WA's South West grid to be boosted by four new batteries
All the storage is due to be connected to the grid before the first of WA's coal-fired power stations closes.
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.
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.
Woodside Petroleum needs massive amounts of land for carbon offsets and the WA Government appears to be laying out an exclusive red carpet for the LNG giant.
Woodside and BHP have responded to the energy transition by heading in opposite directions. Here are 13 takeaways about Woodside's future. They will need some luck.
If Woodside absorbs BHP's oil & gas assets new laws ensure the massive decommissioning liability falls to one of the companies, not the Australian taxpayer, unlike the Northern Endeavour.
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