Oil & Gas

Woodside Energy has proposed to build a $25 million development for temporary medical facilities and offices at its LNG processing train site in Burrup.

Western Australia’s first major oil field is coming to the end of its life, with Chevron announcing production at Barrow Island will cease in 2025.

The state’s environmental watchdog has told energy giant Woodside it will only be allowed to extend its North West Shelf LNG project if it's capable of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

Global helicopter operator PHI will shift its Asia-Pacific headquarters to West Perth in July, just months after securing a lucrative contract with Woodside.

Locally established drilling contractor Eftech International has been acquired by a Netherlands oil and gas services business looking to secure a foothold in Australia.

A North Perth-based gas company is challenging the decision of two federal government ministers in refusing an exploration permit.

Fresh from completing Woodside Energy’s merger with BHP’s petroleum business, Meg O’Neill says the world is facing its biggest energy crisis in 50 years.

Strike Energy is progressing its Walyering gas field development in the Perth Basin, handing over the proposal to the environmental watchdog.

The Crux gas project adds to a wave of big gas developments in WA, including Scarborough, creating a flashpoint for environmental campaigners.

Perdaman has inked a fresh deal for the construction of its $4.5 billion Urea plant after challenging market conditions and logistical issues sent costs climbing by $300 million.

Woodside is awaiting shareholder approval to crystalise a merger with BHP’s petroleum business following clearance from a government administrator.

Perth-based engineering company Clough has dismissed speculation that it has any funding issues or was at odds with the federal government over the Snowy 2.0 hydroelectricity project.

Eric Streitberg will hand over the reins of Buru Energy to an executive moving from Beach Energy, later this year.

Rebecca Tomkinson will start as chief executive at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia in the coming months, the first woman to hold the role in the chamber's history.

Black Mountain Energy has applied for approval to more than double groundwater extraction for its planned fracking exploration program in the Canning Basin.

A Japanese business has completed the purchase of a $US327 million stake in Santos’ Barossa gas project, just a week after reports suggested South Korean financing was in jeopardy.

Woodside’s sales revenues were down 17 per cent for the first quarter of 2022 as the Russia-Ukraine conflict stoked LNG prices but hampered trading activity.

CIMIC Group is set to fork out roughly $492.5 million to settle an arbitration dispute over work at the Ichthys LNG plant in Australia’s North West.

Woodside Petroleum has been offered a pipeline licence, and received approval for its field development plan, for the Scarborough to Pluto Train 2 LNG project.

Strike Energy has inked a five-year gas supply agreement with AGL’s Western Australian business, Perth Energy.

A major new oil project off Western Australia is a significant step for fuel security at a time of intense international volatility, the government says.

Petrofac has been awarded a $325 million decommissioning contract for the stranded oil production vessel, while federal parliament has imposed a levy on the industry to foot the bill.

WA’s isolation and size works against it in a climate of rapidly escalating oil prices.

Carnarvon Energy is chasing institutional backing to support its Dorado oil discovery last week, earning newcomer Barrenjoey Markets its second WA deal.

Santos and its junior exploration partner Carnarvon Energy have struck a discovery believed to host 43 million barrels of oil east of Western Australia’s Dorado field.

Theia Energy’s plan to drill two exploration wells in the Canning Basin, including through fracking, will be subject to the highest level of scrutiny by the environmental regulator.

South Perth-based explorer Finder Energy has garnered $15 million for its initial public offering against a backdrop of rejuvenated oil prices.

Woodside hopes to make ethanol from carbon emissions through a deal with two US businesses, while BP recently signed Honeywell for green diesel technology at the old Kwinana refinery site.

Perdaman Group is another step closer to building its $4.3 billion urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula, after the plan was unanimously approved by the regional planning body.

The state government will draft a framework for local carbon capture and storage, while it works on its own plans for a 2030 emissions target.

WA has a $40 billion investment pipeline in oil and gas, while the Browse project may be gaining momentum.

The state’s environment minister has ordered the EPA to review a series of Gorgon LNG approvals, while the Gorgon Stage 2 project will be about $US1 billion under budget.