John Phaceas

Woodside Petroleum chief Don Voelte today slammed key terms of a third party gas supply deal struck by rival liquefied natural gas developer Chevron as "stupid".

Oil junior AED Oil has drawn the attention of the share market regulator over the timing and content of its disclosure relating to problems at the Puffin oil field in the Timor Sea.

A senior US senator has demanded a federal investigation into the company responsible for the crippled Montara oil well which spewed tens of thousands of barrels into the Timor Sea.

THE Western Australian government has vowed to fight a proposed federal takeover of offshore oil and gas regulation that could significantly affect one of the state’s most vital industries.

THE state government has denied it has done a backflip over a planned cap on future iron ore exports from the Geraldton Port.

WHILE the state government fights to retain its influence over offshore oil and gas development, the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy has effectively fended off an attempted Canberra takeover.

WA’s great gas rush is gathering steam, as contractors fight for a slice of the billions of dollars in planned oil and gas developments.

State parliament today passed legislation to broaden the gas specifications of the state's main gas pipelines, removing a key obstacle to BHP Billiton's plans to develop the $1 billion Macedon gas project off Exmouth.

Murchison Metals-backed iron ore miner Crosslands Resources has significantly boosted the proposed scale of its Jack Hills iron ore development north-west of Meekatharra in the Mid West.

History has a wonderful habit of repeating itself - just ask Alinta owner Babcock & Brown Power as it tries to crawl out from a $3 billion debt mountain as a crippling increase in its cost base looms.

A HIGH-POWERED delegation of senior state government bureaucrats will head to China early next month in the wake of significant Chinese frustration over the Western Australian approvals process.

CURTIN University's WA School of Mines has further deepened its ties with the state's mining industry, establishing a new company to help local miners better understand their mineral resources and plan future mining operations.

For those who’ve always wanted to visit some of the state’s biggest mining and energy projects, WA Business News provides a taste of the annual Pilbara/Mid-West media tour held by the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy and the Australian Petroleum Producti

OIL and gas producer Santos has emerged as a potential circuit breaker in the standoff between Western Australia’s LNG developers and major domestic gas customers.

Woodside Petroleum has split the front-end engineering work for its Pluto expansion project by awarding dual contracts for trains 2 and 3 to KBR and its existing joint venture contractors FosterWheeler and WorleyParsons.

The Woodside Petroleum-operated North West Shelf Venture today said it was continuing to negotiate with gas retailer Alinta, owned by Babcock and Brown Power, over future gas supplies from the project following an interim ruling by an arbitrator yesterday

Mid-West magnetite hopeful Asia Iron Holdings is targeting a 2012 production start at its flagship $2 billion Extension Hill project near Geraldton, after securing a major state-owned Chinese partner for the venture.

GOLD miner Centamin Egypt's move to cancel its Australian listing does not herald an exodus of local miners from the Australian bourse, according to local industry players.

ONE of the biggest risks faced by companies testing new opportunities is the extent to which they commit management resources to the task.

GOVERNMENTS must support the urgent deployment of commercial-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration projects if the technology is to become viable by 2020, a major new report has warned.

Geraldton is making an ambitious bid to become Western Australia's renewable energy capital as part of a broader push to establish itself as a world leader in renewable generation.

The Northern Territory government has declared the gas leak detected at Chinese oil giant Sinopec's Puffin oil field in the Timor Sea poses no threat to the environment.

A leaking well has been confirmed at a second oil project in the Timor Sea, just 50 kilometres north west of the Montara oil project which has been spewing condensate into the ocean for more than nine weeks.

THE state government will come under fresh pressure from domestic gas users after last week’s landmark agreement between Chevron and Apache Corporation to develop the Julimar and Brunello gas fields.

GERALDTON is making an ambitious bid to become Western Australia's renewable energy capital as part of a broader push to establish itself as a world leader in renewable generation.

Perth real estate developer Port Bouvard has called for the trading of its shares to be halted ahead of a critical refinancing deadline on Sunday night.

Woodside Petroleum remains confident of pushing ahead with its fast-tracked expansion of its Pluto liquefied natural gas project, despite missing out on third party gas supply agreements to rival LNG developer Chevron.

FRESH questions have emerged over the state government's report into Western Australia's long-term energy security, and its recommendations to limit the impact of major disruptions to gas supply.

CHINESE companies are racing to provide local mining and energy developers with funding offers amid signs that conventional project funding is becoming more accessible as global economic conditions stabilise.

MORE than $1 billion of planned private sector investment in new Mid West power supplies is hanging by a thread, after state energy retailer Synergy awarded generation sibling Verve Energy future power supply contracts.

Engineering and construction contractor United Group has won a $190 million contract with state electricity generator Verve Energy for the ugrade of its Kwinana power station.

Verve Energy's decision to restart the state's oldest coal fired power station will not be formally assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority.