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BBP survival plan for $3.7 billion at 8.8%: does draft-deals on sale of three power stations; needs to sell fourth, to raise $41m

A quick run over the calculator showed if BBP succeeded in closing draft deals to sell Uranquinty, $159m, and Ecogen interests, (Newport and Jerralang), for $142 million; Tamar for $100m, then, it and now needed maybe $41 million, to  keep lenders happy. Kwinana and Neerabup projects were perhaps prospects for sale. In these planned deals UBS was to deal with conflicts of interest, under a new plan from the changed board under leadership of Len Gill.

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New Premier of Tasmania opens Parliamentary season: water crisis means $100 million to buy Tamar gas plants from Babcock and Brown Power

David Bartlett, Premier of Tasmania,  Tuesday, 19 August 2008 told the opening session of Parliament why the State Infrastructure Fund had offered Babcock Brown Power $100 million for two Bell Bay gas plants

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Babcock and Brown unable to pay its debts: begs Tasmania government to buy Tamar gas plant; Government seeks ACCC re-merger-OK

David Bartlett, Premier of Tasmania, told Parliament at the opening session, 19 August 2008, on 19 July State planners had learned that Babcock and Brown was unable to pay its debts on the Tamar project and was not able to find a buyer; and it had offered the plant to the State.

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Tasmania Treasury negotiating team offers $100m for BBP’s $220m Tamar gas turbines; gets Bell Bay back for free, total cost $340 million

The plan was Hydro Tasmania would get the gas turbine site it had sold to BBP back for $30 million cash in 2007 -  for free, and would pay $100 million for assets - said were worth $220 million -  for the uncompleted Tamar plant.

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Plan: Tasmania State retailer Aurora to control BBP Tamar Valley Power Station and gas contracts

If the deal goes through a new subsidiary of Aurora Energy would acquire the partly-built Tamar Valley Power Station project on behalf of the State,  from Babcock and Brown Power.

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NEMMCO to host Association of Power Exchanges conference in Sydney in October; talks on integrating gas, carbon data into NEMMCO systems

NEMMCO was to host a global meeting in Sydney in October 2008 on integration of gas and electricity markets, renewable energy and emissions trading, and the integration of physical and financial market risk management.

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No PNG gas for far-north gas plants; so, Powerlink says it must build a new far north Queensland line, from Ross to Strathmore

Powerlink was to seek a Ministerial designation for the Ross to Strathmore transmission line under the Integrated Planning Act 1997 as there was not enough local gas for electricity generation.

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Total proposes 3D marine seismic survey over a 1,651 km2 at WA-408-P near vulnerable islands

Whilst desktop studies from the DEWHA protected matters search tool revealed 6 threatened, and 12 migratory species in the area of a proposed 3D siesmic survey near Ashmore Reef, Hibernia Reef, Seringapatam Reef, Scott Reef and Cartier Island. Total had argued the impact on the majority of these species will be minimal.

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Shell 2D Marine Seismic Survey plan for WA- 384-P, WA-385-P and WA-394-P in the Southern Exmouth Basin, in whale migration zones

The Shell Guacamole 2D Marine Seismic Survey - 25 km west of mainland Western Australia. - will take place over an estimated 45 day period (allowing for mobilisation and demobilisation) between November 2008 and March 2009, subject to vessel availability and regulatory approval. Shell is committed to undertaking the survey outside the main whale migration and whale shark aggregation period from late March to mid October.

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Epic Energy and AGL plan Queensland CSM gas to flow south from January 2009, from Queensland via Moomba line to NSW and South Australia

The proposed 'missing link" pipeline will transport coal seam gas (CSG) for various shippers via the South West Queensland Pipeline (SWQP) and the Queensland to South Australia / New South Wales Link Pipeline (QSN Link), the Moomba to Sydney Pipeline (MSP) and the Moomba to Adelaide Pipeline (MAP). The map - shows the AGL investments.

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August 18, 2008: Queensland gas credit value falls as CSM supply, rises: no trades reported in Australian carbon credits

Nextgen reported in the Queensland GEC market one midweek trade took place in the Cal 08s at $10.75 in 25K. Erisk notes that this appears to relate to an oversupply caused by new coal seam methane.

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11 August 2008: No trade in AUD/tCo2e after AGL and Westpac test trades fade; last price, $21/tonne

Over the Counter, or OTC trading in Australian Emissions Trading Units started in May this year.

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