Victoria

Otway Basin mooring chains fail

The offshore Otway gas exploration program located off the Victorian coast has experienced a setback following the failure of two mooring chains. /wp:paragraph –> Two of the eight Diamond Offshore
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Otway Basin well spudding

The onshore gas exploration well Dombey-1 has commenced spudding as of this week. Dombey-1 is located in PEL 494, approximately 25 km northwest of Haselgrove-3 ST1 in the adjoining PPL-62 licence,
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Cooper Energy

Cooper Energy awarded Victorian offshore permit

VIC/P75 is the central area of the Gippsland Basin and is surrounded by major oil and gas fields. The permit has been awarded to href=”https://www.cooperenergy.com.au/” target=”_blank”
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Lakes Oil appeal heard in court

Lakes lost a Supreme Court challenge against the Victorian onshore gas moratorium in September 2018, unsuccessfully arguing
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Cooper spuds Otway well

Using the Diamond Offshore Ocean Monarch drill rig, project operator Cooper has spudded the Annie-1 gas exploration well
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Cooper mobilising rig in Otway Basin

Ocean Monarch, a semi-submersible drilling rig operated by Diamond Offshore, was relocated from the Gippsland to the Otway Basin in preparation to drill the Annie-1 and Elanora-1 wells, the first drilled
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