Australian Gas Infrastructure Group

Gas users will save nearly $200 million over five years after the Australian Competition Tribunal dismissed a move by the owner of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline to alter a pricing decision by the state’s Economic Regulation Authority.

John Langoulant’s interests range widely, from building a lyric theatre in Perth to doing business in the Top End, but his main passion is public sector reform.

A Curtin University team has developed an improved, cleaner, technique to turn the sun’s energy into hydrogen, amid increasing industry interest in the opportunities.

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group has announced it is expanding its Tubridgi gas storage facility near Onslow in the north-west of Western Australia.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element and WA could play a role in making the gas a big part of the world’s energy supply.

Further downward pressure on gas prices is likely with the owners of the state’s major transmission pipeline planning a big cut in costs.

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract by Woodside Petroleum to build a gas pipeline connecting the Pluto LNG plant with the North West Shelf venture's nearby Karratha gas plant.

Kununurra and Mandurah could be hubs for renewable hydrogen production, while the gas could be blended with natural gas already supplied through the state’s main transmission pipeline, as part of a series of projects revealed today.

Domestic gas users will benefit by as much as $241 million over five years under Australian Gas Infrastructure Group’s latest pricing proposal for the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.

Yara Pilbara and Engie have received a $1 million boost for a planned renewable hydrogen project from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, but Western Australia will not be involved in the establishment of a new Australian Hydrogen Centre.

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Potential for a hydrogen industry in WA has been ignited in 2020, with at least 12 feasibility studies under way, while the federal government has announced $300 million to support the industry.

Strike Energy has partnered with the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) to build and operate one of the largest onshore gas facilities in Western Australia in a deal worth more than $200 million.

As the big offshore gas projects planned for WA’s north face more delays and uncertainty, the prospects for developing onshore gas fields in the Perth Basin get better.

Strike Energy and Warrego Energy have signed a binding heads of agreement to jointly develop the West Erregulla gas field in the Perth Basin.

The state government has disclosed that nearly all gas from the onshore Waitsia project will be exported, at least for the initial six years of production.

Energy services group Valmec has secured $30 million of work with the likes of CBH Group, Australian Gas Infrastructure Group, and Arrow Energy.

Alltype Engineering, a subsidiary of mining services company WestStar, has secured $10 million of contracts and extensions across the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors.

Three WA companies have been contracted by CBH Group to improve storage capacity at the Australian grain exporter’s Brookton, Dale and Hyden receival sites.

Green hydrogen projects in Karratha and the Mid West have received $71 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Construction of Horizon Power’s Denham renewable hydrogen project will soon get under way, a $7.3 million pilot of the fuel’s potential.

A Perth company planning a major iron ore project in the Mid West is readying for an ASX listing, signing up Argonaut as lead manager and recruiting new directors.

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Geraldton-based Garla Barna Civil & Mining has been subcontracted by engineering and construction giant Clough for work on the Waitsia gas field in the Perth Basin.

Strike Energy has bought $22 million worth of shares in joint venture partner Warrego Energy, effectively raising its exposure to the West Erregulla development in the Perth Basin.

Melbourne-based company director Peter Lowe has replaced John Langoulant as chair of two major gas companies, adding to his many other roles including chair of DGL Group.

The state could have a shortage of gas production for the domestic market as soon as 2025, driven by reserve downgrades at the Reindeer and Macedon fields.

Two projects in the Mid West will potentially hinge on the outcome of a WA government tender for a new desalination plant, following a market-led proposal by AGIG.

International energy company ATCO has scrapped plans to build what had been promoted as one of Western Australia’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen projects.

Companies planning hydrogen projects in WA want more government leadership as they survey the sector’s spluttering progress.

The state government has unveiled its first action plan for carbon capture and storage in Western Australia, including investing $26 million towards two projects.