Oil was poised for a fifth weekly gain as the market tightened amid a global energy crunch that’s set to increase demand for crude.
Elizabeth Low
The bank will expect its oil and gas lending customers to publicly disclose goals aligned with Paris climate targets.
Adrian Lowe
The Conservation Council of WA claims the Environmental Protection Authority’s approvals process for Woodside Petroleum’s huge gas project was flawed.
Sean Smith
Aspiring Perth Basin gas play Strike Energy has struck draft agreements with two companies as it eyes the use of green hydrogen as a feedstock at its proposed $2.3 billion urea project near Geraldton.
Stuart McKinnon
Two years after investing in a hydrogen fuel business for cars, the oil and gas group is now funding the rollout of refuelling stations for buses.
The two oil and gas companies had been working since August to agree terms.
Mining and petroleum lobby groups say the State Budget’s $5.6b surplus has been underwritten by the WA resources sector.
Strike Energy wants an exemption from the State’s ban on the export of onshore gas, arguing it should be incentivised to develop its downstream Haber urea plant near Geraldton.
The Chris Ellison-led company says it has made a significant conventional gas discovery in the Perth Basin at an exploration well near Dongara.
The company’s says low-cost funding from the likes of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility is essential to rolling out carbon capture and storage projects.
APPEA says the State Government’s new resources strategy document released today falls short and relates mostly to the minerals sector.
Woodside Petroleum and Santos have bought themselves time to reposition their businesses for a low-carbon future but investor enthusiasm remains subdued, says EnergyQuest.
The company’s final emissions plans for its $4.3 billion urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula will be determined by monitoring of the Murujuga rock art collection before production.
Both incidents occurred on Jadestone’s Montara Venture FPSO located 250km off the north Kimberley coast and required the workers to be flown out for treatment.
Tom Zaunmayr
Hundreds of workers are heading to Chevron’s Wheatstone gas facility near Onslow to begin its first maintenance shutdown.
Ben Harvey
Woodside Petroleum’s new chief executive has her hands full with the BHP mega deal and the expectations of investors who want greener decisions.
Woodside is partnering with German multinational company MAN Energy Solutions to commercialise an LNG solution for small-to-mid scale production.
Danielle Le Messurier
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility alleges Santos has breached consumer and corporate laws.
Global ratings agency S&P Global Ratings expresses concern about the mining giant’s decision to hive off its oil and gas division.
Oil Search has bounced back to a first-half profit as oil and gas markets continue to recover from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and associated restrictions on movement.
Metals markets have been particularly pressured by ongoing concerns about growth in top consumer China and worries that the Federal Reserve may soon start curbing massive stimulus.
Yvonne Yue Li and Annie Lee
The oil and gas company’s new chief executive Meg O’Neill says energy users must support development of cleaner fuels with their own investments.
One analyst said while the merger ratio could have been better for Woodside, the company was receiving more than it was giving up.
Price recoveries for oil and LNG following last year’s pandemic-fuelled global energy glut has driven Woodside Petroleum to a half-year net profit of $US317 million.
Daniel Newell
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