Oil & Gas

Perth company Mineral Resources has announced a surprise addition to its board of directors with the recruitment of Santos boss Kevin Gallagher.

Brookside Energy has booked a maiden operating profit for the quarter on the back of an 800 per cent surge in earnings following first production at its flagship Jewell Well.

A $4 billion-plus fertiliser plant proposed on the Burrup Peninsula has received ministerial approval, moving entrepreneur Vikas Rambal’s dream project a step closer.

Woodside has elected to withdraw from its Myanmar operations after nearly a decade amid the country's deteriorating human rights situation.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says there are "many worrying signs" from Russia on the Ukrainian border as Europe looks to Australia as a potential gas supplier with Kremlin tensions increasing.

Logistics company ASCO Australia has secured two contracts associated with the $768 million expansion of the Waitsia gas field in the Perth Basin.

Rising energy prices are making it hard for some countries to kick the coal habit, and climate policy may suffer as a result.

Buru Energy shares fell 10 per cent today after it revealed the state’s border closures had slowed exploration work, compounded by drilling problems.

Higher sales volumes and LNG prices have dramatically boosted Woodside's revenue, with the company also reversing US$582 million of past impairments..

Worker shortages and supply chain issues could disrupt major projects in WA worth more than $50 billion. Click for our updated list of major projects.

Analysis: The Australia Institute claims WA earns a paltry return from oil and gas companies, while estimating state government royalties from the North West Shelf will likely surpass $17 billion over 25 years.

Woodside has long-term hopes to install up to 500 megawatts of solar generation and 2 gigawatt hours of batteries near Karratha, environmental documents show.

A development application for the West Erregulla gas project in the Mid West has been lodged, ahead of a potential tightening of the domgas market.

Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals is set to proceed with its $1.2 billion Mardie project after overcoming opposition from Santos and Chevron, which were concerned about risks to WA’s gas supply.

Oil Search non-executive director Michael Utsler will join the Santos board as the $21 billion merger between the companies takes effect.

The federal and state governments have awarded Strike Energy with a $2 million grant and streamlined approvals for the company’s fertiliser project in the Mid West.

The state could have a shortage of gas production for the domestic market as soon as 2025, driven by reserve downgrades at the Reindeer and Macedon fields.

A dozen WA-linked businesses paid more than a fifth of Australia’s corporate tax take between them in the 2020 financial year, with Rio Tinto the nation’s top contributor.

Oil and gas supplier Woodside will invest $US5 billion ($7 billion) in low carbon energy by 2030 while still benefitting from its recently-announced merger with BHP's petroleum business.

Oil Search shareholders have voted in favour of a proposed merger with Santos, clearing the way to form a top 20 global oil and gas entity.

The workforce on Shell’s floating Prelude vessel are safe, the company has said, but production remained on pause today after a fire late last week.

Exmouth Gulf will be home to a new marine park and nature reserves, the state government announced today, while proponents of two projects believe they will be able to coexist.

Success at the Scarborough project for Woodside Petroleum hinges on an environmental battle, selling equity, and further offtake deals.

The Conservation Council has launched another case against Woodside, labelling an approval for the Scarborough development as “unlawful”.

Mark Hatfield spent his youth cleaning tables in his father’s hamburger restaurant in Oklahoma, a world away from the Chevron Australia operation he now leads as managing director.

The state government and Shell Australia have penned a deal to supply and install boiler training equipment at South Metropolitan TAFE’s Munster facility.

A $16.5 billion plan to develop the Scarborough gas field and Pluto Train 2 has been approved by Woodside Petroleum, the biggest LNG investment sanctioned in WA in a decade.

Economic activity in WA could be $35 billion higher in 2027, with 9,700 more jobs, if a series of oil and gas projects enter construction, EY has projected.

Woodside Petroleum lured a self-confessed ‘tech geek’ from NASA to head its hydrogen plans, including a $1 billion-plus proposal for a Perth export hub.

Advisers have been appointed for a potential sale of Seven Group’s share of the Crux LNG project, managing director Ryan Stokes has said, while flagging deals around Coates and WesTrac.

Global Infrastructure Partners will join Woodside Petroleum’s $US5.6 billion Pluto LNG expansion, having struck a deal to acquire a 49 per cent stake in the project.

Chevron will spend $40 million in WA, and acquire carbon 5.2 million tonnes of offsets, to compensate for delays in the scale up of its Gorgon carbon sequestration plant.