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23 May 2013
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SLUGCATCHER 

Slugcatcher predicts price rigger pain


IT WOULD be easier for everyone in the petroleum industry to imagine oil companies have not been manipulating the price of crude oil. But as Slugcatcher analysed reports about last week’s raids by regulators, he realised the allegations had a ring of truth to them.
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The new brooms


Slugcatcher on a cartel calamity


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PREMIUM FEATURES 
Cooper’s amazing transformation


THE transformation of the Cooper Basin into a gas powerhouse of the future continued this week with two announcements on opposite sides of the globe.
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IEA’s reverse logic


James Price Point, rigs and beans – part two


James Price Point, rigs and beans


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TECHNICAL & PRODUCT 
Securing data


PROCESS critical software protection specialist Asset Guard Solutions (AGS) has won a contract with Aberdeen’s Stena drilling.
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Strat modeller sheds light on Canning mysteries


Reporting software revealed


An umbilical deal


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LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS 

Hydrocarbons first for Total


FRENCH major Total may be singing a bullish tune in Australia, but high cost pressures have its voice wavering a touch.
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Feeling the heat of US shale revolution


Jobs lost at Gorgon: reports


Non-FTA exports double


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COAL SEAM GAS 

APPEA defends CSG against Greens


THE Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association has hit out at the Greens’ policy urging no new coal seam gas.
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Chinchilla worker, protester in scuffle


PetroChina sweeps out on WestSide


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SHALE GAS 

Transforming the unconventional


A GROUP of Perth students are on a mission to turn the unconventional into the conventional with research set to cut down on time and money in the shale industry.
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Shale effects on the agenda


News Wrap


US releases fraccing proposal


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SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT 
AusTex emerges from tornado unscathed


AUSTEX Oil has emerged unscathed from the killer tornado that ripped through Oklahoma this week, but managing director Daniel Lanskey says it is a reminder of the devastation such storms can wreak.
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Shale effects on the agenda


Santos leak in the Cooper


New offshore environmental legislation through


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CAREERS & RECRUITMENT 
Clough finds next gen


TWO University of Western Australia engineering students have won places in Clough’s scholarship program.
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AGT bridges employee gap


CEOs’ pay-performance link


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DRILLING 
Contractors flag lower earnings


A SLOWDOWN in the mining services sector has prompted drilling equipment provider Boart Longyear and contractor Transfield Services to cut earnings forecasts and confirm job losses.
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Kongsberg builds for Transocean


Range in Trinidad


James Price Point, rigs and beans – part two


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PIPELINES 
AGL fined $1.5M


AGL Energy has been fined $1.55 million for illegal door-to-door sales practices in a Federal Court ruling.
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Vacuuming the pipeline


IEA’s reverse logic


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PRODUCTION 
First oil from Fletcher-Finucane


FIRST oil from the Fletcher-Finucane project in the Carnarvon Basin has been produced ahead of schedule, with Santos telling the market that the $490 million project is up and running.
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Yolla production boost


Linc’s crude bet pays


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Contractors flag lower earnings


A SLOWDOWN in the mining services sector has prompted drilling equipment provider Boart Longyear and contractor Transfield Services to cut earnings forecasts and confirm job losses.
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News Wrap


IN today’s News Wrap: Moniz to look into LNG numbers; PNG, Indonesia flag exploration; Glencore Xstrata helping with oil probe.
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Transforming the unconventional
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A GROUP of Perth students are on a mission to turn the unconventional into the conventional with research set to cut down on time and money in the shale industry.
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   CURRENT FOCUS FEATURES

APPEA 2013

Robotics at APPEA

Transforming the unconventional

Avoid the long lines

Treats for APPEA delegates

DMP to showcase WA industry at APPEA

DMP to showcase WA industry at APPEA

Balloons, goldfish tell LNG story

Top prof on APPEA line-up

Voser named exec of the year





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   TODAY'S STORIES CONTINUED


Robotics at APPEA


A SELF-propelled sensor-carrying platform is one of the more unusual products on display at APPEA this year.
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AGL fined $1.5M


AGL Energy has been fined $1.55 million for illegal door-to-door sales practices in a Federal Court ruling.
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Energy Briefs


IN TODAY’S Energy Briefs: Bass gets approval; Planet Gas explains price hike; Otis trading halt; an Octanex drilling update; and Cooper drills.
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Kongsberg builds for Transocean


KONGSBERG Maritime has won a contract to work on four Transocean drill ships to be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for an undisclosed amount.
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Asian expansion plans


A CUSTOM-BUILT service facility at the new Offshore Marine Centre in the Tuas industrial area of Singapore is hoped to boost Acteon Group operations in Southeast Asia.
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AGR making waves in Africa


AGR Petroleum has signed a contract with Genel Energy to provide well management services worth £18 million ($A27.7 million).
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ATCO wins $100M contract for Wheatstone


ATCO Structures and Logistics has won a contract with Bechtel for the design, manufacture, transport and installation of modular units for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone project.
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News Wrap


IN today’s News Wrap: industry warns on reservation; Japan cheers US LNG deal; Post-Voser games begin.
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Feeling the heat of US shale revolution
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US OIL and gas producers got a breather when the Obama administration gave the green light to a second liquefied natural gas export terminal. While the move represents an effort to ease the gas supply glut in the country, it is leading to a glut of another sort that is threatening Asian petrochemical refineries. By Gomati Jagadeesan
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Transocean’s new chair


WITH J Michael Talbert failing to be re-elected at its annual general meeting, Transocean’s board has elected Ian Strachan to replace him.
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Aurora’s slimy dreams one step closer


AURORA Algae’s plans for a commercial-scale plant near Karratha are a step closer, with the WA environmental protection agency recommending the development go ahead.
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Energy Briefs


IN today’s Energy Briefs: Pura Vida targets July resource update; Oil Search duo pick up shares; Samson on the horizontal in North Dakota; Tangiers appoints UK broker.
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Personnel Movements


IN TODAY’S Personnel Movements: AusTex Oil resignation; Sino director retires; new energy secretary appointed; and new Greene’s manager.
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Cooperation the key


COOPERATION between a drydock’s production and commercial departments proved pivotal in the refit of WesternGeco’s seismic vessel, WG Cook.
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Avoid the long lines


THE forthcoming APPEA conference is set to attract more than 3000 attendees from 850 companies and 30 countries. That is a line attendees do not want to get caught at the back of.
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GE gets Saudi Aramco seal of approval


SAUDI Aramco has given its Haradh gas and oil separation plant a facelift with GE technology.
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Harkand buying Veolia Marine Services


INTERNATIONAL subsea inspection, repair, maintenance and light construction group Harkand is acquiring the main assets and business of Veolia Marine Services for an undisclosed sum.
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Qatar global push


A $US1 ($A1.02) billion Qatari company has been formed to invest in the global power and water sector.
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