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The Cool Energy news section provides the latest information about the progress of the company's innovative CO2 capture and storage technology.
14 May 2008 New alliance brings surge of hope to CO2 emission reductions
Cool Energy Limited and national geoscience company Greenhouse Gas Storage Solutions (GGSS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see them collaborate on more sustainable and economically sound methods for CO2 management.
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10 April 2008 Cool plant start-up prospects warm
An independent, clean and green gas processing plant operating within the South Australian part of the Cooper Basin appears increasingly likely to crystalise over the next 12 months....
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25 March 2008 Pertamina and Cool Energy working on purifying gas
Pertamina E&P and Cool Energy Ltd build cooperation in purifying CO2 contect in gas by using CryoCell Technology. This effort is to increase economic value of fields that are to be produced from Pertamina west Java fields in Indonesia.
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16 February 2008 'Clean' energy firms take on the US
A group of Western Australian companies have showcased their environmentally clean energy technologies at a recent climate change and energy symposium in the US. The firms took part in the Road to Renewables symposium in Los Angeles, which looked at the global need to move from fossil fuels to renewable technologies. The symposium was organised as part of the recent G’Day USA promotion, which was held in the US in the lead up to Australia Day on January 26.
Among the companies putting their technology on show was Cool Energy, the runner up to 2007 WA Inventor of the Year award.
Read complete ScienceNetwork WA article.
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12 February 2008 Radio Australia 'Innovations' Interview
Desley Blanch interviews Cool Energy's Mananging Director Jesse Inman on Radio Australia's 'Innovations' program.
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21 December 2007 Great Artesian and Cool Energy to conduct FEED
Great Artesian and Cool Energy to conduct FEED for a new initiative "green" gas plant.
Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited has contracted Cool Energy Limited to undertake front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a gas treatment plant near Great Artesian Oil and Gas's gas fields in the Cooper Basin, South Australia.
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15 November 2007 Cool Energy says G'Day USA
After being judged runner-up in the ready-to-market category of the WA Inventor awards last week, Cool Energy received an invitation to showcase the product at the upcoming G'Day USA events in New York, Houston and Los Angeles in January 2008.
Cool Energy managing director Jesse Inman said CryoCell offered lower capital and operating costs than conventional technologies for separating CO2 from natural gas and was therefor a solution to unlock previously unviable gas reserves.
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31 October 2007 The Team making CO2 storage"Cool"
It is not "science fiction", but a very real working technology that is likely to put Australia on the map as a leader in lowering the world's carbon emissions.
Read complete SPE News Magazine - September 2007 Issue article.
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25 October 2007 Cool invention gets set to penetrate global market
WA Inventor of the Year finalist Cool Energy, which has developed a way to cost-effectively purify natural gas while drastically reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emissions reaching the atmosphere in the process, has been invited to showcase its potentially ground-breaking CryoCell Technology on the world stage at a major international event in the USA next year.
Read complete Cool Energy Media Release.
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2 October 2007 Local Technology to cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions - a World First
A Western Australian invention that can purify natural gas and drastically cut carbon dioxide emissions entering the atmosphere through the process could be one of the industry breakthroughs environmentalists and energy companies around the world have been looking for.
Read complete Cool Energy Media Release.
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10 September 2007 Cool change headed for Cooper Basin
Cooper Basin Producer Beach Petroleum and minnow Great Artesian Oil & Gas have agreed to carry out a study into the proposed commercialism of Perth-based Cool Energy’s CryoCell gas processing technology.
If development of the world's first CryoCell plant is given the go-ahead, then it is likely to be built within PEL 106.
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17 August 2007 Cool invention reaches State finals
Cool invention reaches State finals
A West Perth company with an invention that will remove carbon dioxide from natural gas, in an environmentally friendly manner, are in the finals of the Western Australian Inventor of the Year Award.
Cool Energy has created the CryoCell® Technology, a new concept in gas processing that can remove carbon dioxide from natural gas in a cost effective and clean manner.
The invention will allow previously uneconomical gas fields to be used and become commercially viable.
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15 August 2007 Beach, Great Artesian move towards Cool Energy gas project
Cooper Basin partners Beach Petroleum and Great Artesian Oil & Gas have signed a feasibility study agreement with gas technology junior Cool Energy to investigate development of a gas processing plant and associated infrastructure in the PEL 106 permit.
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1 August 2007 Cool Energy and Great Artesian teaming together for early commercial low emission CryoCell technology project
Australian company Cool Energy Limited (“Cool Energy”) has moved a step closer to commercialisation of its world-class gas processing capture and storage technology following the signing of a Heads of Agreement with Great Artesian Oil And Gas Limited (Great Artesian) to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of a CryoCell® gas processing plant for its Cooper Basin gas fields in South Australia.
The proposed plant will be capable of treating 20 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMscfd) and produce sales gas, LPG and condensate, as well as capture and store carbon dioxide (geo-sequestration).
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31 July 2007 'Green gas' plant planned for the Cooper Basin
Great Artesian has joined forces with Cool Energy to investigate the potential of building a low emission gas processing plant for its Cooper Basin gas fields that would produce sales gas, LPG and condesate.
Read complete SPE Magazine article.
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30 July 2007 Cool change for Great Artesian
Great Artesian Oil and Gas has teamed up with Cool Energy to look into constructing a Cryocell gas processing plant at its Cooper Basin gas fields that would produce sales gas, LPG and condensate, as well as capture and store carbon dioxide.
“We are excited this could offer the potential to commercialise our existing gas discoveries and to create value from existing and future carbon credits in a carbon-aware market,” Great Artesian’s managing director Andy Carroll said on Friday.
The two companies envisage the plant would be capable of treating 20 million cubic feet of gas per day.
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28 July 2007 Great Artesian and Cool Energy considering "green" gas production in PEL 106
Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited (ASX: GOG) has teamed with Cool Energy to investigate the potential to construct a CryoCell gas processing plant for its Cooper Basin gasfields that would produce sales gas, LPG and condensate, as well as capture and store carbon dioxide (geo-sequestration).
“We are excited that this could offer the potential to commercialise our existing gas discoveries and to create value from existing and future carbon credits in a carbon-aware market,” Great Artesian’s managing director Andy Carroll said.
The two companies envisage a plant capable of treating 20 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMscfd). It would be one of the first to use pioneering greenhouse gas reduction technology developed by Cool Energy and proven in their tests and field trials over the past 2 years at ARC Energy’s Xyris Gas Field in the Perth Basin in WA. Early laboratory work was done at WA’s Curtin University of Technology over a number of years, some of which was backed by Shell who later became a shareholder in Cool Energy. Woodside Petroleum has also been very involved in the field trials.
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26 June 2007 Leading Energy Expert William Bloking Appointed Cool Energy Chairman
Australian energy company Cool Energy Limited (“Cool Energy”) has moved a step closer to commercialisation of its world-class gas CO2 removal technology with the appointment of leading energy expert William F. Bloking to the position of Chairman.
Mr Bloking has more than thirty-two years of experience in the energy sector and has held senior executive positions in Australia, Asia, South America, and the USA. He recently retired from BHP Billiton Petroleum, where he was President, Australia/Asia Gas and had overall strategic, commercial and corporate accountability for BHP Billiton’s international LNG business and its domestic gas business in Australia.
In his role as Chairman of Cool Energy Mr Bloking will play a key role in driving the commercialisation of Cool Energy’s technology, which is already underway.
Read complete Cool Energy article.
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2 May 2007 Cool Change in Geosequestration
Perth-headquartered Cool Energy has set its sights on being the first to geo-sequester carbon dioxide from a commercial gas project in Australia.
The unlisted public company has now entered the third phase of fields trials for its cryogenic carbon dioxide removal demonstration plant located at Arc Energy’s Xyris gas field in the North Perth Basin near Dongara and expects to complete its program by the end of this year.
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2 May 2007 Minor Players fulfil Major Ambitions
For three small companies, making the best use of what they have is the key.
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30 April 2007 Bloking sails into a new career
For ex-BHP Billiton Petroleum president-Australia/Asia Gas Bill Bloking a quiet retirement doesn’t seem to be an option.
After five years of being responsible for a range of assets - including BHPB’s interests in the North West Shelf Project, the Browse LNG Project, and the Pilbara LNG Project - the biggest project on Bloking’s horizon was fitting out a boat and taking his 14-year-old son, Trevor, up the Western Australian coastline to the Abrolhos Islands.
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3 February 2007 Movers and Shakers
BHP Billiton Petroleum's former president, Australia-Asia gas, William Bloking, has joined the board of Cool Energy.
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1 February 2007 BHP gas guru plays it cool as he steps down
Bill Bloking, president of Australia-Asia Gas for BHP Billiton Petroleum, retired yesterday.
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1 February 2007 Cool Energy appoints Bloking
Unlisted public company Cool Energy has appointed William Bloking to its board of directors.
Read complete WA Business News article.
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31 January 2007 Personnel Movements
Gas technology junior Cool Energy has appointed former BHP Billiton Petroleum president Australia/Asia gas William F Bloking to its board.
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30 January 2007 Cool Energy appoints leading energy expert from BHP
Cool Energy is pleased to announce the appointment of William F. Bloking to its Board of Directors.
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14 December 2006 World First Gas Processing Project Underway
Preliminary trials at Cool Energy's innovative gas processing plant near Dongara, north of Perth, have been very positive and testing is gaining momentum, according to its developers.
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7 November 2006 CO2 Removal Technology - Initial Field Trials Very Promising
Preliminary field trials at Cool Energy's gas processing plant near Dongara north of Perth have been very positive and testing is gaining momentum.
The demonstration plant, based at ARC Energy's Xyris site in the Perth Basin, is the first of its kind in the world and brings Cool Energy's ground-breaking CryoCell® technology out of the laboratory and into the field. The technology, developed in Western Australia, removes carbon dioxide from natural gas in liquid form making it immediately available for geo-sequestration.
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25 September 2006 Cool Energy trials new greenhouse gas extraction technology
From a concept developed over many years at the Curtin University of Technology, the current commercial testing of Perth company Cool Energy's leading-edge technology to strip prohibitive greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas streams, has attracted worldwide attention.
Read complete Prospect Magazine article.
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31 July 2006 New Gas Treatment Technology to be Tested in Perth Basin
A new technology, called CryoCell, that removes CO2 from natural gas streams, will undergo an extensive testing programme over the next five months by Cool Energy at ARC Energy's Xyris site in the Perth Basin.
Cool Energy Managing Director, Jessie Inman, said the CryoCell technology aims to unlock previously uneconomic gas reserves due to a high CO2 content...
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31 July 2006 Cool field trials start at Xyris
Field trials have only just begun, but Cool Energy managing director Jessie Inman is already on the hunt for new, high CO2 gas projects that the innovative technology company can use for commercial-scale developments.
The Perth-based company's CO2 removal and capture technology is one of 15 projects being backed by Shell Technology Ventures...
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30 June 2006 Cool Energy trial underway in WA
Revolutionary technology developed to remove CO2 from natural gas streams has commenced field trials north of Perth.
The Cool Energy gas processing plant, incorporating two new innovative gas treatment technologies, has been located at ARC Energy's Xyris site in the Perth basin.
Read complete Oil & Gas Australia article.
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8 June 2006 Cool Energy in gas strip plan
PERTH company Cool Energy is looking to apply its ground-breaking technology to strip prohibitive greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas streams, to a number of onshore gas fields in Australia and other parts of the world...
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30 May 2006 Cool change for gas processing
BACKED by petroleum giants Woodside and Shell, technology junior Cool Energy has begun field trials of two innovative gas treatment systems, at Arc Energy's Xyris field in the Perth Basin.
Its processing plant will test Cool Energy's gas sweetening technology – CryoCell – and Woodside's new gas dehydration technology, which aims to remove water from natural gas streams...
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30 May 2006 Cool Energy Celebrates Commissioning of Innovative Gas Processing Plant
Cool Energy has commenced field trials of a new gas processing plant, incorporating two innovative gas treatment technologies, at ARC Energy's Xyris site in the Perth Basin.
A key component of the gas treatment is Cool Energy's CryoCell® technology. The CryoCell®, a new technology that removes CO2 from natural gas streams, will undergo an extensive testing program over the next five months.
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26 January 2006 A balanced, cooperative approach
There's little doubt a diverse collection of industry groups, government bodies and public universities is united in its efforts to build Western Australia's innovation profile.
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26 January 2006 Gnanendran joins Cool Energy
Cool Energy, an unlisted public company, has appointed Nimalan Gnanendran PhD as process development engineer. Dr Gnanendran will be responsible for the planning and execution of research and development initiatives to develop and commercialise Cool Energy's cryogenic gas conditioning technology.
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26 January 2006 Cutting-edge innovation puts locals in the funding picture
Western Australian companies have enjoyed considerable success of late in securing funding to drive the development of innovative products, processes and services.
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21 January 2006 Cool Energy appoints expert
Perth-based Cool Energy has appointed Nimalan Gnanendran as process development engineer...
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18 January 2006 Cool Energy appoints expert to drive future opportunities for gas sweetening technology
Cool Energy is pleased to announce the appointment of Nimalan Gnanendran PhD as Process Development Engineer.
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18 January 2006 Dr Nimalan Gnanendran joins Cool Energy as Process Development Engineer
Nimalan Gnanendran PhD has joined Cool Energy as Process Development Engineer...
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18 January 2006 Senior appointment at Cool Energy
Cool Energy today announced the appointment of Nimalan Gnanendran to the position of Process Development Engineer to drive future opportunities for its gas sweetening technology...
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23 December 2005 Shell invest $4m in Cool Energy's CryoCell
Perth-based Cool Energy Ltd will receive a $4 million boost from Shell Technology Ventures BV to help commercialise its cryogenic gas conditioning technology CryoCell.
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23 December 2005 Shell pumps $4m into Perth gas technology
A Perth company developing technology to remove carbon dioxide and water from natural gas has attracted the attention and financial backing of one of the world's biggest petroleum giants.
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22 December 2005 Shell to invest a Cool $4m in WA gas-sweetening technology
Shell Technology Ventures BV has agreed to invest at least A$4 million in Cool Energy Limited, a Western Australian energy company that owns a novel cryogenic conditioning technology...
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22 December 2005 Cool Energy welcomes Shell investment
Cool Energy Limited, the Western Australian energy company that owns a unique cryogenic gas conditioning technology, announced today that Shell Technology Ventures BV will invest at least $4 million in the company. The move confirms Shell's interest in and commitment to Cool Energy and its technology, which will undergo commercial trials in coming months.
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13 October 2005 Cool Energy to test extractors
Perth-based Cool Energy is considering a public capital raising if upcoming field tests on its new technology to extract prohibitive greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from gas streams are successful.
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10 October 2005 Technology to give Woodside purer gas production goes to test
Woodside Petroleum is to start testing new technology developed in Western Australia aimed at purifying natural gas produced from its wells.
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10 October 2005 Woodside tests removing water
Woodside Petroleum is about to start testing a new technology aimed at removing water from natural gas at Arc Energy's Xyris gas plant near Dongara.
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6 October 2005 WA stocks seek new lease of life
Western Australia has a long history of small listed companies changing or diversifying their activities into new and unexpected areas, and four more have recently joined the club.
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5 October 2005 Cool Energy and Woodside to co-locate gas treatment plants
Gas sweetening technology player, Cool Energy, will manage Woodside Energy's gas dehydration plant project to be established north of Perth.
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1 October 2005 Appointment of Simon Elliott
Cool Energy has appointed Simon Elliott as project manager and field co-ordinator for commercialisation of Cool Energy's gas sweetening technology...
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15 September 2005 Elliot to drive Cool Energy commercialisation
Cool Energy has appointed Simon Elliot as Project Manager and Field Co-ordinator, to drive the field demonstration and commercialisation of the company's gas sweetening technology.
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8 September 2005 Cool Energy Appointee to manage field trials
Perth based company Cool Energy has appointed Simon Elliot as Project Manager and Field Coordinator to help drive the commercialisation of their gas sweetening technology.
His first priority is to prepare for field trials at Arc Energy's Xyris site in the Perth Basin for the first half of 2006.
Read complete Energy Review article.
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7 September 2005 Cool change
COOL Energy, a company promoting a gas sweetening technology developed by Curtin University in Western Australia, has named Simon Elliott (above) as project manager and field coordinator. Mr Elliott will focus on the commercialisation of the technology and field trials.
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6 September 2005 Cool Energy appoints Project Manager
Cool Energy is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Elliott as Project Manager and Field Coordinator.
Cool Energy is an unlisted private company focused on a revolutionary new type of gas sweetening technology with the aim of commercialising high CO2 gas fields globally.
Mr Elliott will be responsible for helping to drive the commercialisation of Cool Energy's technology. His immediate priority is to prepare for field trials planned at ARC Energy's Xyris Site in the Perth Basin in the first half of 2006.
Read complete Cool Energy Pty Ltd Media article.
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16 August 2005 Cool change tipped for sour gas fields
Sour gas, long the bane of the explorer, may be able to be developed commercially using Cool Energy's new CryoCell gas sweetening technology.
Cool's technology development manager Allan Hart described it as an exciting application of science.
"Essentially we freeze the CO2, and use gravity to separate it out of the gas stream, then we collect the CO2 in the bottom of the separator, and remelt it into liquid form to withdraw it from the process."
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16 July 2005 Cool Energy catches Shell's eye
Global energy giant Shell has expressed an interest in Cool Energy Ltd's CryoCell gas technology, signing a licensing agreement over the intellectual property through its research arm, Shell Global Solutions International BV.
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9 June 2005 Cool Energy's sweet gas technology
Perth company Cool Energy is preparing for field trials of a 'gas sweetening' technology that could allow dozens of 'shut in' gas fields around the world to be developed.
The technology, if successful, would represent a 'step change' for the gas industry, which is currently unable to develop many gas fields with high carbon dioxide levels.
Read complete Business News article.
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9 June 2005 Navigating a pathway to success
In universities, in public research institutions, even in the proverbial backyard sheds, vast numbers of inventive, creative types around Australia are looking for the next big breakthrough.
And judging by the latest data compiled by the Federal Government, many of these people are successful.
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17 April 2005 Nido invests in new CO2 technology
Nido Petroleum Ltd surprised a lot of people recently when it decided to put some $1.6 million into a speculative Australian technology targeting commercialisation of gas fields marginalized by high CO2 levels.
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2 March 2005 When it is HOT to be COOL
Rick Wilkinson looks at a completely new technology that could revolutionise the way CO2 is stripped from gas and could see it transported as a liquid for geosequestration.
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16 February 2005 Nido has Cool Energy
Oil producer Nido Petroleum has invested $1.6 million in a new technology that claims to help commercialise gas fields previously thought uneconomic because of high carbon dioxide levels. Design and fabrication of a two million cubic feet per day plant using the Cool Energy gas processing technology, developed at Curtin University's Woodside Research Facility with support from Shell Global Solutions, will be field tested at ARC Energy's Perth Basin gasfield during the year.
Read complete The West Australian article.
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