Energy

Australia's natural gas industry says it can keep the cash flowing once the mining boom is over, but its vast potential is under threat from excess green tape and a lukewarm political reception.

The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council has been given the environmental tick of approval to develop a waste-to-energy plant at its Redhill site.

Funding issues may jeopardise a renewable power station proposed for the Mid West town of Morawa, which continues to suffer from an unreliable power supply.

Australia's second largest energy retailer AGL Energy plans to buy smaller rival Australian Power & Gas for about $100 million.

Labor's scrapping of the carbon tax will ease living costs but households shouldn't get too excited.

The Browse Basin is pivotal to the nation's future gas production amid expectations that global demand will double within 17 years, a senior energy figure says.

Engineering outfit WorleyParsons has announced it's been named the operational engineer for Chevron Australia's Western Australian assets.

Fast-growing Geraldton business Bhagwan Marine has expanded its service offering and geographical presence through the acquisition of a Northern Territory marine services business.

Verve Energy has been paid full 'capacity credits' for power stations that are only available half the time, a report by the state government's economic regulator has found.

Australia would miss out on a once-in-a-generation liquefied natural gas boom unless it reduced costs by up to 30 per cent, says a new report.

Excessive wage demands are threatening major energy projects in Australia, a federal Labor minister says.

Australia faces a hiatus in new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects as buyers switch their focus to the United States.

The state government has given New Energy Corporation environmental approval for a $184 million waste-to-energy plant proposed for Port Hedland, but the company, and other proponents of similar pla

Biofuels producer Aurora Algae's proposal for a new commercial algae farm near Karratha has been conditionally approved by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).

WA business leaders say the federal budget has made life more difficult for local industry and fails to recognise the state's importance to the national economy.

Engineering services company Thiess has been awarded a $125 million contract with Western Power to upgrade and maintain its electrical distribution network in parts of Western Australia.

The increased likelihood of the Browse gas project being developed as a ‘floater' takes to nine the number of floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plants under construction or being considered for

The state's environmental watchdog has backed the use of waste-to-energy recycling facilities in Western Australia, but cautioned that any proposed plant must meet international best practice stand

New Standard Energy has appointed Phil Thick as managing director following the resignation of former managing director Sam Willis.

GE Oil & Gas has won a $620 million services deal at QGC's liquefied natural gas processing plant near Gladstone in Queensland, with maintenance activities to take place at the global giant's J

One of the state's busiest directors, Ian Middlemas, is seeking to take a big stake in Aviva Corporation and become its chair in a proposal that appears to have been rejected by the listed company'

Leighton subsidiary Thiess has won a new contract, worth $212 million, for work on Chevron's $52 billion Gorgon project in Western Australia.

Mermaid Marine managing director Jeff Weber has picked up $4.5 million worth of the company's shares through the exercise of incentive options.

Woodside Petroleum has played down suggestions that its gas project in Israel is under threat as it faces regulatory hurdles.

Construction and engineering contractor Decmil Group has extended its reach into the oil and gas sector with the announcement of a $25 million contract win with Royal Dutch Shell.

ConocoPhillips' Australian head has warned domestic gas reservation policies and anti-industry activism could threaten the development of a viable market in Western Australia.

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.