SWIS power procurement Stage 2 proponents in RFP phase (8 Jun 04)
Western Power has confirmed the parties that have qualified in Stage 2 of the power procurement process (300MW to 330MW of generating capacity) to participate in the Request for Proposal (RFP) Phase.
The seven respondents that qualified through the Expression of Interest phase are:
John Holland...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
New power station to provide peak period back-up (8 Jun 04)
WA's newest power station came a step closer to reality on Friday, 28 May when Minister for Energy Eric Ripper turned the first sod on the site of Transfield Services' Kemerton Power Station.
The Kemerton Power Station will provide 260 MW of environmentally friendly electricity to the South We...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Exmouth Power Project (8 Jun 04)
Burns and Roe Worley (BRW) will build a new gas-fired power station to supply Western Power's electricity requirements in Exmouth. As well as a gas compressor station near the Dampier to Bunbury Gas Pipeline and transport the compressed gas to Exmouth by road trains.
The new power station will be l...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
The Remote Towns Power Project (8 Jun 04)
The main objective of the Remote Towns Power Project is to obtain the best value, technically acceptable project package for a reliable supply of electricity in Marble Bar, Nullagine, Menzies, Laverton and Gascoyne Junction by replacing Western Power's ageing generating plant in those towns.
B...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Expressions of interest sought for stadium (8 Jun 04)
The State Government will call for developers to submit plans for the construction and operation of a world-class multi-purpose indoor entertainment and sports stadium.Premier Geoff Gallop said the proposed state-of-the-art stadium would be one of the most important projects undertaken in Perth and ...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Contract awarded for the Ravensthorpe accommodation village (8 Jun 04)
Fleetwood Corporation subsidiary Fleetwood Portables has been awarded a contract to manufacture, deliver and install the accommodation village for the BHP Billiton Ravensthorpe Nickel Project in WA.
The contract includes a 1,000-person accommodation village complete with common facilities. It compr...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Major resource drilling programs at Gidgee Gold Project (8 Jun 04)
Legend Mining plans to spend up to $500,000 during the next 4-6 weeks in an escalation of surface drilling programs to expand gold resources and reserves at its Gidgee Gold Project located 90 km north of Sandstone in the central WA Goldfields.
Targets to be tested include extensions to the 92,000 ...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Henry Walker Eltin wins US$1.2 billion contract (8 Jun 04)
Henry Walker Eltin Group Limited has secured a US$1.2 billion (A$1.7 billion) contract with PT Bumi Resources subsidiary, PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), in Indonesia for mine infrastructure development and the supply of coal mining services over the next 10 years at the Bengalon project in eastern Kali...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Multi-zone fracture stimulation to proceed (8 Jun 04)
Amity Oil Limited has approved participation in a massive multi-zone hydraulic fracture stimulation program on the Whicher Range-5 well. The operation is scheduled to commence on or about 15 July 2004. Fracturing equipment has been committed to and is being mobilised from New Zealand. Other specialt...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Joint venture approves Chinguetti project (8 Jun 04)
The Woodside-operated Chinguetti oil development in Mauritania will proceed following joint venture approval of the project. The capital investment expected to execute Phase 1 is approximately US$600 million.
The Chinguetti project is in Production Sharing Contract Area B, about 90km west of t...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Naval shipbuilding moving forward (8 Jun 04)
Defence Minister Robert Hill and Finance Minister Nick Minchin has announced a series of decisions relating to the future of the naval shipbuilding and repair (NSR) sector.
The following are some of the key decisions, which flow from the Government's consideration of commercial advice provided by i...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Defence buy new tanker to replace Westralia (8 Jun 04)
Defence has purchased a $50 million commercial tanker that will be reconfigured and used to replace the Royal Australian Navy's ageing current auxiliary oiler, HMAS Westralia, Defence Minister Robert Hill announced on 3 June.
"At 176 m long and 37,000 tonnes deadweight, the ship is similar in size...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Austal progresses in US Navy ship project (8 Jun 04)
Austal is one step from a construction contract for the United States Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project after the US Department of Defense announced it has awarded a US$78.8 million final design contract to prime contractor Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company which is teamed with Aus...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Aligning WA industry to meet future RAN requirements (8 Jun 04)
The Australian Industry Defence Network (AIDN) WA and CCI are providing a rare opportunity for WA industry to meet the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie, RAN AO.
Admiral Ritchie will outline the requirements of the Navy over the next decade and how these requirements will be met by major Def...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Public environmental review Bluewaters Power Station (8 Jun 04)
Griffin Energy Pty Ltd is planning to construct and operate a 200MW coal-fired power station at a location 4 km north-east of Collie, WA, on Boys Home Road. It is planned that the power station will be commissioned and operational by December 2007.
A Public Environmental Review (PER) has been prep...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Cape Peron outlet - Disposal of industrial wastewater (8 Jun 04)
The Environmental Protection Authority has provided advice and recommendations to the Minister for the Environment on a proposal by the Water Corporation to discharge up to 30 megalitres per day of industrial wastewater, in addition to treated wastewater from the Woodman Point and Cape Peron wastewa...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
Perth metropolitan desalination proposal upgrade (8 Jun 04)
The Environmental Protection Authority has released its recommendations to the Minister for the Environment on a proposal by the Water Corporation to upgrade the capacity of the Perth metropolitan desalination proposal, from the originally approved 30 gigalitres per year to 45 gigalitres per year.
...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|
REPS Industry Events Calendar: New Events (8 Jun 04)
The following events has been added to the REPS Industry Events Calendar that can be downloaded in the e-mail / on-line version of each REPS newsletter.
Event: Seventh Annual Energy Risk & Trading 2004Date: 22 - 24 June 2004Venue: Four Points Sheraton, SydneyOrganisers: TerrapinnTel: (02) ...
Member and/or subscriber access only. Call (08) 9365 7455 for password help or click here to login.
|
|