
Pluto LNG nearing completion but expansion plans still on hold
Woodside Petroleum’s CEO has put off a final investment decision on the planned expansion of Pluto LNG, but has stated that plans are afoot for further expansion.
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Woodside Petroleum’s CEO has put off a final investment decision on the planned expansion of Pluto LNG, but has stated that plans are afoot for further expansion.

Oil companies in Iraq may be too ambitious about production targets due to field characteristics and exportation problems.

Doosan Power Systems has announced that it has completed a year of successful testing at the world’s largest OxyCoal™ Clean Combustion Test Facility. This facility, in combination with the newly opened Post Combustion Carbon Capture (PCCC) plant test facility in Renfrew, UK, makes the site a global centre for carbon capture research.

Untapped oil reserves add to anxieties in the South China Sea as China’s energy policy and foreign policy fuse.

Chevron has discovered more natural gas in its Acme-1 well, underpinning plans for expansion of the Wheatstone LNG hub.

The UK has a wealth of experience and knowledge of engineering, which needs to be exploited more fully if it wants to be a world leader in renewable energy technology.

Halliburton, under contract from PGNiG, have performed the first ever hydraulic fracturing operation on Polish soil.

Woodside has made new gas discoveries at its Alaric-1 exploration well, reviving hopes that the planned expansion of its Pluto regasification terminal may go ahead.

Range Resources has voluntarily started releasing information about its hydraulic fracturing processes, to assuage fears over environmental damage.

The Shenhua Baotou Coal to Olefins project, one of the largest units of its kind in the world, has successfully started up in China. The unit uses advanced coal gasification technology provided by GE.

Chevron has announced the discovery of gas in the Exmouth Plateau of the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia.

Do the environmental impacts of potential oil spills outweigh the economic effects of stifling exploration efforts, and can more be done to make oil and gas drilling safer?