THE Queensland Premier has scrapped shale oil mining proposals in the Whitsundays, citing environmental impacts and unproven technology as reasons.
25/08/2008
MINING company Queensland Energy Resources (QER)is seeking an urgent meeting with the Queensland government after its decision to ban shale oil mining in the Whitsundays.
25/08/2008
VERVE Energy says it will not know wether the commercial oil mallee processing plant is viable until late 2009.
03/04/2009
CHINA National Offshore Oil Corp has signed the first major supply deal with BG Group and agreed to take a stake in its $8b gas export plans.
15/05/2009
MOLY Mines has landed a contract with an oil and gas producer to develop the Spinifex Ridge molybdenum deposit in Pilbara Western Australia.
23/10/2008
FOUR hundred and seventy experts have met for the CleanUp 09 conference which was held at the Hilton in Adelaide during September 2009.
30/09/2009
SOUTHERN Cross University Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Lee has been named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), an independent body of 800 eminent Australian engineers and scientists driving technological solutions for a better Australia.
18/11/2009
THE Metso Mining Group has teamed with Metso Automation to develop technology said to revolutionise the performance and reliability of vibrating equipment.
11/11/2008
THE NORTHERN Territory is one step closer to receiving a $12b injection in to the state in the form of the Inpex gas processing plant project.
14/04/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Industrial Relations Commission has ruled that Shell cannot take urine samples when it introduces random drug testing of employees in safety-critical areas.
26/05/2009
IGNITE Energy Resources (IER) and TRUenergy has announced that they will build a demonstration project in the Latrobe Valley would boost local employment and provide an important step in the development of new and clean options for coal development in the valley.
16/07/2009
REGAL Resources says that it has lodged an Underground Coal To Liquids (UCTL) Approvals Application with the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) via its wholly owned subsidiary Western Victoria Energy (WVE) for the project.
12/08/2009
JOHN Holland has secured the $160 million contract to deliver Apache Energy’s Devil Creek Development Project (DCDP).
31/08/2009
ENVIRONMENT Minister Peter Garrett has approved the Barrow Island Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) processing plant project, off the Pilbara coast, Western Australia.
28/08/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has welcomed the 60th anniversary of the Altona Refinery.
21/10/2009
ALCOA of Australia says it is disappointed with the ACCC’s decision to allow Gorgon partners Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil to jointly sell gas, including setting prices, terms and conditions.
06/11/2009
THE MINISTER for Mineral Resources Development has announced bidding has opened for five new petroleum exploration licences in the Cooper Basin, South Australia.
11/02/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has launched its first quarterly report of key data charting the performance of the state’s minerals and energy sectors.
28/04/2009
BASS Metals has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Nautilus Minerals for a potential toll treatment agreement.
06/10/2009
GREENPOWER Energy has signed a Farm-In Agreement allowing Regal Resources to establish an underground coal to liquids process at Greenpower’s Exploration Licence 4860.
20/10/2009