Our weekly appointments wrap includes Stuart Nicholls, Tony Kiernan, Peter Blackmore, Fabio Mancini, Pele Reeve, Rick McKenzie, Brad O'Donnell, Matthew Keating, and new board members and staff announcements for the Centre for Stories.
Japanese energy giant Inpex's vision of making the Bonaparte carbon capture project off Darwin a reality has progressed to its next stage, in a major boost for the technology.
Oil Search has signed an agreement with the Papua New Guinean government for the Papua LNG Project, enabling initial work to begin on the giant development.
The cost of building the Ichthys LNG project has blown out again, with French group Total saying it has increased by $US5 billion to $US45 billion, but project operator Inpex is disputing the extent of the increase.
Energy company Santos and French multinational Total have agreed to fund a 3D seismic survey, thought to be worth around $45 million, over Melbana Energy's Beehive prospect off the north coast of Western Australia.
Papua New Guinea-focused Oil Search has backed down from a bidding war with global energy giant ExxonMobil, choosing not to raise its near $3 billion bid for New York-listed explorer InterOil.
Australian oil and gas producer Oil Search could find itself dragged into a bidding war over InterOil after a counter-bid by global energy giant ExxonMobil.
A successful Oil Search takeover of Interoil will be one factor that could help trim billions off the cost of LNG projects in Papua New Guinea in the next two decades, according to consultants Risc.
Two petroleum industry executives with a strong Perth connection have struck a deal that will see Oil Search boost liquefied natural gas development in Papua New Guinea, after negotiating a $US2.2 billion ($A3 billion) deal to buy InterOil.
Total chief executive Patrick Pouyanne has flagged that the next batch of LNG projects may not be as far off as some think, speaking at the LNG18 conference today.
Special Report: The head of Japanese company Inpex's Australian operations says Australia remains a very attractive investment destination, and has suggested the company's Ichthys project could be expanded when conditions are right.
