Energy

Directors in oil and gas explorer Comet Ridge have unanimously recommended a friendly merger with unlisted public company Chartwell Energy, which has coal seam gas assets in New Zealand.

The owners of the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline have taken direct control of asset management activities that previously were run by Babcock & Brown Infrastructure subsidiary Westnet Energy.

Oakajee 'the only long-term option'; Sage snaps up $73m debt; Coke deal loses its fizz; LNG aid irks gas alliance; BHP rules out Rio bid, concedes Ravensthorpe flawed

Staff numbers at the Western Australian arm of engineering contractor Clough will be cut by around 45 as part of restructure plans to ensure operational effectiveness.

Cooper Energy is set to pocket some $23 million after deciding to accept the higher cash takeover offer for Incremental Petroleum.

Treasury head says spend now; Suncorp's issue shock as CEO goes; Macquarie profit set to slump; Cost cuts spook PwC partners; Lend Lease slumps on raising

The state opposition says hundreds of sustainable jobs could be created in Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun from the investment in a biomass power plant and wave technologies, rather than a $60 million road.

Former Western Power managing director David Eiszele has been appointed as the new chairman of Verve Energy.

Battle lines drawn on $42bn plan; Fortescue to raise $77m for payouts; BHP slashes spending to combat metals downturn; Crisis picks up speed; GE Capital to axe 400 more jobs as part of revamp

EAST Perth-based hospitality contractor Compass Group has called for amendments to the federal government's proposed industrial relations laws to clarify ambiguity over a provision concerning the 'transfer of a business'.

JASON Banks has been appointed as chair of the review of the state’s gas provisions.

THE Perth CBD is among the nation's most energy efficient business districts, with buildings in the precinct performing at levels above the Australian average in a number of key areas.

THERE'S not much talk of the global economic downturn or falling commodity prices when you listen to companies with an interest in iron ore mining and infrastructure projects in the Mid West region.

BHP Billiton’s Ravensthorpe closure again raises the issue of a fly-in, fly-out workforce

Woodside Petroleum has today unveiled a new logo, the first substantial change in 32 years.

The Michael Kiernan-led Stirling Resources has raised over $2 million through a convertible note issue to an Austrian resource company.

Tourism Western Australia will visit Ravensthorpe, Hopetoun and Bremer Bay this week to assess tourism opportunities in the area following the shutdown of BHP Billiton's nickel operation in the area.

The value of projects in Australia has declined by $37.2 billion since the September 2008 quarter, with new projects failing to replenish those being completed.

BHP Billiton could redeploy some of the sacked workers from its Ravensthorpe nickel mine to its iron ore operations in the Pilbara, as the miner confirms that it will buy back 60 houses in the Hopetoun area.

Carnegie Corporation has entered into a deal with energy retailer Synergy to supply electricity from its wave energy project off Western Australia.

Oil and gas giant Chevron has set aside over $A35 billion towards capital and exploration spending worldwide in 2009, including Western Australia's Gorgon, Wheatstone and North West Shelf projects.

West Perth-based Tap Oil says it expects to be generating revenue at near full capacity in the coming months following the Varanus Island incident, as quarterly production jumps 42 per cent.

The Office of Energy has recommended a 55 per cent increase in small business electricity prices, even higher than the increase it proposed in a draft report released last year.

Coordinator of Energy Jason Banks will chair a new committee that will review the state's gas supplies and examine ways to improve the management of energy emergencies.

West Perth-based Green Rock Energy, ARC Energy and Worsley Alumina are some of the preferred applicants chosen by the state government to harness geothermal energy in the Perth Basin.

Mining services company Imdex is banking on the oil and gas sector to help it through the mining downturn as it calls off an acquisition deal for Australian Drilling Specialities.

Malaga-based Advanced Engine Components has received a $1.2 million order for its natural gas vehicle system kits from Chinese company Aussen Engine (Dalian) Co.

THE announcement this month that Citic Pacific will pay $US585 for 75 petajoules of natural gas is important, not just because it underwrites the Devil Creek project in the Pilbara and a potential new supply of domestic gas, but also because we get to see

The Science and Innovation Council review presents a creative opportunity.

IT takes great patience and determination, dedication and creativity to craft a fine beer.

BRIEFCASE sees the oil price recovering slowly during late 2009, following the first annual contraction of global oil consumption since 1982.

Barack Obama looks set to follow a different foreign policy path than his precessor