Government's Northern Endeavour oil vessel cleanup set to exceed $2b
Woodside sold the project to an insubstantial company to avoid a few hundred million in decommissioning costs: now it and its competitors will pay the price.
Government's Northern Endeavour oil vessel cleanup set to exceed $2b
Woodside sold the project to an insubstantial company to avoid a few hundred million in decommissioning costs: now it and its competitors will pay the price.
Cash-poor Kimberley fracker Black Mountain expects WA decision soon
The US-owned company is seeking funds from investors to stay a going concern while it awaits state and Federal approval.
Water Corporation looks to EPA to shield Perth's water supply from Alcoa and Roger Cook
WA Premier Mark McGowan warned Alcoa to lift its game or face curtailed mining, but his successor Roger Cook slashed water supply protections after a possibly empty threat from the US miner.
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Helium drilling set to start after WA taxpayers shielded from cleanup costs
UK-listed Georgina Energy plans to drill in the remote Little Great Sandy Desert in search of helium, hydrogen and natural gas.
Rio Tinto moves Winu copper mine forward with public environmental review
As the world electrifies, demand for the metal is expected to jump 50 per cent in 15 years.
Australian Renewable Energy Hub's $50b plan shrinks
The half-sized project in WA's North West will now pursue power sales to Pilbara miners and data centres and the production of green ammonia off-site.
Woodside tips in cash as Labor fights to get its employee into parliament
WA Labor has used the advantages of incumbency to raise $1.6 million since May, ahead of a by-election in the once safe seat of Secret Harbour.
Health and safety failure INPEX reaps $1.5b half-year profit from Ichthys LNG
INPEX has spilled oil into Darwin Harbour, exposed offshore workers to dangerous mercury, and been prosecuted for under-reporting toxic emissions by more than 100-fold, all in the past 12 months.
Alcoa refuses to rule out mining the Perth Hills
A letter from the US miner raised hope that the jarrah forest inland from Perth would escape its strip mining for bauxite, but Alcoa is keeping its options open.
The way Australia taxes gas production is stuck in the past
The existing tax, PRRT, fails to capture a fair share of our vast gas exports.
Triangle Energy fails due to $200m oil field clean up bill off WA
The majority owner of the Cliff Head platform has called in administrators and other oil and gas producers will likely shoulder the cost.
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Alcoa refuses to rule out mining the Perth Hills
A letter from the US miner raised hope that the jarrah forest inland from Perth would escape its strip mining for bauxite, but Alcoa is keeping its options open.
Federal plan delivers three times more gas to WA than Browse
Australia's most gas-dependent state can be well supplied for decades without drilling near Scott Reef or fracking the Kimberley, according to an exclusive analysis by Boiling Cold.
'Significant doubt' Pilot Energy, responsible for a WA oil platform, can survive
Pilot Energy is a going concern, but its accounts report "a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt" on that continuing.
WA Labor promised to protect the water supply but instead unleashed Alcoa's dangerous mining
Roger Cook granting Alcoa greater access to mine near Perth's dams risks could cost taxpayers billions of dollars and result in water restrictions
Gas
Helium drilling set to start after WA taxpayers shielded from cleanup costs
UK-listed Georgina Energy plans to drill in the remote Little Great Sandy Desert in search of helium, hydrogen and natural gas.
Woodside tips in cash as Labor fights to get its employee into parliament
WA Labor has used the advantages of incumbency to raise $1.6 million since May, ahead of a by-election in the once safe seat of Secret Harbour.
Health and safety failure INPEX reaps $1.5b half-year profit from Ichthys LNG
INPEX has spilled oil into Darwin Harbour, exposed offshore workers to dangerous mercury, and been prosecuted for under-reporting toxic emissions by more than 100-fold, all in the past 12 months.
The way Australia taxes gas production is stuck in the past
The existing tax, PRRT, fails to capture a fair share of our vast gas exports.
Bauxite
Alcoa refuses to rule out mining the Perth Hills
A letter from the US miner raised hope that the jarrah forest inland from Perth would escape its strip mining for bauxite, but Alcoa is keeping its options open.
WA drives Alcoa $US4.1b buy of South32 aluminium business
The US company will have a monopoly over WA bauxite mining and alumina refining, which it plans to operate for 40 years.
Feds probe more illegal clearing by Alcoa after 'deliberate repeat’ destruction of jarrah forest
Alcoa acknowledged it destroyed the known habitat of protected species, including black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats.
$1.2b Kwinana clean up bill drives Alcoa Australia to a $600m loss
The US miner is also facing declining production and delayed approvals in WA, where it mines three-quarters of its bauxite.
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Confidential Western Australian government report warns gas exports risk slowing Asia’s move to clean energy
Report by consultants Deloitte undermines Labor’s public claims that WA’s gas exports help reduce emissions overseas
Perth’s water supply at ‘high risk’ from Alcoa bauxite mining, expert study finds
Exclusive: GHD identified contamination threats to dams inland of Perth from sewage, oil spills, and soil erosion
Australian taxpayers on the hook to pay Chevron more than $500m to clean up oil wells
Deal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational fossil fuel company paid in royalties, documents show
Woodside toxic spill near Ningaloo Reef world heritage area under investigation
Estimated 16,000 litres of petroleum products spilled into Indian ocean on 8 May during decommissioning works at Griffin field.