’s Pilbara indicates one of Australia’s significant nickel resources with some important commercial credits compared to the bigger established mines. The company has advised that the...
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Drilling program to reignite Anketell project
Exploration for potential multi-million ounce gold deposits in the Telfer region of northern WA will take its most important step forward since the late 1990s with the imminent commencement of a deep diamond drill program at the Anketell Gold- Copper project. Gindalbie Gold said a 2,500 m, 5-hole di...
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Lihir gold mine optimisation study for Australia operations
Lihir Management Company has awarded a contract to Aker Kvaerner for assistance with the preparation of the pre-feasibility study for its Asset Utilisation Project at the Lihir gold mine, Papua New Guinea. The contract value is approximately $280,000. The project is a proposed expansion of the exist...
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EGL wins major order in WA
The Environmental Group Limited has been awarded a contract by Beenyup Water Solutions, a co-operative venture between Leighton Contractors, Black & Veatch and GHD, to carry out the design, manufacture, supply, installation, commissioning and testing of the Stage 2 odour control system for the Beeny...
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Minister opens $13 million treatment plant in South West
A major upgrade of wastewater treatment facilities in the Australind-Eaton area was officially open by Government Enterprise Minister Nick Griffiths. The new$13 million facility has a daily capacity to treat three million litres of wastewater and has replaced two old treatment plants at Australind a...
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Green light for state-of-the-art court complex by 2007
The biggest overhaul of justice facilities ever undertaken in WA moves a step closer this week with the State Government committing funds in the 2003-04 State Budget to build a $127 million CBD courts complex by the end of 2007. The massive infrastructure project will include a new state-of- the-art...
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WA plantation timber industry receives major boost
The WA plantation timber industry will receive a major boost with the 413 million expansion of Wespine’s pine log sawmill in Dardanup. Premier Geoff Gallop opened the new expansion, which will increase the mill’s processing capacity from 320,000 to 360,000 cubic metres of sawlogs a year. The mill ex...
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Jobs flow from Australian Marine Complex
The Australian Marine Complex Fabrication Precinct and Common User Facility at Cockburn Sound is providing a bid boost to WA business and their employees, according to LandCorp chief executive officer Ross Holt. Mr Holt said contracts totalling about $120 million have been let to local businesses in...
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CCI Construction Industry Dinner 2003
The CCI Construction Industry Dinner is one of Western Australia's most prestigious dinner events, which brings together clients, project developers, project managers, contractors and supply companies from the State's dynamic construction industry.This is your opportunity to thank your clients and s...
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REPS Industry Events Calendar:New events
The following events have been added to the REPS Industry Events Calendar that can be downloaded in the e-mail/ on-line version of each REPS newsletter.Event - The 2nd Australian Energy Transmission & Interconnector Conference Date - 28-29 July 2003Venue - Rydges Jamison, Sydney Organisers - IBC Con...
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REPS Industry Events Calendar
The view the REPS Industry Events Calendar click here in the e-mail/ on-line version of this newsletter. ...
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