The Liberal-led Western Australian government has contradicted itself, revealing it doesn't have a clear policy for state-owned energy assets, the opposition says.
Dozens of homeowners are assessing the damage, and another 16,000 people are waiting for the power to come back on, after Perth and the South West was battered by a violent storm.
Construction workers who participated in unlawful industrial action at Woodside's Pluto project have been ordered to pay over $1 million in total fines, with some individual fines reaching $10,000.
Curtin University has become the first tertiary institution in Australia or New Zealand to launch a master degree to meet demand for deep-water subsea engineering services.
Energy Minister Mike Nahan has announced the state government will complete its refurbishment of the Muja power station, at which point it will seek to sell at least half of it.
International oil and gas giant Chevron has signed Chris Corrigan's Qube Logistics to beef up its port capacity to service the massive Gorgon project on Barrow Island.
The highly-prospective Browse gas fields off the north-west of the state will be developed using floating liquefied natural gas technology, the project's proponents have confirmed today.
Australia's natural gas industry says it can keep the cash flowing once the mining boom is over, but its vast potential is under threat from excess green tape and a lukewarm political reception.
Funding issues may jeopardise a renewable power station proposed for the Mid West town of Morawa, which continues to suffer from an unreliable power supply.
The Browse Basin is pivotal to the nation's future gas production amid expectations that global demand will double within 17 years, a senior energy figure says.
Fast-growing Geraldton business Bhagwan Marine has expanded its service offering and geographical presence through the acquisition of a Northern Territory marine services business.
Verve Energy has been paid full 'capacity credits' for power stations that are only available half the time, a report by the state government's economic regulator has found.
The state government has given New Energy Corporation environmental approval for a $184 million waste-to-energy plant proposed for Port Hedland, but the company, and other proponents of similar pla
Biofuels producer Aurora Algae's proposal for a new commercial algae farm near Karratha has been conditionally approved by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).
WA business leaders say the federal budget has made life more difficult for local industry and fails to recognise the state's importance to the national economy.
Engineering services company Thiess has been awarded a $125 million contract with Western Power to upgrade and maintain its electrical distribution network in parts of Western Australia.
The increased likelihood of the Browse gas project being developed as a ‘floater' takes to nine the number of floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plants under construction or being considered for
The state's environmental watchdog has backed the use of waste-to-energy recycling facilities in Western Australia, but cautioned that any proposed plant must meet international best practice stand
GE Oil & Gas has won a $620 million services deal at QGC's liquefied natural gas processing plant near Gladstone in Queensland, with maintenance activities to take place at the global giant's J
One of the state's busiest directors, Ian Middlemas, is seeking to take a big stake in Aviva Corporation and become its chair in a proposal that appears to have been rejected by the listed company'
