http://www.seaaoc.com daily 1 2009-09-15T08:08:36Z http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/ground-broken-on-wheatstone CHEVRON Australia and its partners have officially broken ground on their $A29 billion Wheatstone LNG project at Ashburton North, near Onslow on Western Australia’s Pilbara coast. No publisher jamesnew 2011-12-05T22:33:29Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/lng-year-in-review-bulls-10-bears-0-1 QUESTION: In which countries are greenfield LNG projects under construction? Answer: Australia, PNG and… in fact, nowhere else. No publisher jamesnew 2011-12-05T22:19:33Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/ichthys-lng-projects-and-dart-news-updates AUSSIE banks tee up to snap up the debt funding spoils from Ichthys; meanwhile S&P issues yet another warning on possible credit downgrades for LNG projects; and Dart board scuttles institutional missile on executive pay. No publisher jamesnew 2011-12-01T06:17:54Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/lng-accounts-for-lion2019s-share-of-resource-spending AUSTRALIA’S LNG developments continue to make healthy contributions to the country’s economy, with recent approvals playing a major role in sending capital expenditure in advanced projects up to $A231.8 billion as of the end of October 2011. No publisher jamesnew 2011-12-01T05:29:56Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/flex-flags-possible-funding-issues FLEX LNG has foreshadowed it is unlikely to reach the final investment decision for the proposed floating LNG facility of the InterOil-led Gulf LNG project in Papua New Guinea by December 15. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-29T23:18:32Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/pluto-holding-steady WOODSIDE Petroleum appears to be on track for loading the first LNG cargo at its Pluto LNG plant in March next year with its major commissioning efforts remaining on schedule so far. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-27T22:55:45Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/octanex-wraps-up-first-bonaparte-seismic OCTANEX has completed its 959km Kingfisher 2D seismic survey in WA-421-P, the first of six surveys it is shooting over six of its permits in the Bonaparte Basin, off Western Australia. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-23T04:30:21Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/apache-plugs-commitment-well APACHE Energy has plugged and abandoned the Hannah-1 exploration well offshore Carnarvon Basin after it failed to encounter hydrocarbons. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-23T02:45:08Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/strike-led-jv-to-profit-from-shell-exploration AS predicted last week, Strike Energy has expanded its Australian focus to offshore Western Australia after grabbing an operating 33.33% stake in WA-460-P permit. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-23T00:19:08Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/inpex-says-ichthys-lng-fid-could-be-delayed-to-mid-jan-2012 Japan's Inpex said Friday its expected final investment decision on the Ichthys LNG project in northern Australia could "slip into mid-January 2012" from an earlier target of end of this year. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-22T04:59:41Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/santos-still-spruiking-darwin-lng-expansion SANTOS remains keen on using the Barossa–Caldita gas fields in the Northern Territory to both backfill and expand the Darwin LNG plant. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-22T04:24:57Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/offshore-investment-of-380-million-is-on-the-way OFFSHORE investment of $380 million is on the way after the release of nine offshore exploration blocks in the second round of the 2011 offshore exploration acreage release but $349.5 million of it will come from a Woodside and Shell joint venture. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-22T03:58:10Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/sunrise-speculation-simmers SPECULATION is rife that Woodside will pull the Sunrise development from the fire with reports suggesting it agrees with the Timor-Leste government on piping gas to a plant in the country. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-22T00:59:21Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/on-the-record-keeping-options-open-1 IT IS pure speculation but a reading of the draft upstream environmental impact statement for the Browse LNG project appears to leave at least some room for Woodside Petroleum to wiggle in. Specifically, I’m talking about alternatives to locating the liquefaction facilities at the proposed James Price Point LNG hub in the Kimberley. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-21T22:23:42Z News Item http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/inpex-to-sell-10-ichthys-stake Japanese explorer Inpex plans to sell a 10% stake in its multi-billion dollar Ichthys liquefied natural gas project to eight long-term buyers. No publisher jamesnew 2011-11-15T22:46:55Z News Item