2010

The Australian oil and gas industry welcomes the release of the report prepared by the Policy Transition Group (PTG) into key aspects of the Government’s decision to extend the coverage of the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) to projects currently subject to the petroleum royalty and production excise regimes.

The natural gas industry looks forward to working directly with the Climate Change Committee and as a member of its business roundtable to establish a policy response to climate change that is fair, national, environmentally effective, and able to deliver abatement at least cost.

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) congratulates Martin Ferguson on his re-appointment as Australia’s Minister for Resources and Energy.

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) congratulates Julia Gillard on forming a new national government.

The annual APPEA Safety Innovation Awards have been awarded to some of Australia’s most innovative companies at the 2010 APPEA National Oil & Gas Safety Conference in Perth.

The National Oil and Gas Safety Conference has heard that Australia’s oil and gas industry has undertaken comprehensive reviews of its practices and operations in response to last year’s Montara incident in the Timor Sea.

The coal seam gas (CSG) industry supports moves by the Queensland Government to ban benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) in fraccing operations.

The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) congratulates Ms Kay Gardiner on her appointment as Queensland’s first Gas Commissioner.

On 21 August 2009, a blowout from the Montara wellhead platform in the Timor Sea caused an oil and gas leak off the northern coast of Western Australia. Sixty-nine workers were evacuated when the blowout occurred. The wellhead platform continued leaking until 3 November 2009 (a total of 74 days), when the leak was stopped following a successful subsurface interception and then by pumping mud into the well and the wellbore cemented thus "capping" the blowout.

Monday, 19 July 2010

The final report of the Commonwealth Government’s National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce marks a major landmark for Australia according to the peak body representing Australia’s oil and gas industry, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA).

Friday 2 July 2010

Today’s announcement to transition all Australia’s oil and gas industry into the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) regime represents a potentially logical approach to resource taxation reform according to the peak body representing Australia’s oil and gas industry, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA). 

Friday, 11 June 2010

Using more natural gas has to be the centrepiece of any credible policy seeking to reduce Australian greenhouse gas emissions according to Belinda Robinson, Chief Executive of Australia's peak gas body, APPEA.

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

The Queensland state Budget announced today will support the growth and development of the gas industry in Queensland according to the peak body representating Australia's oil and gas industry

Friday, 28 May 2010

 APPEA, Chief Executive, Belinda Robinson, has appointed Michael Bradley to the role of Communications Director.  

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

 Chief Executive's Closing Address to APPEA 2010

Ms Belinda Robinson, Chief Executive, APPEA

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

 The Gas Market Report, released today by the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA), provide a new independent source of information underscoring the vast size of Australia’s natural gas reserves and resources, key aspects of the operation of Australia’s natural gas markets and the dangers associated with inefficient government intervention in competitive energy markets.

 Report - KPMG Gas Market Report

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

 The Board of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has awarded its Lewis G. Weeks Gold Medal to Peter and Robyn Purcell.

Tueaday, 18 May 2010

 The Board of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has awarded its highest honour, the prestigious Reg Sprigg Medal for outstanding service to the industry, to Ms Eve Howell.

Monday, 17 May 2010

 New acreage released by the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism, the Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP, at the 2010 APPEA Conference and Exhibition in Brisbane today could lead to the discovery of new oil and gas fields.

Monday, 17 May 2010

 The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) is delighted to announce Mr Colin Hay, Managing Editor of the Oil & Gas Australia monthly journal has been awarded the 2009 APPEA JN Pierce award for media excellence.

Monday, 17 May 2010

 Chairman’s Address to APPEA 2010

Mr Eric Streitberg, Executive Director, Buru Energy Limited

Monday, 17 May 2010

 Queensland's gas industry and burgeoning CSG to liquefied natural gas sector is committed to meeting the highest environmental, health and safety and land access standards while developing new gas supplies.

Sunday, 17 May 2010

 Policy and industry issues with the potential to affect the growth of Australia's oil and gas industry will be top of the agenda for the Australian and international industry leaders attending the 50th annual Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration (APPEA) Conference and Exhibition in Brisbane this week.

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

 The 2010-11 Budget delivered tonight reinforces the importance of Australia’s oil and gas sector in under-pinning Australia’s future prosperity. According to the Chief Executive of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, Ms Belinda Robinson, the Budget has identified growth of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry as a key driver of the expected surge in mining investment over the coming years. 

Sunday, 2 May 2010

 Australia’s oil and gas industry is concerned about the impact of the Australian Government's response to the national tax review on projects to be subject to the new scheme, including the fledgling coal seam gas sector in Queensland. 

The industry, however, has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to introduce a resource exploration rebate, reduce the corporate tax rate and retain the existing Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) regime for existing offshore oil and gas projects.

Thursday, 29 April 2010

 Annual financial survey results released today show that the tax take from Australia’s oil and gas sector is at its highest level since data was first collected.

 Financial_Survey_2008-09_Results_Final.xls

Friday, 9 April 2010

 New environmental guidelines released by the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Stephen Robertson, provide the necessary framework for achieving the best environmental outcomes from the development of coal seam gas (CSG) projects. 

Thursday, 25 March 2010

 Australia's oil and gas industry has launched a major new safety training program initially targeting all new employees working on offshore drilling and production sites.

Wednesday, 17 March 2010

 The upstream oil and gas industry has called for the Strategic Energy Initiative (SEI) to deliver a policy framework that improves market efficiency and removes impediments to investment if it is serious about the long-term security and reliability of energy supply in Western Australia.

Monday, 8 March 2010

 The $10 million flagship training program announced by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, and Education and Training Minister Geoff Wilson, is a major initiative that will assist Queenslanders to begin new careers in the Queensland coal seam gas (CSG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry.

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

 The Australian Energy Resource Assessment (AERA) report, released by the Minister for Resources and Energy, the Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP, is a powerful addition to the information base that underpins our understanding of Australia’s oil and gas reserves and resources.

Monday, 1 March 2010

 The discussion paper released by the National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce, chaired by the Hon Gary Gray AO MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Western and Northern Australia, can make a major contribution to Australia’s ability to underpin the future skills and labour needs of the oil and gas sector.