Origin Energy Limited - Power Plants and SWOT Analysis, 2011 Update

Origin Energy Limited - Power Plants and SWOT Analysis, 2011 Update

Summary

The report contains the profile of the company that is involved in the field of power generation from thermal sources (coal, oil and gas). It contains a detailed description of the company’s business operations (power plants, installed capacity, and generation), history, corporate strategy, and business structure. This report contains a detailed SWOT analysis, information on key employees (executives), key competitors, and major products and services.

Scope

- Major Power Plants (assets) – summarized and detailed information about the power plants (assets)
- Operational Metrics (capacity, generation, revenue, sales, number of consumers)
- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions
- Corporate strategy – GlobalData’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list of key locations and subsidiaries of the company, including contact details.
- Note-: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company.

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List of Tables
Company Snapshot
Key Information
Company Overview
SWOT Snapshot
Operational Metrics
Origin Energy Limited, Operational Metrics, By Capacity
Origin Energy Limited, Operational Metrics, By Generation
Origin Energy Limited, Operational Metrics, By Customers
Origin Energy Limited, Operational Metrics, By Sales
Origin Energy Limited, Wind Farms
Origin Energy Limited, Wind Farms, Australia
Origin Energy Limited, Wind Farms, New Zealand
Origin Energy Limited, Geothermal Power Plants
Origin Energy Limited, Geothermal Power Plants, Australia
Origin Energy Limited, Geothermal Power Plants, New Zealand
Origin Energy Limited, Hydro Power Plants
Origin Energy Limited, Hydro Power Plants, New Zealand
Origin Energy Limited, Thermal Power Plants
Origin Energy Limited, Thermal Power Plants, Australia
Origin Energy Limited, Thermal Power Plants, New Zealand
Business Description
Business Overview
Major Products and Services
History
SWOT Analysis
Overview
Origin Energy Limited Strengths
Integrated Energy Business Model
Significant Upstream Player
Geographical Diversity
Origin Energy Limited Weaknesses
Declined Financial Performance
Deteriorating Profitability Ratios
Increasing Trade Account Receivables
Origin Energy Limited Opportunities
Inorganic Growth Drivers: Strategic Acquisitions
Potential Growth in Oil and Gas Industry
New Mortlake Power Station
Growing Focus on Solar Power in Australia
Origin Energy Limited Threats
Stringent Environmental Regulations
Volatility in Electricity Prices
Operational Accidents
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Key Employees
Key Employee Biographies
Company Statement
Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Recent Developments
Aug 06, 2010: Indonesia Shortlists Two Bidders For Its 200MW Geothermal Power Project
Oct 29, 2010: Origin Energy Receives Planning Approval For Stockyard Hill Wind Farm Project In Victoria
Aug 18, 2009: Origin Energy Secures Site For Its LNG Plant In Australia
May 31, 2009: Origin Energy Submits Draft Planning Application For Stockyard Hill Wind Farm In Australia
Aug 06, 2008: Origin Gets Extension For Blocks L8 And L9, Kenya's Offshore Lamu Basin
Feb 26, 2007: Origin Secures New Exploration Permit In Bass
Feb 26, 2007: Origin Secures Exploration Permits In Canterbury
Oct 27, 2006: Contact Energy Secures Additional Maui Gas
Oct 03, 2006: Origin Updates On PSC's 8 & 9 Lamu Basin Of Kenya
Sep 27, 2006: Contact Gives Up Petroleum Exploration Permit
Jul 12, 2006: Origin Receives Approval For Its Mortlake Power Station
Dec 23, 2010: Service Stream And Origin Energy Expand Service Relationship
Sep 15, 2010: PNG And Queensland Governments To Support Development Of Hydro Electric Project At Wabo
Sep 02, 2010: Origin Energy To Explore Geothermal Opportunities In Indonesia
May 26, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG Launches Gladstone Project Center In Australia
Mar 05, 2010: Origin Energy, Tata Power May Bid To Develop Geothermal Power Project In Indonesia
Feb 25, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG, QGC Agree Joint Development Plan And Gas Sales Agreements For ATP648P And ATP620P
Jul 16, 2009: Origin Energy And Carbon Conscious Agree On CPRS Carbon Forest Sink Deal
Mar 16, 2009: Origin Energy Starts Construction Of 550 MW Gas-Fired Mortlake Power Station In South Western Victoria, Australia
Aug 08, 2008: Origin Plans To Drill In Permit PEP38262, Offshore Canterbury Basin, New Zealand
Jan 22, 2008: Origin Signs Agreement With Epuron To Develop Wind Farm In Australia
Dec 06, 2007: Origin Starts Construction Of Quarantine Power Station Expansion, Australia
Jul 03, 2007: Alinta Expands Queensland Gas Pipeline
Jun 12, 2007: Origin To Construct Power Station In Queensland
May 10, 2007: Origin To Expand Quarantine Power Station
Apr 10, 2007: AWE Increases Its Bass Basin Interest
Oct 04, 2006: Port Taranaki Gets Preference For LNG Import Terminal
Jun 29, 2006: Origin's Kupe Gas Project Gets Green Light To Proceed
Jan 04, 2010: Origin Energy Confirms Oil And Gas Discovery At Rockhopper 1 Well In Bass Basin, Australia
Sep 22, 2009: Origin Energy Announces New Gas Discovery In Northern Perth Basin, Australia
Jul 17, 2008: Origin Discovers Gas At Momoho 1 Well In Offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Jul 07, 2008: Origin Energy's Momoho 1 Well Encounters Gas
Mar 15, 2011: Salamander Energy Provides Thai Drilling Update
Feb 04, 2011: Geodynamics Provides Cooper Basin Drilling Update
Dec 23, 2010: Geodynamics Announces Delay Of Drilling At HSA Exploration Well In Cooper Basin, Australia
Dec 16, 2010: Origin Energy To Plug And Abandon Silvereye 1 Exploration Well In Bass Basin, Tasmania
Nov 12, 2010: Origin Energy To Abandon Tarapunga-1 Exploration Well In Northern Taranaki/Northland Basin, New Zealand
Nov 11, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Tarapunga-1 Well In Northern Taranaki/Northland Basin, New Zealand
Nov 05, 2010: Origin Energy Spuds Tarapunga-1 Well At PEP 38619 In Northern Taranaki/Northland Basin, New Zealand
Nov 02, 2010: Origin Energy To Plug And Abandon Korimako-1 Exploration Well In PEP 38619, New Zealand
Oct 28, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Korimako-1 Exploration Well At PEP 38619 In New Zealand
Oct 27, 2010: Origin Energy Provides Production Update
Oct 21, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Korimako-1 Exploration Well In New Zealand
Oct 19, 2010: Origin Energy Commences Drilling Operations At Korimako-1 Exploration Well In New Zealand
Oct 18, 2010: Geodynamics Provides Innamincka Deeps Joint Venture – Cooper Basin Project Update
Jul 23, 2010: Salamander Energy Plugs And Abandons Tom Hum Xanh-1X Well In Vietnam
Jul 14, 2010: NZOG Announces Increase In Kupe Reserves
Jul 01, 2010: Salamander Energy Announces Spudding Of Tom Hum Xanh-1X Well In Vietnam
Jun 24, 2010: AWE To Case And Suspend Redback 2 Exploration Well In Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia
Jun 10, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Redback 2 Gas Exploration Well In Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia
Jun 10, 2010: Salamander Energy Spuds Tom Su Lua-1X Exploration Well In Vietnam
May 27, 2010: AWE Provides Redback-2 Well Drilling Update
May 13, 2010: AWE Provides Redback-2 Well Drilling Update
May 06, 2010: AWE Provides Redback-2 Well Drilling Update
May 06, 2010: Salamander Energy Updates On Bang Nouan-1 Well In Savannakhet PSC, Lao PDR
Apr 29, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Redback 2 Gas Exploration Well In Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia
Apr 23, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Redback 2 Gas Exploration Well In Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia
Feb 22, 2010: Salamander Energy Spuds Bang Nouan-1 Exploration Well At Savannakhet PSC In Lao PDR
Feb 18, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Rockhopper 1 And Rockhopper 1/ST 1 Wells In Bass Basin, Tasmania
Feb 11, 2010: Origin Energy Spies Oil And Gas At Rockhopper 1/ST Well In Bass Basin, Tasmania
Feb 04, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Rockhopper 1 And Rockhopper 1/ST 1 Wells In Bass Basin, Tasmania
Jan 28, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Rockhopper 1 And Rockhopper 1/ST 1 Wells In Bass Basin, Tasmania
Jan 22, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Rockhopper 1 And Rockhopper 1/ST 1 Exploration Wells
Jan 21, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Rockhopper 1 And Rockhopper 1/ST 1 Wells In Bass Basin, Tasmania
Jan 14, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Rockhopper 1 And Rockhopper 1/ST 1 Wells In Bass Basin, Tasmania
Jan 07, 2010: Origin Energy Provides Drilling Update
May 31, 2011: Contact Energy Opens Underground Gas Storage Facility And New 200 MW Gas-Fired Peaker Plant
May 20, 2011: Origin Energy Geothermal Completes Testing Program Of Shallows Exploration Well
Apr 21, 2011: Origin Energy Announces Trading Halt
Apr 06, 2011: Beach Energy Provides Operations Update
Mar 14, 2011: Origin Energy Announces New 3D Report On Mbawa Oil And Gas Potential In Kenya
Dec 16, 2010: New Zealand Grants Permission For Origin/Contact Energy Underground Gas Storage
Nov 19, 2010: Salamander Energy Provides Operational Update
Nov 17, 2010: Ceramic Fuel Cells Installs BlueGen Gas-To-Electricity Unit In Home In Southern Melbourne Suburb
Nov 09, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG Receives Queensland Government Approval For Its EIS
Nov 05, 2010: Origin Energy Officially Opens 630MW Combined Cycle Darling Downs Power Station In Queensland
Nov 03, 2010: Beach Energy Provides Operations Update
Oct 19, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG Announces Coal Seam Gas Well Monitoring Update
Sep 14, 2010: Origin Energy's Independent Non-Executive Director Roland Williams To Retire
Sep 10, 2010: Pancontinental Oil & Gas Provides Mbawa 3D Seismic Update
Sep 07, 2010: Geodynamics Provides Innamincka Deeps Joint Venture – Cooper Basin Project Update
Aug 18, 2010: AWE Signs Agreement For Sale Of Redback Gas
Aug 04, 2010: Salamander Energy Provides Bang Nouan-1 Exploration Well Update
Jul 30, 2010: Origin Energy's Exploration And Production Business Increases Sales Volumes And Reserves
Jul 16, 2010: Geodynamics Updates On Innamincka 'Deeps' Joint Venture Project
Jul 02, 2010: Origin Energy Commissions 630MW Darling Downs Power Station In Queensland
Jun 29, 2010: Salamander Energy Plugs And Abandons Tom Su Lua-1X Exploration Well In Vietnam
Jun 24, 2010: Transform Solar To Manufacture Solar Cells In Idaho
Jun 17, 2010: Origin Energy Updates On Redback 2 Gas Exploration Well In Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia
Apr 13, 2010: Hot Rock Gets Further Volcanic Geothermal Projects In Chile
Apr 08, 2010: Origin Energy Resumes Operations At BassGas Following Maintenance Campaign
Mar 25, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG To Release EIS
Mar 18, 2010: Origin Energy Announces Opening Of Kupe Gas Project In New Zealand
Jan 29, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG Lodges Draft EIS With Queensland Government For Its CSM To LNG Project
Jan 21, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG Commissions Stage Two Of Talinga Gas Plant In Queensland
Jan 15, 2010: Origin Energy's Kupe Project To Ship First Oil Next Week
Jan 05, 2010: Origin Energy Ltd JV awards key upstream contracts
Jan 05, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG Awards Two Upstream Contracts
May 20, 2011: Origin Energy Selects Tendril To Deliver Consumer Engagement Technology
Oct 25, 2010: Santos To Supply 750 PJ Of Portfolio Gas To GLNG Project
Jan 05, 2010: Australia Pacific LNG signs key upstream contracts
Aug 11, 2009: Rheochem Wins Services Contract From OREL
Apr 23, 2008: Origin Signs New Gas Agreement With Esso Australia And BHP Billiton
Jul 03, 2007: Origin Signs New Gas Contract With Rio Tinto Aluminium
Jun 12, 2007: CH2M HILL, GE Receives EPC Contract From Origin To Build $600 Million Gas-Fired Power Plant In Australia
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List of Tables
Table 1: Origin Energy Limited, Key Facts
Table 2: Origin Energy Limited, Operational Metrics, Capacity
Table 3: Origin Energy Limited, Operational Metrics, Generation
Table 4: Origin Energy Limited, Operational Metrics, Customers
Table 5: Origin Energy Limited, Operational Metrics, Sales
Table 6: Origin Energy Limited, Wind Farms, Australia
Table 7: Origin Energy Limited, Wind Farms, New Zealand
Table 8: Origin Energy Limited, Geothermal Power Plants, Australia
Table 9: Origin Energy Limited, Geothermal Power Plants, New Zealand
Table 10: Origin Energy Limited, Hydro Power Plants, New Zealand
Table 11: Origin Energy Limited, Thermal Power Plants, Australia
Table 12: Origin Energy Limited, Thermal Power Plants, New Zealand
Table 13: Major Products and Services
Table 14: Origin Energy Limited, SWOT Analysis
Table 15: Origin Energy Limited, Ratios based on current share price
Table 16: Origin Energy Limited, Annual Ratios
Table 17: Origin Energy Limited, Interim Ratios
Table 18: Origin Energy Limited, Key Employees
Table 19: Origin Energy Limited, Other Locations
Table 20: Origin Energy Limited, Subsidiaries