Former Fortescue chief executive Liz Gaines to advise an Abu Dhabi-based group selling itself as a player in the global energy transition.
Neale Prior
Fewer nuclear reactors are operating worldwide than early this decade and global renewable power generation is dwarfing the energy source.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
WA mining magnate Andrew Forrest now has another feather in his cap after making the cover of Time magazine.
Daniel Newell
Chevron has announced a new boss for its Australian business as the company readies a big pipeline of multibillion-dollar projects to keep the Gorgon and Wheatstone plants running for decades.
Matt Mckenzie
Establishing nuclear power generation in Australia would face major challenges and fall prone to delays, says a report critics brand as politically motivated.
William Ton
Australia needs more hydropower projects to store and supply cheap, renewable energy, a former leader says, while hosing down hopes for a nuclear future.
An Australian start-up has installed a renewable hydrogen generator and storage system at an airport in a bid to overcome barriers to adopting the clean energy.
Wheatstone and Gorgon operator Chevron has announced a new boss for its Australian business, with Mark Hatfield set to retire after four years heading operations Down Under.
Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has declared opponents of the Karratha Gas Plant life extension are effectively pro-coal, while warning further delays could set back plans for a drilling program.
Lower oil and gas prices have dragged down underlying profit at Woodside Energy, cutting the final dividend payout for investors.
Petrol retailer and refiner Ampol’s profits have been smashed but the company reckons fuel demand will stay strong until the 2030’s amid a slow energy transition.
The pipeline company will spend an initial $71 million to enhance the grid and start early-stage works on three later stages that will add significant transport and storage capacity from 2028.
Sean Smith
Monadelphous has added approximately $400 million to its project pipeline just three days after warning investors that the pace of new work being awarded was showing signs of slowing.
Adrian Rauso
A mix up between two local energy heavyweights in the wake of a $1.8 billion deal has enabled Fortescue to stake ground across WA’s north after a ‘torturous’ legal fight.
The oil and gas lobby is readying for a political onslaught in two looming election campaigns, with new research showing the industry pumps $30 billion into WA’s economy each year.
Australia could compete with China for lithium battery production after a local company announced plans to establish a $60 million factory.
A mercurial Trump administration and election uncertainty at home have forced Fortescue to delay two hydrogen projects, as weakening iron ore prices eat into the miner’s profits.
Simone Grogan
Santos plans to slash costs by up to $US150 million ($240m) over the next two years and boss Kevin Gallagher has again played down the prospects for WA’s Dorado oil project.
The Federal Environment Department has pushed out its deadline for making a decision about extending the life of Woodside’s North West Shelf Venture by a month. And it could be even longer.
Katina Curtis
Woodside will need to spend up to $US1 billion this year decommissioning old assets as analysts worry what the bill will mean for dividend payments.
There are hopes techniques borrowed from the oil and gas industry can boost the viability of geothermal energy, as a German town gears up to be a test case.
Staff Writers
The British Prime Minister’s decision to take the nuclear option when it comes to energy production is a damning indictment of the Albanese Government’s inaction.
Paul Murray
Proceeds from a coal mine sale will be used to pump cash into the troubled Whyalla steelworks in a major debt deal.
Abe Maddison
Shell has copped a warning from the oil and gas regulator after hazardous gases at the Prelude LNG vessel likely sent workers to the sick bay.
