en query@gs-press.com.au Copyright 2013 2013-05-17T02:13:34+00:00 http://ppo.com.au/news/resource_sector_investment_dominated_by_gas_wood_mackenzie/081530/ http://ppo.com.au/news/resource_sector_investment_dominated_by_gas_wood_mackenzie/081530/ Wood Mackenzie expects resource sector investments in Australia to peak in 2013 at $A85 billion, dominated by spending in gas. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-17 http://ppo.com.au/news/mitsubishi_to_build_new-gen_carriers_to_transport_ichthys_lng/081529/ http://ppo.com.au/news/mitsubishi_to_build_new-gen_carriers_to_transport_ichthys_lng/081529/ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has signed an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines to build a Sayaendo series of new-generation LNG carrier, which will mainly be used for the transportation of LNG from the Ichthys Project, located in the Northern Territory, from 2020. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-17 http://ppo.com.au/news/ichthys_awards_control_valve_and_generation_package_contracts/081528/ http://ppo.com.au/news/ichthys_awards_control_valve_and_generation_package_contracts/081528/ Severn Glocon has been awarded a contract to supply 536 engineered control valves for the Ichthys Project’s processing plant, to be located onshore the Northern Territory. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-17 http://ppo.com.au/news/ellis_cable_cleats_specified_for_qclng/081527/ http://ppo.com.au/news/ellis_cable_cleats_specified_for_qclng/081527/ Emperor cable cleats from North-Yorkshire manufacturer Ellis have been specified by Thiess for use in the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) Project. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-17 http://ppo.com.au/news/nzog_partners_with_beach_in_nzs_canterbury_basin/081524/ http://ppo.com.au/news/nzog_partners_with_beach_in_nzs_canterbury_basin/081524/ New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) has acquired a 50 per cent interest in, and will become the operator of, PEP 52717, located in the Canterbury Basin off the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-17 http://ppo.com.au/news/parliament_passes_law_to_strengthen_offshore_safety/081522/ http://ppo.com.au/news/parliament_passes_law_to_strengthen_offshore_safety/081522/ The Federal Parliament has passed a law to better protect Australian offshore workers and Australia’s marine environment. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-17 http://ppo.com.au/news/drilling_report_ewc/081521/ http://ppo.com.au/news/drilling_report_ewc/081521/ The twinned Sheaok-2 oil and gas exploration well, located in ATP 549P in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, Queensland, has reached a total depth of 2,401 m below the rotary table (mRT). PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-17 http://ppo.com.au/news/company_news_aam_ausenco_coffey_envestra_ewc_kea_metgasco_sargent_strike_ve/081520/ http://ppo.com.au/news/company_news_aam_ausenco_coffey_envestra_ewc_kea_metgasco_sargent_strike_ve/081520/ Due to “deteriorating Australian market conditions and [the] resultant project delays”, Coffey International has implemented approximately 150 redundancies across its Australian Geosciences and Projects businesses. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-17 http://ppo.com.au/news/senex_identifies_new_hornet_gas_field_commits_to_further_cooper_basin_explo/081515/ http://ppo.com.au/news/senex_identifies_new_hornet_gas_field_commits_to_further_cooper_basin_explo/081515/ Senex Energy has identified a new gas field, named Hornet, in South Australia, and has also signed an agreement with Planet Gas committing to further exploration of PEL 15 in the SA Cooper Basin. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-16 http://ppo.com.au/news/fmc_to_supply_subsea_equipment_for_bayu-undan/081513/ http://ppo.com.au/news/fmc_to_supply_subsea_equipment_for_bayu-undan/081513/ FMC Technologies has received an order from ConocoPhillips Australia for the supply of subsea equipment for its Bayu-Undan Phase 3 Project, located in the Timor Sea. PPO Pipeline Plant & Offshore 2013-05-16