Energy

BHP Group executive Edgar Basto has been elected president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA, which has also unveiled new branding.

LandCorp and energy trading platform Power Ledger have unveiled a 100 per cent renewable energy residential development at East Village at Knutsford near Fremantle.

Tempo Australia has appointed the former chief executive of failed engineering firm RCR Tomlinson as an adviser, as a potential cost overrun looms over its Victorian solar energy project.

Electricity and gas retailer Origin Energy has posted a 53 per cent rise in third-quarter gas production revenue from its stake in Australia Pacific LNG, driven by higher oil prices.

Decmil has been awarded a $79 million contract for balance of plant works at the $400 million Yandin wind farm.

The state government has announced it will spend $251 million to install advanced electricity meters, bringing WA in line with other states.

The consumer watchdog says price compare website iSelect misled customers for two years by recommending energy retailers that paid it higher commissions.

Oil Search has signed an agreement with the Papua New Guinean government for the Papua LNG Project, enabling initial work to begin on the giant development.

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A joint venture between Perth-based Clough and Italy's Salini Impregilo has been awarded a $5.1 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract for the federal government’s Snowy 2.0 project.

Woodside Petroleum has signed a heads of agreement to supply liquefied natural gas to China's ENN Ecological Holdings for 10 years from 2025.

Woodside Petroleum and Chevron have applied for a new licence for their Kitimat LNG plant in northern British Columbia that could nearly double the project's size to produce 18 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).

An investigation of Synergy’s bidding behaviour by the state’s Economic Regulation Authority found the power generator may have breached pricing rules in nearly 13,000 half-hour trading intervals between March 2016 and July 2017.

Recent policy disputes have shone a light on political and business influence in WA.

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan is in Shanghai this week, spruiking the state's LNG industry.

Woodside Energy and the Australian Space Agency (ASA) have signed a statement of strategic intent and cooperation, which is aimed at promoting technology transfer between the space sector and the oil and gas industry.

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RCR Tomlinson’s secured creditors may only receive around $70.6 million of the $230 million they are owed, and its unsecured trade creditors are likely to receive none of the $170.6 million they are owed, as administrators McGrathNicol recommended the failed engineering firm be liquidated.

Carnegie Clean Energy company secretary and non-executive director Grant Mooney has agreed to help fund the company’s operations, while administrators KordaMentha attempt to recapitalise its core wave energy business.

Carnegie Clean Energy has gone into voluntary administration, three days after the state government withdrew funding for its Albany Wave project.

CIMIC Group subsidiary UGL and joint venture partner Cape plc have secured works at Woodside Petroleum’s Karratha gas plant.

Woodside Petroleum has warned it would need to ramp down production at the Burrup Hub in the mid 2020s if the state government does not land on an emissions policy that would support the company’s $46 billion of backfill projects.

A second major project to backfill gas into the Gorgon LNG plant on Barrow Island is on the horizon, with Chevron appointing Norway-based Aker Solutions for front end engineering and design work on the Jansz-Io compression project.

The state government has ceased its funding agreement with Carnegie Clean Energy for its Albany wave project, a week after the company reported a net loss of $45 million for the half year.

Construction has commenced on Australia’s first thermal waste-to-energy facility, located in Kwinana, which is expected to lead to 860 jobs.

A recommendation by Western Australia's environmental watchdog that new emissions-intensive projects should be carbon neutral has swiftly been rejected by the state government.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended that operators of future major projects in Western Australia pay to offset their carbon emissions, in order to help Australia meet its climate change obligations.

Decmil Group has secured a $72 million contract for balance-of-plant works at the 180-megawatt Warradarge wind farm.

Carnegie Clean Energy has reported a net loss of $45 million for the half year, largely due to a write-down to the value of its intellectual property.

Chevron has announced its Wheatstone domestic gas plant is ready to begin regular supply, two months after successful test flows into the market and two years after the first LNG shipment.

The state government has continued its rollout of off-grid renewable systems, with Perth-based CPS National set to install micro power systems in the Esperance region.

The cash-strapped company that received Western Australian government funds despite not meeting milestones attached to a wave power project has been suspended from trading on the Australian stock exchange for failing to lodge its half-year financial report.