Woodside opens way for more Australian LNG shipments with early start-up of flows from Pluto gas fields
Woodside Petroleum, the Australian operator of the North West Shelf and Pluto LNG export plants, said the processing of gas had started ahead of schedule from new fields offshore Western Australia, opening the way for more LNG shipments.
McDermott wins major contract for Australian Scarborough project to supply Pluto LNG expansion
US energy and LNG engineering company McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Australian export plant operator Woodside to develop the Scarborough gas field in Western Australia for Pluto LNG.
Mitsui seals Western Australian gas field takeover and now acquires Victoria gas plant
Mitsui & Co., the Japanese conglomerate and LNG market participant in the shipping and project sectors, has completed the takeover of Australian natural gas operator AWE and has immediately agreed to acquire a gas plant in the state of Victoria in southeast Australia.
Chinese firm plans to pursue West-East LNG transport plan in Australia even if AWE bid fails
Chinese company China Energy Reserve and Chemical Group (CERCG) said it would push ahead with its plans to transport Australian LNG from the West Coast to the East Coast even as its bid for local exploration and production company AWE was likely to be rejected in favour of a higher offer.
