Offshore
Partners in Samancor Manganese - including BHP Billiton - have approved the second expansion of the GEMCO operation on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory.
The Federal Government has approved Inpex's Ichthys Browse Basin project, including a gas field facility, pipeline and processing facility, with strict environmental conditions.
A Perth-based exploration company is progressing a project that could see manganese mined from the seabed off Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory.
The Ichthys LNG Project has secured Major Project Facilitation status from the Federal Government based on plans to pipe gas offshore to processing facilities in Darwin.
The Northern Territory Government has approved the Ichthys LNG Project declaring that the environmental impacts of the development in Darwin can be managed within acceptable limits.
Final decisions on the environmental acceptability of the Ichthys LNG Project and any conditions of approval are anticipated in June 2011, according to the proponent INPEX.
GDF SUEZ Bonaparte, operator of the Bonaparte LNG project, has awarded upstream and midstream contracts for pre‐Front End Engineering and Design.
The Territory Government has shortlisted three proponents to compete for the right to build, own and operate a Marine Supply Base (MSB) adjacent to Darwin’s East Arm Wharf.
Invitations to Tender (ITT) for the major onshore construction packages for the Ichthys LNG Project have commenced.
Groote Resources Limited has awarded a scoping study contract to Bateman Engineering for its Groote Eylandt Manganese Project in the Northern Territory.
