INCREASING media speculation over the cause of the gas pipeline explosions at Apache Energy’s Varanus Island facility has prompted a former engineering consultant to talk about common causes of such incidents.
19/06/2008
WA MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore says the state government will prosecute Apache Energy for failing to maintain and repair the Varanus Island gas pipeline.
29/05/2009
THE Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) in Western Australia has added several turnkey air compressor packages in an upgrade, increasing gas flow to local energy providers.
25/02/2008
ORIGIN Energy Resources has announced the completion of its offshore well head platform, three production wells and a pipeline to shore.
13/06/2008
WOODSIDE Petroleum’s Otway plant has restarted gas exports after the company suspended production last October when an antifreeze chemical leaked from an offshore pipeline into the sea.
20/02/2008
THE CSIRO has commissioned a flow loop to simulate gas-liquid flows in deep-sea environments, hoping to aid study in gas hydrates formation, growth and transportability.
02/06/2008
FURMANITE has developed a carbon fibre composite repair technology suitable for use with pipelines that undergo wall thinning due to corrosion.
05/03/2008
THE WA Energy Minister Fran Logan will visit the Varanus Island gas plant, the site of an explosion which slashed his state’s gas supply by 30%.
06/06/2008
APACHE has not completed repairs to its Varanus Island gas processing facility, even though it previously pledged to finish by December 2008.
20/04/2009
WALTER Diversified Services (WDS) is finalising its acquisition of Delco Australia, claiming to have successfully integrated the business into the company.
07/01/2009
APACHE Energy is trying to stop a joint Federal-State inquiry from seeing certain documents it provided to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority investigation into the Varanus explosion.
06/05/2009
BP as Operator of Block 31 offshore Angola is converting the former VLCC Bourgogne into the PSVM FPSO.
19/02/2010
SAVCOR Advanced Rehabilitation Technology has secured more than $16m in new works in January and February 2009.
25/03/2009