New ‘peak load’ power station for South-West
A new 260-megawatt gas fired power station will be built at Kemerton early next year.Energy Minister Eric Ripper has approved a $250 million peaking plant that will be built, owned and operated by Australian services and energy company Transfield Services Limited. Siemens will build the station unde...
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Apache makes second Exmouth Oil discovery offshore WA
Apache Corporation has announced that its Crosby-1 well has discovered oil in the Exmouth Sub- Basin offshore WA. The well, drilled to a measured depth of 4,022 feet, encountered a 112-foot oil column in the Pyrenees member of the Cretaceous-age Barrow Group.The discovery is located approximately 27...
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2003 Western Australian Oil and Gas Review out now
The 2003 edition of the Western Australian Oil and Gas Industry Review is now available from the Department of Industry and Resources. The publication contains an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the Western Australian oil and gas industry’s performance during 2002.The publication highlights...
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Tasmanian Natural Gas Network stage two announcement
Gas and electricity network company Powerco has signed an agreement with the State of Tasmania for the first phase of the stage two natural gas network rollout in Tasmania. This phase of the roll-out would make gas available to approximately 38,500 of the state’s smaller commercial and residential c...
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Burrup seawater pipeline construction under way
The Water Corporation has begun construction of a $67 million sea water supply scheme on the Burrup Peninsula.The Water Corporation recently laid the first lengths of a 4.4 km pipeline near the site of a seawater intake, soon to be built within Mermaid Marine’s industrial complex at King Bay.The pip...
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Federal Government to provide Burrup support
The Federal Government will join with the State to provide common user infrastructure for gas processing projects on the Burrup Peninsula.Federal Industry Minister Ian MacFarlane said the Federal Government would provide $35 million in infrastructure support to Burrup methanol proponent GTL Resource...
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Government to assess Goldfields water study
The State Government is considering a report on the feasibility of piping desalinated seawater from Esperance to the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. In January the Government committed to evaluating the viability of providing an alternative supply of potable water to the Goldfields in the State Water St...
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Titan confirms new nickel discovery at Widgiemooltha
Titan Resources has confirmed discovery of a new previously unknown, massive sulphide nickel deposit at its McEwen prospect at Widgiemooltha. Mc Ewen, previously thought to be a low-grade, high tonnage deposit of hanging-wall mineralisation, is situated some 2,500 m to the north of the Armstrong ore...
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Svartliden Gold project to proceed
WA company Dragon Mining’s 80 per cent owned Svartliden Gold project in northern Sweden is set to proceed. The project has been granted authority to proceed by the Environmental Court. An appeal lodged by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in September 2003, seeks only to modify the c...
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Comet acquires two new nickel projects
As part of an ongoing evaluation of the gold and metal potential of the West Australian Yilgarn region, Comet Resources has applied for two new exploration licences targeting ultramafic units considered prospective for nickel mineralisation. Devine project The Devine project covers an area of 140 sq...
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Leighton wins multi-million dollar rail contract
Leighton Contractors has been selected as the preferred proponent to undertake multi-million dollar works to alter the Kwinana Freeway as part of Perth’s New MetroRail project.Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan said the works, known as ‘Package E’, comprised the design and const...
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Armadale Station contract awarded
Perth-based Consolidated Constructions Pty Ltd has won a $5.02 million contract to build a new railway station at Armadale.Announcing the contract, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan said the new station would be the major component of a project that would bring life back to Arm...
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Thiess and John Holland named preferred builder for the Lane Cove Tunnel
The NSW Government has awarded the Lane Cove Tunnel Consortium (LCTC) preferred proponent status for the $3.4 million Lane Cove Tunnel Project. The Consortium includes Thiess, John Holland ABN AMRO and Transfield Holdings. The sponsors are backed by additional equity partners AMP Henderson, Westsche...
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Dust and Fume control technologies
The Air Pollution Control Equipment Manufacturing Association (APCEMA) is holding a two-day seminar on minimising the cost of dust and fume control.Plant owners and operators need to ensure effective specification and installation of dust and fume control plant and to follow this through with profes...
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REPS Industry Events Calendar: New Events
The following event has been added to the REPS Industry Events Calendar that can be downloaded in the e-mail/ online version of each REPS newsletter.Event - Financing and Refinancing Infrastructure ProjectsDate - 27-28 November 2003Venue - Four Points by Sheraton, Sydney Organisers - IBC Conference...
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REPS Industry Events Calendar
To access the REPS Industry Events Calendar click here in the on-line/ e-mail version of this newsletter. ...
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