Industry slams Woodside's 'bare minimum' supply of gas to WA from Pluto
Alcoa, Wesfarmers and other big gas users in WA want Woodside to deliver what it agreed with the state government.
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Chevron stays the carbon course as it hints at Woodside deal
Chevron boss Mike Wirth is not distracted by renewables as he pushes for more and lower cost production and looks to move gas through Woodside's Scarborough project.
WA faces up to microgrid challenges
A WA parliamentary inquiry has supported microgrids as a key element in the State's spread out power system.
Government asleep as offshore failure developed
If the Federal Government had been alert the financial failure of the Northern Endeavourur would not have been a surprise. Now Canberra has a huge bill for its omission.
Northern Endeavour headed for liquidation, govt on the hook
The liquidator of Northern Oil and Gas Australia has recommended liquidation, which will leave the Federal Government responsibility for decommissioning its oil vessel.
Browse LNG faces huge carbon offset buy
Woodside buried deep in a huge environmental approval report for Browse LNG a risk it may have to buy massive amounts of carbon offsets.
Woodside’s Browse nixes net-zero for cheap and dirty
Woodside's environmental approval submission for its $US20.5B Browse LNG project shows negligible efforts to rein in carbon emissions.
WA EPA falls back to public accountability on emissions
Any large project in WA will now need to tell the EPA how it will achieve zero-net emissions by 2050 before it can go for Ministerial approval.
WA EPA drops offsets but adopts net-zero emissions plan
The WA Environmental Protection Authority has backed off its plan for 100% offsets for new projects but will push for net-zero emissions by 2050.
Woodside carbon plan comes with big loophole
Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman told investors his Browse and Scarborough LNG projects stood up with a $US40/t carbon price, but the fine print was a different story.
Woodside study says gas uncompetitive against renewables in Asia
A report for Woodside on the effect of LNG imports on Asian emissions sees gas and coal fighting for a shrinking market share as renewables grow.
BHP doubles down on high margin oil and gas
While BHP's dominant mining arm wants to be seen to be greener its highly profitable petroleum arm is not slowing down.
Star of the South still in regulatory abyss
Offshore wind power is growing across the globe but Australia's only proposed project off Victoria has no regulation system to seek approval from.