Paris-based upstream oil and gas engineering business Doris Engineering has set up shop in Perth as it prepares for the next wave of local major projects to get under way.
Nearly 140 major projects are either under way or planned for WA, new research by Business News has found. Click through to access the new list on the BNiQ Search Engine.
Woodside Petroleum has signed up engineering company Wood to prepare development plans for the Scarborough gas field, with the work to be split between offices in Houston and Perth.
Tap Oil major shareholder Risco Energy Investments has increased its takeover offer for the oil and gas company to $38.7 million on the back of BDO’s independent expert valuation.
Carnarvon Petroleum has announced another oil discovery at its Dorado-1 well in the Carnarvon Basin, with the company’s share price having more than quadrupled in the past month.
Marine services company Bhagwan Marine has expanded its fleet with the purchase of two specialist vessels that are larger than others in its current fleet.
Junior explorers Magnetic Resources, Golden Rim Resources and Real Energy will tap investors in separate capital raisings worth a combined $12.3 million.
SPECIAL REPORT: With shipments at Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility still to get under way, one Perth businessman is hoping to reignite use of the technology for stranded gas fields.
West Perth-based oil junior Triangle Energy has revealed a leak at its Cliff Head oil platform, about 300 kilometres north of Perth, although the company said the spill was substantially less than 10,000 litres.
Shares in Carnarvon Petroleum have received another boost today after the company said it had discovered more oil and gas at Dorado-1 in the Carnarvon Basin.
Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has secured a number of new contracts across the country in the commercial, resources and telecommunication sectors.
Tap Oil has urged shareholders to reject a $29.8 million takeover bid from major shareholder Risco Energy Investments, after independent expert BDO valued the company well above the offer price.
WorleyParsons has been awarded a contract extension for engineering services at Chevron’s Gorgon and Wheatsone LNG projects, while NRW Holdings has received a $93 million extension to its Stanmore Coal contract.
ConocoPhillips has set up a design competition between two engineering groups led by Technip Oceania and MODEC for the key facilities at its Barossa gas project in the Timor Sea while WorleyParsons subsidiary Intecsea has been awarded a separate contract for subsea infrastructure.
Chevron has today announced that the second processing train at its Wheatstone project in the Pilbara has started production of liquefied natural gas, meaning all five trains at its two giant Western Australian projects are now in production.
