John Holland Pty Ltd, Halpern Glick Maunsell, Honeywell, McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd Consortia headed by John Holland have won contracts for the design and construction of a desalina
THE next two weeks have become even more significant for offshore Perth Basin explorers after a well drilled to appraise the Cliff Head oil field near Dongara flowed at a better rate than expected during testing.
Earlier this week the maximum flow rate
THE Australian Marine Complex in Cockburn Sound is home to three fiercely competitive shipbuilders – Austal Limited, Tenix and WaveMaster International and by all accounts their business is booming, despite major Australian and overseas competitors.
UNITED Utilities Australia is hoping to be a larger part of the bicentennial celebrations of piped water to the Goldfields than it was of the 100-year anniversary, which honoured CY O’Connor’s vision to deliver water from Perth.
BHP Billiton’s definitive feasibility study for its proposed $945 million Ravensthorpe nickel project has been extended past this quarter until mid-year.
ANACONDA Nickel has achieved much in the past year, most of it from focused restructuring, after a strategic review revealed the flagship Murrin Murrin operation would chew up far more expenditure tha
EVEN before this week’s announcement of an oil column in Cliff Head-3, share prices of companies appraising the offshore Cliff Head oil discovery near Dongara looked like running true to forecast valu
BUILDING and construction materials supplier Boral Limited will soon be mining its own sand in WA.
The expected signing this week of an historic agreement with Swan River and Swan Coastal Plains Native Title claimants will help clear the way for the
RETAIL Energy Market Company Limited (REMCo), the company established to oversee a fully contestable gas market across WA and South Australia, is close to announcing its officers.
Western Australian gas retailer, network operator and soon-to-be generator
WHILE Hovea has claimed the trophy for the first Perth Basin commercial oil discovery since 1966, the wells attracting most interest at the beginning of the summer program are those designed to apprai
DESPITE the warm weather and impending holiday season, not many managing directors of Perth Basin companies have relaxation on their minds. Instead, most say they are too preoccupied with potential New Year commercial oil finds.
AULD Lang Syne will have special meaning for Geof Gale this New Year as he will no longer be managing director of South East Metropolitan College of TAFE.
FOR years the Perth Basin was written off as a gas province of minor significance, one where, compared with other parts of WA, quantities were insufficient for long-term commercial development.
