Canadian firm Vermilion has repeatedly failed to comply with mandated environmental protection measures, despite repeated proddings from the regulator NOPSEMA.
Chief executive Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the miner had responded to all 60,000 comments on its WA expansion plans—in fact, it responded to fewer than 10, and some were unacceptable.
The WA government will soon decide whether Black Mountain Energy can frack 20 wells near the Kimberley's Fitzroy River, but promised measures to protect the environment and the rights of local people are not yet in place.
Ammonia is normally used to make fertiliser and explosives but is increasingly considered as a means to store, transport and use green hydrogen made with renewable energy or blue hydrogen made from gas with carbon storage.
KBR is weathering the oil price slump through diversification but senior exec Greg Conlon is worried oil and gas companies will impose excessive risk onto contractors when the industry recovers.
