Contracts awarded for $1.1B Kogan Creek project (15 Sep 2005)
Davey Engineering and Wagners Concrete are among firms securing major project work in the $1.1 billion 750MW Kogan Creek Power Station near Chinchilla, 300km west of Brisbane in Qld’s Western Downs region.
CS Energy owns the Kogan Creek Power Project, and a consortium of Siemens and Hitachi are res...
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Exmouth power station update (15 Sep 2005)
Construction of the new Exmouth power station is about to begin. Off site works have commenced with some orders having been placed for long lead-time items.
Exmouth Power Station (ExPS), the counterparty to the Exmouth region power purchase agreement, has placed the order for seven Caterpilla...
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Australian Uranium Conference 2005 (15 Sep 2005)
With increased interest in diminishing greenhouse gases while supplying energy to a power hungry world, interest in nuclear energy and uranium mining and exploration has increased to levels not seen before.
The Australian Uranium Conference 2005 will provide a venue for the promotion of uranium exp...
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Energy greenhouse taskforce (15 Sep 2005)
WA Environment and Science Minister Judy Edwards has announced the membership of the Greenhouse and Energy Taskforce to advise the State Government on greenhouse policy as it applies to power stations.
The taskforce will advise government on practical and economically feasible ways to manage greenh...
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Enfield project update (15 Sep 2005)
The Enfield project is more than 70 per cent complete with first production on target for fourth quarter 2006.
The oil will be produced from a floating production storage and offtake (FPSO) facility, the Nganhurra, which will be about 50km off the coast.
Design work on the project is complete and ...
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Woodside’s Pluto granted MPF status (15 Sep 2005)
Australian Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane announced that Woodside Energy’s Pluto LNG Project, involving an investment of more than $5 billion, has been granted Major Project Facilitation (MPF) status.
The project involves the development of the Pluto gas field, located off the north-west coast of...
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Gorgon project takes another step forward (15 Sep 2005)
The Gorgon project moved closer to commercialisation this week with the release of its draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Review and Management Programme (EIS/ERMP) for public comment.
The Gorgon project proposal involves a two-train 10mtpa LNG plant and a domestic gas plant on Barr...
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Ausdrill Kalgoorlie super pit contract extension (15 Sep 2005)
Ausdrill Ltd has been issued a letter of intent for a six year contract for the ongoing open pit drilling works at KCGM’s “Super Pit” in Kalgoorlie worth approximately $150 million.
Once complete, the new contract will take Ausdrill’s involvement on site to a total of 23 years. During this pe...
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Tom’s Gully mine development update (15 Sep 2005)
Renison Consolidated Mines NL has commenced a 22 hole (6,500m) infill and step out drilling program at the company’s Tom’s Gully gold mine 90km south-east of Darwin in the NT.
The drilling program will take approximately two to three months to complete and will involve percussion pre-collars drill...
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John Holland awarded $400M rail contract (15 Sep 2005)
The John Holland Group’s Australian Rail Consortium has been selected as the preferred proponent for the Southern Improvement Alliance - Package 1 of the Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd major works program, the upgrade of the Main South Line from Sydney to Melbourne.
The works, with an expect...
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Floating dock facility for WA (15 Sep 2005)
The WA Government announced a commitment of $90 million to further develop the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) in Henderson.
The project will see the installation of additional common use infrastructure, including a floating dock and rail transfer system to launch and retrieve large ships, and an e...
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ICCI: Marine subcontractors delegation to Italy (15 Sep 2005)
In July, the Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Perth (ICCI), on behalf of Lucca Promos, Italy, coordinated a trade mission for the marine sector, to the town of Viareggio situated in the Tuscan region of Italy.
A number of companies in Viareggio were interested in meeting both Australia...
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Draft Lower Great Southern Strategy (15 Sep 2005)
The WA Government has released a draft planning strategy aimed at addressing significant population growth, economic development pressures and limited land resources in the lower Great Southern sub-region.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan said the draft Lower Great Southern S...
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REPS industry events (15 Sep 2005)
To download the REPS Industry Events calendar in MS Word format click here...
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