Australia

The Gorgon Phase 3 project will counter declining reservoir pressure to sustain gas supplies to Western Australia’s domestic market and support LNG exports to Asia.

The authors state that issues faced by the Gorgon carbon capture and storage project primarily relate to risk and pressure management of the produced water from the Dupuy formation rather than from capture, transport, injection, and storage technologies.

Estimates commissioned by the Australian government suggest that increasing efficiency will lower costs for decommissioning offshore Australia.

The Essington-1 well is the first discovery in the Otway since 2021.

This paper describes development of a high-temperature water-based reservoir drill-in fluid using a novel synthetic polymer and customized with optimal chemical concentrations and sized calcium carbonate.

Australia’s H2Perth blue and green hybrid hydrogen project is expected to benefit from carbon credits from the offshore Bonaparte carbon storage facility where Inpex and TotalEnergies are drilling appraisal wells together with Woodside.

BW Opal FPSO has capacity for 850 MMcf/D of gas, which will be treated and sent on to the Darwin LNG facility, and 11,000 B/D of condensate, which will transferred via tanker.

The 1-day seminar, presented by SPE Western Australia and Australian Energy Producers, featured Dr. Peter Moore’s flagship “Introduction to Oil & Gas” seminar for more than 400 students and guests.

The tentative offer has received unanimous support from the board of Australia’s second-largest oil and gas producer.

Global offshore decommissioning projects hear the starting gun in Australia and the North Sea, but will the race be a marathon or a sprint?