Woodside Petroleum has split the front-end engineering work for its Pluto expansion project by awarding dual contracts for trains 2 and 3 to KBR and its existing joint venture contractors FosterWheeler and WorleyParsons.
Woodside Petroleum remains confident of pushing ahead with its fast-tracked expansion of its Pluto liquefied natural gas project, despite missing out on third party gas supply agreements to rival LNG developer Chevron.
NO matter which way you cut it, the 2008-09 financial year was a shocker for investors in local companies, with only 110 of the 730 or so Western Australian-listed companies managing a positive return of any sort.
THE global financial crisis had a marked impact on Western Australia's engineering contractors during the year as the slowdown forced resources companies to scale back and defer numerous new developments and expansions.
Woodside Petroleum chief executive Don Voelte said the company had suggested a range of exit options to its wavering partners in the $30 billion Browse LNG venture to facilitate the timely delivery of the massive project off the Kimberley coast.
Woodside Petroleum expects to treble production from its Pluto LNG project at the Burrup Peninsula by 2014, after formally starting front end engineering and design work for two additional production trains at the site.
The Broome Port Authority has signed a leasing agreement with Woodside that it hopes will position Broome as the major supply base for future gas projects off the Kimberley coast, including Woodside's proposed Browse Basin project.
IS the commercial centre of the Pilbara moving west? BHP Billiton's proposed merger of its iron ore operations with those of Rio Tinto is the latest indication of the dynamic shift under way in the north-west, one that will tend to favour Karratha as the
WHEN Celebrate WA announced Western Australia's Citizen of Year awards for 2009 two weekends ago the presence of the University of Western Australia would not have escaped the attention of many.
DESPITE a major spat with federal Liberal deputy leader Julie Bishop, political observer Peter van Onselen still puts her in his top 10 most influential Western Australians.
Shares in CO2 Group surged after Woodside Petroleum substantially increased its carbon offset program by $75 million to offset emissions for its $12 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
Woodside Petroleum says there is potential to build another five liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing trains on the Burrup Peninsula, doubling the size of what is already Australia's most valuable resources precinct.
Woodside Petroleum has entered a deal with Apache Corporation for the supply of gas from two Western Australian fields for a second processing train at its Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.
Woodside Petroleum says production at its Vincent oil project will resume production at the end of June after a fire at its processing facility earlier this month.
Woodside Petroleum announced today that the Kimberley LNG hub was its preferred site for developing its Browse Basin gas fields, even though its joint venture partners have not yet made a decision.
The petroleum safety watchdog has sent two inspectors to investigate a fire at a Woodside Petroleum-operated facility in the Vincent oil field off the state's northwest coast.
Woodside Petroleum says it will issue $US1 billion in corporate bonds in the United States in a bid to repay short term debt and for capital expenditure.
South Perth-based Nomad Building Solutions Ltd has secured nearly $50 million worth of contracts for work at Rio Tinto's Brockman 4 iron project and Woodside Petroleum's Pluto operation.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd said the introduction of the government's emissions trading scheme will more than double the operating costs of a liquefied natural gas project.
Perth-based Woodside Petroleum Ltd and US company Apache Corp are increasingly likely to strike a gas supply arrangement over the expansion of the Pluto gas project.
Perth-based Woodside Petroleum Ltd has alerted its shareholders of a possible unsolicited offer following a request for the company's list of shareholders.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd said it is determined to find the right type of gas for the expansion of its Pluto LNG project, despite poor exploration results which could lead the oil and gas producer to miss its end-of-year final investment decision deadline.
Diversified property player Aspen Group Ltd has secured agreement with Woodside Petroleum Ltd to be the major tenant for the development of a new $28 million residential village in Karratha.
Woodside's Neptune oil and gas project has been temporarily stalled by the identification of a structural glitch which is estimated to impact the company by 0.15 million barrels of oil equivalent per month until the issue is resolved.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd, the operator of the North West Shelf Joint Venture (NWSJV), has shut down the Karratha gas plant following an electrical fault.
L7 Solutions has signed its biggest contract to date, a multimillion dollar deal with Woodside for an extensive overhaul of their Local Area Network and IP Telephony infrastructure in Perth and North West regional areas.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd has entered into a $100 million carbon offset program with Australian Securities Exchange-listed forestry company CO2 Australia Ltd, to offset the emissions from its Pluto liquefied natural gas project in the state's north west.
Woodside Energy Ltd has extended its contract with West Perth-based IT infrastructure services provider ComputerCorp Ltd for another 12 months, the company has announced.
Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd has been busy this week, playing down speculation that Taiwan could be a market for its Browse project as it moved ahead with construction contracts connected to its massive Pluto field.
Woodside Energy Ltd has awarded a construction and project managment contract for its Gap Ridge construction camp in Karratha to the Ngarda Alliance, comprising Ngarda Civil and Mining and Leighton Contractors.
