Susan Bower

Giralia Resources NL 28/01/03

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THE next two weeks have become even more significant for offshore Perth Basin explorers after a well drilled to appraise the Cliff Head oil field near Dongara flowed at a better rate than expected during testing. Earlier this week the maximum flow rate

EACH of WA’s Cockburn Sound shipbuilders is clear on what gives them the edge in a fast growing domestic and international industry.

THE Australian Marine Complex in Cockburn Sound is home to three fiercely competitive shipbuilders – Austal Limited, Tenix and WaveMaster International and by all accounts their business is booming, despite major Australian and overseas competitors.

UNITED Utilities Australia is hoping to be a larger part of the bicentennial celebrations of piped water to the Goldfields than it was of the 100-year anniversary, which honoured CY O’Connor’s vision to deliver water from Perth.

REMCo’s newly appointed chief executive officer Stephen Thomson has been in Perth this week.

ANACONDA Nickel has achieved much in the past year, most of it from focused restructuring, after a strategic review revealed the flagship Murrin Murrin operatio

BHP Billiton’s definitive feasibility study for its proposed $945 million Ravensthorpe nickel project has been extended past this quarter until mid-year.

EVEN before this week’s announcement of an oil column in Cliff Head-3, share prices of companies appraising the offshore Cliff Head oil discovery near Dongara l

BUILDING and construction materials supplier Boral Limited will soon be mining its own sand in WA. The expected signing this week of an historic agreement with Swan River and Swan Coastal Plains Native Title claimants will help clear the way for the

THE Cliff Head oil discovery partners are not expecting to benefit from any development before late 2004 at the earliest.

RETAIL Energy Market Company Limited (REMCo), the company established to oversee a fully contestable gas market across WA and South Australia, is close to announcing its officers. Western Australian gas retailer, network operator and soon-to-be generator

A HIGH Court decision last week has implications for Native Title claims within WA.

DESPITE the warm weather and impending holiday season, not many managing directors of Perth Basin companies have relaxation on their minds. Instead, most say they are too preoccupied with potential New Year commercial oil finds.

WHILE Hovea has claimed the trophy for the first Perth Basin commercial oil discovery since 1966, the wells attracting most interest

FOR years the Perth Basin was written off as a gas province of minor significance, one where, compared with other parts of WA, quant

JOHN Doran says that, by nature, he is inclined not to over-hype things.

A BREAK-UP of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been canvassed by Federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources Ian Mac-farlane, who advocates the separation of regulation and consumer protection powers.Mr Macfarlane was s...

A CONSOLIDATION of charter services to offshore oil and gas operations has led to more than $20 million in savings for the companies involved.Five years ago, five helicopters, perhaps half full, would take off from Karratha in the morning and head ou...

ONE of the world’s most sophisticated deepwater drilling ships is positioned off the North West Shelf at the beginning of a nine-month stay in Australian waters.ExxonMobil has brought the Glomar Jack Ryan to the NWS to drill the appraisal well Jansz-...

THE closure of Broome International Airport for runway repairs this week and next is expected to boost regional tourism from next year, but for many it represents ‘second best’ option.The renovated runways will be able to accommodate larger aircraft ...

BARROW Island has been placed firmly under the spotlight following ChevronTexaco’s proposal to the WA Government to use the island in the development of the Gorgon gas reserves.

WHEN Chevron, Texaco and Caltex merged in October 2001 they created the world’s fourth largest energy company – a company that last week reported operating earnings of $US1.237 billion for the September quarter, and a net loss of $US904 million.

Australia’s pipeline and petroleum industries have delivered strong warnings to the Federal Government over the past fortnight.

RIO Tinto is in the process of deconstructing its iron ore processing test plant at Kwinana, ahead of plans for a commercial 800,000-tonnes-a-year processing facility.

WA’S gas access regulator has extended the period for public submissions on proposed access arrangements for the Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline for a second time.Pipeline owner Epic Energy confirmed this week it had requested a further extension.

Corporate advisory firm Montt Capital is carving out a larger slice for itself in the small-to-mid cap local market and strengthening ties throughout Australia and overseas.

THREE years ago Simcoa Operations was in big trouble with the WA Forest Alliance, the Conservation Council of WA, Greens WA and numerous koala-suited protesters.

FACING a unique set of circumstances unknown to those operating in other regions of the State, miners in the South West, are pulling out all stops to address sustainability issues.