The petroleum safety watchdog has sent two inspectors to investigate a fire at a Woodside Petroleum-operated facility in the Vincent oil field off the state's northwest coast.
Perth-based Pacific Energy says it will settle its $77 million acquisition of Kalgoorlie Power Systems in less than a fortnight after it received commitments for a $98 million funding package.
The former president of BHP Billiton's Australia Asia gas division, William Bloking, has been appointed as chairman of Como-based Nido Petroleum, taking over from David Whitby.
OIL and gas company Otto Energy will rely further on its directors for support after it reduced its capital raising efforts amid uncertainty from a lapsed BHP Billiton deal.
A CITY of 1 million people located in the Pilbara.It's the sort of idea that makes people stop and think and, more often than not, baulk at the immensity of the proposal.
SHORT-TERM thinking copped a big serve from the entrepreneurs, several of whom felt it was the true villain in what has taken place in the global economy during the past six months, including the issue of executive remuneration.
THE scarcity of credit is clearly top of mind for Western Australia's business elite, with strong concern about the role of the banking system during this ongoing financial crisis.
Two Perth-based resource companies, Paramount Mining Corp and Prosperity Resources, will focus on projects in Indonesia in a bid to achieve early cash flow.
Wesfarmers and Woodside Petroleum have continued to lead the rebound in value of Western Australian listed companies, delivering a combined increase in capitalisation of more than $5 billion during March.
Substantial growth in the state is projected to return in the medium to long term following a decline in demand over the next few years, a new study has revealed.
East Perth-based Coretrack has teamed up with two international petroleum companies, Halliburton/DBA and Baker Hughes INTEQ, to advance its "intelligent" core-drilling technology for the oil and gas industry.
The state government's $80 million initiative to increase mineral and petroleum exploration will include six different programs including a co-funded program with industry for innovative drilling technologies.
Woodside Petroleum has awarded a $120 million contract to Kwinana engineering and fabrication company AusGroup to provide construction support services for the Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has expressed concern over what it says is the watering down of powers of the new building and construction industry watchdog and the penalties it can impose.
Shares in West Perth-based Emerald Oil & Gas have risen after the company produced first commercial gas from its Appalachian project in the United States.
Energy retailer Synergy has announced a business restructuring that involves partnering with local IT firm Alphawest, call centre operator Stellar and an unnamed global IT partner to create $75 million in cost savings and benefits over five years.
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MUCH of Australia's energy development initiative is directed towards exporting vast quantities of the increasingly scarce and valuable natural gas, on which our grandchildren's grandchildren will need to rely to sustain their quality of life.
AS speculation abounds on the future of a national broadband network, an elite number of businesses already have access to, and are using, extraordinarily high speeds.
Energy Minister Peter Collier said he is seeking legal advice on whether he has capacity to stop Synergy relocating jobs overseas, after the state opposition claimed that more than 120 Western Australian jobs will head to India.
