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Wood Signs Global Framework Agreement with Shell

07/08/2023 Posted by Dale

Wood has been awarded a multi-year enterprise framework agreement (EFA) to continue to provide services to Shell’s global projects.

CGG, PGS and TGS Introduce New Tiered Offerings for Versal, the World’s First Multi-Client Data Ecosystem

07/08/2023 Posted by Dale

CGG, PGS and TGS, industry leaders of multi-client geoscience data, have announced the launch of new tiered offerings for Versal, the “groundbreaking multi-client data ecosystem”.

Victorian Home Gas Ban “Ignores Importance of Gas in Net Zero Energy Mix” – APPEA

07/08/2023 Posted by Dale

The Victorian Government’s gas ban for new homes ignores the fundamentals of the energy system transformation to net zero including the importance of gas as a partner to renewables in reliable electricity generation.

Conventional Oil and Gas Exploration Grows, but Discoveries Remain Elusive says Rystad Energy

07/08/2023 Posted by Dale

Spending on conventional oil and gas exploration is rebounding and expected to top $50 billion this year, the highest since 2019, but operators are still waiting for the results they had hoped for.

Wood Wins Contracts to Deliver Emissions Reductions on Australian Gas Projects

31/07/2023 Posted by Dale

Global consulting and engineering company Wood has secured contracts with Beach Energy and Mitsui E&P Australia (MEPAU) to deliver solutions to achieve emissions reduction targets.

Wood said these strategic projects will reduce emissions intensity in line with Australia’s National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act, which is driving a reduction in emissions baselines1 by 4.9 percent each year before 2030.

Applying innovations in maintenance, operations and brownfield engineering, Wood is focused on reducing carbon emissions at Beach Energy’s facilities across Australia and New Zealand and MEPAU’s Waitsia Gas Project in Western Australia.

Under these contracts, Wood said it was designing programs to improve operations and plant reliability while optimising energy use and electrification.

APPEA: ‘Victorian Home Gas Ban Ignores Importance of Gas in Net Zero Energy Mix’

31/07/2023 Posted by Dale

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) today said the Government’s policy shifts the burden on to consumers, pushing households on to an already strained coal-based electricity grid and ignoring the urgent need for new local gas supply to reduce emissions and put downward pressure on prices.

APPEA Chief Executive Samantha McCulloch said: “With more than 60% of Victoria’s electricity coming from coal, the focus should be on reducing emissions from the power sector, through renewable energy and firming gas power deployment, before adding to power demand.

Northern Goldfields Interconnect Pipeline Opens, Creating Interconnected WA Gas Grid

31/07/2023 Posted by Dale

APA Group’s new Northern Goldfields Interconnect (NGI) pipeline was officially opened by Western Australia Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Hydrogen Industry and Industrial Relations, the Hon. Bill Johnston MLA.

APA said the NGI pipeline would provide greater energy security, supporting growth and transition in the Western Australia resources sector.

The new 580-kilometre buried pipeline connects the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline to the Goldfields Gas Pipeline, providing better access to existing and new natural gas production regions and gas storage infrastructure, especially in the emerging Perth Basin.

APA CEO and Managing Director Adam Watson said...