Most Australians would prefer investment in clean energy to help lift the economy out of its COVID-induced recession to the Federal Government’s plan for a “gas-fired” recovery.
James Thornhill
The gas play is drilling the deepest well on the Australian mainland just 350km north of Perth as part of an appraisal program for its West Erregulla discovery.
Stuart McKinnon
The WA LNG producer has revealed a 9pc drop in revenue in the September quarter, just a week after it sacked 300 staff.
Stuart McKinnon and Daniel Newell
The contractor has been dealt a costly blow in its battle to recoup more than $1 billion from Chevron in a long-running feud over work at the Gorgon LNG plant.
Daniel Newell
The latest round of cuts come after an organisational review to identify the oil and gas giant’s workforce needs amid a challenging global energy supply environment.
Sarah-Jane Tasker
Spending on big-ticket resources projects will not be able to offset the COVID-sapped retail, construction and education sectors.
Ben Harvey
Company reports routine sampling yesterday detected an elevated aerobic bacteria count in one of the cooling towers.
Stuart McKinnon and Phil Hickey
Warrego Energy and Strike Energy have overcome recent tensions by agreeing a plan to jointly develop the Perth Basin gas discovery.
Sean Smith
But McGowan Government refuses to rule out hikes to royalties, levies and charges for the sector in looming State Budget.
Global oil demand won’t meaningfully recover for at least 18 months, according to the heads of the world’s biggest independent trading houses.
Andy Hoffman and Laura Hurst
It involves drilling 850 new gas wells over 20 years, with Santos saying it had the potential to provide up to half of NSW’s natural gas needs.
Dominica Sanda
The Singapore-based company has confirmed a small release of oil from the Stag platform during recent bad weather.
The value of Australia’s resources and energy exports will sink by $34 billion this year after posting a record last financial year, according to new Federal Government forecasts.
Just a week after revealing its plan to turn itself into a clean-energy giant, BP watched its share price drop to a fresh low.
Laura Hurst
Investment in the State’s resources sector has risen for the first time since the last mining boom in 2012-13, with $129b worth of projects now in the pipeline.
WA oil and gas company says proponents need a level of certainty when making investments that they have the support of Government and Traditional Owners.
Despite business heavyweights and gas proponents like Andrew Liveris backing a 2050 target, Scott Morrison would not commit to the goal.
Sarah Ison
Chevron is under fire from an influential trade union and the State Opposition over sacking a quarter of its WA workforce at a time when it is grappling with problems at the Gorgon LNG project.
Perth-based Clean Energy Fuels Australia has secured a long-term site lease to develop an LNG plant that is expected to drive down energy costs in WA’s Mid West.
Kate Purnell
Resources giant Woodside has revealed it’s favouring job applicants who live in WA or are willing to move west in its latest recruitment campaign.
Peter Law
WA could play a vital role in Australia’s gas-led economic recovery, with the Federal Government keen to unlock the State’s Perth Basin as one of six key gas resource sites around Australia.
Lanai Scarr and Annabel Hennessy
Climate Action 100+ represents 500 investors with more than $60 trillion of assets under management
The oil giant, which operates Australia’s largest and WA’s only oil refinery, welcomed the support but said some aspects of the proposal needed to be ironed out.
The energy giant says oil consumption may never return to levels seen before the coronavirus crisis took hold.
Rakteem Katakey
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