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CAPS Australia has joined the highly respected open network of Australian equipment and service suppliers to the oil and gas industry, Australian Engineering Network (AUSEN).
31/08/2009 |
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PTTEP Australasia has rejected Woodside Resources’ offer to cap the oil leaking from the West Atlas Rig.
31/08/2009 |
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WARATAH Coal vice-president of exploration David Campbell has spoken to more than 100 people about the $45.7 billion worth of projects planned for Mackay, Queensland.
31/08/2009 |
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THE GASES and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) has created an online resource for gases and welding and affiliated industries, such as drilling and blasting.
28/08/2009 |
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WEST Australian Metals has commenced drilling at the Scaddan lignite project in Western Australia.
28/08/2009 |
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REX Minerals has commenced exploration drilling at its 100% owned White Rock project at Mt Carrington in New South Wales.
28/08/2009 |
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THE DEPARTMENT of Resources has assessed KuTh Energy as eligible for a grant under the Australian Government’s Geothermal Drilling Program (GDP).
27/08/2009 |
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QUEENSLAND Resources Council Chief Executive Michael Roche has says that removing the energy security shackles from mineral exploration and development in North West Queensland is a national interest priority.
27/08/2009 |
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THE WEST Triton drilling rig is currently travelling to the Timor Sea from Singapore to fix the West Atlas drill rig.
26/08/2009 |
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GREEN groups are calling for all gas and oil development and exploration, including the Gorgon LNG project, to cease following the spill.
26/08/2009 |
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ATTEMPTS to clean up the crude oil spilled from the West Atlas Offshore drilling rig in the Timor Sea are currently underway.
24/08/2009 |
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MIDAS Resources (MDS) has lodged applications for two tenements in Western Australia.
24/08/2009 |
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PANAX Geothermal says its Penola Project, South Australia is looking to be commercially attractive.
21/08/2009 |
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BLUE Energy says it has commenced digging of the first of five wells planned for the exploratory drilling program at its Walloon coal fields.
21/08/2009 |
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THE WESTERN Australian Government has introduced a Bill to Parliament which would allow the development of a greater range of gas fields to supply the domestic market.
20/08/2009 |
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EXOMA Energy is currently conducting a detailed technical review of its 26,840 km² Coal Seam Gas and Shale Gas exploration acreages in the Galilee Basin, Queensland.
20/08/2009 |
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BURU Energy has announced the commencement of its Bunda 3D Seismic Survey which will be used to acquire data in the Canning Basin, Western Australia.
19/08/2009 |
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AUSDRILL and Brandrill have announced a proposed merger which could create a mega mining services company.
19/08/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced that nine of the 36 permits offered by his department have been accepted.
19/08/2009 |
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INDUSTREA has signed $13.6 million in new contracts with leading Chinese mining companies Jincheng Blue Flame Coal Industry and Shanxi Changping Coal Mining.
19/08/2009 |
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ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor says that a new study shows that there may be about three million ounces of undiscovered gold in the Melbourne Zone.
18/08/2009 |
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ILUKA Resources has been recognised for its commitment to sustainable development through the 2009 Strzelecki Awards.
18/08/2009 |
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EMERGENT Resources has commenced its third-phase drilling program at its Beyondie Iron Project, West Australia.
17/08/2009 |
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DEBT-laden Boart Longyear is expected to carry out an equity recapitalisation.
17/08/2009 |
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PANAX Geothermal says that its application for a $7 million grant will now proceed to a full merit assessment.
14/08/2009 |
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SANTOS has reported that it has encountered a 65 metre gross gas column in the Browse Basin, offshore Western Australia.
14/08/2009 |
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HANNANS Reward says it will undertake a capital raising to increase exploration at its projects in Western Australia.
13/08/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has tabled the final report of the Industry Working Group in the Legislative Council.
13/08/2009 |
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THE TASMANINAN exploration and mining community has slammed the proposal of a second GeoPark around Queenstown.
13/08/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore says the government is committed to helping Western Australia stay a world leader in resources exploration and production.
12/08/2009 |
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RHEOCHEM has been awarded a major drilling fluids supply contact for an Origin Energy onshore drilling campaign.
12/08/2009 |
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SWICK Mining Services has secured its first underground diamond drilling contract in the United States.
12/08/2009 |
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URANIUM Exploration Australia (UXA) has announced that it is currently undergoing a capital raising to spur ongoing exploration and is also set to acquire mining services company, Geoscience Associates (GAA).
11/08/2009 |
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SOUTH Australia’s Premier Mike Rann has witnessed the proof of concept drilling phase for Petratherm’s Paralana world-leading hot-rocks energy project.
11/08/2009 |
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CORETRACK has successfully completed testing of the crucial measuring and recording components of its modified Core Barrel Telemetry (CBT) system.
11/08/2009 |
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SOUTH Australia’s Premier Mike Rann says the state is leading the way in renewable energy by pursuing geothermal energy exploration.
10/08/2009 |
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FEDERAL Innovation Minister Kim Carr has announced $243 million in funding for new research projects, one of which includes an investigation in to faster, deeper drilling techniques for mineral exploration.
10/08/2009 |
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CSIRO Chief Executive, Dr Megan Clark says Australia's geoscience research capability will more than double when its latest ocean-going research vessel joins the national fleet in 2012.
07/08/2009 |
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CARNARVON Petroleum says that it may trade 50% of the WA-435-P offshore Western Australian exploration block it was awarded in July 2009.
07/08/2009 |
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MINOTAUR and its joint venture partner Helix Resources have announced that new drilling results at the Tunkillia gold project showed a 27% boost to measured and indicated resource.
07/08/2009 |
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THE BLIGH Government has announced an additional 16,000 sq km of land for geothermal exploration and released a consultation paper on the proposed draft legislation for geothermal energy production.
06/08/2009 |
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SILVER Lake Resources' managing director, Les Davis says that there will be a resurgence in gold exploration and mining activity over the next two to three years.
06/08/2009 |
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THE SHIRE of Broome will ask the Western Australian Premier to officially acknowledge the Port of Broome as the supply base for all Browse Basin developments on his next visit to the Kimberly.
06/08/2009 |
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RORY Thomson from the stockbroking firm Patersons Securities says stronger gold prices are encouraging increased exploration and growth in the gold industry.
05/08/2009 |
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ATLAS Iron has completed first-pass RC drilling at Mt Webber and is preparing to test the two remaining prospects in August 2009.
05/08/2009 |
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A DRILLING rig has been damaged in Geelong delaying an offshore drilling program off Tasmania and New Zealand.
05/08/2009 |
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EXCO Resources is exhibiting at the 2009 Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum which is being held between 3 and 5 August in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
04/08/2009 |
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PANAX Geothermal says that it intends to spud the Salamander-1 well in late September or early October 2009 following its attainment of two milestone government payments.
04/08/2009 |
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CORETRACK says that it remains confident in the further development of its primary coring technology, the Core Level Recorder System (“CLRS”), and the related timelines for progress.
04/08/2009 |
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WESTSIDE Corporation has awarded Boart Longyear a contract to operate, maintain and manage the new Schramm TXD 'Telemast' drilling rig currently being commissioned by WestSide in Brisbane.
03/08/2009 |
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CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship researcher Dr Stephen Barnes and his team have revealed that an industry funded research program aimed at using platinum as an exploration guide for nickel has for the first time been able to put a time scale on the planet’s large-scale convection processes.
03/08/2009 |
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CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship says that the AuScope Web Services Roadshow is visiting every state geological survey in Australia.
03/08/2009 |