Australia Overview

The Australian government has launched its 2015 licensing round for offshore exploration, according to a press release on the government’s website on Monday.

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The authorities of Timore-Leste are demanding $17 million in payment from a consortium led by Australia’s Oilex over the termination of an offshore exploration permit…

Queensland has announced a call for bids on 20 onshore oil and gas exploration blocks in the Australian state’s southwestern corner.

Queensland Minister for State…

Australian exploration and production companies Cooper Energy and Beach Energy have drilled a successful onshore appraisal well in block PPL 220 in southern Australia,…

Karoon Gas Australia announced successful production test results at its offshore Echidna-1 exploration well in Brazil’s Santos Basin on Thursday.

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Australian oilfield services company WorleyParsons has announced a projected A$125-million ($98-million) fall in revenue for the second half of fiscal year 2015 (July…

US exploration and production company Murphy Oil has said a third exploration well in the Perth Basin, Western Australia, has come up dry.

In its first-quarter…

Chevron has made a gas discovery in the Greater Gorgon area, off Western Australia.

The super-major has said that the Isosceles-1 exploration well, drilled in…

UK oilfield support services company Asco Group has won a contract to manage operations and maintenance logistics requirements for Shell’s Prelude floating LNG…