Energy

Some hard questions still need to be answered on Chinese investment in Australia.

In the second part of our series on big ideas for WA, we feature FORM’s Lynda Dorrington,a passionate advocate for change.

FOLLOWING Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson's endorsement of Australian uranium export trade with China, the Chamber of Minerals and Energy believes working with communities on providing soft infrastructure will be the key challenge facing the st

There’s no excuse for leaders losing their cool, particularly with those unable to defend themselves.

Premier Colin Barnett announced late today that the government had reached a "broad agreement" with the Kimberley Land Council and Woodside over the establishment of an LNG precinct north of Broome.

The Kimberley Land Council is believed to have negotiated an agreement with the state government and Woodside Petroleum that would deliver more than $1 billion over 30 years from the development of a liquefied natural gas hub near Broome.

Initial production from Apache Energy's Van Gogh oil field in the Exmouth basin has been delayed after its processing vessel caught fire at a shipyard in Singapore.

The petroleum safety watchdog has sent two inspectors to investigate a fire at a Woodside Petroleum-operated facility in the Vincent oil field off the state's northwest coast.

Shares in Carnegie Corporation jumped after the wave power hopeful signed a $250 million project financing deal with banking giant Investec.

Perth-based Pacific Energy says it will settle its $77 million acquisition of Kalgoorlie Power Systems in less than a fortnight after it received commitments for a $98 million funding package.

The former president of BHP Billiton's Australia Asia gas division, William Bloking, has been appointed as chairman of Como-based Nido Petroleum, taking over from David Whitby.

NRW Holdings has extended its trading halt by a week as it finalises the details a "significant" contract.

A management buy-out was a key turning point for Welshpool firm QED Occtech.

THE scarcity of credit is clearly top of mind for Western Australia's business elite, with strong concern about the role of the banking system during this ongoing financial crisis.

Spices Catering owner and managing director Peter Hickson has been inducted into the Alinta Restaurant and Catering Industry Association hall of fame.

OIL and gas company Otto Energy will rely further on its directors for support after it reduced its capital raising efforts amid uncertainty from a lapsed BHP Billiton deal.

A CITY of 1 million people located in the Pilbara.It's the sort of idea that makes people stop and think and, more often than not, baulk at the immensity of the proposal.

SHORT-TERM thinking copped a big serve from the entrepreneurs, several of whom felt it was the true villain in what has taken place in the global economy during the past six months, including the issue of executive remuneration.

No matter what the economic conditions, an entrepreneur will always find the upside.

WA Labor needs to act quickly to secure its future, independent from east-coast powerbrokers.

THE jury is out on whether global stock markets have bottomed or whether there is a further downward leg to be endured.

Two Perth-based resource companies, Paramount Mining Corp and Prosperity Resources, will focus on projects in Indonesia in a bid to achieve early cash flow.

West Perth-based companies Advance Energy and Odin Energy have joined forces to launch a cash and scrip takeover offer for oil explorer Target Energy.

Wesfarmers and Woodside Petroleum have continued to lead the rebound in value of Western Australian listed companies, delivering a combined increase in capitalisation of more than $5 billion during March.

Substantial growth in the state is projected to return in the medium to long term following a decline in demand over the next few years, a new study has revealed.

East Perth-based Coretrack has teamed up with two international petroleum companies, Halliburton/DBA and Baker Hughes INTEQ, to advance its "intelligent" core-drilling technology for the oil and gas industry.

Perth-based Neptune Marine Services has been awarded a $10 million contract for work on Woodside Petroleum's Pluto liquefied natural gas project.

The state government's $80 million initiative to increase mineral and petroleum exploration will include six different programs including a co-funded program with industry for innovative drilling technologies.

WorleyParsons has sold its remaining interest in the Esperance Power Station to joint venture partner ANZ Specialist Asset Management.

Woodside Petroleum has awarded a $120 million contract to Kwinana engineering and fabrication company AusGroup to provide construction support services for the Pluto liquefied natural gas project.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has expressed concern over what it says is the watering down of powers of the new building and construction industry watchdog and the penalties it can impose.

Shares in West Perth-based Emerald Oil & Gas have risen after the company produced first commercial gas from its Appalachian project in the United States.