Geothermal WA geothermal rush causes regulator rethink on titles Two companies are chasing geothermal energy in WA but others must wait to compete for new acreage due to be released by September.
WA Government Ten tales of Woodside’s merry men: Mark, Bill and Ben On the occasion of recent WA treasurer Ben Wyatt joining the Woodside board Boiling Cold reviews the top 10 wins for Woodside from WA Labor's first term.
Hydrogen Australia's green steel dream explained In every type of steelmaking, the challenge of using hydrogen to cut emissions is different but the long term possibilities for Australia are enormous.
Carbon Emissions BHP climate target skips massive Australian oil & gas emissions BHP's climate target excludes the Bass Strait, North West Shelf and future Scarborough LNG on the incorrect basis that the operator controls the emissions, not the joint owners.
Hydrogen Ammonia export a hope amidst Australia’s hydrogen hype: BNEF Australia cannot compete exporting difficult to transport hydrogen but could use it locally to make low emissions products like ammonia for overseas markets.
Energy Transition Shell, Exxon and Chevron slammed on climate by court and investors: what it means for Australia Shell, Exxon and Chevron are big players in Australian oil and gas and being forced to decarbonise sooner will affect their local operations, with a possible king hit to Prelude.
Carbon Emissions Alcoa to test new steam tech in WA that could cut emissions 70pc Alcoa will trial technology at its Wagerup alumina refinery to produce steam by renewable-powered compression instead of gas-fired heat that promises a 70% per cent emissions reduction.
Decommissioning Regulator blasts ExxonMobil’s Bass Strait maintenance, orders huge decommissioning push Bass Strait partners ExxonMobil and BHP must plug 180 wells, dismantle ten platforms and tackle life-threatening corrosion after intervention by offshore safety regulator NOPSEMA.
Industrial Relations UGL pushed spurious safety risks at Chevron’s Gorgon to kill industrial action Maintenance contractor UGL has used a clause designed to ensure safety during a strike at Chevron's Gorgon LNG to portray the industrial action as illegal.
Climate Change Net-zero emissions by 2050 needs immediate halt to new oil, gas and coal projects: IEA New fossil fuel projects must end today for the world to navigate a "viable but narrow pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050," according to the International Energy Agency.
Strike Energy Clouded future of gas in WA drives Strike Energy to urea Strike Energy's Stuart Nicholls regards the WA gas market as a dangerous place to be as new cheap supply comes in as the big resource players prepare to move away from fossil fuels.
Safety Gorgon workers left waiting for mercury contamination results Safety regulator WorkSafe does not know when it will receive test results so four workers on Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant will know if they have received an unsafe exposure to toxic mercury.
Energy Transition The budget is a flight of fancy ignoring Australia’s low-emissions future In this week's budget the Morrison Government ignored clean energy and instead took a long-odds bet that carbon capture and storage will allow fossil fuels to carry on untouched by climate concerns.
Ammonia Yara and JERA seek Pilbara carbon storage for blue ammonia If CO2 from Yara's Pilbara ammonia plant is buried WA could ship a clean fuel to displace coal in JERA's Japanese power stations, but underground carbon storage has its doubters.
Decommissioning Offshore oil & gas producers to pay for $1B Northern Endeavour cleanup For every dollar Woodside saved in 2015 selling the Northern Endeavour, the oil and gas industry may have to pay back threefold after the Federal Government moved to protect ordinary taxpayers from the cost of decommissioning the vessel and oil field.
Carbon capture and storage Santos and ENI team up to tackle dirty gas and decommissioning Santos and ENI are looking for solutions for CO2 and removing old facilities in the waters north of Darwin. Time will tell if the problems are solved or just delayed.
Shipping Rio orders LNG ore carriers after Fortescue dumps gas for green ammonia In the race to decarbonise iron ore shipping Rio and BHP are chasing incremental improvements with LNG while Andrew Forrest's Fortescue wants zero-emission green ammonia ASAP.
Ammonia Incitec Pivot backs Perdaman’s $4.6B urea plant with 20-year offtake deal Vikas Rambal's Perdaman has surprised doubters by signing up Incitec Pivot to take the full output of his proposed Karratha urea plant.
Hydrogen ARENA backs ATCO and Engie with $71M for WA green hydrogen WA will be home to two of the largest green hydrogen electrolysers in the world to feed an ammonia plant and inject the clean fuel into the South West gas grid.
Climate Change The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but needs political action now There are rapidly escalating risks in global warming between 1.5℃ and 2℃ and the focus now must be on governments’ 2030 targets for emissions reduction.
Carbon Emissions South32's coal-fired Worsley Alumina two-thirds dirtier than Alcoa If South32’s low profile coal-burning Worsley Alumina operated like Alcoa’s facilities 1.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year would be avoided: the same as Alcoa's Wagerup refinery.
Power Generation Alinta plans more wind to partner WA solar boom Alinta's solution to soaring solar power in South West WA is more Mid-West wind farms backed with batteries and dispatchable gas.
Carbon Emissions Eye in the sky spies Shell's Prelude floating flare machine Shell's production of millions of tonnes of carbon emissions by burning excess gas at Prelude LNG 400km off the WA coast will no longer go unnoticed, with satellites now tracking flaring across the globe.
Carbon Emissions Ichthys gas supply plans to destroy Inpex emissions pledge Inpex pledged in January 2021 to cut its emissions 30 per cent this decade while it was planning to boost CO2 from Ichthys LNG, which accounts for three quarters of its carbon footprint, by 30 per cent.
Carbon Emissions Environment watchdog wants Chevron plan for net-zero Wheatstone LNG emissions by 2050 Chevron's Wheatstone LNG is in the firing line of a new approach from the WA Environmental Protection Authority that forced big emissions cuts from the Waitsia gas project.
