Australia LNG news

Chevron Australia and the Gorgon joint venture participants have announced the start of the Gorgon Stage Two drilling campaign off the northwest coast of Western Australia.

AIE has announced an important milestone in the development of its PKGT LNG import facility with the award of the key wharf facility and pipeline construction contract.

According to Reuters, ExxonMobil has stated that Australian LNG imports are now looking ‘highly realistic’ as the nation struggles to fill an imminent shortage of gas.

The US and India are expected to lead capacity growth in the global LNG liquefaction and regasification industries from planned and announced (newbuild) projects, respectively during the outlook period 2019 – 2023, according to GlobalData.

According to Reuters, Australian energy retailer EnergyAustralia has signed a preliminary agreement to purchase gas from the LNG import facility planned by Australian Industrial Energy.

Santos has announced an important milestone towards expansion of the PNG LNG facility by signing a binding letter of intent to acquire a stake in Petroleum Retention Licence 3.

BloombergNEF has released its ‘Global LNG Outlook 2019 - 2023’.

ConocoPhillips awards Barossa subsea production system engineering, procurement and construction contract.

Santos has released a statement claiming that Guan Yu will be appointed to the Santos Board as the ENN nominated non-executive director effective 3 May 2019.

Origin Energy Ltd has released its report for 1Q19, covering the performance of both the Integrated Gas and Energy Markets businesses.