Shell has awarded the Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries consortium contracts for the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of Western Australia.

The Browse LNG development off northwest Australia has entered the Basis of Design phase, says Woodside Petroleum.

ENI has issued a Letter of Award to Bluewater Energy Services for an FPSO for the Kitan field in the East Timor/Australian Joint Petroleum Development Area.

Origin Energy Resources, operator of the BassGas joint venture, has made a final investment decision on the Yolla mid-life enhancement (MLE) project.

Chevron Australia has awarded Technip a front-end engineering design contract for the Wheatstone project’s offshore processing platform.

The Pluto foundation project is 82% complete and remains on schedule to deliver first gas at the end of 2010 and first liquefied natural gas in early 2011, according to Woodside.

Chevron has awarded GE Oil & Gas a competitive bid, worth over $400 million, to deploy advanced liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology for the Gorgon field, offshore Australia.

Chevron Australia has awarded Boskalis Australia a $744-million contract to construct a port to serve the offshore Gorgon LNG project.

Shell plans to develop the Prelude and Concerto gas discoveries in the Browse basin using its Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) technology.