THE state government will prosecute Apache Energy over the Varanus Island explosion, but many businesses believe the response pales in comparison with the Victorian Esso-Longford explosion of 1998, which generated a Royal Commission.
DOMESTIC energy users pursuing greater access to the North West's existing gas supplies have a new fight on their hands, with the partners of the $50 billion Gorgon project seeking urgent joint-selling authorisation from the federal government's competiti
DURING the past two years, Neptune Marine has been on a breakneck growth path, which has scared many investors who find it difficult to assess such a fast-moving target.
COULD a sea of electricity generators appear on the distant horizon off Yanchep in the next few years? Perth-bred scientist and entrepreneur George Taylor certainly hopes so, having a struck a deal with Griffin Energy to develop a wave power station capab
Chevron has continued to sell its Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project as a standalone operation with the launch today of 'The Wheatstone Imperative'.
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Woodside Petroleum says there is potential to build another five liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing trains on the Burrup Peninsula, doubling the size of what is already Australia's most valuable resources precinct.
Chevron has invited domestic gas users to reserve supply from the massive Gorgon liquefied natural gas project as a final investment decision on the $50 billion operation is expected in the "coming months".
Woodside Petroleum and Chevron have been recognised as leaders of safety and environmental practices at the 2009 Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association conference in Darwin.
West Perth-based explorer Forte Energy, formerly Murchison United, plans to raise $10 million through institutional investors to advance its uranium projects in West Africa.
BP has entered a deal to sell gas from an offshore Western Australian gas field to Shell and then buy it back as liquefied natural gas after it has been processed through the Gorgon LNG project.
A merger between generator Verve Energy and retailer Synergy is still on the cards with Premier Colin Barnett expected to make an announcement in the next couple of months.
The state government will prosecute oil and gas producer Apache Corporation for failing to maintain and repair a gas pipeline at its Varanus Island facility that exploded last year.
The state government has opened a second geothermal acreage release in the south-eastern region of WA following the success of the first round last year.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group has secured a $170 million contract for major works on Woodside Petroleum's $12 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
THE senior executive team at Wesfarmers has agreed to a salary freeze for two years and will forego individual bonuses potentially worth a collective $4.5 million.
WESTERN Australia continues to dominate the country's share of capital investment on advanced projects with latest figures showing the state accounted for more than 70 per cent of expenditure.
DURING the past four years, Cablelogic has grown from a small installation and service company into a mid-tier electrical, communications and renewable energy company serving commercial and industrial customers across the state.
WOODSIDE Petroleum has entered a deal with Apache Corporation for the supply of gas from two Western Australian fields for a second processing train at its Pluto liquefied natural gas facility.
WESTERN Australia has received just less than 6 per cent of the total grant allocation from the first two rounds of the federal government's Green Building Fund, securing a total of $1.
KEN Bowron (pictured) has been appointed as the new statutory head of EnergySafety WA. Mr Bowron was previously the general manager of regional businesses at Western Power.
