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Statoil takes on offshore operatorship in Australia
Statoil continues to expand in Australia, with the award of 100% equity share in a large exploration permit located in the prolific Northern Carnarvon Basin on the Northwest shelf of Australia.
This is Statoil’s third asset in Australia, adding to the onshore operatorship in the Northern Territory’s South Georgina basin and four BP-operated offshore permits in the Great Australian Bight.

First gas into Santos GLNG pipeline
Santos GLNG has fed natural gas into its 420-kilometre gas transmission pipeline for the first time via its primary compressor station in the Fairview field in south-west Queensland.

Australia's largest fuel terminal begins service to customers
Caltex Australia's Kurnell Terminal in Sydney has this week commenced operation, reaching a significant milestone in the $270 million project to convert the historic refinery site to Australia's largest fuel import terminal.

Speculant-1 well successfully spudded
Origin Energy is pleased to announce that the Speculant-1 exploration well spudded at 04.00 hours EST on 23 September 2014. The well is being drilled using the rig Ensign 931.

Bechtel Puts LNG Tanks to the Test on Curtis Island Projects
Bechtel has successfully hydro tested two additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks built on Curtis Island in Queensland. The tests confirm that the tanks built for the Australia Pacific LNG and Santos GLNG plants are ready to store LNG and follow the successful test of a tank at the Queensland Curtis LNG project earlier this year. Bechtel is the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for the plants, being built simultaneously side-by-side.

Apache Announces First Canning Basin Oil Discovery Offshore Western Australia
Apache Corporation (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) today announced an oil discovery at the Phoenix South-1 well - the company's first discovery in Australia's offshore Canning Basin.

Giant turret module for world's largest floating facility sets sail for South Korea
The largest piece of the turret for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility is under construction.

Vitol completes acquisition of Shell’s Australian downstream business; launches Viva Energy Australia
Viva Energy Australia (“Viva Energy”) was launched today, following the completion of Vitol’s acquisition of Shell’s Australian downstream business.

Hydro-testing milestone at Santos GLNG
Hydro-testing on one of Santos GLNG’s two liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks at its Curtis Island site in Queensland has been completed, marking another progress milestone in plant construction.

Bechtel Completes Installation of Modules for LNG Train at Australian Facility
Bechtel has successfully delivered and installed all of the modules for the first liquefied natural gas production train at the GLNG facility on Curtis Island in Queensland. The successful installation marks a major milestone in the construction of the plant, which will consist of two production trains.