Oct. 2012 - Apache Australia awarded Subsea 7 a $100 million contract for the transportation, installation and pre-commissioning of subsea umbilicals, manifolds and diver-less tie-in spools for the Julimar Development Project offshore Western Australia. Project management and engineering will be handled from Subsea 7's Perth office with offshore operations scheduled for 2014. Julimar field will be tied-in to and metered on the Chevron operated Wheatstone platform. First gas is planned for late 2016 and development is expected to continue for 20 years.

Jun. 2012 - Chevron has agreed to sell 10-percent participating interest of its Wheatstone field licenses and 8-percent participating interest of its Wheatstone natural gas processing facilities to Japan's Pan Pacific Energy. Chevron added that Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), one of the stakeholders in Japan's Pan Pacific Energy K.K, has agreed to purchase an additional 0.4 million tons per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas from the Wheatstone Project for up to 20 years. This new agreement brings Tepco's total LNG offtake to 4.2 MTPA.

May. 2012 - Apache and partners have agreed to sell LNG from the Chevron-operated Wheatstone project in Western Australia to Tohuku Electric Power Company (THE). The Wheatstone partners and THE signed a Heads of Agreement to supply up to 1 million metric tons per annum (MTPA) of LNG for up to 20 years. Through its 13-percent share in Wheatstone, Apache Julimar Pty Ltd, an Apache subsidiary, will supply up to 0.13 MTPA, or approximately 19 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, to THE. Wheatstone is under development; the foundation phase of the project will include two LNG trains with a combined capacity of 8.9 MTPA and a domestic gas plant.

Apr. 2012 - Chevron and partners have agreed to sell LNG from the Wheatstone project in Western Australia to Chubu Electric Power Company. The Wheatstone partners and Chubu signed a heads of agreement to supply 1 million metric tons per annum (MTpa) of LNG for up to 20 years. Through its 13-percent share in Wheatstone, Apache Julimar Pty Ltd, an Apache subsidiary, will supply 0.13 MTpa to Chubu, or approximately 19 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The heads of agreement is subject to completion of a binding LNG sales agreement. The Wheatstone partners earlier announced long-term agreements to sell LNG to Tokyo Electric Power and Kyushu Electric Power.

Apr. 2012 - Chevron awarded Technip a subsea contract for the Wheatstone project offshore Australia. The contract, covering the development of the Wheatstone and Iago fields, includes project management, design, fabrication and installation of subsea isolation valve, production tee protection structures, spools and jumpers; transportation and installation of manifolds, foundation structures and pipeline termination structures; and the supply and installation of 25 miles (41 kilometers) of umbilicals.

Apr. 2012 - Chevron awarded Clough AMEC a contract for the operability, reliability and maintainability component of Wheatstone's offshore facility. The scope of work involves building the maintenance database, assuring operational readiness for the offshore facility, including writing of all operations procedures, all training and development programs, and operations engineering and support services. The work will be performed by Clough AMEC, with support from AMECs specialist Performance Improvement team. Work will commence immediately and will last for about three years.

Feb. 2012 - GE Oil & Gas received a contract to supply subsea equipment for the Julimar development in Western Australia. The project will supply raw gas from the Julimar and Brunello gas fields to the Chevron-operated Wheatstone project in Western Australia. The company is responsible for project management, engineering and procurement of the subsea equipment for the development. The GE equipment for the Julimar project includes subsea manifolds, well systems and fully integrated subsea and topside control systems. Shipments will begin in June 2013 with installation starting in the fourth quarter of that year.

Feb. 2012 - Clough Limited received a contract for the offshore hook-up and commissioning component of the Chevron-operated Wheatstone project. The services will be provided over a 40-month period commencing immediately. The agreed scope of work includes the provision of labor, materials and an accommodation support vessel to assist Chevron with pre-commissioning, commissioning of integrated float over deck systems, offshore hook-up, and start-up assistance. Project management will be executed from Clough's head office in Perth, while engineering and technical teams will be deployed to the fabrication yard in Korea and subsequently to the offshore platform located 140 miles (225 kilometers) from the Onslow coast.

Jan. 2012 - Technip Oceania, an Australian subsidiary of France's Technip Group, has received a contract by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering for the detailed design of Chevron's Wheatstone offshore gas-processing platform. The offshore portion of the project compromises the development of gas fields in the WA-17-R and WA-253-P petroleum titles located on the northwest shelf offshore Western Australia in water depths of 230 to 655 feet (70 to 200 meters). Subsea gas gathering systems will transport production to the processing platform where the gas and condensate will be treated. It will then export to the onshore gas plant at Ashburton North. Work is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2012. The Chevron-operated Wheatstone project compromises the Wheatstone and Iago gas fields, located in water depths between 330 and 850 feet (100 to 260 meters).

Dec. 2011 - Chevron granted FMC Technologies a contract for the design, manufacture and supply of subsea production systems to support the Wheatstone project. The scope of supply includes 11 subsea production trees, 11 wellheads, three manifolds, subsea and topside controls and well access systems. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled to commence in 2013. The Chevron-operated Wheatstone project, situated offshore Australia, compromises the Wheatstone and Iago gas fields, located in water depths between 330 and 850 feet (100 to 260 meters).

Sep. 2011 - Apache and partners will proceed with developing the Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia. The first phase of the project compromises two LNG processing trains with a combined capacity of about 8.9 million tones per annum, and a domestic gas plant and associated onshore and offshore infrastructure. Apache said that the project will supply gas to Wheatstone from the Julimar and Brunello natural gas fields. Expected investment for the field and the LNG facility development, including drilling, transportation, and other infrastructure, is estimated at about US $4 billion, which will extend over five years. First production from the development is planned for 2016. The Julimar and Brunello gas fields are located in exploration permit WA-356-P, about 112 miles (180 kilometers) west of Dampier in Western Australia. Apache operates the gas Julimar/Brunello fields with a 65% interest.

Sep. 2011 - Chevron announced that its Australian subsidiaries have signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Kyushu Electric Power for the delivery of LNG from the Wheatstone project in Western Australia. Under the agreement, Chevron, operator of the project, will deliver up to 0.7 MTPA of LNG to Kyushu Electric for up to 20 years. Kyushu will also obtain a 1.83% stake of Chevron's equity share in the project, and a 1.46% interest in the Wheatstone natural gas processing facilities that are currently being developed onshore Onslow. In addition to the equity participation volume, Kyushu Electric will take delivery of 0.8 MTPA of LNG from the Wheatstone project. The Wheatstone Project is located roughly 90 miles (145 kilometers) offshore, approximately 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Barrow Island and 140 miles (225 kilometers) north of Onslow.

Sep. 2011 - Apache has received environmental approval for the development of the Julimar and Brunello offshore natural gas fields. The development will feed natural gas to the Wheatstone LNG project offshore Australia. Apache expects to make a final investment decision on the first phase of the project in the second half of 2011 after the FEED is completed. The Julimar and Brunello gas fields are located in exploration permit WA-356-P, about 112 miles (180 kilometers) west of Dampier in Western Australia. Apache operates the gas fields with a 65% interest.

Jul. 2011 - GE O&G has entered into an agreement with Bechtel for the supply of compression technology for two customized LNG refrigeration trains for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone project in Western Australia. Chevron requested 16 LM6000PFs, 12 for mechanical drive and four to drive generators. Use of the mechanical drives will occur in the main refrigeration compression trains of the LNG facility. The operator expects to make a final investment decision on the project in the second half of 2011. The Wheatstone Project is located roughly 90 miles (145 kilometers) offshore, approximately 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Barrow Island and 140 miles (225 kilometers) north of Onslow.

Jul. 2011 - Apache Corporation and its partners have signed long-term sales and purchase agreements with Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) for LNG from the Wheatstone project offshore Australia. The project’s partners will supply TEPCO with 3.1 million tons per annum of LNG for up to 20 years. Apache will supply .45 mtpa from natural gas produced at the Julimar and Brunello fields. The Wheatstone Project is located approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) offshore, roughly 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Barrow Island and 140 miles (225 kilometers) north of Onslow. Chevron operates the project.

Apr. 2011 - Shell has signed an agreement with Chevron to become a natural gas supplier and equity participant in the Wheatstone project offshore northwestern Australia. Shell will own an 8% interest in the Wheatstone and Iago natural gas fields in the Chevron-operated permits WA-253-P, WA-17-R and WA-16-R; and the company will also own a 6.4% interest in the project's facilities, with Chevron remaining as project operator. Chevron's Australia managing director, Roy Krzywosinski, said front-end engineering and design activity on the project is nearing completion. A final investment decision is expected by year-end. The Wheatstone Project is located roughly 90 miles (145 kilometers) offshore, approximately 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Barrow Island and 140 miles (225 kilometers) north of Onslow.

Oct. 2010 - Three wells drilled appraising the Balnaves-1 discovery in License WA-356-P offshore Western Australia have kicked off development planning by Apache Corporation's subsidiary, Apache Julimar. The Balnaves field is an oil accumulation in the Mungaroo formation in a separate reservoir beneath the large gas reservoirs of the Brunello gas field. The recently drilled Balnaves-3 appraisal well test-flowed 9,076 barrels of oil and 13 MMcf/d of natural gas from a 16-foot (5-meter) perforated section, confirming good reservoir deliverability, stated Apache. Drilled in 2009 by the Stena Clyde semisub, the Balnaves-1 discovery well is part of a series of gas exploration and appraisal wells in the Julimar-Brunello complex. The discovery well encountered 64 feet (20 meters) of net oil pay in the B20 sand – a light, high-quality oil accumulation at a depth of 10,600 to 10,700 feet (3,231 to 3,261 meters). Balnaves-2 was a sidetrack from the discovery, and Balnaves-4 was a sidetrack from Balnaves-3. The Julimar and Brunello gas fields will be developed to provide additional gas for the Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project operated by Chevron. Apache Julimar will operate the design and construction phases of the WA-356-P upstream part of the Wheatstone project. A final investment decision on the first phase of the project is slated for 2011, after the FEED is completed.

Jul. 2010 - Chevron has proposed that its Wheatstone LNG plant in Western Australia will have a maximum annual production capacity of 25 million metric tons. The large developing project will reduce the need for future expansions, and will also lessen the need for future LNG-related developments nearby, reported Dow Jones. The Wheatstone project also consists of a plant with a capacity of 625 MMcf/d that will supply the domestic market. The operator remains on track to make a final investment decision in the second half of 2011. The Wheatstone Project will produce from exploration permits WA-253-P, WA-17-R, and WA-16-R, located roughly 90 miles (145 kilometers) offshore, approximately 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Barrow Island and 140 miles (225 kilometers) north of Onslow.

May. 2010 - J P Kenny will carry out front end-engineering design (FEED) for the subsea development of the Julimar Development Project. The FEED contract includes up to 18 subsea wells plus subsea completions tied-back to the Wheatstone Central Processing Platform. The FEED will produce defined solutions for the subsea systems and the 56 miles (90 kilometers) of flowlines involved in the development. The field's development consists of three gas-condensate fields, Julimar, Brunello and Grange, in water depths ranging up to 820 feet (250 meters). Julimar's first phase of development should be completed by October 2010, with the second FEED phase completed in June 2011. Julimar is situated offshore Australia in WA-356-P in 614 feet (187 meters) of water. Apache serves as the operator, holding a 65% interest; Kufpec holds the remaining interest.

Jan. 2010 - Chevron and Kyushu Electric Power Company signed an agreement for the delivery of LNG from the Gorgon and Wheatstone projects. Under the agreement, Kyushu expects to receive 0.3 million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG for 15 years from the Gorgon project and plans to purchase 0.7 mtpa of LNG from the Wheatstone project for 20 years. The agreement also calls for Kyushu Electric to acquire 1.83% of Chevron's equity share in the Wheatstone field and a 1.37% share in the onshore processing facilities. Combined with its equity stake in production, Kyushu will take 0.8 mtpa of LNG from the Wheatstone project. Construction of the Gorgon project started in the second half of 2009 and first gas is planned for 2014. The Wheatstone project started the FEED phase in July 2009, and a final investment decision is expected in 2011.

Dec. 2009 - The Government of Western Australia offered two retention lease renewals of exploration permits WA-16-R and WA-17-R, for the Wheatstone LNG project. Norman Moore, Minister for Mines and Petroleum said, "granting the leases (WA-16-R and WA-17-R) in Commonwealth Offshore Waters would help achieve the earliest possible commercial development of the State's vast offshore gas resources." A final investment decision of the project will be made in 2011. Chevron holds 100% interest in the WA-17-R permit and 66.7% interest in the WA-16-R permit. Shell holds the remaining 33.3% interest in WA-16-R.

Dec. 2009 - Chevron and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) signed an agreement for the delivery of 4.1 million tons per annum of LNG for up to 20 years from the Wheatstone project. TEPCO will also acquire 15% of Chevron's equity share in the project and an 11.25% interest in the Wheatstone natural gas processing facilities that will be developed onshore. Located offshore Western Australia in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, the Wheatstone project will be developed in several phases, with the first phase seeing the completion of two LNG processing trains and a domestic gas plant with the capacity to process 8.6 MTPA of LNG. Chevron expects production to commence in 2016.

Dec. 2009 - Two engineering and design contracts were recently awarded by Chevron related to its Australian Wheatstone LNG project. Intecsea received a contract for the design of the gas gathering facilities and pipelines for the project; Technip received the other contract for the design of the field's production platform. Discovered in 2004, Wheatstone is located in the WA-253-P and WA-17-R permit areas offshore Australia and is being developed as a greenfield onshore LNG and domestic gas project.

Oct. 2009 - Chevron signed an agreement with Apache Julimar Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Apache Corporation, and KUFPEC Australia (Julimar) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company k.s.c., to bring them into Chevron's Wheatstone LNG project as natural gas suppliers and 25% equity partners in the project facilities. Under the agreement, Apache and KUFPEC will provide natural gas from their Julimar and Brunello fields, located in northwestern Australia, to supply 25% of the inlet gas to trains 1 and 2 of the Wheatstone project. Apache will assume a 16.25% equity interest and KUFPEC an 8.75% equity interest in the project. Chevron will remain the project operator.

Jul. 2009 - Chevron announced the award of a FEED contract for the first phase of the Wheatstone natural gas development in northwest Australia. The contract consists of two LNG processing trains, each with a capacity of about 4.3 million tons per year and a domestic gas plant. The facility will be supplied initially from Chevron's 100% interest in the Wheatstone Field and the Chevron-operated Iago Field. The facility will be located at Ashburton North on the mainland of Western Australia. Chevron expects to make a final investment decision on the Wheatstone project in 2011.

Feb. 2009 - Chevron Corporation announced the successful results of a seven-well exploration and appraisal program for the Wheatstone and Iago fields in northwest Australia. Following the completion and analysis of the appraisal program, the fields are estimated to hold enough natural gas resources to support a two-train Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) and domestic gas project.

Jul. 2008 - Chrvron announced a significant extension of the Chevron-operated Iago gas field located 80 miles offshore northwestern Australia in permit WA-16-R and WA-17-R.

May. 2008 - Apache reports that the Julimar Northwest-1 exploration well on Australia's Northwest Shelf logged 43 feet of net pay in the J-17 Triassic Mungaroo sandstone. Apache owns a 65% interest in the 239,440-acre block; Kufpec owns the remaining interest.

Apr. 2008 - Apache Corporation reported that the Julimar Southeast-1 discovery on Australia's Northwest Shelf logged 195 feet of net pay across five intervals of the Triassic Mungaroo Sandstone. The latest discovery, which was not tested, was drilled in 502 feet of water about 1.9 miles from Julimar-1, which logged 132 feet of net pay and test-flowed a combined 85 million cubic feet (MMcf) per day from two zones.

Mar. 2008 - Chevron Australia plans to develop a new Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, based on its 100 percent-owned Wheatstone natural gas discovery. The facility will be located on the northwest coast of mainland Australia and have initial capacity of at least one 5 million-ton-per-annum LNG production train with expansion capacity for additional production trains. The facility will also provide commercial domestic gas to the local market.

Jul. 2007 - Apache Corporation announced that the Julimar East-1 appraisal well on Australia's Northwest Shelf logged 224 feet of net gas pay in six sandstone reservoirs in the Triassic Mungaroo formation. Julimar East-1 was drilled 3.6 miles northeast of the April 2007 Julimar-1 discovery, which encountered 132 feet of net gas in four zones. Production tests on two zones in the discovery flowed at a combined rate of 85 million cubic feet (MMcf) per day, precluding the need for further testing of the Julimar East-1. Three of the six intersected pay zones in Julimar East-1 are stratigraphically equivalent to gas bearing reservoirs in the Julimar-1 well. The well will be suspended as a future production well.

Apr. 2007 - Apache says that the Julimar-1 well on Australia's Northwest Shelf discovered natural gas in the prolific Triassic Mungaroo formation. Production tests on two zones flowed a combined 85 million cubic feet (MMcf) per day. The Julimar-1, which was drilled in 615 feet of water to a total depth of 12,221 feet, discovered 132 feet of net pay in the Mungaroo on a trend with other significant fields.

Aug. 2004 - ChevronTexaco has made a significant natural gas discovery at its Wheatstone-1 well, located offshore 110 miles west-northwest of Dampier in Western Australia. A production test on the well, in retention lease WA-17-R, established a flow rate of 54 million cubic feet per day, which was constrained by rig equipment.