Woodside Petroleum
Ex-Woodside boss Peter Coleman joins Schlumberger board
Peter Coleman's first move after leaving Woodside is to join the board of oil field services giant Schlumberger.
Peter Coleman
Peter Coleman led Woodside from 2011 after 26 years at ExxonMobil. He retired in mid 2021.
Decommissioning
Regulator calls time on delays to $52B offshore oil and gas decommissioning
Regulator NOPSEMA has wrested control of the schedule for cleaning up Australia's offshore oil and gas fields from tight-fisted operators in a move that may result in an offshore jobs boom later this decade.
Energy Transition
Woodside: Scarborough or stranded like a beached whale
For Woodside, it is Scarborough or bust. Incredibly the LNG specialist has no plan B ready if its last chance to develop an LNG project evaporates. And Scarborough is no sure thing.
Woodside Petroleum
Woodside farewells Peter Coleman early with no successor named
Peter Coleman will end his time as Woodside chief executive next week and Meg O'Neill will take charge until the board appoints a permanent leader.
Woodside Petroleum
BHP’s Geraldine Slattery leads pack to replace Peter Coleman at Woodside
The next Woodside chief executive will be the first to decide what to do apart from gas. Low-profile BHP Petroleum head Geraldine Slattery is a lead contender to take charge of this pivotal WA company.
LNG
Conservation Council moves to quash Woodside's growth plans
The Conservation Council has launched legal action against Woodside and the WA Government that may reopen environmental approvals essential to the Scarborough and Browse LNG projects.
Analysis
Is Woodside a high-risk low-return bet on Scarborough LNG?
With only one growth option Woodside is selling Scarborough LNG hard, but is it a sensible investment in a world moving to tougher action on climate?
LNG
Woodside spins scant Scarborough progress ahead of Coleman’s big day
Tomorrow Peter Coleman must convince investment analysts that Woodside has a credible growth plan with Scarborough LNG, and that will take more than spin about a few approvals.
Hydrogen
Woodside joins the green hydrogen race
Woodside has invested in two existing green hydrogen projects chasing Federal funds as it battles changing markets and community concern about climate change.
Woodside Petroleum
Coleman smells ammonia in Woodside’s future
Woodside looks at gas to ammonia to fuel coal-fired power stations as concerns grow about the viability of LNG mega-projects.
Woodside Petroleum
Woodside finds it's not easy being green
Woodside is struggling to portray itself as both green and gassy with mixed messages about carbon emissions, the threat from renewables and why all the way with LNG is a sound long term strategy.
Carbon Emissions
Woodside changes story on Browse LNG emissions
Woodside has told investors it can afford to bury CO2 from its Browse LNG project just months after telling regulators it was a "high-risk, high-cost" option.
Woodside Petroleum
Woodside halves 2020 spend, delays Scarborough and Browse
Woodside had planned for 2020 and 2021 to be years of growth but now the Scarborough and Browse LNG projects are deferred and $US20.4 billion slashed from this years' budget as it joins its peers in survival mode.
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Woodside carbon plan comes with big loophole
Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman told investors his Browse and Scarborough LNG projects stood up with a $US40/t carbon price, but the fine print was a different story.
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North West Shelf partners bicker over maintenance bucks
Buck-passing between oil giants over who pays for the upkeep of the ageing North West Shelf LNG plant has emerged as the biggest hurdle to Woodside sending its Browse gas to the facility.
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Woodside and ConocoPhillips look to new Australian LNG projects
Woodside and ConocoPhillips are gravitating toward the cheapest development options for their Browse and Barossa gas fields to compete with low-cost Qatar.