North West Shelf News

 

Carnarvon Petroleum Secures Noble Tom Prosser Jack-up Drill Rig

Dec 05, 2018

Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Carnarvon Petroleum has secured a Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig for two appraisal wells at the Dorado joint venture oil, gas and condensate discovery offshore Western Australia…

Woodside Energy GWF-2 Commences Production

Oct 25, 2018

Australian oil and gas company with a global presence  Woodside announced that the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) Project off the north-west coast of Australia has commenced gas production.A press release from the operator of the North…

Beach acquires Ironbark interest, option

Nov 29, 2017

Australia-based Beach Energy will farm into two adjoining permits in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia that contain the gas-condensate prospect Ironbark. Ironbark map. Source: Cue Under the agreement…

BP gains further Ironbark extension

Oct 05, 2017

Cue Energy Resources has granted a further extension to supermajor BP to mull over the option of acquiring stake in the Ironbark prospect offshore Western Australia. Ironbark. Map from Cue. BP…

Finder farms out big Carnarvon stake to Woodside

Sep 05, 2017

Finder Exploration has signed an agreement to farm-out 90% of its participating interest in exploration permit WA-520-P to Woodside Energy. The license is in the northern Carnarvon basin, offshore Australia’s North West Shelf, directly south of the Gorgon and Clio major gas fields…

SolstadFarstad wins Cooper deal off Australia

Jul 18, 2017

SolstadFarstad has secured a contract with Cooper Energy to support drilling operations within the Bass Strait region of Australia. The contract consists of the Far Statesman and Far Senator towing the Ocean Monarch from the North West Shelf of Australia to the Bass Strait…

Carnarvon, NOGA in Timor Sea data sharing

Jun 23, 2017

Carnarvon Petroleum and Northern Oil & Gas Australia (NOGA) have signed a pact enter a collaborative data sharing project spanning data in the Timor Sea, offshore Australia. Map of Carnarvon and NOGA's acreage…

Greater Western Flank win for Wood Group

Jun 13, 2017

Wood Group has secured a US$6 million contract with Woodside to support the execution of phase two of their Greater Western Flank (GWF-2) project, on the North West Shelf (NWS), offshore Western Australia. Effective immediately, Wood…

BP gets Ironbark extension

May 26, 2017

BP is getting an extension from Cue Energy Resources that will allow the UK supermajor more time to consider acquiring 42.5% stake in the permit in which the Ironbark prospect is thought to straddle on Australia’s North West Shelf. Map of Ironbark…

Browse could double North West Shelf life

May 05, 2017

Australia's Woodside Energy says the Browse resources could double the life of the North West Shelf by tying into existing facilities, the firm's CEO said today.  Woodside CEO Peter Coleman also said that, by coming on stream in the mid-2020s…

BP completes Ironbark acquisition

Dec 20, 2016

BP has completed its deal with Cue Energy to take 80% interest in and operatorship of permit containing the Ironbark prospect, offshore northwest Australia.  Under the deal, BP will fund 100% of the required work program on exploration permit WA-409-P for the next three years…

Subsea 7 awards EnerMech Australian contract

Dec 12, 2016

EnerMech has been awarded its first contract by Subsea 7 in the Australian oil and gas market. The mechanical engineering group will perform a range of subsea flowline and umbilical pre-commissioning on the Woodside-operated North West Shelf…

Subsea 7 bags Woodside GWF-2 gig

Dec 02, 2016

Woodside Energy awarded Subsea 7 a sizeable contract valued between US$50 to $150 million for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) project, offshore Australia. The Greater Western Flank is on the North West Shelf of Australia, 60km southwest of the Goodwyn Alpha (GWA) platform…

Quadrant starts at Phoenix South-2

Nov 07, 2016

Quadrant Energy has spudded the Phoenix South-2 well within the WA-435-P exploration permit in the North West Shelf of Australia. Joint venture partner Carnarvon Petroleum said the well has been drilled down to approximately 1500m depth…

CGG, Eidesvik end Viking Vision deal

Oct 13, 2016

CGG and Eidesvik Offshore have agreed to terminate the contract for the Viking Vision vessel effective immediately. The contract was due to end at the end of July 2017. According to Eidesvik, the payment of the charter rate will continue until July 2017…

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