BHP has dumped plans to explore an oil and gas well off the The Philippines coast as the company continues to pull out of energy projects not located in the US or Australia.
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Linc Energy dumps coal gasification project
Linc Energy will close its Chinchilla underground coal gasification facility after accusing the Queensland government of siding with the rival CSG sector.
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Picnic in protest of Santos Pilliga Forest CSG work
A cultural heritage camp and workshop has been set up near Ten Mile Dam in the NSW Pilliga State forest in protest of the Santos gasfield development.
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Queensland gas boom fires up job numbers
A new report by Energy Skills Queensland found the gas sector will employ more than 14,100 workers when it peaks in 2024, double the number predicted previously.
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Six dead in gas leak at Spanish coal mine
A gas leak at a coal mine in Spain has killed six men and left five injured in the country’s worst mining accident in nearly 20 years.
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Government commits to keeping Antarctica free of mining
Environment Minister Greg Hunt said Antarctica should not be a place of mineral exploitation, stating it was critical for Australia to protect the southern continent from resource exploration.
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WA Government throws support behind fracking
Western Australia’s government is throwing its full weight behind the development of fracking techniques in the state to unlock billions of dollars worth of shale gas.
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Queensland gas fires up contracting business
WDS Limited is bucking the downward trend that has hit many contracting companies of late by diversifying its business model to cater for the massive work needed in Queensland‘s gas sector. Vicky Validakis reports.
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$5bn boost for North West Shelf
Woodside has extended the life of its North West Shelf LNG plant with a $5 billion upgrade to the North Rankin field.
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Shell seals deal for world- first FLNG training facility
Oil and gas giant Shell have teamed up with the Challenger Institute of Technology to develop a world first FLNG specialist training facility in Perth.
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Groups unite to lobby for drinking water catchment areas
A new alliance of 50 groups have joined forces to campaign against mining activities near Sydney’s drinking water catchment area.
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WA Premier said he has ‘failed’ over Woodside’s FLNG decision
Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett said he has failed the people of his state following Woodside’s decision to develop the Browse Basin through floating LNG technology.
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CSG company slammed over a letter sent to north coast schools
Oil and gas company Metgasco have been slammed for a letter sent to schools in NSW offering to send its staff members in to talk to students.
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New Gladstone training centre to help locals skill-up for LNG boom
A new $21 million energy training centre in Gladstone is set to provide opportunities for locals to break into the region’s LNG job market.
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Suspected sabotage not stopping LNG work: Bechtel
Bechtel said a case of suspected sabotage on the QCLNG site has not delayed the construction of three LNG plants on Curtis Island.
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Gas and oil sector launch ad blitz for better policies
The gas and oil industry have launched an advertising blitz and are calling on the public to sign a petition to lobby the government for better policies.
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FMG to build Pilbara gas pipeline
Fortescue Metals Group are planning on cutting operational costs in the Pilbara by building a gas pipeline to link its Solomon and Chichester iron ore mines.
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Helium rationing, a looming crisis – and a sinking feeling
Curtin University's Brent McInnes explains the upcoming crisis as we run out of helium, a gas that we may see the end of before 2014.
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Australia’s worst mine disaster remembered
Hundreds of Illawarra residents gathered at Mount Kembla at the weekend to remember the 96 men and boys who died in the nation’s biggest mining disaster.
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Billions at risk: APPEA call for urgent policy reforms
The peak body for Australia’s oil and gas industry has warned the next wave of investment in projects may not materialise unless serious policy reforms are undertaken.
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