tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601355103716900050.post4360740390778581946..comments2024-03-25T17:14:57.213+08:00Comments on Hands off Country: Beagle Bay Woodside Water info session.Red Handhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17147253130448944470noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601355103716900050.post-50257002805802398692012-11-27T11:43:12.746+08:002012-11-27T11:43:12.746+08:00Shell head dismisses floating LNG concerns
By Kat...Shell head dismisses floating LNG concerns<br /><br />By Kathryn Diss<br /><br /> Posted 24 minutes ago<br /> <br /><br />Photo: The floating LNG platform envisaged by Shell. (Shell)<br /> <br /><br />Map: Broome 6725<br />The head of Shell in Australia, Ann Pickard, has dismissed claims that floating liquefied natural gas technology is environmentally unsafe.<br /><br />The WA Premier Colin Barnett has expressed concerns about using floating technology to process LNG from the Browse project, north of Broome.<br /><br />He says he does not think the technology is safe and has warned of a major oil and gas spill if it is used. <br /><br />He remains committed to processing the gas onshore at James Price Point.<br /><br />Shell is a partner in the joint venture and is currently developing a floating LNG platform for its Prelude project offshore from Broome.<br /><br />The field is considered too far from shore for it to be economically viable to build a pipeline.<br /><br />Shell is believed to be pushing its Browse partners to consider the floating technology.<br /><br />And, Ms Pickard disagrees with Mr Barnett's claims.<br /><br />"It's designed around safety, safety is absolutely paramount, protecting the environment, protecting the people is absolutely paramount in the design, so obviously I disagree," she said. <br /><br />"Everything we do is focused on prevention to make sure we can stop anything happening, it's all about prevention.<br /><br />"If the risks thing happens then we've got the cap so I don't see a Macondo or Montara happening.<br /><br />"You can't ever say never but we sure are focusing on the prevention side." <br /><br />A rig operated by TransOcean and drilling for BP in the Macondo field in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in 2010, killing 11 workers and causing a massive offshore oil spill.<br /><br />There was also a massive oil and gas leak at the Montara rig in the Timor Sea off the coast of WA in 2009. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601355103716900050.post-75361225707617538342012-11-27T07:00:20.745+08:002012-11-27T07:00:20.745+08:00India goes after oil and gas.
NEW DELHI: ONGC wil...India goes after oil and gas.<br /><br />NEW DELHI: ONGC will invest a staggering 27,800 crore, or $5 billion, for an 8.4 per cent stake in an oilfield in Kazakhstan to give a big boost to India's energy security by partnering global majors in developing the world's biggest oil discovery since 1968<br /><br />The company is involved in exploration activities in 15 countries from Vietnam to Venezuela, including stakes in producing fields such as Sakhalin in Russia and the Greater NileBSE -2.50 % Project in Sudan, where output has fallen. It also bought Imperial Energy for $2.1 billion about four years ago, but output from Imperial's assets has fallen sharply<br /><br />.......................<br /><br /><br />Russia to spend up big on Far Eastern projects.<br /><br />The Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom outlined ambitious and costly plans to develop new production and exports hubs in the country’s Far East. Meanwhile, the gas giant has also apparently begun reassessing its ties with Central Asia.<br /><br />..<br /><br /><br />The development of the Russian Far East could cost as much as a half of the country’s 11.6trln roubles ($370bn) 2013 budget as the ministry responsible announced its strategy.<br /> <br />In its report to Vnesheconombank the Ministry of the Development of Russian Far East revealed 92 projects for the region costing about 5trln roubles ($159bn), Vedomsti Daily reports. Many of the infrastructure projects are expected to be funded by the lender’s subsidiary “the Fund of the Development of Far Rast and Baikal region”.<br /><br />Among the projects are the reconstruction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) railway, the construction of a bridge to Sakhalin Island and renovation of the Trans-Siberian mainline. The BAM reconstruction would be the most expensive project costing 1.1trln ($30bn). Goods traffic is planned to be increased to 52mln tones by 2015 from 10mln in 2011.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601355103716900050.post-20471071744015951252012-11-27T06:36:09.529+08:002012-11-27T06:36:09.529+08:00Premier Colin Barnett has opened a new front in hi...Premier Colin Barnett has opened a new front in his campaign for a land-based gas hub at James Price Point, warning that rival floating LNG technology proposed by Shell poses greater environmental risks similar to the Gulf of Mexico petroleum spill.<br /><br />Despite approval from the State's environmental watchdog this month, green opposition to Woodside's $40 billion Browse gas development near Broome has been fierce. Protesters have been up in arms about issues, including the damage to the coastline near James Price Point and dinosaur footprints as well as potential harm to marine life including transitory whales.<br /><br />However, Mr Barnett told _WestBusiness _the plant's opponents were overlooking a far greater risk.<br /><br />"People talk about the environment, but I don't think it is safe environmentally to have such a massive offshore production and storage facility for gas and oil," he said.<br /><br />"Hopefully it never will but accidents do happen, like the Gulf of Mexico and also Montara."<br /><br />Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke signed off this month on Shell's FLNG project for the smaller Prelude field near Browse.<br /><br />Shell is said to be pushing its Browse partners to adopt FLNG to cut spiralling costs of the James Price Point proposal.<br /><br />Under their retention lease obligations, the joint venture partners must decide by June whether the project is financially viable.<br /><br />Earlier this month Shell's director of projects and technology, Matthias Bichsel, rejected suggestions its technology was risky, and said the giant ships could provide a solution to the land-based environmental concerns.<br /><br />"FLNG allows you, from an environmental point of view, to produce LNG without disturbing coastlines or building a big facility in some pristine environment," he said.<br /><br />Martin Pritchard of Environs Kimberley said yesterday that piping gas to land would still involve the risks of spills from the undersea well heads, as happened in the Gulf of Mexico.<br /><br />He said an offshore facility would give more time to stop a condensate spill from spreading along the coast to Broome, unlike at James Price Point<br /><br />http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/15488132/barnetts-browse-warning/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601355103716900050.post-28226932386506170252012-11-27T06:10:47.691+08:002012-11-27T06:10:47.691+08:00Thankyou for the updateThankyou for the updateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com