Energy

Global oil and gas heavyweight BP is keeping tight-lipped about whether it wants the controversial Browse gas project built onshore, or offshore using floating technology.

New laws proposed in the wake of the Montara oil spill, dubbed Australia's worst oil disaster, have cleared parliament.

The value of a contract held by Leighton Holdings for work on the Gorgon natural gas project has more than doubled to nearly $1.8 billion.

THE state government has reaffirmed its opposition to raising the landfill levy while announcing that its ambitious recycling targets are becoming increasingly achievable.

The administrators of Griffin Energy Group have welcomed key state government regulatory moves designed to clear the way for the sale of Bluewaters power station to Japanese companies Sumitomo Corp

A survey that shows businesses have estimated a 14.5 per cent jump in energy costs due to the carbon tax underlines why the impost must be scrapped, Tony Abbott says.

Perth-based AnaeCo has secured its second international agreement in as many weeks for deployment of its patented waste-management technology.

Nexus Energy has exercised a put option to sell 2 per cent of its 17 per cent stake in the Crux gas field off the northwest coast to Royal Dutch Shell for $75 million.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering is looking to capitalise on unprecedented demand for its services from the liquefied natural gas sector by launching a joint venture with international electri

Retiring PwC partner Frank Cooper has been appointed to the board of Woodside Petroleum as a non-executive director.

Mermaid Marine has announced a $20 million contract win with Inpex at the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project off the Western Australian coast.

BHP Billiton has extricated itself from the contentious Browse gas project, agreeing to sell its interest to PetroChina in the third major ownership change the project has seen this year.

Woodside managing director Peter Coleman has called for a broader debate on productivity issues, saying there has been too much focus on blue collar wage rates and not enough on costs the gas indus

A lack of uncommitted available reserves coupled with the demand for Australia's liquefied natural gas could create challenges for domestic gas supplies by 2016.

Transfield Services has won several new contracts worth $140 million, including work on two major energy projects.

Woodside Petroleum has reached another joint venture agreement to expand its exploration interests in Myanmar (Burma).

Another mistake in acquiring land for Woodside's controversial Browse gas hub has made targeted timeframes "tight", Lands Minister Brendon Grylls concedes.

Woodside Petroleum has struck a $US696 million ($A670 million) agreement confirming its role in a major gas prospect off the coast of Israel.

Two top businessmen have been honoured by Australia for their contributions to the nation's resources and car industries.

Premier Colin Barnett has upped the ante on the controversial Browse gas project, indicating that joint venture leader Woodside Petroleum might not receive state government approval for a floating

Australia should focus on turning Perth into a global energy technology hub, the head of oil and gas producer Woodside says.

Petroleum giant Shell has rejected Premier Colin Barnett’s criticism of floating LNG projects, saying the revolutionary technology is the likely saviour of the industry in Australia as rising costs

Western Australia is currently at the forefront of global oil and gas activity, and international demand should ensure it will stay there for some time, one of Shell Australia’s top executives says

Engineering group Monadelphous says it has secured an $80 million contract to provide maintenance services to Queensland Curtis LNG at its new gas plant.

Neptune Marine has won a $6 million contract to provide works for MODEC’s Venture 11 floating oil and gas processing facility in the Carnarvon Basin.

Indian company Lanco Infratech has released details of the planned expansion of its Griffin Coal business, in which it will invest an estimated $1.2 billion to underpin annual exports of 12 million

Work on major LNG projects involving Western Australian companies is progressing with $580 million worth of contracts awarded in the past few days.

Merredin Energy has officially commissioned its new $93 million power station designed to support supply of power to metropolitan Perth.

Legislation to ensure James Price Point is the only site on the Kimberley coast where Browse Basin gas will be processed was introduced into state parliament yesterday.

Privately-owned firms Thistle Fabrication and Primero Group, as well as Geraldton's Lenane Holdings, have won construction contracts for the Empire Oil & Gas-led Red Gully processing facility n

Energy giant ConocoPhillips coud become the second company, after Japan's Inpex, to transport gas from a field off the Western Australian coast to an LNG processing plant at Darwin.

France-based oil and gas engineering company Technip has won a €210 million ($262 million) works deal at Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project off the Western Australian coast.