- Woodside’s Legendre oil field comes on stream in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Methanex decides to shift location of it planned methanol plant from Darwin to Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia and signs Sales and Purchase Agreement with North West Shelf Gas Joint Venture for gas supply.
- Harriet Joint venture finalises 25-year take or pay gas supply contract with Oswald Group of India to supply gas to proposed ammonia plant on Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia.
- OMV finds oil at Audacious-1 in Timor Sea.
- Woodside group finds Thylacine and Geographe gas field in offshore Otway Basin, Tasmania and Victoria respectively.
- Opening of Big Rig “living petroleum exploration history” museum in Roma, Queensland.
- AWE and CalEnergy Gas sign Heads of Agreement with Origin Energy for sale of their gas production from the Yolla field in Bass Basin, Tasmania.
- Apache finds Gibson, Simpson and South Plato oil fields and Denver gas field in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Santos finds oil at Corowa-1 in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Santos finds new oil field with its 136th well in Moomba gas field in Cooper/Eromanga Basins of South Australia as well as new oil in Kudreike-2 and Mitchie-1 wells.
- Santos finds gas at Roti-2, Quasar, Quasar South, Quasar South East, Raworth, Tellus, Karnak, Wellington, Tellus South and Vega North in Queensland sector of Cooper/Eromanga Basins and gas in Moona, Milluna North East, Tarango,
- Limestone Ridge and Crows Nest in the South Australian sector.
- Oil Company of Australia finds gas in Maid of Auckland-1 in Surat Basin, Queensland.
- Queensland Gas Company signs agreement for its first commercial sale of coal bed methane from Surat Basin fields in
- Queensland to Queensland Government-owned CS Energy.
- Energex has acquired a minimum of 60 petajoules of gas from OMV’s developing Patricia/Baleen fields in the offshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria.
- SPP sells its first shipment of naphtha from the Stuart oil shale project to Caltex refinery in Brisbane.
- Esso/BHPP sign deal for supply of offshore Gippsland gas to Tasmania via Duke Energy’s proposed Bass Strait pipeline from Victoria.
- BHPP signs 10-year 270 petajoule gas deal for Minerva field to supply Australian National Power’s Pelican Point power Station in Adelaide via SeaGas pipeline.
- Duke Energy/Gasnet group plans a gas pipeline from Victorian Otway Basin to Adelaide competing with Origin Energy’s already announced SEAGas line.
- Shell opens its first 24-hour, non-petrol related convenience store in Melbourne.
- Origin Energy finds gas at Dunbar in onshore Otway Basin, Victoria.
- North West Shelf Participants give green light to plan for $2.4 billion expansion of NWS Gas Project including a fourth LNG train on Burrup Peninsula and a second offshore gas pipeline, Western Australia.
- Santos finds McIntee, Tregony, Croft, Lavers and Naylor gas fields in onshore Victorian Otway Basin, Victoria. Also Buttress carbon dioxide/natural gas field.
- Mosaic finds gas at Downlands East and Churchie in Surat Basin, Queensland.
- Esso/BHP Billiton begins extensive new 4000km2 Northern Margins 3-D survey in offshore Gippsland Basin.
- Council of Australian Governments established a Ministerial Council on Energy and initiated a review of energy market directions in Australia.
- Australian Resources Research Centre (for petroleum, minerals and mining research) opens in Perth.
- Sydney Gas Company’s Camden coal bed methane field comes on stream in Sydney Basin, New South Wales.
- Woodside finds Blacktip gas field in offshore Bonaparte Basin, Western Australia.
- Eastern Star Gas declares Coonarah gas field commercial in Gunnedah Basin, north central New South Wales.
- Roc Oil group finds Cliff Head oil field offshore Perth Basin, Western Australia.
- Arc Energy group finds Hovea oil field in onshore Perth Basin, Western Australia.
- Woodside’s Echo/Yodel gas fields come on stream on North West Shelf, Western Australia.
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- Duke Energy’s 800km Eastern Gas Pipeline between Longford and Sydney comes on stream.
- WAPET finds Urania gas field in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Woodside and Shell sign Letter of Intent with Methanex to provide gas for a new methanol and synthesis gas generation facility in Darwin.
- Apache Energy finds Corvus and Linda gas fields and Tusk and Oryx oil fields in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Nippon Petroleum finds Crux gas field in offshore Bonaparte Basin, Northern Territory.
- BHPP finds oil at Coniston in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Chevron (WAPET) finds gas at Maenad-1A in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- A continuance of terms of the Timor Gap Treaty signed between Australia and the United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET) – the latter body taking over all rights and obligations previously held by Indonesia.
- Phillips signs Letter of Intent with Multiplex Constructions for construction of gas pipeline from Bayu-Undan field in Timor Gap to Darwin.
- Santos finds gas at Penryn in onshore Otway Basin, Victoria.
- Santos finds gas at Bow and Burke East and separate new oil accumulations in Moomba 104 and Moomba 119 in
- Cooper/Eromanga Basins South Australia and gas at Roti West, Coonaberry and Ramses in Queensland sector.
- Woodside finds oil at Laverda field in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Woodside gives green light for development of Echo/Yodel gas condensate fields via Goodwyn platform on the North West Shelf, Western Australia.
- Lakes Oil finds tight gas at Triffon-1 and Gangell-1 in onshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria.
- BHPP sells out of Buffalo oil field in Timor Sea.
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- Santos finds Touriga, Raven, Meranjie East gas fields in South Australian sector of Cooper/Eromanga Basins and Windigo, Winninia North and Juno North gas fields in Cooper/Eromanga Basins Queensland sector.
- Oil Search finds non-commercial oil in Koko-1 and gas at Kimu-1 in PNG forelands.
- BHPP’s Blackback oil field in offshore Gippsland Basin comes on stream.
- Apache Energy finds onshore Sage oil field and offshore gas at North Gypsy-1 in Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Australia LNG (ALNG) formed to market Australian gas to potential non-Japanese customers in the Asia-Pacific region.
- BHPP sells out of Elang-Kakatua and Bayu-Undan oil and gas fields in Timor Gap.
- Construction completed on Stuart oil shale pilot plant near Gladstone, Queensland.
- WAPET finds Geryon and Orthrus gas/condensate fields in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Woodside finds oil and gas at Batavus and oil at Enfield offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Mosaic Oil purchases 12 producing fields, plant, pipeline and infrastructure in Silver Springs region of Surat Basin, Queensland.
- Oil Company of Australia (Boral, now Origin) signs 20-year agreement to supply coal bed methane to BP’s Bulwer Island oil refinery in Brisbane.
- Beginning of re-gazettal of South Australian Cooper/Eromanga Basin acreage relinquished by Santos which it had held since 1954.
- Woodside begins commercial development of Legendre oil field in offshore Carnarvon Basin.
- Federal Government allows Shell group to waive permit commitments on disappointing Cornea oil field in Browse Basin,
- Western Australia on proviso of equivalent spending in other unlicensed acreage.
- Woodside’s Laminaria/Corallina oil fields come on stream in Timor Sea.
- Federal Government launches National Oceans Policy.
- Green light given for Bayu-Undan field liquids phase development.
- Boral Energy (now Origin Energy) finds gas at Wild Dog Road-1 in onshore Otway Basin, Victoria and oil at Jacaranda Ridge-1 in South Australian onshore sector.
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- Santos gas discoveries in Cooper/Eromanga Basins of Queensland include Curri and Hera.
- Santos gas discoveries in Cooper/Eromanga Basin of South Australia include Grenache, Cardam, Aranta, Vatore, Shiraz,
- Welcome lake East, Scrubby Creek, Ficus, Verona, Moonanga, Merlot, Mica, Terrace, Moolion North, Cabernet and Welcome Lake East.
- Oil Company of Australia buys Conoco’s Queensland coal med methane operations.
- Fairview/Durham coal bed methane fields begin commercial production in Queensland.
- Boral Energy (now Origin Energy) finds gas/condensate in Redman-1 wildcat onshore Otway Basin of South Australia.
- Epic Energy buys Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline for $2.4 billion.
- BHPP exits downstream petroleum industry with sale of its refinery in Hawaii and sells its interests in Timor Sea oilfields Jabiru, Challis and Skua.
- Federal Government’s Energy Research and Development Corporation disbanded.
- Woodside/Shell confirms Evans Shoal as large gas field in eastern Timor Sea and extends Sunset field west into the Timor Gap.
- Federal Government proclaims 1.7 million hectare Great Australian Bight multiple use marine park.
- AGL’s Ballera to Mt Isa gas pipeline comes on stream.
- Woodside and Shell form alliance for their upstream operations.
- Apache Energy finds Gipsy, Rose and Lee gas/condensate fields in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Explosion and fire at Esso/BHP’s Longford gas plant claims two lives and disrupts gas supplies and oil production.
- Santos finds oil in Mutineer-1B well in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- The $50 million interconnect gas pipeline linking NSW and Victorian gas grids comes on stream.
- Boral Energy (now Origin Energy) confirms Yolla gas field as significant discovery in Tasmanian Bass Basin and finds oil at
- Jacaranda Ridge-1 in onshore Otway Basin of South Australia.
- Mobil Oil Australia and Shell Australia sign Memorandum of Understanding to merge their refining assets. (The scheme is disbanded in early1999 following the global merger of Exxon and Mobil late in 1998).
- Australian and PNG Governments sign Memorandum of Understanding supporting the proposed PNG to Australia gas pipeline project.
- Cultus Petroleum’s Tenacious West-1 confirms Tenacious oil field in Timor Sea.
- Mobil finds John Brooks gas/condensate field in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Apache Energy group’s Stag oil field comes on stream in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Woodside finds Vincent oil field in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Santos finds gas at Yandina-2 in Denison Trough, Queensland.
- Oil Company of Australia finds oil in onshore South Australian Otway Basin wildcat Killanoola-1.
- Federal Parliament passes Native Title Amendments Bill.
- BHPP’s Elang-Kakatua oil field comes on stream in Timor Gap.
- Chevron group’s Gobe Main and South East Gobe oil fields come on stream in PNG highlands.
- AGL/Petronas group wins right to build, own and operate proposed PNG to Queensland gas pipeline.
- Green light for development of BHPP’s Buffalo oil field in Timor Sea.
- Caltex and BP propose a merger of their four Australian refining interests. (Negotiations on the deal were discontinued early in 1999).
- Federal Government releases National Greenhouse Strategy.
- Federal Government makes changes to Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) to address uncertainties in taxation of integrated gas to liquids projects such as LNG.
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- Santos discoveries in Cooper/Eromanga Basins of South Australia include oil at Tarragon and gas at Nephrite, Merindal, Dorodillo, Goyder, Miluna and Bauhaus.
- Santos discoveries in Cooper/Eromanga Basins of Queensland include gas at Judga North, Clinton, Vega and Whanto plus new additions to Barrolka field.
- Mosaic Oil finds Downlands gas field in Surat Basin, Queensland.
- Woodside/Shell finds Sunset and Loxton Shoals gas fields in Timor Sea.
- Mobil finds Athena gas field and Wollybutt oil field in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Woodside finds oil at Jaubert-1 on North West Shelf and renames it Legendre-3 realising it is an extension of the Legendre oil field.
- Woodside’s Keast-1 wildcat finds gas/condensate in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Chevron Niugini group confirms oil flow in tests of Moran-1 wildcat in PNG highlands.
- BHPP extends Kakatua oil field in Timor Gap with discovery in Kakatua North-1 wildcat.
- WAPET finds Dionysus gas field in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
- Esso/BHP’s Turrum oil field comes on stream via Marlin platform in offshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria.
- Western Mining Corporation (WMC) completes withdrawal from all its petroleum interests.
- Shell finds oil at Cornea-1 in Browse Basin, Western Australia.
- Federal Government releases 10-point plan in response to 1996 High Court Wik Native Title decision.
- CMS Energy acquires West Australian Natural Gas pipeline from Dongara to Perth.
- Gas Transmission Corp of Victoria buys Iona gas field in onshore Otway Basin to establish a peak saving gas storage reservoir.
- North West Shelf Project participants extend domestic gas sales with a $1 billion contract to supply AlintaGas with 80 terajoules/day for 15 years from 2005.
- Establishment of the cross-industry forum Australian Competitive Energy (ACE).
- Arc Energy buys Dongara gas field from CMS Energy Gas Transmission.
- Apache group’s Agincourt oil field comes on stream in offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
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