Australia's Woodside Petroleum announced that it will recommend using Shell's floating LNG (FLNG) technology to develop and commercialize the Browse gas fields. Selecting FLNG as the development concept requires the approval from the…
The Kanowit FLNG facility is under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Okpo, South Korea, where first steel was cut in June. Petronas Floating LNG 1 (Labuan) Ltd. signed a US$771million contract for engineering…
Browse Basin gas discovery Total E&P Australia discovered gas at the Bassett West-1 exploration well in WA-408-P in the Browse Basin off Western Australia state. The well is about 475km north-northeast of Broome and reached 5239m TD in 368m of water…
The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project cut first steel on June 18 for the hull of its floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility in Okpo, Korea. With fabrication of the hull underway, work on all of the project’s major offshore facilities has commenced…
Santos announced a gas discovery at the Bassett West-1 exploration well in WA-408-P, located in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia. Bassett West-1 is located about 475km north-northeast of Broome and about 90km east-northeast of the Crown-1 discovery…
BHP Billiton finalized a sale of its interests in the East and West Browse Joint Ventures off Australia that was previously announced in December. The company will receive US$1.63 billion from PetroChina International Investment (Australia)…
Lloyd’s Register published a comprehensive rule set to guide the design, construction and operation of FLNG facilities to provide safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly approaches to retrieving natural gas. “Natural gas is a…
Woodside will not pursue its proposed Browse LNG development near James Price Point in northwestern Australia, the company announced on 12 April 2013.Following the completion of a technical and commercial evaluation, Woodside determined that…
Keppel wins new business Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd's (Keppel O&M) subsidiaries - Keppel FELS Brasil S.A. (Keppel FELS Brasil) and Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) - have secured two contracts worth S$200 million (US$161.54 million) from repeat customers…
As Australia grapples with chronic oil production decline in the face of rising imports, the buoyant gas sector offers the prospect of rising revenue from LNG export. John Mueller reports.Eyebrow Natural gas lifts Australian reserves As Australia…
Santos discovered 61m of net gas pay in the Jurassic Montara, Plover and Malita reservoirs in its Crown-1 exploration well in the Browse Basin off Western Australia. The well is located about 500km north of Broome, 60km west of Ichthys field, and 20km east of Poseidon.
Shell's PreludeShell and TSC team up on future LNG projects Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. (Shell) and the Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) have signed a heads of agreement to enhance collaboration on the design, engineering, procurement…
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) tapped Wärtsilä Moss to supply inert gas generator (IGG) units for the FPSO destined for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project in the Browse Basin offshore western Australia.Wärtsilä Moss'…
For Fluor, America is only one land of opportunity. Recent contract wins for work offshore Australia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East have buoyed Fluor's backlog. Jennifer Pallanich talks to Fluor executives about recent contract wins and Fluor's offshore strategy…
With FEED almost complete and a final investment decision approaching, operator Inpex is moving ahead with the Ichthys LNG project, on --track to be the first field development in the Browse Basin off Western Australia. Russell McCulley talks to the operator about the Ichthys journey thus far…
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