Safety Out of control lift of Santos platform off WA could have killed Terrifying video shows an offshore lift that went badly wrong off the WA coast in early July endangering workers hanging off a platform and those on the vessel.
Safety Concern over corrosion found at Woodside’s North West Shelf LNG Woodside has found corrosion during a shutdown of the North West Shelf's LNG Train 4 that potentially is a serious concern. It is understood Woodside is now inspecting other trains for the problem.
LNG Chevron's Gorgon CO2 injection fix needs more time, so more emissions Chevron's Gorgon should be a showpiece of carbon capture and storage but five years after first LNG it is still not working properly and has another five-month extension from the regulator.
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.
Carbon capture and storage Gorgon emissions to soar until Chevron fixes restricted CO2 injection Gorgon LNG's carbon emissions will jump by more than one million tonnes a year until Chevron fixes an underground pressure management problem that caused WA's safety regulator to curtail CO2 injection by two-thirds.
LNG Chevron to redo its botched Gorgon weld repairs Welders will have to grind out and redo repairs at Gorgon performed to an incorrect procedure provided by Chevron and the delay could cost up to $250M.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Decommissioning Tougher policing of offshore oil and gas decommissioning Offshore oil and gas operators that continually delay costly decommissioning will now be watched more closely by offshore safety and environment regulator NOPSEMA.
