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Founders of Western Gas, Andrew Leibovitch & Will Barker in the city. Sharon Smith The West Australian

EnergyCommentsPremiumASX-bound Equus eyes key talks on development pathway

The gas play plans to sound out potential partners to help develop its namesake project by mid-2026, arguing the offshore Equus gas fields are ready to fill a shortfall as North West Shelf production declines.

Sean Smith

This offshore oil platform located 100 km south of Geraldton has developed a leak in the flow metre of one of its wells Triangle Energy

EnergyPremiumOil and gas tiddlers take drilling scrap to Supreme Court

West Perth oil and gas explorer Triangle Energy and estranged Kiwi joint venture partner Echelon Resources have locked horns over who should be coughing up $3.8 million for drilling ventures in the Perth Basin.

Simone Grogan

The Beetaloo sub-basin in the NT potentially has enough gas to supply all of Australia. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Oil & GasPremiumGas deal to unlock wasted resource for domestic market

A deal has been signed to supply natural gas which is usually flared off into the air to meet the needs of domestic users and avoid power outages.

Lloyd Jones

Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant on Barrow Island.

EnergyCommentsPremiumIt’s go time for Chevron with $3b WA expansion project

WA’s biggest resources development is set for a $3 billion expansion as Chevron presses go on Stage 3 of a Pilbara gas project.

Matt Mckenzie

Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O'Neill.

EnergyCommentsPremiumWoodside, Timor-Leste a step closer on LNG project

The two have signed a co-operation agreement that will come up with a development concept for a five-million-tonnes-a-year LNG plant on Timor-Leste’s south coast.

Sean Smith

Woodside boss Meg O'Neill speaking at Woodside Capital Markets Day,

Oil & GasPremiumFederal reforms will help cut green tape: O’Neill

Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has backed Federal reforms to environmental laws and signalled the gas industry is open to an east coast reservation scheme linked to new supply.

Matt Mckenzie

Woodside HQ at Mia Yellagonga, Perth, Western Australia-web

Oil & GasPremiumWoodside’s Browse carbon storage plan secures early win

The State’s EPA will not assess Woodside’s plan to capture and store about 80 million tonnes of carbon from the proposed Browse project.

Matt Mckenzie

Santos Barossa gas project in the Timor Sea

Oil & GasPremiumSantos closer to shipping LNG from $US4.5b Barossa

Santos signalled progress toward shipping the first liquefied natural gas cargo from its $US4.5 billion Barossa field off northern Australia, a project that counts as a cornerstone asset for the company.

Bloomberg News

Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant on Barrow Island

Oil & GasChevron locks in contractor for maintenance works

An Aussie company has signed a $750m maintenance contract for two giant Pilbara gas facilities.

Matt Mckenzie

Woodside boss Meg O'Neill speaking at Woodside Capital Markets Day,

Oil & GasWoodside Energy isn’t backing off fossil fuels

Australia’s biggest independent energy company says oil and gas will still make up 90 per cent of Woodside next decade as it tipped production to jump at least 50 per cent by 2032.

Sean Smith

Renewable gas is created by processing gas generated from organic waste from places such as farms. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Oil & GasPremiumDon't forget gas: industry calls for renewable support

More than 50 companies are calling on the Australian government to extend support for renewable gas projects.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O'Neill.

EnergyPremiumWoodside lures pipeline partner for $27 billion LNG project

The Wall Street-listed Williams has bought a 10 per cent interest in Louisiana LNG alongside Woodside and 80 per cent of the associated Driftwood pipeline for $582 million. 

Sean Smith

Western Gas founders Will Barker and Andrew Leibovitch in Perth in 2017.

EnergyPremiumWA’s Equus gas field hits the ASX with $15m raising

The former Western Gas is chasing funds to help advance one of the North West Shelf’s biggest undeveloped gas resources, eight years after it was bought from US giant Hess.

Sean Smith

Woodside’s WA assets also performed well, with reliability of 100 per cent at Pluto and 99.9 per cent at the North West Shelf plant near Karratha.

EnergyPremiumWoodside lifts full-year guidance and trims cap-ex

Woodside Energy is lifting full-year production guidance and trimming capital outlays after reporting only a minor bump in output for the third quarter.

Daniel Newell

Hancock bought Lockyer from MinRes

Oil & GasPremiumHancock eyes big gas investment near Dongara

Billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Energy is getting ready to pull the trigger on a major gas investment in the Perth Basin.

Matt Mckenzie

Former Santos chief financial officer Sherry Duhe.

EnergyCommentsPremiumText message reveals real reason Santos CFO suddenly ‘quit’

Santos boss Kevin Gallagher is facing renewed investor scrutiny in the wake of revelations the company’s chief financial officer was abruptly dismissed after raising concerns.

Sean Smith

The domestic gas plant at Chevron-operated Barrow Island during a media tour in 2024.

Oil & GasPremiumBillions in the pipeline for Chevron’s next stage

A multibillion-dollar investment spree planned off WA’s coast by American oil giant Chevron is a step closer after regulators gave a green-light.

Matt Mckenzie

Sherry Duhe is stepping down as Santos’ CFO.

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Shock exit another red flag for Santos

Top analyst warns Santos CFO’s departure will spark questions over succession planning and governance.

Danielle Le Messurier

Scarborough and Pluto 2

Oil & GasPremiumANU warns on Scarborough’s climate impact

A top Australian university has taken aim at Woodside Energy’s $19 billion Scarborough project, declaring the emissions will have “major consequences”.

Matt Mckenzie

Flaring at the North West Shelf’s Karratha Gas Plant.

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Court challenge to hit North West Shelf gas approval

Environmentalists have launched a new legal fight over the nod for the extension of Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf gas plant.

Matt Mckenzie & Oliver Lane

Bluescope’s Mark Vassella and SGH’s Ryan Stokes.

Oil & GasCommentsHands off the gas market, SGH says

Industrial giant SGH has warned government intervention in the gas market would chill investment and put energy security at risk as manufacturers lobby for a reservation scheme on the east coast.

Matt Mckenzie

INPEX Managing Director and Country Chair Tetsu Murayama

Oil & GasCommentsPremiumInpex pressing on with Train 3 and CCS despite red tape

Japanese energy giant Inpex is optimistic Australia’s investment climate is improving but red tape and a worker shortage remain barriers for the company’s multibillion-dollar plans.

Matt Mckenzie

Russia plans to increase liquefied natural gas supplies from its Arctic and Sakhalin projects. (AP PHOTO)

Oil & GasPremiumRussia to increase gas exports to China, minister says

Russia has outlined plans to increase supplies of pipeline and liquefied natural gas to China.

Staff Writers

North West Shelf Venture's Karratha Gas Plant.

Oil & GasPremiumFurther LNG train closures loom for North West Shelf

More LNG trains could close at the North West Shelf’s Karratha gas plant even after the Federal Government made a concession on emissions.

Matt Mckenzie