The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has welcomed the Victorian Government’s decision to introduce two new bills to lift the ban on onshore gas exploration and ban fracking in the state. Read more
Victoria lifts ban on onshore gas
The Victorian Government will today introduce two new bills that will see the freeze on onshore gas exploration and production lifted, and fracking banned for good. Read more
Cooper, APA achieve first Sole gas to Orbost
Cooper Energy has passed a critical milestone at the Sole gas project with the first flow of gas from the field to the Orbost processing plant in Victoria. Read more
Van Gogh, Coniston drive oil production: EnergyQuest
EnergyQuest has released its March 2020 report, highlighting the surge in oil production from Van Gogh and Coniston and increasing national output for the first time since 2014. Read more
ExxonMobil to deliver West Barracouta gas by early 2021
ExxonMobil Australia has reached total depth on the first of its two West Barracouta gas wells in the Bass Strait offshore Victoria, positioning it to bring new gas supplies to the Australian domestic market next year. Read more
APA two weeks off full production at Orbost
APA Group executive infrastructure development officer Kevin Lester has confirmed that the Orbost gas plant in Victoria is in the final stages of commission. Read more
Icon pursues partner to boost QLD projects
Icon Energy has placed emphasis on its Queensland petroleum projects, ATP 594 and ATP 855, with the aim of securing a joint venture partner and launching a new farmout campaign. Read more
Cooper on verge of first gas at Sole
Cooper Energy expects to start supplying gas from its Sole project offshore Victoria into the Eastern gas pipeline by March. Read more
Jemena pipelines scheduled for maintenance
Jemena has provided an update on scheduled maintenance to two of its gas pipelines in eastern Australia during February, reinforcing a commitment to sustaining its compression assets. Read more
Cooper, Mitsui reveal Victorian gas field resource
Operator Cooper Energy has assessed the 2C contingent resource for the Annie gas field offshore Victoria in the Otway Basin. Read more