Gas Another job cull at Woodside Employees across Woodside lost their jobs today, with many more expected to follow, as chief executive Meg O'Neill chases a 30 per cent cut in operating costs.
Woodside Woodside + BHP Aussie oil & gas: inspiration or desperation? Buying BHP’s Australian oil and gas assets could allow Woodside to escape its lost decade, but its shareholders and Australian taxpayers should count their fingers after the handshake.
Analysis Japan plans to almost halve LNG for power by 2030 Crunch time for Australian LNG: True Paris-aligned emissions targets kill demand and ammonia hopes are too small, too late and probably green.
Woodside 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.
Safety Concern over corrosion found at Woodside’s North West Shelf LNG Woodside has found corrosion during a shutdown of the North West Shelf's LNG Train 4 that potentially is a serious concern. It is understood Woodside is now inspecting other trains for the problem.
Decommissioning Oil and gas producers to start paying up to $1B to decommission the Northern Endeavour Australia's oil and gas industry has lost the fight not to bear the full cost of cleaning up after an oil vessel in the Timor Sea with a bankrupt owner.
Carbon Emissions Woodside’s real plan for Pluto LNG: delay action, not reduce emissions Woodside's Pluto net-zero 2050 plan is greenwashing, leaving 70% of cuts to the last five years despite investors telling CEO Meg O'Neill they want tangible speedy progress.
Safety Regulator tells Woodside to fix safety issues on ageing North Rankin A platform Woodside must check if corrosion on fourteen 24-tonne caissons under an offshore platform could cause them to fall onto subsea pipelines with possibly catastrophic results.
WA Government Ten tales of Woodside’s merry men: Mark, Bill and Ben On the occasion of recent WA treasurer Ben Wyatt joining the Woodside board Boiling Cold reviews the top 10 wins for Woodside from WA Labor's first term.
Carbon Emissions BHP climate target skips massive Australian oil & gas emissions BHP's climate target excludes the Bass Strait, North West Shelf and future Scarborough LNG on the incorrect basis that the operator controls the emissions, not the joint owners.
Ammonia Yara and JERA seek Pilbara carbon storage for blue ammonia If CO2 from Yara's Pilbara ammonia plant is buried WA could ship a clean fuel to displace coal in JERA's Japanese power stations, but underground carbon storage has its doubters.
Decommissioning Offshore oil & gas producers to pay for $1B Northern Endeavour cleanup For every dollar Woodside saved in 2015 selling the Northern Endeavour, the oil and gas industry may have to pay back threefold after the Federal Government moved to protect ordinary taxpayers from the cost of decommissioning the vessel and oil field.
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 project 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
