North West Shelf Venture approves LNG expansion (21 Jun 2005)
Work will begin immediately on expanding the North West Shelf Venture’s (the Venture) onshore LNG facilities at Karratha, WA following final investment decisions by all of the joint-venture participants.
The $2 billion Phase V expansion project will include a fifth train to process 4.2 million tonn...
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Bass Strait Kipper Gas Field: MOU signed (21 Jun 2005)
Esso Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation, announced Kipper project participants had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the Kipper Gas Field in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia.
Under the MOU, the project participants have agreed on the key terms and cond...
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Juniper 2 cased as future oil producer (21 Jun 2005)
Innamincka Petroleum Limited advised the Juniper 2 appraisal well in SA Cooper Basin has been cased as a future oil producer.
Juniper 2 encountered oil bearing sandstones within the lower Patchawarra Formation and upper Tirrawarra Sandstone interval.
Preliminary wireline log evaluation indi...
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OneSteel Project Magnet contracts awarded (21 Jun 2005)
OneSteel Limited announced that contracts have been signed for the company’s major construction and transhipping components of Project Magnet in Whyalla, SA.
A construction and engineering contract worth in excess of $220 million has been signed with Thiess Pty Ltd for the major construction elemen...
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Midwest and Sinosteel in joint iron ore development (21 Jun 2005)
One of the largest state owned enterprises in China’s steel industry, Sinosteel Corporation has signed a framework agreement with Midwest Corporation Ltd. The joint development covers Midwest’s two major projects, the Weld Range Haematite project and the Koolanooka Magnetite project, both loca...
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Navigator’s nickel JV & Leonora gold project update (21 Jun 2005)
Sally Malay Exploration Pty Ltd (SME) and Navigator Resources Limited have reached an agreement whereby SME will farm-in to Navigator’s 100 per cent owned Wills Creek Project in the East Kimberley region of WA.
Under the terms of agreement, SME will spend $1.5 million to earn a 70 per cent interest...
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IGL enters JV for Jubuk Kaolin project & heads of agreement to mine Mt Ida (21 Jun 2005)
WA-based gold explorer International Goldfields Ltd (IGL) has entered into a farm-in and joint venture (JV) heads of agreement with Mineral Engineering Technical Services Pty Ltd (METS) at the company’s 100 per cent owned Jubuk Kaolin project, located south-west of Corrigin, in the South West of WA....
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Austminex & Matador exercise option to purchase Coolgardie gold project (21 Jun 2005)
Austminex Ltd and its joint venture (JV) partner, Canadian-based Matador Exploration Inc announced that they had exercised their option to jointly acquire the Coolgardie gold project (CGP) in WA, completing plans for a major consolidation and amalgamation of the historic Coolgardie gold belt under u...
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Australia’s largest wind farm opened (21 Jun 2005)
Renewable energy company, Southern Hydro has officially opened Australia’s largest wind farm, on SA’s Yorke Peninsula. The $165 million, 55-turbine Wattle Point Wind Farm, near Edithburgh, has the capacity to generate 91MW of renewable energy - enough to supply up to 52,000 homes.
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Rural power program to target unreliability (21 Jun 2005)
Nearly $20 million in State Government funding has been committed to Phase 2 of the Rural Power Improvement Program, a program seeking to boost the reliability of electricity supplies in country WA.
The funds will be used for several upgrade projects and targeting country areas on the South West po...
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Action needed on high wide load corridors (21 Jun 2005)
CCI is very concerned that the 2005 / 06 State Budget did not include funding for the extension of the high wide load corridor network.
CCI completed two major studies in November 2004 to demonstrate the importance of the proposed corridors to industry.
In his response, Clive Brown (then the Minis...
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North Quay rail project update (21 Jun 2005)
The first rail track was laid for the upgrade of freight facilities at Fremantle Port’s North Quay, WA.
The $29 million upgrade includes 3.2km of new track, a new access road and rail bridge, realignment of Port Beach Road and new truck weighing facilities.
The new works are part of a strategy, wh...
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Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Port Coogee project (21 Jun 2005)
The Supreme Court of WA has delivered a decision that will allow a path forward for the Port Coogee project.
The project aims to rehabilitate the former industrial area in South Coogee, a southern coastal suburb of Perth, and redevelop the site as a marina, mixed-use and residential area. The cour...
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WA Oil & Gas Review 2005 (21 Jun 2005)
The Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR) has released its WA Oil and Gas Review 2005 which contains a comprehensive and detailed summary of oil and gas projects currently in production or under consideration within WA. It also contains key information about major petroleum discoveries a...
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REPS Industry Events (21 Jun 2005)
Click here to view the REPS Industry Events Calendar in MS Word format....
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