Woodside Petroleum says it will issue $US1 billion in corporate bonds in the United States in a bid to repay short term debt and for capital expenditure.
Chevron Corporation says it is a step closer to commercialising its Wheatstone project after exploration of two natural gas fields showed there were enough resources to support a two-train development.
A company that acts as an agent for emerging Chinese steel mills has signed a deal with explorer Epsilon Energy over the Mardie iron ore project in the Pilbara.
Fortescue Metals Group has warned it could take at least a $US171 million ($A264 million) hit from suspended shipping contracts but says talks with Chinese entities for equity investment and a hybrid funding package are progressing.
Nickel miner Independence Group's net profit has slumped 99.7 per cent to $123,000 as it takes a hit from falling commodity prices and a $9.1 million write down in listed investments.
South Perth-based Oropa is set to capitalise on the burgeoning gold market by re-focusing its activities towards the precious metal and rationalising its non-gold assets.
PetroChina Co will reportedly buy a further 2 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas each year from the Gorgon project after it signed a deal with co-owner ExxonMobil.
Perth-based Clough has secured a $116 million contract for works at the Montara oil project in the Timor Sea from a Thai company, which less than two months ago bought Coogee Resources.
Vietnam opened its first oil refinery on Sunday after more than a decade of delays, with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung declaring the complex vital for "national energy security".
A sharp fall in the nickel price, the Varanus Island gas explosion and write downs have all contributed to a red calendar year for Minara Resources, which reported a net loss of $19.8 million, down from the previous year's $270.5 million net profit.
Premier Colin Barnett remains optimistic that Inpex may change its mind over the location of its $15 billion liquefied natural gas project after meeting with the company's senior executives.
Mining entrepreneur Tony Sage has been appointed to the board of Perth-based gold explorer Tianshan Goldfields, taking over from Graham Woolford who has tendered his resignation.
Gold miner St Barbara, which holds operations in Western Australia, expects to extend its half-year loss to some $44 million as a result of write downs and lower carrying values of listed investments.
Administrators for Monarch Gold Mining say the Minjar gold project is likely to be sold within the next few days as a mixture of local and overseas parties express interests in other assets.
FROM a sailing career that began at age 16 on the STS Leeuwin to becoming the first female and youngest ever offshore installation manager of an oil-producing facility, Suzannah Vaughan (pictured right) packed a lot into life.
Shares in Fortescue Metals Group have surged as much as 25 per cent today as the iron ore miner confirms it has been in talks with companies from China and the UK over investment opportunities.
Extract Resources has revealed that Rio Tinto has boosted its interest in dissident shareholder Kalahari Minerals, as its shares soared nearly 40 per cent over the past five trading days.
Perth-based Arafura Resources has become the latest miner to sign an investment deal with a Chinese company, which has agreed to inject at least $8 million in return for a major shareholding.
Stirling Resources has expanded its resources investments with a $4.8 million investment in the assets of collapsed mineral sands miner, Matilda Minerals.
Miner Aditya Birla says it is exploring various funding options after it revealed it will be hit by $112 million in liabilities on the back of the falling copper price.
A scoping study into Scotgold Resources' Cononish gold and silver project in the United Kingdom has confirmed the economic potential of the operation, which has estimated capital costs of $27 million.
