Oil & Gas

Contractor Decmil still hopes to sell its Homeground Accommodation precinct in Queensland within a year, providing a major boost to working capital.

Operations on Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility are expected to resume after weeks of industrial action, with the energy giant agreeing to union demands for pay rises and better job security.

Perth-based gas explorer Asset Energy is reviewing its legal options against former prime minister Scott Morrison following the revelation of his secret ministerial roles.

Woodside Energy has overcome approval delays, court battles and a labour shortage to start work on Pluto Train 2 at a ground-breaking ceremony today.

Hydrogen, exporting carbon storage, and reusing greenhouse gases are on the table as oil and gas players seek emissions cuts.

Woodside Energy has removed four wells from plans for the Browse LNG project, reducing the impact on a green turtle nesting habitat, environmental documents show.

Carnarvon Energy shares fell sharply after the explorer and joint venture partner Santos put a final investment decision for a significant WA oil development on ice.

Shares in Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy plummeted more than 13 per cent during trading with the market seemingly underwhelmed by the oil and gas business’ production outlook.

European utility Uniper has responded to claims it would drop Woodside Energy as a supplier, telling Business News it had no intention of doing so.

Plans to build an LNG and hydrogen testing hub in Kwinana are moving forward, with Valmec and Kent appointed to undertake engineering work.

The state’s peak conservation body has fronted court this morning in an 11th-hour bid to halt a key component of Woodside’s $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has reached an agreement for a 30-day halt to the development of a Burrup Peninsula fertiliser plant that Indigenous leaders claim could impact ancient rock art.

Another showdown looms between Woodside Energy and environmentalists after 600 submissions to appeal the EPA's recommendation to approve Karratha LNG plant running to 2070.

Woodside Energy has confirmed another tranche of job losses, but claims a limited number of roles were on the line.

There’s hope that families and small businesses could soon get a reprieve from high petrol prices, with Commsec predicting a 19 cent per litre drop ahead.

Shell has been forced to halt production on its Prelude FLNG facility amid escalating industrial action, with the energy giant set to enter peace talks with union officials as early as tomorrow.

Strike Energy will soon start testing at its Walyering-6 well as the Environmental Protection Authority gave the company the go-ahead for the project.

A plan to build temporary medical facilities and offices at Woodside Energy LNG processing train site on the Burrup Peninsula has been approved.

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.