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.
Browse LNG
The Woodside-operated remote Browse gas fields off the Kimberley coast have been planned to supply various LNG projects over two decades without success, held back by cost, distance and a high level of carbon dioxide in the gas.
Carbon Emissions
The green legal action that could halt Woodside’s $US11.4B Scarborough LNG
Woodside wants to sanction its $US11.4 billion Scarborough LNG project in 2021, but a legal challenge to regulatory approval for years of carbon emissions could put it in a two-year legal limbo.
LNG
Conservation Council moves to quash Woodside's growth plans
The Conservation Council has launched legal action against Woodside and the WA Government that may reopen environmental approvals essential to the Scarborough and Browse LNG projects.
LNG
BP interested in North West Shelf LNG but not Browse
BP, unlike Chevron, remains committed to Woodside-operated North West Shelf LNG as it waits to drill nearby Ironbark, but Browse is unlikely to meet its investment criteria.
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.
Woodside Petroleum
Woodside finds it's not easy being green
Woodside is struggling to portray itself as both green and gassy with mixed messages about carbon emissions, the threat from renewables and why all the way with LNG is a sound long term strategy.
Carbon Emissions
Woodside changes story on Browse LNG emissions
Woodside has told investors it can afford to bury CO2 from its Browse LNG project just months after telling regulators it was a "high-risk, high-cost" option.
Woodside Petroleum
Woodside halves 2020 spend, delays Scarborough and Browse
Woodside had planned for 2020 and 2021 to be years of growth but now the Scarborough and Browse LNG projects are deferred and $US20.4 billion slashed from this years' budget as it joins its peers in survival mode.
Woodside Petroleum
Bad news for Woodside's LNG growth plans from S&P and Shell
Delay to Woodside's big growth bet on the "Burrup Hub" Scarborough and Browse LNG projects looks more likely with Woodside warned not to overspend as its partners trim their budgets.
LNG
Virus likely to stall Woodside and Santos LNG growth plans: WoodMac
Woodside's Scarborough and Santos' Barossa LNG projects unlikely to happen this year as planned according to oil and gas experts Wood Mackenzie.
LNG
Woodside’s LNG projects a risky bet: Paris Agreement chief
Woodside risks LNG demand squeezed by cheaper renewables not lasting long enough for decent payback from its Scarborough and Browse projects.
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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.
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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.
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WA emissions leave other states to cut deeper
WA is the only state in Australia with rising emissions on the back of new LNG projects that will make meeting Paris Agreement emissions reductions very dificult.
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Woodside and ConocoPhillips look to new Australian LNG projects
Woodside and ConocoPhillips are gravitating toward the cheapest development options for their Browse and Barossa gas fields to compete with low-cost Qatar.