CHEVRON has announced the discovery of the Achilles-1 exploration well located offshore Western Australia.
19/10/2009
THE FUTURE of a gas drilling project is in limbo after an exploration company has failed to find enough gas for commercial production.
16/10/2008
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
TAP OIL has commenced its exploration well in the Carnarvon Basin in Western Australia.
09/09/2008
METGASCO has announced that drilling of the coal seam gas (CSG) exploration well Wyan-E1 in north-east NSW is underway.
04/06/2009
FEDERAL Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says six new offshore oil and gas fields will be opened for exploration, half in areas where no permits have previously been issued.
04/06/2009
CHEVRON has commenced drilling for gas off Australia's northwest coast.
26/03/2009
SYDNEY Gas is currently testing water in the Hunter Valley region due to community concerns that the company’s exploratory activities will adversely affect the watertable.
09/03/2009
FAVOURABLE conditions in the resources sector will keep exploration and drilling activity high, according to an Australian drilling company.
19/08/2008
WOODSIDE Petroleum has reported a new gas discovery near its Pluto project in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
24/02/2009
THE CSIRO and the Victorian Department of Primary Industry (VicDPI) are joining forces to explore for new oil and gas reserves in Victoria's sedimentary basins.
22/05/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has welcomed the 40th anniversary of oil and gas production from Bass Strait drilling operations by Esso Australia and BHP Billiton and the first natural gas supply to Victorian consumers.
30/04/2009
SANTOS has reported that it has encountered a 65 metre gross gas column in the Browse Basin, offshore Western Australia.
14/08/2009
MARTIN Ferguson, the Federal Resources Minister, claims Australia must maintain active levels of oil and gas exploration to reduce its reliance on offshore oil supplies.
04/06/2009
BOUNTY Oil & Gas and MEC Resources have announced that a jackup drilling rig tender process for the Fish Prospect in PEP 11well has commenced.
02/06/2009
AuDAX Resources has announced will float a drilling tender for exploration and appraisal wells in the Dougga gas condensate field and the nearby Sambuca prospect off Tunisia.
27/07/2009
DARWIN will host the annual Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference and exhibition which will be held between May 31 and 3 June 2009.
01/06/2009
ORION Petroleum says drilling at its Kurrabooma-1 coal seam gas (CSG) corehole in northern New South Wales has reached its total depth of 438.7m on 17 April 2009.
27/04/2009
METGASCO has announced that it begun drilling on its coal seam gas (CSG) exploration well Riflebird-E15 on 14 June 2009.
16/06/2009
WESTSIDE Corporation (WCL) has received a new drilling rig to assist the company’s coal seam gas (CSG) exploration projects in Queensland.
21/01/2009