September 2022
Surat Basin gas play PZE Ltd puts pre-IPO raising to investors
Armour Energy castaway, the Waldegrave gas project, appears to be yoyo-ing back to the ASX-boards.
- Yolanda Redrup, Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Anthony Macdonald
March 2020
Victoria scraps ban on conventional onshore gas
Victoria's government will scrap its onshore conventional gas moratorium next year, opening the possibility for new supplies to offset Bass Strait's decline.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Hedging to help Senex protect cash flow amid oil crash
The oil and gas producer has set out forecasts for cash flow and earnings on an assumption of Brent oil prices of $US65 a barrel, well above current levels.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
October 2019
Northern gas shake-up seen triggered by Santos deal
A realignment of LNG interests is expected to sweep across the sector, starting with Santos' deal with ConocoPhillips.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
June 2019
Incitec warns gas 'pinch point' ahead despite Gibson Island deal
Jeanne Johns says hard yards lie ahead for gas consumers on Australia's east coast, despite winning cheaper gas for Incitec's struggling fertiliser plant.
- Peter Ker and Mark Ludlow
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Queensland gas rights granted with manufacturer supply promise
An APLNG-Armour Energy joint venture has been awarded a gas tenement so long as the new supply is offered exclusively to manufacturing customers.
- Mark Ludlow
March 2018
Central Petroleum, Armour Energy win gas exploration acreage in Queensland
Queensland has named Central Petroleum and Armour Energy winners of the next round of gas acreage released to exclusively supply the domestic market.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
August 2017
How the Rich Invest: Gerry Harvey's retail investments go beyond Harvey Norman
Gerry Harvey is the second biggest shareholder in Rod Duke's Briscoe Group.
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- John Stensholt
August 2016
Fracking ban 'an act of self-harm' for NT, says Matt Canavan
Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan says a blanket ban on fracking would be "an act of economic self-harm" for the Northern Territory.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
January 2016
Gas entrepreneurs bet on Beetaloo Basin as Australia's answer to US shale
Entrepreneurs who have made billions on US shale and Queensland coal seam gas are betting NT's Beetaloo Basin will be Australia's answer to the US gas phenomenon.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
November 2015
Armour Energy chairman Nick Mather targets LNG markets with AEP
Having seen off a $61 million takeover approach from China's Landbridge, Armour Energy executive chairman Nicholas Mather is keen to get working with his new partner, US shale pioneer Aubrey McClendon, to tap into what he sees as a huge growth area for unconventional gas to supply Australia's new wave of liquefied natural gas ventures.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
September 2015
Armour Energy surges on deal to buy oil, gas assets from Origin Energy
Takeover target Armour Energy has signed its second potentially-transformational deal in as many weeks, agreeing to pay up to $13 million for oil and gas production assets in Queensland owned by Origin Energy and sending its share price up by more than 100 per cent.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
October 2014
Future of MMG’s Century operation depends on gas
MMG has advised that sourcing competitively priced natural gas will be critical to avoid complete closure of its near-depleted Century zinc mine in north-west Queensland, which employs about 900 people.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘Party crashers’ are now niche leaders
Less than seven years before collecting a $17.9 million windfall from selling his stake in Arrow Energy, entrepreneur Stephen Bizzell put down a personal guarantee to help the then struggling gas explorer stay afloat.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
August 2014
NT gas not an easy solution for NSW
However positive the vision is of linking the Northern Territory into the east coast gas grid, tapping deposits off the far north-west coast hardly looks a sensible solution for NSW’s energy woes.
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- Angela
March 2014
PTT to sell Western Australian gas assets: report
PTT, the Thai company responsible for one Australia’s worst oil spills, is looking to offload its $2 billion Montara project and its Cash and Maple gas fields, according to a media report.
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- Jared Lynch
June 2013
APA, Armour in talks on NT gas pipeline
APA Group has struck a deal with shale gas explorer Armour Energy to explore the development of a new gas pipeline that would transport Armour’s gas to eastern Australia and Northern Territory gas markets.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
January 2013
Armour Energy (AJQ)
Shares in Armour Energy were trading higher 32¢ on Tuesday after statements it was putting itself forward among major companies as a rival gas source for Rio Tinto’s alumina refinery at Gove.
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- Marianna Papadakis
Armour eyes supplying gas for Rio’s Gove
Armour Energy has put itself forward as a potential rival source of gas for Rio’s alumina refinery at Gove, with executive chairman Nick Mather pointing to significant potential at its Northern Territory acreage.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
August 2012
Only the brave will consider listing
It will take much sturdier local and global sharemarkets to get retail investors interested in initial public offerings, judging by the response to offers this year.
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- Tony Featherstone