Fortescue Metals Group plans to spend a further $570 million on energy infrastructure in the Pilbara, after recent investments in gas power, batteries and a solar farm.
Three international groups have declared their interest in building vast offshore wind farms between Perth and Bunbury after the federal government kicked off a regulatory review.
Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest has made an impassioned speech to attendees of the Boao Forum for Asia Conference, saying it's up to businesses to 'save or destroy' the planet.
Parts of the Browse, Perth, Bonaparte and Northern Carnarvon basins will be opened to offshore greenhouse gas carbon capture exploration, as part of an acreage release.
Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison says further spending in the Perth Basin will depend on the outcome of discussions with the state government regarding export approvals.
Offshore Alliance has given Chevron notice of protected industrial action across three facilities commencing September 7, as it ramps up negotiations over an EBA for workers.
Woodside Energy’s Liz Westcott will today warn of the risk of a long-term gas supply shortfall in Western Australia without more support for new projects, including its Scarborough development.
Lanco will be pushing to replace Griffin Coal’s liquidators but lost its preferred appointment of Pitcher Partners after Bluewaters Power Station’s intervention in the Federal Court.
BP has called on government support to improve infrastructure as it presses toward a final investment decision for its H2Kwinana hydrogen hub next year.
More than 450 workers on Chevron’s Pilbara gas operations have backed industrial action over a pay dispute between unions and the multinational gas giant.
A pay dispute threatening to see most workers on several Pilbara gas platforms down tools has been averted after Woodside and union reps burned the midnight oil to iron out a deal.
APA is to undertake a $675 million capital raising as part of a mammoth transaction to acquire a suite of Alinta Energy infrastructure assets in the Pilbara, where iron ore miners have big decarbonisation targets.
Domestic gas production capacity at the Chevron-operated Wheatstone gas project will increase five per cent, after modifications were made to the project’s plant near Onslow.
The boss of a waste-to-energy plant being built in Kwinana is adamant it will be operational next year as he talks up the sector’s potential to power WA homes and hospitals.
Woodside Energy has unveiled record half year profit of $US1.74 billion ($2.71 billion), as chief executive Meg O’Neill backed handling of negotiations with Offshore Alliance.
Premier Roger Cook says business in his home electorate of Kwinana and the surrounding corridor will be supported with power infrastructure to thrive through the carbon neutral shift.
South32 has fired a salvo at the state’s gas producers, accusing them of forcing unreasonable terms on buyers and calling on the state government to enforce a use it or lose policy over gas fields.
Woodside has been given a two-week ultimatum to avoid industrial action by workers on its offshore gas platforms in the Pilbara over a protracted bargaining dispute.
Woodside Energy says it stepped up its consultation approach after a key approval for Santos' $4.7 billion Barossa offshore gas project was dramatically overturned last year.
The state government has deferred the closure of one of its coal-fired power stations after a report forecast a big shortfall in energy supply within three years.
Ground has broken on construction of a 100-megawatt battery at Alinta’s Wagerup power station which will help smooth out supply for power in the state’s South West.
The state government has banned onshore gas developments in the Perth Basin from exporting LNG, in a win for local buyers of gas but a potential blow for developers.
A state government inquiry has been told that some of WA’s LNG producers are playing catch up on their requirements under the state’s Domestic Gas Policy.
Premier Roger Cook has told WA parliament that the state’s gas supply is secure, despite the looming threat of strike action at offshore platforms operated by major producers.
Hancock Prospecting chairman Gina Rinehart has invoked an anecdote involving her late father Lang Hancock while endorsing nuclear energy as a cost-effective path to net zero for agriculture.
Strike Energy has announced it will acquire Perth Basin joint venture partner Talon Energy, just weeks after withdrawing an unsolicited proposal for the company.
Buru Energy has sold a 25 per cent stake in onshore Carnarvon Basin permit and applications to JV partner Mineral Resources, as it sharpens its focus on its Rafael gas and condensate discovery.
Offshore Alliance says workers on the Wheatstone offshore platform could apply to vote on industrial action against their employer Chevron as part of ongoing negotiations.
