Energy

POLITICIANS were wrong to claim the $43 billion Gorgon LNG project alone would keep all the state's workshops ticking over, leading engineers and contractors have warned.

Ros Worthington says she is the richest person in the world, without a worldly possession.

The redevelopment of Claremont has the potential to change the way local governments look at revitalising tired suburbs.

IT has the potential to become one of the great ironies of Western Australia's unfolding LNG boom - hot rocks powering the Pilbara's accelerating oil and gas-based economy.

Melbourne-based Cue Energy Resources says it will look for a joint venture partner shortly for its gas project off the Pilbara coast, which has the potential to host a large resource.

Perth-based explorer CityView Corporation has scrapped one acquisition in favour of another that will give it a controlling stake in a coal briquette company, with the deal valued at $27 million.

Entrepreneur and minerals explorer Bill Clough has cashed in a large pile of Mirabela Nickel shares, pocketing more than $6.5 million through an on-market sale.

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Joint venture partners Australian Worldwide Exploration and Origin Energy say they have made a gas discovery in the northern part of the Perth Basin.

The government's commodity forecaster has revised down its minerals and energy export earnings projection for 2009/10 as a result of lower contract prices for bulk commodities.

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Westralian Gas and Power executive chairman Peter Briggs says the decision to terminate the relationship with Oswal Resources was due to differing views on exploration.

Shares in Liberty Resources have surged higher on the back of a resource boost from 338 million tonnes to 3.1 billion tonnes at its Queensland coal tenements.

Rising LNG, iron ore and gold exports saw the value of Western Australia's mineral and petroleum industry rise by 19 per cent to a record $71.3 billion in the year to June 2009.

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Perth-based Westralian Gas and Power has terminated its relationship with the Pankaj Oswal-backed Oswal Resources.

Shares in West Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd have closed lower despite its link to an $11.7 billion gas deal in Queensland between its plant partner Golar LNG Energy and a member of the Toyota Group.

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Western Australia will be aiming for a hat-trick as 19 state finalists, including iron ore heiress Gina Rinehart and Challenger Tafe chief Liz Harris, are revealed in this year's Telstra Australian business women of the year.

The University of Western Australia has joined a national network of university business schools, guided by some the state's leading businessmen and women, that aims for academic excellence for a social purpose.

It has the potential to become one of the great ironies of WA's unfolding LNG boom - hot rocks powering the Pilbara as it comes to grips with runaway oil and gas development.

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THE growing emergence of underground coal gasification as a clean source of energy has been highlighted by recent deals in the sector, with directors positioned to reap the benefits.

FIXING state generator Verve Energy must not be done at the expense of electricity retailer Synergy's ability to underwrite new third party generation, the state government has been warned.

Finding the balance between domestic needs and those of our trading partners is a challenge for policy makers.

PERSONAL protective equipment, or PPE, has become an increasingly important safety control measure for workers exposed to risk.

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WESTERN Australia has entered a new era of oil and gas-led development that will underpin the state's economic growth for decades, according to the head of the $43 billion Gorgon LNG project at Barrow Island.

Is WA prepared for the next wave of growth?

Engineering company Monadelphous has secured a $70 million contract with BHP Billiton for its Rapid Growth Project 5 based in WA's north west.

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The momentum in the state's oil and gas sector continued today with construction officially starting on Apache Energy's Devil Creek domestic gas plant near Karratha.