Woodside Petroleum, the new partner with Chevron in the Kitimat LNG project is raising US$1 billion through the issue of corporate bonds into the U.S. market "to fund its capital and exploration expenditure program." A news release from Woodside says "the bonds will be issued by Woodside Finance Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodside […]
Chevron, the lead corporation in the Kitimat LNG project announced on January 23 that the Moricetown Indian Band had agreed to join the First Nations Limited Partnership, in effect, approving the Pacific Trail Pipeline that would take natural gas to the project in Kitimat. Here is the news release from all parties involved. Vancouver, British […]
Apache Corporation today announced it has agreed to sell its interest in two LNG projects, Wheatstone LNG and Kitimat LNG, along with accompanying upstream oil and gas reserves, to Australila's Woodside Petroleum Limited for a purchase price of $2.75 billion. The news release says: Apache will also be reimbursed for its net expenditure in the […]
The Australian Business Review is reporting that Woodside Petroleum, a cash rich Australian energy company, has its eye on Apache's 50 per cent stake in the Kitimat LNG project. As part of any deal, Woodside would probably also have to buy Apache's stake in the Australian Wheatstone LNG project, which is also up for sale. […]
PetroChina went on a multi-billion dollar natural gas buying spree Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, picking up shares in operations in both Canada and Australia. In Canada, Encana, one of the partners in the Kitimat LNG project, signed a joint venture arrangement with Phoenix Duvernay Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroChina, to explore and develop Encana's extensive […]