Chevron's jobs to India plan to face WA government scrutiny
WA Premier Roger Cook's core "Made in WA" election policy will be tested by his use of local content provisions to keep Chevron's WA engineers working in WA.
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Inpex suffers $US6b cost blowout at Ichthys
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.
Buru look for oil exploration partners
Canning Basin oil producer Buru Energy wants to partner up for oil exploration in the wake of its joint venture with Mitsubishi ending.
Pilbara green energy hub looks to WA market
Backers of a giant Pilbara wind and solar farm that will send electricity to Indonesia also want to power local industry and produce hydrogen.
McGowan calls for business to move west for cheap gas
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.
Cockburn Cement and regulator battle over residential stench
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.
Coal and dust plagues two southern Perth suburbs
Residents of two southern Perth suburbs are suffering from dust and smell that say comes from the nearby coal-burning Cockburn Cement plant.
Quadrant preps to drill Bedout Basin
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.
Tubridgi gas storage to expand
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.
ATCO boss looks to grow in Australia
It has been a long, convoluted journey for Canadian company ATCO to own Perth’s gas distribution network, build dongas in Kwinana and research solar-generated hydrogen.
Australia moved to stop warehousing of gas reserves
The next wave of LNG investment off WA will be subject to more government direction under a “use it or lose it” approach.
Woodside and East Timor still apart on Sunrise gas destination
Woodside’s Sunrise LNG project remains stalled as East Timor dismisses incentives to send the gas to Darwin.
Fears of higher WA power prices from tighter gas market
A west to east gas pipeline could spell the end of affordable gas in WA and cause power prices to jump