David Biggs

Geoff Acton has been appointed as interim non-executive director of Antaria. Mr Acton has a wealth of accounting and corporate experience and was recently appointed in July as company secretary of the company.

Four Mid West companies have won nearly $6 million in contracts for work on AWE's Waitsia project, where first gas is expected in the third quarter of this year.

Australian energy company AWE has knocked back a $421.4 million takeover bid from a private equity firm, labelling the offer opportunistic and below fair value.

Certainty around the state’s domestic gas supply received a boost today, with the Chevron-led Gorgon project delivering first domgas to Synergy and AWE taking the next step towards the development of stage two at the Waitsia gas field.

AWE has reported more positive drilling results at its half-owned Waitsia gas field near Dongara, which it has previously said could be the biggest onshore gas discovery in WA for 50 years.

SPECIAL REPORT: Only a small number of oil and gas players in the Perth Basin are moving forward on projects.

Sydney-based gas producer AWE plans to upgrade its resource estimate for the Waitsia gas field in the Perth Basin in coming months after a recent drilling campaign showed the field extends further eastward than initially thought.

Sydney-based gas producer AWE will raise $38 million via a share placement to fund the next stage of the Waitsia gas field project in the Perth Basin.

Sydney-based gas company AWE has produced more positive test results at its Waitsia gas field, with the highest flow rate to date recorded during recent flow testing.