THE WESTERN Australian Government is prosecuting Apache Energy for failing to maintain and repair the Varanus Island gas pipeline.
05/06/2009
APACHE Energy says the Varanus Island gas processing facility repair process “is coming to its conclusion,” but has declined to set a date for a return to full production levels.
20/04/2009
APACHE Energy is trying to stop a joint Federal-State Government inquiry from seeing certain documents it provided for the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) investigation into the Varanus explosion.
07/05/2009
APACHE Energy has restored its Varanus Island natural gas plant in West Australia to full capacity, over a year after the major pipeline explosion on 3 June 2008.
30/06/2009
CLOUGH has been awarded a $45m contract to work on the Apache Energy and Santos joint venture Devil Creek gas project off Western Australia.
06/03/2009
WOODSIDE is negotiating with Apache Energy and its Kuwaiti partner to buy gas to support the Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off Western Australia.
26/05/2009
APACHE Energy’s $850m Devil Creek natural gas project has been approved by the Western Australian Environment Minister, Donna Faragher, subject to stringent conditions.
25/05/2009
APACHE Energy has blasted the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority’s (NOPSA) report into the Varanus Island gas pipeline explosion in Western Australia, dismissing the findings as “incomplete” and “premature.”
15/10/2008
APACHE Energy says it can not guarantee its gas plant on Varanus Island, Western Australia will return to full capacity before the end of December.
10/12/2008
THE WEST Australian Government has introduced a public bulletin board for gas buyers and sellers in the wake of the Apache Energy pipeline explosion on Varanus Island.
03/07/2008
SANTOS and Apache Energy have revived their Devil Creek gas project after securing a supply contract with CITIC Pacific Mining, less than a month after talks collapsed.
08/01/2009
WEST Australian Premier Alan Carpenter has rejected accusations of a cover up regarding the Varanus Island pipeline explosion.
15/08/2008
APACHE Energy says partial production from the Varanus Island gas processing plant will resume ahead of the 15 August deadline.
05/08/2008
THE COMMITTEE for Economic Development of Australia forum on the Varanus Island gas explosion in Perth has been told Western Australia could be vulnerable to energy crises over the next ten years.
17/11/2008