Alcoa chief executive Bill Oplinger will look to shore up state government support for his vital WA mining that is facing public scrutiny for the first time.
No room for the timid: The 2035 emissions target must signal strong ambition on climate action, to drive policy and investment and avoid being seen as unrealistic or too costly.
Chevron's Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island began operating in 2016 has the world's largest carbon capture and storage system dedicated to emissions reduction.
In early 2017 Chevron's rush to ship the first LNG from the $US54 billion Gorgon project to meet its chief executive's deadline had disastrous consequences.
Australia's Petroleum Resources Rent Tax has incredibly generous annual uplifts in allowable deductions that will likely see little or no payments from its offshore LNG projects.
The first two processing facilities at the Gorgon LNG project are operating near capacity and commissioning of the final train is under way, with production expected early in the second quarter of 2017.
