Safety Behind closed doors: what worries Australia’s offshore safety regulator NOPSEMA While Australia's offshore oil and gas industry grew safety regulator NOPSEMA was troubled by cost-cutting operators, old wells to clean up and dealing with COVID-19.
Woodside Woodside’s Coleman: Myanmar coup a “difficult decision” for aggrieved generals Woodside boss Peter Coleman said the military of Myanmar where Woodside operates "weren't being heard" and staging a coup was a "difficult decision" for the generals.
net-zero 2050 Australia will face carbon levies unless it changes course President Biden's carbon tariff plan is aimed at China but Australian exporters will be collateral damage unless the Federal Government adopts real measures to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Decommissioning ENI’s Australian clear out prompts clean up order ENI's plan to sell out of Australia and leave offshore decommissioning liabilities to others has struck trouble from regulator NOPSEMA and new Government policy proposals.
Decommissioning Northern Endeavour debacle hits $209M with much more to come The Government will spend $130 million to look after the Northern Endeavour in 2021 and has the oil and gas industry in its sights for the total bill of more than half a billion dollars.
Decommissioning Government fights in court for Northern Endeavour oil vessel The Northern Endeavour saga gets murkier: court battles, Cabinet confidentiality, unspecified environmental problems and maybe a hefty bill for big oil and gas.
Decommissioning Oil & gas to get Northern Endeavour bill and trailing liabilities: Pitt Resources Minister Keith Pitt plans to stop big oil companies passing on decommissioning liabilities and make them contribute to the Northern Endeavour decommissioning bill.
Carbon Emissions Zali Steggall's climate change bill comes as business steps up Independent MP Zali Steggall's climate change bill aims to take the short term politics out of climate change at the national level and replace it with science, economics and certainty.
Carbon Emissions US under Biden will rejoin the Paris climate agreement and Australia will feel the heat When a Biden-led USA rejoins the Paris Agreement and takes strong climate action Scott Morrison will have few international allies for his stubborn idleness.
BP Nine takeaways from BP's shock closure of its Kwinana refinery The effect of BP closing its Kwinana oil refinery after 65 years will be felt far and wide in the WA economy - especially among workers and other industries, but BP will do just fine.
Decommissioning Northern Endeavour a “major screw up” by Government: Patrick The Government has 'screwed up' with the Northern Endeavour oil vessel says Sen. Rex Patrick and the loophole that might cost $370 million remains five years after it was spotted.
Decommissioning Govt spends $10M to look after Northern Endeavour for an extra month The burden on taxpayers from the failed Northern Endeavour vessel continues to grow - $10M in one month - while the Government decides what to do next.
Federal Government 'Backwards' federal budget: Morrison govt never fails to disappoint on climate A budget for a gas-led recovery is delaying inevitable and necessary change. Eventually, Australia will be forced to catch up to the EU, China and a post-Trump USA.
Decommissioning Federal Govt regulates poorly and gets $360M Northern Endeavor clean-up bill The Northern Endeavor mess started with Woodside paying to rid itself of a rusty ageing asset, ended with a $362 million liability for the Government and in between was a regulatory shambles.
Federal Government Taylor’s roadmap flawed: renewables doable almost everywhere Angus Taylor's 'anything but wind and solar' path to low emissions focusses on long term solutions to problems that can be tackled now with existing technology.
Decommissioning Federal Govt paying top-dollar $1.5M a week for failed oil project Northern Endeavour operator UPS and original owner Woodside are the two biggest recipients of Government spend on the failed oil vessel.
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 $360 million cleanup bill by paying a tiny inexperienced company to take an old rusty asset.
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.
Analysis Ten strikes against Nev Power’s west-east gas pipeline Building a gas pipeline from WA to the east to help the the economy recover from COVID-19 is such an extraordinarily bad idea the judgement of Nev Power and others pushing it has to be questioned.
Decommissioning Big taxpayer bills for failed Northern Endeavour start The first bill of $10 million bill is due for the failed Northern Endeavour as it is revealed that Woodside's sale of the vessel four years ago required no government approval.
=== from the archive === 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.
=== from the archive === 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.
=== from the archive === 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.
