Chevron Gorgon CO2 injection questions remain one year on Chevron's ambitious injection of Gorgon CO2 shaped the $US54B LNG project and a year after starting up 2.5 years late its long-term performance remains to be proved.
Transport $4B Fremantle to Kwinana container port move likely The McGowan Government has backed a $4B move of containers from Fremantle Port to Kwinana, which may finally put an end to talk of a Roe 8/9 Freeway extension.
Safety Chevron cops 33 orders from regulators to make Gorgon safe Chevron faces shutting Gorgon LNG down to make it safe after WA safety regulators responded to reports of thousands of cracks in propane-filled vessels.
LNG Inpex slashes value of Prelude LNG by a third Inpex thinks the value of Prelude floating LNG has dropped 37% this year, joining the queue of companies seeing much less value in Australia's LNG future.
Decommissioning Sellers of oil and gas assets should stay liable for cleanup: report North Sea expert recommends changes to stop a repeat of Woodside escaping a $230 million cleanup bill by paying a tiny inexperienced company to take an old rusty asset.
Power Generation WA power plan not heading for net-zero emissions by 2050 The first cut at planning WA power's future ignores carbon costs that Woodside would estimate at many billions and comes nowhere near the WA Government's target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Carbon Emissions Shell goes carbon farming in Australia Major Australian LNG producer Shell has acquired a local carbon farming venture as part of its 30-year march to net-zero emissions.
Safety Gorgon weld problems raise safety questions Chevron will not answer Chevron has "put additional mitigations in place" to protect workers while it mulls what to do with two giant LNG trains operating at Gorgon that could have defective welds.
Power Generation Collie wobbles: WA power's financial mess Before it takes WA to a clean, green renewable energy future the State Government has problems a plenty in still vital coal-fired power.
Chevron Chevron plans to fix and restart Gorgon Train 2 by September Chevron intends to have cracked propane vessels fixed and Gorgon LNG back in full production by September as it awaits inspection by the safety regulator.
Hydrogen Hydrogen: a simple molecule but a complex business There is no shortage of hype about hydrogen. Time will tell what ideas fall by the wayside and which build enduring industries.
Industrial Relations Chevron's red tape for its doubly deep Aussie job cull Chevron's 5-month process to trim its Australian workforce twice as hard as its global cuts will now start the musical chairs of allocating spots in the leaner organisation.
Safety Regulator OK with Gorgon safety but will inspect early next week The safety and economic stakes for Gorgon LNG are high as WA Government inspectors soon head to Barrow Island to check on Chevron's cracked pressure vessels.
Decommissioning Northern Endeavour still waiting on Federal Government plan While the idle Northern Endeavour costs $4 million a month, Government and industry are still talking about how to keep the clean-up bill below a possible $230 million.
Safety Safety regulator to inspect Chevron's Gorgon ASAP Safety regulators knew nothing of cracked pressure vessels at Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant until alerted by media reports and now plan to inspect the equipment themselves.
=== from the archive === The Varanus Island gas explosion that shook the WA economy In 2007 WA lost 30% of its gas supply, and Apache Energy workers were lucky not to lose their lives, after a corroded gas pipeline failed and produced a gigantic explosion.
Safety Cracks at Chevron's Gorgon threaten safety and LNG production Thousands of cracks raise questions about the safety of the Gorgon LNG plant and operator Chevron will decide to shutdown or maintain revenue, with the safety regulator on the sidelines.
=== from the archive === Gorgon's catastrophic start-up In early 2017 Chevron's rush to ship the first LNG from the $US54 billion Gorgon project to meet its chief executive's deadline had disastrous consequences.
LNG Inside Woodside’s hall of mirrors Browse LNG is dead Cost, climate concerns and delay have killed Woodside's Browse LNG project and now it must negotiate with its old foes, the North West Shelf partners, to ensure Scarborough is developed.
Exclusive Investigation Western Gas, an ineffective regulator and a $US100M clean-up bill If Western Gas' Equus LNG project does not take off in these tough times neither the small company nor regulator NOPTA have an answer to how making safe the wells is paid for.
Power Generation Synergy pushes its ageing coal plants to be more flexible WA will be coal-powered for sometime and Synergy is working to ensure its Collie power stations can cope with the new world of intermittent renewable energy.
Aboriginal heritage Ancient Aboriginal artefacts now an issue for offshore projects Hundreds of 7000-year-old Aboriginal artefacts found off the Pilbara coast highlight a new issue for oil and gas to maintain its social license, with Woodside's Scarborough project at the forefront.
Analysis Lost: one lime contract and $645M No deal with Alcoa has cost Adelaide Brighton 31% of its value and threatened its WA lime business that is warring with its neighbours in suburban Perth.
LNG How Don helped Kerry win the east coast gas game Don Voelte does not hold back telling the tale of the east coast gas mess that Woodside wisely avoided and Beach Energy profited from.
Shell Shell slashes value of Prelude floating LNG Shell has followed BP in thinking its oil and gas assets are now worth much less in a post-COVID more climate-aware world and Prelude LNG is a big contributor to the value destruction.
