A $US30 million ($46 million) funding deal with Alcoa has lifted hopes the privately-owned Equus gas project off WA's north-west coast could finally be developed.
Some of Australia's largest gas producers have warned they may invest elsewhere in light of ongoing delays in project approvals and social licence challenges.
The WA government is yet to sign land deals for two industrial hubs nearly two years after it offered the sites to green energy and manufacturing proponents.
Land in the Pilbara has been allocated to seven companies, including Posco, BP, Fortescue and Tees Valley Lithium, hoping to build $70 billion of projects.
Woodside Energy and North West Shelf project participants have agreed to process up to three million tonnes of gas per annum from Western Gas' Equus project using Woodside infrastructure.
Western Gas has secured all necessary government approvals needed to drill on the North West Shelf's Sasanof-1 exploration well with drilling to start in the coming months.
Perth company Western Gas has partnered with leading Australian energy infrastructure business APA Group to begin an assessment of its ambitious transcontinental pipeline plan.
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Western Gas is continuing planning work on a project to produce gas from the Equus field at a near-shore floating LNG facility, with a probable price tag of $US3.5 billion.
GE subsidiary Baker Hughes and McDermott International have been picked for front end engineering and design work on Western Gas's Equus project, under a contract arrangement whereby they will see the project through to commissioning.
Paris-based upstream oil and gas engineering business Doris Engineering has set up shop in Perth as it prepares for the next wave of local major projects to get under way.
Nearly 140 major projects are either under way or planned for WA, new research by Business News has found. Click through to access the new list on the BNiQ Search Engine.
Perth company Western Gas is on the hunt for a partner for its Equus gas field project off the WA coast, and has revealed a new development plan, with first gas expected in 2023.
A newly established company led by a group of Perth oil and gas executives aims to become a major supplier to the domestic gas market after buying the offshore Equus gas fields from US company Hess Corporation.
