Susan Bower

PRODUCT and services provider to the petroleum and energy industries, Halliburton Energy Services, is delivering an initiative that has little to do with drill bits and filters.

THE structure of the Griffin group, in particular Griffin Coal and Griffin Energy, has undergone significant change since the May announcements of the group’s ambitious plans for Collie.

WD Moore & Co has followed up last month’s win in the State’s Family Business Awards with a national Fourth Generation FBA award.

Venture capitalist group Carnegie Corporation’s latest resources deal is expected to deliver healthy cash-flow to support the company’s other projects.

THE Legal Practice Bill introduced into State Parliament this week has been heralded as a boost to WA business, both large and small.

BUSINESSES across all sectors have found ways to offer assistance to those most affected by the October 12 Bali bombings.

The Perth office of science and engineering firm SRK Consulting has continued its expansion with three new consultant appointments, one with a view to creating a new division.

DRILL testing has commenced in one of Australia’s most hotly contested nickel sulphide frontiers, the West Musgrave region 1,300 kilometres north-east of Perth.

ABOUT 74 kilometres east of Payne’s Find its not the wildflowers that are the major attraction, with junior gold explorer Oroya Mining expecting a second resource upgrade this month for its Mount Gibson gold project.

WA’S listed brokers have reported varied fortunes in recent weeks, furthering exposing differences in their views on how to survive the twin peril of prolonged uncertainty in markets and increased costs.

SPECULATION on the make-up of AlintaGas continues ahead of next week’s release of 45 per cent shareholder WA Gas Holdings from its standstill agreement.

NEW blood is lining up for a chance to take a seat around the City of Perth council horseshoe next May.

Orthopaedic surgeon Tim Keenan spent much of last year in East Timor.He also went to Timika in West Irian, and the Indonesian island of Flores.

RAMPING up downstream activity west of its traditional base, eastern States energy heavyweight Origin Energy is simultaneously extending its WA upstream influence with an energetic spring-summer exploration and production program in the Perth Basin.

AMITY Oil is unfazed by the Turkish Government’s announcement this week that it would reduce gas prices.The Government, one month out from elections, has negotiated a purchase price reduction with Russia.

ORCHARD Petroleum was in town last week ahead of the company’s first annual general meeting since relisting in May.

WESTERN Power has short-listed seven out of a dozen expressions of interest for the West Kimberley power project encompassing Broome, Derby, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek and Camballin-Looma.

ONE member of last week’s Society of British Gas Industries trade delegation to Perth knew exactly who he wanted to meet.

Ambit IT & T, the nation’s largest privately-owned IT & T recruitment company, has repositioned itself in the Perth market, with the acquisition of local firm Apex Recruitment.

WA’S Independent Gas Pipelines Access Regulator Ken Michael delivered arguably the WA energy conference’s definitive understatement when he told delegates: “Regulation has created a lot of interest in this country”.

HALL Chadwick and the former West Perth-based MGI Brandsma Crockett are abandoning a trial accountancy, tax and business advisory joint venture after 12 months together in BankWest Tower.

SEAFOOD specialist manufacturer and processor Kailis & France Foods has chosen a new chief executive officer, believed to be a national senior logistics executive.

BUSINESSES operating in regional and remote areas of WA have been advised to contract out their power needs to market experts.

Getting in tough for renewablesIF last week’s WA energy conference was anything to go by, there is a degree of dissatisfaction within the State’s downstream energy sector, both within the current market and under proposed changes.

TALK to anyone in the WA timber, fishing or resources industries and they will be able to list the social, environmental and economic impacts on the way they do business.But the idea of operating a business for long-term sustainability is no longer ...

WESTERN Power is once again assessing options to supply longterm reliable power to the West Kimberley.But the second-time-around process is not deja vu for only the State utility.Tidal Energy Australia is involved again, as is Maurice Brand, a for...

A PUBLIC water forum in Kalgoorlie last week has highlighted the differing perceptions on the State’s water supply situation.Some say reality dictates the Goldfields Esperance region needs an additional water supply now.Others say this is more an ...

THE Society of British Gas Industries will be taking a close look at Australia’s petroleum industry later this month.It is the first time a delegation from the 95-year-old society has come to Australia.

MUCH more than goodwill flowed from this week’s launch and handover of the Abeer Thirty Eight at Cockburn Sound’s Australian Marine Complex.

FROM general merchants in groceries, wine and spirits to convening Australia’s first Windmillers Association, W.D. Moore & Co’s story has been one of continual transformation.

A LIST of declarations to form the basis of considerations on tariffs for the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline is yet to be finalised following last month’s WA Supreme Court decision in favour of further industry consultation.

Recent developments in Native Title can be attributed to both last month’s Ward decision and Governmental change towards some issues, Blake Dawson Waldron partner Geoff Gishubl told mining industry practitioners and consultants last week.