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
Top analyst warns Santos CFO’s departure will spark questions over succession planning and governance.
Danielle Le Messurier
A top Australian university has taken aim at Woodside Energy’s $19 billion Scarborough project, declaring the emissions will have “major consequences”.
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
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.
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.
Russia has outlined plans to increase supplies of pipeline and liquefied natural gas to China.
Staff Writers
More LNG trains could close at the North West Shelf’s Karratha gas plant even after the Federal Government made a concession on emissions.
Woodside’s proposed H2Perth liquid hydrogen plant in Rockingham has been given a big boost, with Roger Cook on hand to witness a handshake deal for it to supply two major power companies in Japan.
Jessica Page
The Pilbara Ports Authority has widened its legal bid to chase Mineral Resources for a huge amount in unpaid port charges. SEE THE DETAILS.
Former WA premier Colin Barnett has urged Woodside to build a new gas plant in the North West, arguing the Browse field needs its own processing facility away from the Burrup rock art.
Ben Harvey
A massive floating factory has received its first gas from a field off Darwin in welcome news for a company in the spotlight after takeover talks collapsed.
Derek Rose
Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has hit back at suggestions he will step down following the eleventh-hour collapse of a $29 billion takeover bid from an Abu Dhabi-led consortium.
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has come under immediate pressure to change tack after a third failed bid to sell the energy group revived investor questions about its leadership and strategy.
Sean Smith
Takeover target Santos has revealed it had expressed concerns about delays in finalising a deal before its suitors eventually pulled the plug just days before an offer was due on the table.
Daniel Newell
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co has walked away from a proposed $30 billion offer for natural gas producer Santos, saying a ‘combination of factors’ discouraged it from making a final bid.
Daniel Newell and Anthony Di Paola
An Aboriginal Cultural Heritage declaration to protect rock art on the Burrup Peninsula has come under fire after it emerged industrial emissions were exempt from the ruling.
Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant has been given final approval to keep operating until 2070 with 48 strict conditions aimed at protecting nearby ancient Indigenous rock art.
Katina Curtis
The EPA has green-lit plans to treble the size of a gas power station in Kwinana as WA scrambles to get ready for the closure of coal generators by 2030.
Environment Minister Murray Watt The Federal minister has given notice to Murujuga traditional owner Raelene Cooper of the imminent decision over the Woodside proposal.
Woodside Energy has inked a 15-year deal with Petronas to ship liquefied natural gas to Malaysia as the south east Asian country ups energy imports.
Alcoa is stepping up efforts to secure long-term gas supply by chipping in $US30 million to fund engineering work for Western Gas’s proposed Equus project.
Australia could squander the opportunity to export green iron to the world if it does not pursue renewable hydrogen for its production, analysts say.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
OPEC+ has agreed in principle to increase production again next month, according to delegates, as the group doubles down on its policy shift to pursue market share instead of defending prices.
Grant Smith
