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
THE release of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) latest Gas Market Inquiry 2017-2020 report once again confirms the actions taken by Australia’s oil and gas industry to bring more natural gas into the domestic market are working, according
The Western Australia Government has teamed up with The University of Western Australia (UWA) and the LNG industry to develop a world-first microscale LNG plant, as part of an LNG Futures Facility in Kwinana. In Shanghai, representing Western Australia at
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
SANTOS has been notified that there will be no ACCC opposition to its acquisition of highly successful offshore Western Australia explorer Quadrant Energy. Already one of Australia’s leading oil and gas producers, Santos announced in August 2018 that it proposed
A CONSORTIUM of international oil and gas companies has launched legal proceedings against the PNG Government over the proposed cancellation of one of the country’s most high-profile petroleum licences. Discussions between PNG Petroleum Minister Dr Fabian Pok and members of
AUSTRALIA’S Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has advised a Chinese consortium led by CK Asset Holdings Limited this his preliminary view that its proposed acquisition of leading Australian pipeline owner APA Group would be contrary to the national interest. “I have formed
NEW Zealand owned and operated Greymouth Gas Turangi Limited has updated details on its lodgement of High Court claims against the New Zealand Government and its plans to halt offshore oil and gas exploration in the country. The Greymouth claims
ENDING offshore oil and gas exploration could cost New Zealand taxpayers up to NZ$23.5 billion and increase emissions at the same time, according to new figures released by Government officials. New Zealand’s oil and gas industry lobby body, the Petroleum