Shipping Rio orders LNG ore carriers after Fortescue dumps gas for green ammonia In the race to decarbonise iron ore shipping Rio and BHP are chasing incremental improvements with LNG while Andrew Forrest's Fortescue wants zero-emission green ammonia ASAP.
Ammonia Incitec Pivot backs Perdaman’s $4.6B urea plant with 20-year offtake deal Vikas Rambal's Perdaman has surprised doubters by signing up Incitec Pivot to take the full output of his proposed Karratha urea plant.
Hydrogen ARENA backs ATCO and Engie with $71M for WA green hydrogen WA will be home to two of the largest green hydrogen electrolysers in the world to feed an ammonia plant and inject the clean fuel into the South West gas grid.
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 evaporates. And Scarborough is no sure thing.
Woodside 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.
Carbon Emissions WA’s top carbon polluters: LNG, power, iron ore and alumina WA's industrial greenhouse gas emissions are dominated by four products and a handful of companies, including a few that have managed to keep a low profile in the climate wars.
net-zero 2050 Big WA polluters fail green investment test Most big WA carbon polluters including Chevron, Adbri, South32 and Woodside are wanting on emissions reduction targets, strategy and cash, according to benchmarking for the world's biggest investors.
Woodside 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.
Decommissioning Australian offshore oil and gas industry has a $52B clean-up bill Much of the $52 billion cost to decommission Australia's offshore oil and gas infrastructure will fall on the Federal Government via the tax system and work has started to boost industry collaboration and find cost savings.
Woodside Woodside’s Coleman: Myanmar coup a “difficult decision” for aggrieved generals Woodside boss Peter Coleman said the military of Myanmar where Woodside operates "weren't being heard" and staging a coup was a "difficult decision" for the generals.
Carbon Emissions The green legal action that could halt Woodside’s $US11.4B Scarborough LNG Woodside wants to sanction its $US11.4 billion Scarborough LNG project in 2021, but a legal challenge to regulatory approval for years of carbon emissions could put it in a two-year legal limbo.
Decommissioning Regulator tells Woodside to clean up oil field and may take legal action Woodside's own lack of maintenance means it cannot dispose of an 83m-long structure onshore as planned and will instead sink it to be an artificial reef near the Ningaloo Marine Park
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.
Decommissioning Government fights in court for Northern Endeavour oil vessel The Northern Endeavour saga gets murkier: court battles, Cabinet confidentiality, unspecified environmental problems and maybe a hefty bill for big oil and gas.
Safety Wheatstone platform still partly shutdown as Chevron investigates anomaly Chevron has another pressure vessel to worry about, this time on the Wheatstone platform, after Gorgon LNG production was slashed this year to fix faulty welds.
Decommissioning Oil & gas to get Northern Endeavour bill and trailing liabilities: Pitt Resources Minister Keith Pitt plans to stop big oil companies passing on decommissioning liabilities and make them contribute to the Northern Endeavour decommissioning bill.
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.
Decommissioning Northern Endeavour a “major screw up” by Government: Patrick The Government has 'screwed up' with the Northern Endeavour oil vessel says Sen. Rex Patrick and the loophole that might cost $370 million remains five years after it was spotted.
Carbon Emissions Australia’s biggest LNG buyer JERA chases zero CO2 emissions by 2050 Japan's JERA, the major buyer of Australian LNG, has embraced zero emissions by 2050 in another signal that the clock is ticking on this major export.
LNG A greener world is a dark outlook for Aussie LNG: IEA Prospects for LNG are under a shadow if Paris Agreement emissions cuts are pursued, according to the IEA, leaving Woodside and Santos in a very dark place.
Decommissioning Federal Govt regulates poorly and gets $360M Northern Endeavor clean-up bill The Northern Endeavor mess started with Woodside paying to rid itself of a rusty ageing asset, ended with a $362 million liability for the Government and in between was a regulatory shambles.
LNG BP interested in North West Shelf LNG but not Browse BP, unlike Chevron, remains committed to Woodside-operated North West Shelf LNG as it waits to drill nearby Ironbark, but Browse is unlikely to meet its investment criteria.
LNG Eight huge risks Chevron’s North West Shelf sales pitch missed Chevron's slice of the North West Shelf LNG project is touted as ideal for infrastructure investors. It is the opposite - highly risky, complex and dysfunctional.
