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Engineering contractor Foster Wheeler has announced that the onshore liquefied natural gas processing train it has built for the Woodside Energy-led consortium at Karratha in Western Australia has begun production. First liquefied natural gas (LNG) production was achieved ahead of Woodside's target date. The processing train was delivered by the Foster Wheeler-led joint venture at Karratha, Western Australia, for Woodside Energy as operator on behalf of the North West Shelf Venture (NWSV)....
Electricity distribution company ETSA Utilities has completed works at the newly constructed Arno Bay substation on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. The company said that the new substation will be powered on to effectively increase the supply capacity to residents and businesses in Arno Bay. The substation is one of two recently constructed by ETSA Utilities as part of the A$3.6 million Clean Seas Project, which also involves an upgrade of a 12.5km section of the powerline between Cleve...
Santos, an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced that its subsidiary, Santos Offshore, has purchased a 100% interest in the WA-4-R permit offshore Western Australia, which contains the majority of the undeveloped Spar gas field. The Spar gas field is located in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. The field extends into WA-13-L, in which Santos has a 45% interest. The field is estimated to contain 600 petajoules of gas potential with associated...
Text of report by News Corp-owned Australian general news daily Courier-Mail website on 22 September More than 20 flights have been grounded at Brisbane Airport's domestic terminal this afternoon [local time is gmt plus 10] after an apparent breach of security in the departures zone. Sources at the airport said security had been breached at the Qantas screening area and that the top floor of the terminal was being cleared of passengers. Twenty-four flights have been suspended and passengers...
Powerlink has announced that the power supply to the Australian city of Townsville's port and central business district area has been upgraded with a new A$36 million high-voltage transmission line and substation. The new powerline, between the Townsville South substation and a new substation at Townsville East, is part of Powerlink Queensland's A$120 million investment in the region. Gordon Jardine, CEO of Powerlink, said that the new powerline and substation would underpin the major...
By Susan Mansfield South Australia is wildlife heaven. Even the elusive duck-billed platypus puts in an appearance if you're lucky THERE are bubbles on the pond surface, a circle of them, as if someone is boiling a kettle under the water. This is the first sign that I'm about to encounter one of Australia's shyest, most elusive animals, the one I've come half-way round the world in hope of seeing: a duck-billed platypus. Then the creature that produced the bubbles surfaces, swims a little...
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 14, 2008) - (All currency figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted) High River Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:HRG) ("High River" or the "Company") today reported its financial results and operational highlights for the three month period ended June 30, 2008. The Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes along with the Management's Discussion and Analysis have been filed with SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and can be viewed on the Company's website...
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Aug. 8, 2008) - La Mancha Resources Inc. (TSX:LMA)(All amounts are expressed in CA dollars, unless otherwise indicated. Unaudited HIGHLIGHTS - Total production of 18,915 ounces of gold (up 47%) - Revenues of $13.1 million - Net loss of $2.6 million - Cash position of $10.6 million - 6,275 ounces of gold (La Mancha's share) from the first two months of production at Frog's Leg - AU $15 million long-term debt financing agreement with Areva La Mancha...
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE) (TSX:CDM) (ASX:CXC): HIGHLIGHTS -- San Bartolome now in production with first silver dore shipment made on July 25th; estimated 2008 production of 3.2 million ounces; targeted 2009 production of 9 million ounces. -- Palmarejo construction on-budget and on-schedule for March 2009 start-up; feasibility study completed during quarter resulting in 29% increase in Company-wide silver mineral reserves and 51% increase in Company-wide gold...
Louvem Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE: LOV), announces today its financial results for the second quarter, which ended June 30, 2008. Financial results are based on Canadian GAAP and dollars are reported in Canadian currency, unless otherwise noted. Revenues were $4,001,274 for the second quarter of 2008 compared with $4,595,913 during the same period in 2007. In all 4,351 ounces of gold were sold at an average price of US$910 (CAN$917) in the second quarter of 2008, compared with 6,298 ounces of...
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The quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is the sole member of its genus, Setonix, and is a marsupial in the macropod family. It is native to Australia, holding a fragmented range that includes coastal islands like Bald Island and Rottnest Island. There is a small population in continental Australia located in Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. On Rottnest Island, its preferred habitat includes areas in cultivated gardens to semiarid scrublands. The quokka was first discovered by Europeans, and in 1696,...
The Blue Bonnet (Northiella haematogaster) is a species of bird native to Australia. It is the only member of the genus Northiella. Its habitat includes open woodland, scrub, river forest, spinifex (a type of Australian grass), and farmlands. It is found throughout the eastern half of Australia, and a smaller race is found in the western Australian Nullarbor (flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country immediately north of the Great Australian Bight) region. This bird is about 10.6...
The eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), is a species of honeyeater found in dry sclerophyll forest, scrub and heathland from the Cooktown area in North Queensland south through New South Wales east of the Great Dividing Range, through Victoria and into the Flinders Ranges in eastern South Australia as well as throughout Tasmania. Adaptable, they can be found in urban gardens with sufficient vegetation to act as cover and a food source. It is around 6 inches long, and has a...
Gilbert's Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii), is an Australian marsupial that is critically endangered. It lives in a restricted area on the southwest coast of Western Australia.The potoroo was presumed extinct for 120 years before it was re-discovered in 1994 in Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. In efforts to protect the remaining population three potoroos (one male and two females) were relocated to Bald Island in August 2005 where they are free from predation. Since that time an additional four...
The Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur), is a small seabird found throughout the oceans and coastal areas in the Southern Hemisphere. Their colonies can be found on Chatham, Snares and Antipodes Islands of New Zealand, Bass Strait Islands of Australia, Falkland Islands, Marion Island, the Crozet Islands and Macquarie Island. The Fairy Prion is about 11 inches long. It has gray upper plumage, black-tipped tail, black "M" wing markings, and white below. Its diet consists mainly of plankton,...
