The Future Energy Asia Exhibition & Conference was launched by Areepong Bhoocha-Oom, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy of Thailand today (24 April), in an initiative towards securing the path to Thailand’s Energy 4.0. The…
Australia's AWE has sold 57.5% of its stake in the Tui area oil fields in the Taranaki basin offshore New Zealand, to Kuala Lumpur-based Tamarind Management. Subject to approvals from the New Zealand government and the Tui joint venture…
New Zealand Oil & Gas has reached agreement to sell its 15% interest in the Kupe gas and light oil fields and production station to Genesis Energy for US$119 million (NZ$168 million), offshore New Zealand. The effective date of the transaction…
French giant Total and the National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) have entered into a heads of agreement (HoA) for the development of phase 11 of the giant South Pars project, in the Persian Gulf. Pouyanné…
MEO Australia has commenced farm-out process to secure funding partners to progress the technical assessment and drill the gigantic Beehive prospect in Bonaparte Basin, offshore Western Australia. Beehive in permit WA-488-P is fully owned by MEO…
MEO Australia has reached an agreement to assign its 50% interest in the WA-454-P exploration permit, in the Bonaparte Gulf, offshore northern Australia to Origin Energy Resources. MEO had actively sought an additional partner for WA…
Australia and New Zealand hold vast petroleum potential, much of which remains undeveloped. Audrey Raj sets out the detail. Samples of oil from various New Zealand discoveries. Photo from TAG Oil…
Schlumberger is at it again with another acquisition, this time of US-based Fluid Inclusion Technologies (FIT), which specializes in laboratory analysis of trapped fluids in rock material, and advanced borehole gas analysis on drilling wells…
Origin Energy’s BassGas production has exceeded 60 TJ/d following the Yolla-5 development well coming online offshore Australia, according to partner AWE Ltd. Image of BassGas. From Origin. The…
Origin Energy is entering a deal to sell 53% stake of its New Zealand subsidiary Contact Energy for approximately US$3.06 ($4.65 NZD) per share in an attempt to reduce the company’s debt and costs. Image of BassGas…
The Yolla-6 development well at the BassGas project offshore Australia has been successfully tied-in to export facilities on the Yolla platform and production from that well has commenced, according to partner AWE Ltd. Image from Origin…
Irish offshore explorer Providence Resources says recent seismic has offered promising data on the Diablo Ridge ridge prospect in the southern Porcupine Basin. Diablo Ridge is in frontier exploration license (FEL) 2/14 in the southern Porcupine Basin…
Zeta Energy is offering up US$22.5 million for an unconditional takeover offer for Pan Pacific Petroleum NL (PPP). Map from PPP. The offer equals to $0.04 (A$.05) per share and will be made as an on-market cash offer…
Origin Energy says the Speculant-1 exploration well in the Otway basin, offshore Victoria, Australia, is to be suspended while development options are assessed. The well, which encountered 'potentially commercial quanitities of gas' in the primary Waarre formation reservoirs target…
The Origin Energy-operated BassGas joint venture is one step closer in the BassGas Mid Life Enhancement (MLE) project after completing the Yolla offshore platform heavy lift stage, off southeast Australia. BassGas offshore platform…
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