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Engie: protocole d'accord avec Santos dans le gaz naturel en Australie

Cercle Finance •04/08/2025

Santos a annoncé lundi avoir signé un protocole d'accord non contraignant avec Engie en vue de fournir au groupe énergétique du gaz naturel issu du projet Narrabri et devant être destiné au marché domestique de la côte est australienne.

Selon les termes du contrat, Santos fournirait à Engie jusqu'à 20 pétajoules (PJ) par an de gaz naturel provenant du champ Narrabri, et ce pendant au moins dix ans à compter du démarrage des opérations.

Engie s'engagerait de son côté à destiner 100% de ce volume au marché intérieur australien.

Les deux groupes ont par ailleurs convenu d'examiner des opportunités dans le domaine de la décarbonation via l'activité de gestion de carbone tierce de Santos, notamment à travers un projet de captage et stockage du carbone (CSC) actuellement à l'étude.

Dans un communiqué, Santos précise que l'accord de fourniture de gaz de Narrabri reste soumis à sa décision finale d'investissement.

Santos, qui a acquis cet actif en 2011, travaille depuis maintenant plus d'une décennie à son développement, dans lequel il a investi à ce jour plus de 1,5 milliard de dollars australiens.

En 2020, le groupe s'est engagé volontairement à réserver 100% de la production de Narrabri au marché intérieur, notamment afin que les clients de Sydney et de la région de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud puissent compter sur un approvisionnement local et compétitif en gaz.

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Major Aussie LNG Plant Gets 40 More Years
by Bloomberg|Keira Wright | Friday, September 12, 2025

Australia's first and largest liquefied natural gas plant cleared the final hurdle to operate until 2070, after an almost seven-year process during which operator Woodside Energy Group Ltd. faced opposition from environmentalists and traditional owners concerned about the site’s pollution.

Environment Minister Murray Watt has allowed the North West Shelf project in Western Australia to keep operating for an additional 40 years, almost four months after he granted provisional approval. Woodside has agreed to 48 conditions to limit the site's impact on local Aboriginal rock art.

"This is the last procedural step in a lengthy process," Watt said in a statement. "I have imposed conditions that will require a reduction in certain gas emissions below their current levels, in some cases by 60 percent by 2030 with ongoing reductions beyond that," he said, without specifying the gases.
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Hydrocarbures: le consortium mené par l'émirati Adnoc retire son offre d'achat de l'australien Santos

Boursorama avec AFP •17/09/2025

Le consortium mené par la compagnie nationale d'hydrocarbures des Emirats arabes unis Adnoc a annoncé mercredi le retrait de son offre d'achat du fournisseur de gaz naturel liquifié (GNL) australien Santos.

Adnoc avait offert en juin 18,7 milliards de dollars américains pour acquérir le groupe australien, par le biais d'un consortium mené par sa filiale XRG, afin de créer un géant mondial du gaz naturel.

Le consortium, qui compte aussi le fonds souverain d'Abou Dhabi ADQ et la société internationale d'investissement Carlyle, a indiqué dans un communiqué qu'il "retirait son offre indicative et ne ferait pas d'offre ferme concernant Santos".

"Bien que le consortium conserve une opinion positive sur les activités de Santos, plusieurs facteurs, considérés dans leur ensemble, ont influé sur son évaluation de l'offre indicative", a-t-il ajouté.

"Après une évaluation approfondie, et compte tenu de tous les facteurs commerciaux ainsi que des conditions de l’accord de mise en œuvre du projet exigées par le conseil d’administration de Santos, le consortium a décidé qu’il ne donnerait pas suite à la transaction proposée", selon le communiqué.

Santos, présent en Australie, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, au Timor oriental et aux Etats-Unis, est un important fournisseur de GNL en Australie et en Asie.

Il avait affirmé en juin que son conseil d'administration avait l'intention "de recommander à l'unanimité" à ses actionnaires d'approuver la transaction, si les deux parties se mettaient d'accord sur les termes de l'opération.

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Le projet gazier Barossa arrive en phase de production. Première arrivée de gaz sous marin dans le FPSO Opal.

Santos Launches $4.5 Billion LNG Project Offshore Australia

By Charles Kennedy - Sep 22, 2025

Australia’s oil and gas major Santos on Monday announced that a floating production vessel had received first gas from the $4.5-billion Barossa project offshore northern Australia, with the floating unit being the production centerpiece of the Barossa LNG project.

The BW Opal FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel) will be permanently located in the Barossa gas field about 285 kilometers (177 miles) offshore from Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. The floating vessel will feed the Darwin LNG plant for the next two decades, Santos said on Monday.

This was the first piece of positive news for the company since it announced last week that a consortium led by Abu Dhabi’s state energy major ADNOC had pulled an $18.7-billion bid for the Australian group, due to disagreements over price.

In today’s press statement on the Barossa project, Santos announced that the BW Opal achieved ready for start-up status on September 16, 2025, and gas began to flow from the subsea wells last week.

The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority has renewed the Environment Protection Licence for Darwin LNG, commencing September 19, 2025. This paves the way for first gas into, and start-up of, the Darwin LNG plant, Santos said.

The Barossa field will feed Darwin LNG, which has been exporting the super-chilled fuel predominantly to Japanese customers.

“RFSU for the BW Opal marked the formal transition from project execution to production operations, following RFSU for the Darwin LNG plant upon completion of the life extension work scope and the commencement of production from the offshore subsea wells,” said Santos managing director and CEO Kevin Gallagher.

Santos bets big on the Barossa LNG project and the Pikka oil project in Alaska for boosting oil and gas output in the coming months. The two projects are set to boost Santos’ oil and gas production by 30% by 2027, and hike cash flows.

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The BW Opal FPSO sails toward the Barossa field offshore Australia. The field, which reached final investment decision in 2021, achieved first gas on 20 September 2025.Source: BW Offshore

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ConocoPhillips Makes Offshore Gas Discovery in Australia's Otway Basin

by Jov Onsat|Rigzone Staff | Tuesday, November 18, 2025

ConocoPhillips made a natural gas discovery offshore Victoria in the Otway Basin, though further work is needed to determine potential flow rates, the United States company's Australian unit said Monday.

"The Essington-1 well is the first discovery in the Otway since 2021 and is a promising start to ConocoPhillips' exploration activities in the region", ConocoPhillips Australia president Jan-Arne Johansen said in an online statement.

"The initial results are encouraging, and we look forward to continuing drilling our second exploration well in December".

ConocoPhillips Australia said, "Preliminary estimates from logs and wireline results place the primary Waarre A target reservoir as a 62.6-meter gross hydrocarbon column. The secondary Waarre C target shows a further 33.2-meter gross hydrocarbon column as best estimates".

3D Energi said separately, "Elevated gas readings were recorded in both the Waarre C (intersected at 2,265 meters MDRT) and Waarre A (intersected at 2,515 meters MDRT) reservoirs".

"In both reservoirs, gas peaks coincide with elevated resistivity readings observed on Logging While Drilling tools, consistent with probable hydrocarbon presence", 3D Energi added.

The discovery sits 12 kilometers (7.46 miles) from producing gas wells and about 53 kilometers (32.93 miles) from Port Campbell, Victoria, according to ConocoPhillips Australia.

"Further work will be conducted to determine potential flow rates, the reservoir's ultimate resource recovery and the commercial viability for potential development plans", ConocoPhillips Australia said.

The partners expect to complete operations at the well this month, after which the well will be plugged and abandoned.

"A second well in VIC/P79 (Charlemont-1) expected to commence in December (weather and operational conditions permitting) and additional wells may be considered in the future under the accepted Environmental Plan", ConocoPhillips Australia said.

It announced the start of the Otway exploration campaign November 1, "in an effort to find new domestic natural gas supply and be part of the solution to Victoria's forecast gas shortfalls in the coming years".

ConocoPhillips Australia operates the Otway Exploration Drilling Program with a 51 percent stake in the joint venture. Korea National Oil Corp owns 29 percent and Australian player 3D Energi Ltd 20 percent.

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