News Articles for Chevron

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

FEATURE: Perth is in the middle of its biggest wave of office construction in decades, but a sustained burst of new supply means future prospects for commercial developers are increasingly bleak.

The sale of LandCorp's large scale residential lots in Onslow has begun, with local residents to be given pre-release preferences.

Geraldton-based Bhagwan Marine has become Australia's largest vessel hire business with the acquisition of Brisbane-based MDT Maritime.

Chevron has marked a significant milestone at its 80 per cent completed Gorgon liquefied natural gas project, receiving the final module required for its gas processing train on Barrow Island.

Shell's move out of Woodside has opened up a range of scenarios as major players jostle for a stake of WA's LNG riches.

Rising Stars finalist Monford Group says client satisfaction has been the key to its rapid growth.

Giving managers responsibility for making decisions relevant to their sections is crucial at marine services business TAMS Group, which has steadily added new capabilities and staff to differentiate itself as a full service provider in a market full of specialists.

IT consultant Velrada has built its business on providing niche software solutions.

FEATURE: A WA company has proved its detractors among the local manufacturing sector wrong with its calculated growth plans.

FEATURE: A Subiaco based-company is using marine drones and its global remote monitoring system to deliver benefits for the offshore oil and gas industry.

FEATURE: Floating LNG will provide limited local construction, manufacturing and engineering opportunities, but could propel WA to the world stage.

Woodside Petroleum has more than doubled its intake of graduates, from 50 hired in 2013 to 115 expected to start next year.

Major redevelopment projects are transforming Perth's CBD, but only one precinct seems to be attracting anchor tenants.

International engineering contractor Bechtel is seeking to diversify its local business by securing work on sustaining capital projects in the mining sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: Power and influence in WA is adjusting to a new order after the boom.

SPECIAL REPORT: Global economic forces, a national election and state political exits have shaped the 2014 Most Influential list.

Fortescue Metals Group has called for the phasing out of the state government's contentious domestic gas reservation policy, which has traditionally been backed by big gas buyers, in favour of stricter application of the ‘use it or lose it' rules.

Engineering and consulting services company Logicamms has signed contracts with Samsung C&T Corporation, Chevron Australia and Oil Search for a combined contract value of about $15 million.

Kashif Saleem arrived in Perth without a dollar to his name; now his technology is in demand from the world's most valuable companies.

SPECIAL REPORT: Law firms are having to adapt as more businesses build in-house legal teams and squeeze billing rates.

The federal government has failed to give enough consideration to the economic and domestic gas supply implications of floating LNG technology (FLNG), a Western Australian parliamentary inquiry has found.

Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski and Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Andrew Harding have joined some of Australia's top business leaders in being honoured by the American Australian Association.

Megara Developments managing director Matthew Pickford says his company was simply in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the Pilbara's building boom.

Engineering and construction contractor Civmec opened its $20 million office at its headquarters in Henderson today as the company prepares to expand its workforce by 30 per cent.

Managing community relations is proving a major challenge for oil and gas companies, and there's a lot of goodwill to claw back.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state's major builders appear unfazed to be operating in what's considered among Western Australia's most competitive and closely monitored business sectors.

Civil construction activity in Western Australia is set to fall by about 25 per cent over the next five years as a number of major resources projects are completed, according to a new report by forecaster BIS Shrapnel.

This week's APPEA conference highlighted the key issues facing one of the state's fastest growing industries; the solutions are less clear.

Gas industry leaders lined up today to call for more supportive government policies on workplace relations, taxation and skilled migration, saying these changes were crucial if the sector was to maximise growth opportunities.

Australian liquefied natural gas projects can continue to be competitive against new developments planned for the United States, Canada and east Africa, industry consultant RISC has found.

QUBE Holdings has made further inroads into Western Australia, acquiring Pilbara-based ore haluage business Walmsley Bulk Haulage for $8 million.

UK-based Intertek has been awarded a dimensional control contract at Chevron's $29 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project.

Ritz-Carlton has confirmed it will open a luxury hotel at Elizabeth Quay, marking a return to Australia for the high-end operator.

Global engineering and construction group Kentz Corporation has produced a solid lift in profit for the 12 months ended December 31, bolstered by a strong performance from its Australian operations

Leasing activity in Perth's industrial land sector is beginning to show the first signs of recovery after a slow 2013, according to a leading sales agent, while at the same time demand from institu