First oil production has begun ahead of schedule from the BHP Billiton-operated Pyrenees project, offshore Western Australia.

First gas has flowed from the Netherby field offshore Australia back to an onshore processing facility in Iona, says AWE.

The Exmouth basin Van Gogh development offshore Western Australia in WA-35-L is producing first oil, says Apache Corp.

Roc Oil, operator of the Basker-Manta-Gummy (BMG) project offshore Australia, has obtained preliminary results from its first integrated full field reservoir simulation model of the Basker and Manta reservoirs.

The FPSO Ningaloo Vision has arrived on station and commissioning activities are under way at the Van Gogh development in production license WA-35-L in the Exmouth sub-basin, offshore Western Australia.

Chevron’s Australian subsidiaries and Nippon Oil have signed a heads of agreement (HOA) for delivery of 0.3 million metric tons per year of LNG for 15 years from the Chevron-operated Gorgon project in Western Australia.

Production has begun from the Blacktip gas field in the southern Bonaparte Gulf, offshore Australia, according to operator Eni.

Production testing is under way from the Basker-3 (B3) well in the Bass Strait, according to operator Anzon Australia, a subsidiary of ROC.

Production from the Tui offshore oilfields in the Taranaki basin totalled 9.12 MMbbl in the year to June 2009, according to New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG).

The Kupe gas and condensate field is now expected to come into production in the fourth quarter instead of the third quarter, according to operator Origin Energy.

Production from the Vincent field has resumed following a fire in the compression module on board the FPSO Maersk Ngujima-Yin. The fire was reported on April 13.

First production from the Kupe field offshore New Zealand is anticipated in the fourth quarter, according to Origin Energy Resources (Kupe).