Western Australian Resource Development Services Directory 2003
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REPS Project List
This edition of REPS includes the latest information on WA’s major resource, energy and infrastructure projects. To view the Major Projects list click here in the e-mail/ online version of this newsletter. The REPS Project List covers project types, capital expenditures (CAPEX), start dates, en...
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Australia’s biggest development settlement sealed
The Western Australian Government, industry and all native title parties have defied the odds and reached an historic settlement that will secure the Pilbara region’s economic future. Speaking in Karratha, Acting Premier Eric Ripper said the agreement was the most comprehensive settlement involvin...
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World’s biggest ammonia plant to be built in WA
Premier Geoff Gallop has announced that the world’s biggest ammonia plant will be built in WA, on the Burrup Peninsula. Indian backed company, Burrup Fertilisers, has secured the $630million project. Dr Gallop said the project would employ 500 people during construction and 60 during completion. ...
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World class processing hub emerging in the Pilbara
GTL Resources (Liquigaz) has achieved environmental approval, with the Environment Minister Judy Edwards giving the methanol project the green light. The project is one of two methanol projects currently earmarked for the Burrup Peninsula. Once operational, the Liquigaz plant will produce one mil...
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BassGas project proceeds to construction
Origin Energy Resources Limited, as operator on behalf of the Joint Venture comprising Australian Worldwide Exploration Limited, CalEnergy (Australia, Wandoo Petroleum and Origin Energy, has announced that the BassGas project will proceed to construction. The decision of the joint venture partners...
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Clough secures Indian Gas project
Clough Limited has announced that its Offshore Division has been awarded a contract in excess of A$100 for the Hazira Gas Project, located in the Bay of Cambay on the west coast of India for operator Niko Resources of Canada and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSPC). Work on the project wi...
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PNG Gas Project signs gas deal with MIM
Esso Highlands, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobile Corporation, as operator of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Gas Project, has announced that the PNG Gas Project participants have reached agreement with Mount Isa Mines Limited, on indicative terms regarding the supply of gas. The gas would be supplied to a ...
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Major agreements herald a new era in gas supply
Origin Energy and its subsidiary, Oil Company of Australia (OCA) has announced major new long-term gas supply arrangements with AGL, including Australia’s largest coal seam gas (CSG) agreement. Using gas from various CSG fields in central Queensland, OCA and Origin will supply 340 PJ of gas over th...
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Major new gas contracts for the Cooper Basin
Santos Limited and the other Cooper Basin Producers have signed two new long term contracts with the Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) to supply gas from the Cooper Basin. The new contracts are among the largest sales agreements for Cooper Basin gas since the early 1970’s. AGL has agreed to purch...
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Australian region first with subsea agreement
Woodside Energy Ltd has chosen FMC Technologies Australia Ltd as preferred supplier for subsea production systems in the first agreement of its type in the Australian region. The agreement with FMC, a global oil and gas hardware and engineering subsea systems supplier, is for five years with an op...
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United Group awarded $38 million contracts for Woodside TOT contract
Diversified services company, United Group Limited, has been awarded an additional Mechanical Erection Contract for the Woodside LNG Plant in Karratha. The TOT (Truckline Onshore Terminal) contract was awarded to United KG, part of the United Group of companies, and is valued at $34 million. Unite...
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Australian company wins North West Shelf Contract
The North West Shelf Venture has announced the award of an electrical and instrumentation contract to Australian company Downer –RML, a division of Downer EDI Limited, for its LNG Train 4 project. The contract was awarded by the Kellogg Joint Venture to Downer-RML for all above-ground electrical a...
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States join forces in gas retail market
Western Australia and South Australia are planning to create a combined retail gas market to bring a choice of gas suppliers to households and businesses. The Gallop and Rann Governments have welcomed the establishment of a non-profit retail energy market company, REMCO, to oversee the implementati...
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Expressions of interest sought to build a new power station
The private sector is being invited to build a new base load power station- worth up to $450 million- to meet WA’s electricity needs from 2007. Energy Minister Eric Ripper has announced the long-awaited call for expressions of interest to provide between 300 and 330 MW of new generating plant to s...
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Fremantle wind farm approval
Pacific Hydro Limited have announced that planning approval for the 7.2 MW Fremantle wind farm has been received. Approval was granted by the WA Planning Commission after 12 months of community and stakeholder consultation including a number of public forums and a public exhibition period conducted...
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Wind turbines to be built at Rottnest Island
Tourism Minister Clive Brown has announced that a $2 million wind turbine is to be built at Rottnest Island in 2003. The 80m high turbine will be built at Mt Herschel, near the salt lakes at Geordie Bay. The State and Federal Government have each contributed $1 million to the project. The Commonwe...
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More customers able to choose electricity supplier
More than 1,800 medium-sized electricity consumers on the South-West power grid- including the metropolitan area –will be able to choose an alternative electricity supplier under rules to increase competition on the power market. Acting Energy Minister Clive Brown said users with an annual average...
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Green light for $5 billion Yakabindie nickel project
Indigenous Affairs Minister Alan Carpenter has approved a section 10 application under the Aboriginal Heritage Act for a nickel mining operation in the north-eastern Goldfields. Mr Carpenter said the application, from Yakabindie Nickel Pty Ltd and WMC Resources Ltd, was the third time a section 1...
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Consolidated pursues downstream processing strategy for Coobina chromite plant
Consolidated Minerals Limited has confirmed that it was holding talks with a South African Group on plans for the construction of a downstream processing facility which would augment the expansion of the Company’s Coobina Chromite Project in WA’s Pilbara region. Consolidated’s managing director, M...
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QMASTOR Ltd wins major five year coal contract
QMASTOR Limited has announced that it has signed a five year contract with BHP Billiton for the installation and ongoing support of a Product Inventory Management System (PIMS) at BHP Billiton’s Mt Arthur Coal. Mt Arthur Coal, a new mine development adjacent to Bayswater Colliery, is located in th...
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Public Environmental Review for land clearing and quarry expansion
BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd proposes to relocate its Voyager Quarry west to Avon Loc 1881, Lot 14 Horton Road, The Lakes. The site is located approximately 47 km southwest of Northam, in the Shire of Northam. The proposal is open to public review until Monday 3 March 2003. A Public Environmental Revie...
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Drilling tests begin for new railway
Work has begun on the preliminary stages of the 1.6 km Perth City rail tunnel that will link the faster direct rail line from Mandurah with the northern suburbs route. Geotechnical and hydrogeological soil drilling tests have also started along the Perth foreshore. “The tests are to determine the ...
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Downer EDI to supply/maintain rollingstock for Alice to Darwin rail link
Downer EDI Limited have announced that its Rail division, EDI Rail, has signed a contract with Asia Pacific Transport (APT) to provide a package of rollingstock solutions including the supply of locomotives and wagons and the provision of maintenance services. The value of the contract is approxima...
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Tom Price-Karratha Road project underway way
Work has begun on the $18.7million first stage of the Karratha-Tom Price Road. In Tom Price, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan announced Highway Construction Pty Ltd were the successful tender to build the 25km section of sealed road between the Tom Price townsite and the Nanu...
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Southwest Yarragadee exploration work started
Exploratory investigations into the future use of a major new water resource in the Southwest are under way. The first stage of the investigation into the Southwest Yarragadee aquifer, south of Bunbury, started in December 2002. “The first phase involves a comprehensive aerial mapping program co...
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Draft enforcement policy and draft prosecution policy
The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (MPR) has release a draft Enforcement Policy and draft Prosecution Policy for public comment. The Draft Enforcement Policy and Draft Prosecution Policy applies to all Acts and Regulations administered by the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resou...
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John Holland signs sale of business agreement for Transfield’s construction business
Following last month’s MOU between John Holland and Transfield Construction Pty Ltd, John Holland Group Managing Director, Bill Wild, has announced the signing of the sale of business agreement for the acquisition of Transfield’s construction business. The sale completion date will be 31 January 20...
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Infrastructure projects- principals of partnering
When major infrastructure projects are on the drawing board everyone is keen to get a slice of the action. But all too often what starts as a dream becomes a nightmare as costs blow out and deadlines are missed. There are exceptions: Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railways Tseung Kwan O Extension (TKE) ...
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REPS Industry Events Calendar: New Events
The following events have been added to the REPS Industry Events Calendar List that can be downloaded in the e-mail/ online version of each newsletter. Event - Six Sigma for the Resources SectorDate - 10-12 February 2003Venue - Hilton on the Park, Melbourne Organiser: Australian Journal of Mining ...
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