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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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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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Chevron is preparing to shed about 400 employees from its WA business, just months after approving a new construction project and backing an LNG jobs initiative.
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Shell’s Prelude floating LNG vessel and Inpex’s Ichthys LNG plant in Darwin have moved closer to production with the cooling of their plants with LNG.
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Two of the biggest players in WA’s gas-propelled economy, Woodside Petroleum and Alcoa, are starting to look to renewables to slash their gas use as doubts rise about how big a role the fossil fuel will play in the transition to clean energy.
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A decade after fire seriously threatened WA’s power grid, much has changed to make it more reliable.
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In 2007 WA lost 30% of its gas supply, and Apache Energy workers were lucky not to lose their lives, after a corroded gas pipeline failed and produced a gigantic explosion.
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Chevron has paid the Australian Taxation Office $US654 million ($866 million) under a partial settlement of its dispute with the tax office over intercompany loans and slashed the interest rate it charged its Australian subsidiary.
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WA’s charge into the battery minerals industry is gathering pace, with Kidman Resources and Chilean lithium giant SQM looking to build Kwinana’s second lithium refinery.
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Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project will cost $53 billion, $8 billion more than planned, and may not see substantial production until early next year in a blow to the Japanese operator that is waiting on the Darwin plant to more than double its cashflow.
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Canning Basin oil producer Buru Energy wants to partner up for oil exploration in the wake of its joint venture with Mitsubishi ending.
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Backers of a giant Pilbara wind and solar farm that will send electricity to Indonesia also want to power local industry and produce hydrogen.
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WA Premier Mark McGowan wants eastern states businesses hurt by high gas prices to move west, but there is no certainty about ongoing cheap gas in WA.
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Residents of two southern Perth suburbs are suffering from dust and smell that say comes from the nearby coal-burning Cockburn Cement plant.
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Residents and regulators are continuing a long fight against against the smell and dust from Cockburn Cement's plant on the edges of suburban Perth.
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A rig has arrived off the North West to drill the first of two wells for Quadrant Energy which potential investors will monitor closely in coming months.
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WA’s biggest gas storage facility - Tubridgi - is expanding less than a year into operation as it fills with surplus gas bought by Citic Pacific.