News Articles for Chevron

There's a good reason Perth Airport seems overrun with people in hi vis - even as the resources sector stalls and new projects are shelved - with flights to key industry destinations still dominating air traffic.

Shell Australia has become the third major petroleum producer to partner with Western Australia's leading energy research group, in a move that is expected to provide a host of opportunities for local input and collaboration on the $12 billion Prelude floating liquefied natural gas project.

The slump in iron ore royalties is going to hurt the state's already parlous budget position.

Perth Airport chairman David Crawford will retire in three months after 15 years at the helm, leaving the role to be filled by former head of Chevron Australia's Gorgon gas project, Colin Beckett.

Telstra has won a contract to build a 500-kilometre subsea telecommunications cable for Chevron in an effort to improve communications across the company's projects in the state's north-west.

Engineering construction contractor Primero Group has won its first job at Chevron's Wheatstone gas project, lifting its order book to $50 million.

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries may not be dead, but it is on life support – a status that contains a mixed message for Western Australia, as part of the state's economy will benefit from potentially lower fuel prices while another part will likely be damaged.

The Woodside-led North West Shelf joint venture has struck a new supply agreement that will deliver a small increase in the amount of gas coming into the local market but there is still no word on the future of contracts that account for more than half the state's domestic supply.

Oil's role in current geopolitical plays may have an effect on some of Australia's massive LNG projects.

Chevron Australia's former general manager greater Gorgon area, Colin Beckett, has been appointed to the board of Australia's largest onshore oil producer, South Australian company Beach Energy.

Skilled Group says it will buy-out its partner in the Offshore Marine Services Alliance joint venture for $6.9 million, and plans to merge it with its Broadsword Marine operations to create a single marine services business.

When a Collins-class submarine or aircraft carrier need to be completely wrapped in protective plastic for shipment, or Peters in Malaga wants to keep making ice creams without dust entering the pl

A good news story is emerging in Western Australia's tertiary research sector, despite recent national research grants giving the state only 7.4 per cent of total funding.

The US is leading the charge to cheaper oil and gas, and its industries are taming the internet to turn a buck in the digital world.

Not-for-profit groups are taking advantage of the increased focus on health and wellness.

Perth-based engineering and construction contractor Civmec has reported a 37.7 per cent rise in net profit for the September quarter to $S11 million, and a 140 per cent leap in revenue to $S170.2 million.

Skippers Aviation will this month begin providing regular public transport flights between Perth and Onslow, where Chevron operates its $29 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project.

Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has increased its work on hand after being awarded three separate construction contracts in the oil and gas and infrastructure markets for a combined value of about $90 million.

Piaf is relying on philanthropists to bring the 2015 festival to life.

Wesfarmers has appointed Maya vanden Driesen to the position of group general counsel, putting her in charge of a national team of 42 in-house lawyers.

Electrical contractor ECM Global Project Partners has signed two contracts for work on the Roy Hill and Sino Iron projects in the Pilbara worth $110 million collectively.

Santos has called on the state government to provide more certainty on its domestic gas reservation and offsets policies, to encourage new investment in ‘domgas' supplies.

Perth recruiter Harrier Human Capital has won an outsourcing contract with retail giant Coles to manage recruitment of the supermarket's 1,200 support centre positions as well as hundreds of leadership roles across the country.

The Business News annual export review has the latest data on 33 businesses representing $122 billion in outgoing trade. It also shows that while iron ore continues to dominate, the emergence of LNG, agriculture and services will benefit from a lower dollar.

Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group has been awarded a $200 million extension to its facilities management services contract at Chevron's Gorgon project on Barrow Island.

Perth-based Resource Development Group has completed its acquisition of Central Systems today, as the new group looks towards growth and diversification.

WA is expected to be the world's second-largest LNG exporter by 2020.

Woodside, WorleyParsons and KBR were awarded the overall prize at the 2014 WA Engineering Excellence awards last night for their project entry, the $5 billion North Rankin Redevelopment project, which exports gas to the Karratha gas plant.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has hit back at unions who have called for a parliamentary inquiry into the Gorgon project.

Speculation is mounting that Apache Energy is set to spin-out its Western Australian assets into a separate entity, with Macquarie Capital Advisers appointed to act on its behalf.

The state coalition alliance partners may revert to the squabbling siblings of old if Nationals members feel their needs are being ignored.

Global Construction Services says its 2014 financial year earnings were hit by delays in major projects in the Perth CBD moving from approval to construction and a slowdown in resources-sector demand in the Pilbara, leading to a near-50 per cent fall in net profit.

Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group says its evolution into civil construction projects has helped drive a 10 per cent lift in net profit, while flagging further earnings growth th

Perth-based Handley Surveys has been given a $25 million two-year extension to its contract with Bechtel for surveying services to the Chevron-operated Wheatstone project.

Channel Nine's wide-ranging search for a new home has speculatively linked the station with a variety of developments, including the state government's Elizabeth Quay project.

Western Australia is once again the key player in a money flood, though this time it's outgoing rather than incoming.

US-based oil and gas company Apache Corporation has admitted it intends to completely exit liquefied natural gas projects, including its 13 per cent interest in Chevron's Wheatstone project.

Chevron Australia has awarded a five-year contract for the supply of hire equipment services to Coates Hire West.

Commercial real estate agency Colliers International has been appointed to sell engineering group Bradken's old foundry site in Henderson, expecting the 20,500 square metre site to attract offers e

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