Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Australia:

Geodynamics Starts Talks to Supply Power to Chevron, Santos (Bloomberg)


Geodynamics, said Santos Ltd. and Chevron Corp., developers of shale gas projects in central Australia, are interested in becoming customers.

Habanero Project Site (Courtesy Geodynamics)
“Those discussions have commenced,” Geoff Ward, chief executive officer of Brisbane-based Geodynamics, said today in a phone interview. “I’ve spoken to those operators, and they are very positive about acting as initial customers for us. They see the interest in this as a long-term supply resource.”

Geodynamics expects to sign a customer in six months to 12 months, Ward said. The company is also planning to apply for funding from Australia’s A$10 billion ($9.3 billion) Clean Energy Finance Corp. and looking for a new partner after Origin Energy Ltd. withdrew from a joint venture this year, he said.

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