AUSTRALIA’S oil and gas industry has welcomed the recent announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to deliver new deregulation measures for Australian businesses. Mr Morrison announced the development of a digital environmental approvals process and database aimed at reducing the
ONE of Australia’s largest solar farms, APA Group’s Darling Downs Solar Farm, has been officially opened by Queensland Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy the Honourable Dr Anthony Lynham MP. The farm, a photovoltaic generation facility comprising 423,360 solar
THE release of the Western Australian Government’s implementation plan for WA’s hydraulic fracturing inquiry is a step in the right direction and will help provide confidence in the sector, according to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA). The
INTERNATIONAL energy company, Equinor, has released its draft Environment Plan (EP) for the proposed Stromlo-1 exploration drilling programme in permit EPP-39 in the Great Australian Bight for public comment. The development of the EP is a key step in the offshore exploration regulatory process. It details
AUSTRALIAN oil and gas lobby group APPEA has welcomed the Western Australian Government’s decision to lift the hydraulic fracturing moratorium on existing onshore gas projects. “The independent scientific inquiry has confirmed that properly regulated, hydraulic fracturing is a safe practice.
FRACKING will not be permitted over 98% of Western Australia and, for the first time, traditional owners and farmers will have the right to say no to oil and gas production from fracking on their land. The WA Government has
THE Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has conducted the first real-world seismic experiment to determine the effects of marine noise on fish and pearl oysters. The experiment, using the seismic vessel the BGP Explorer, surveyed two sites off the
The air quality of the Surat Basin in Queensland is well within air quality typical of similar rural areas, according to the first comprehensive ambient air quality study in a coal seam gas (CSG) region of Australia released today. Conducted
EXXONMOBIL has revealed plans to more than double its earnings potential by 2025. The company’s chairman and CEO Darren Woods told shareholders during the company’s annual meeting that the world’s growing energy needs will require trillions of dollars in new
As digitisation and electrification spread across all industries, today’s oil and gas leaders must be ready to operate on a vastly different playing field and compete against much more tech-savvy competitors. Presenting their paper ‘Enter the Volt-Age: Electric vehicle disruption