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Australia’s Novocastrian Offshore Wind Project Stalled

Aug 24, 2025

Equinor has pulled out of the Australian Novocastrian Offshore Wind Farm project which was planned for a location about 20 kilometers offshore from off Newcastle.It was partnered with Australian company Oceanex on the A$10 billion ($6.5 billion)…

Western Australia Can’t Wait [for a Decommissioning Hub]

Aug 21, 2025

The Northern Endeavour FPSO is being shipped by a Chinese heavy lift ship from Australia to Denmark for recycling.Installed between the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea and unproductive since 2019, its fate became the burden…

Kent Wins Timor Sea Contract

Aug 13, 2025

Kent has been awarded a new technical advisory services contract by the Australian Government to support the permanent plugging and abandonment of the Laminaria-Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea.The contract also includes advisory services…

ExxonMobil Starts Drilling off Australia with Valaris Jack-Up Rig

Aug 08, 2025

Esso Australia, ExxonMobil’s Australian subsidiary, has started drilling for the nearly $200 million Kipper 1B project, which will bring online much-needed additional gas supply from the Gippsland Basin.The project is using Valaris’ VALARIS…

Woodside Takes Over Operatorship of Bass Strait Assets from ExxonMobil

Jul 28, 2025

Woodside has agreed to assume operatorship of the Australian Bass Strait assets that it shares with ExxonMobil and plans to develop additional gas resources using existing infrastructure there.Woodside will assume operatorship of the offshore Bass Strait production assets…

Carnarvon Wraps Major Seismic Project off Australia Ahead of 2026 Drilling Ops

Jul 24, 2025

Carnarvon Energy has completed a major seismic reprocessing project across the Bedout Sub-basin, offshore Australia, in collaboration with its joint venture partners, delivering one of the most advanced seismic datasets in the region to date…

MMA Offshore Officially Becomes Cyan Renewables

Jul 21, 2025

MMA Offshore has rebranded to Cyan Renewables following the acquisition, and opened a Melbourne office to support Australia’s offshore wind sector.The rebrand marks a pivotal step in aligning the business with Australia’s emerging offshore wind…

GHD Takes EIA Approvals Lead for Australian 1GW Offshore Wind Project

Jul 16, 2025

Engineering specialist GHD has been appointed to lead the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and approvals process for Blue Mackerel, a proposed 1 GW offshore wind project being developed by Parkwind, part of JERA Nex, JERA’s renewable energy subsidiary…

Jadestone Energy Ups Montara Field Volume Expectations

Jul 14, 2025

Jadestone Energy, an Asia-Pacific focused oil and gas company, has increased production rates expectations from the Montara field offshore Australia, as the drilling operation with Valaris’ Valaris 247 jack-up rig nears completion.The Skua-11ST well at the Montara field has reached target depth…

Australian Engineering Firm Gets Work on Shell’s Crux Gas Platform

Jul 10, 2025

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has secured new contracts in the energy sector valued at more than $100 million, including work at Shell’s Crux gas platform and Origin Energy’s LNG project.Monadelphous signed a contract with Technip Energies…

Santos and QatarEnergy Agree Mid-Term LNG Supply

Jul 07, 2025

Santos has signed a mid-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract with QatarEnergy Trading.The contract is to supply approximately 0.5 million tonnes of LNG per annum over a period of two years from 2026 with LNG being supplied from Santos’…

Floatel Secures Longer Stay for Accommodation Rig off Australia

Jul 03, 2025

Offshore accommodation rig provider Floatel International has secured another contract offshore Australia for its Floatel Tirumph accommodation rig.The assignment is for approximately 35 days with an option for the client to extend. The expected start date is in the fourth quarter of 2026…

Bonaparte CCS Project Awarded Major Project Status

Jul 02, 2025

The Bonaparte CCS project has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Government. It is the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to receive the status in Australia.The Bonaparte CCS Assessment Joint Venture is…

ADNOC-Led Consortium Closing in on Santos Takeover

Jun 27, 2025

Australia's Santos said on Friday it had granted exclusive due diligence for a period of six weeks to an international consortium led by Abu Dhabi's National Oil Company (ADNOC), which had offered $18.7 billion for the gas producer.ADNOC's investment arm XRG…

Woodside Wraps Up Louisiana LNG Stake Sale to Stonepeak

Jun 25, 2025

Woodside has completed the sell-down of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG Infrastructure to Stonepeak, a global investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets.The completion follows Woodside’s announcement on 7 April 2025 that it had signed an agreement with Stonepeak…

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