Browse Basin
Browse Basin: Total aiming for bigger share
The French company that currently owns 24 percent of the Ichthys gas project would like to buy more.
The West Australian [read this story]
Ichthys gas, in the Browse Basin, is to be piped to Darwin for processing.
Japanese company Inpex, which owns the remainder, is believed to be selling some of it.
Santos gas could be versatile
Santos says its gas could possibly be fed into any proposed gas Browse Basin processing plant.
The company says its gas prospect is close enough to utilise Inpex’s pipline, Shell’s floating facility or Woodside’s proposed onshore plant at James Price Point.
Sydney Morning Herald [read this story]
Browse Basin: Cloughs to win Darwin contract
Perth firm Clough Engineering says it is likely to win a $140million contract for works in Darwin.
Along with Dutch partner BAM the company expects to be building the offloading facility for gas piped from the Ichthys gas project in the Browse Basin.
WAToday [read this story]
Browse Basin: Inpex lets $.5billion contract
Inpex has let another large contract for engineering works, this time to Dutch company SBM Offshore.
The contract is for $.5billion turret and mooring system at the Browse Basin.
You can read an SBM statement here:
Browse Basin: Inpex lets $1billion contract
Inpex has let a further $1billion worth of contracts for work associated with the Inpex gas project.
GE Oil and Gas, based in Italy, will supply a processing facility in the Browse Basin itself as well as rotating equipment for the gas plant near Darwin.
Upstream Online [read this story]
The initial processing at the Browse Basin will be to remove water and condensate from the gas, before it is piped more than 800km to the NT refinery.
Offshore [read this story]
Inpex has already let significant contracts for the project.
These include a contract with another Italian company, Saipem, for the pipeline itself; and a $2billion contract with Korean company Samsung for construction of the offshore gas processing facility at the Browse Basin.
James Price Point: Woodside accused of flouting planning approval
Picture by Rod Hartvigsen
A green group says Woodside has carried on some works associated with the gas hub without shire approval.
Woodside says it is seeking approval from a state government body, the Kimberley Joint Development Assessment Panel, which includes two shire representatives.
The West Australian [read this story]
You can read a media release from Environs Kimberley here:
Opinion: Martin Pritchard on Woodside share selldown
Martin Pritchard
Environs Kimberley director said reports of a Woodside selldown are “another nail in the coffin for James Price Point”.
He was commenting on several reports of a possible sale of much of the company’s stake in the Browse Basin gas reserves.
You can read his statement here:
Opinion: Robin Chapple on Woodside selldown
Robin Chapple MLC
Robin Chapple MLC hopes plans to build a gas plant at James Price Point will be abandoned.
He is commenting on Woodside’s plans to sell down most of its stake in the Browse Basin gas reserve.
You can read his statement here:
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