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.
The Perth-based LNG specialist operates the North West Shelf and Pluto LNG projects and is developing the Scarborough and Browse fields. It also has a 50 per cent stake in ExxonMobil's Bass Strait operation and substantial interests in the US and Mexico.
After numerous safety incidents a McDermott heavy lift vessel left without completing work at Woodside's Stybarrow field.
A union leader said it was horrifying to see management receive full marks for personal safety after incidents almost tripled in four years.
There are serious concerns about lifting equipment and procedures on McDermott's offshore construction vessel DLV 2000 which is decommissioning the Stybarrow oil field near Ningaloo Reef.
Whether Australia's oldest gas export plant - the North West Shelf - can operate until 2070 has become a political hot potato.
Any further delay would enrage the oil and gas industry, but process shortcuts could lead to any approval being challenged in court.
Australia's largest oil and gas company has trimmed its dividend after underlying profit was dragged down by lower prices.
Local industy in Australia's largest gas-exporting state is concerned gas producers are prioritising exports at their expense.
Carbon storage has gone from "high-risk" to the preferred option at the controversial gas export mega-project.
Woodside will buy Chevron's one-sixth stake in the North West Shelf project and relinquish its stake in the Wheatstone LNG project to the US major.
Australia's largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace will test technology that could secure the future of Australia's largest export.
Concerns about possible damage to adjacent World Heritage-listed rock art from the plant's emissions did not sway environment minister Reece Whitby.
Offshore regulator NOPSEMA has had enough of BHP's "limited action" and ordered the decommissioning of three fields, adding to the cleanup bill heading towards Woodside shareholders.
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