News Articles for Chevron

Traditional takeover activity in corporate Western Australia has been quiet this year but it's a different story in the oil and gas sector.

A PARTNERSHIP between Woodside and national arts organisation Big hART, which delivered an arts program to youth in Roebourne, was among the winners at this year's Australia Business Arts Foundatio

Critics of the proposed $40 billion Browse Basin gas project in the Kimberley would be unwise to see Chevron's exit as a sign that the project is in trouble.

A DECADE ago, engineering and construction contractor Monadelphous Group just made it into a listing of the state's 50 largest companies, with a market capitalisaton of $71 million.

Australia's largest resource project has added to its gas reserves, after oil and gas giant Chevron made another discovery off the Pilbara coast.

MAJOR and emerging resources players may dominate the conversation around the state's mining boom, but many lesser-known yet highly innovative mining services companies are also reaping the rewards

The past two weeks have given plenty of encouragement to those of us who see an enterprising future for business in WA.

It may seem cliched and hackneyed to sceptical consumers, but many of this year's top entrepreneurs genuinely believe that quality service is the key to their business success.

Business analytics consultancy Access Analytic Solutions has won the inaugural People's Choice Award as part of this year's Rising Stars Awards.

CLEAN linen on a hotel bed and clean towels in the bathroom, clean seats and headrests on a plane – we expect nothing less.

The past year has been a whirlwind for businesses that have featured in the Rising Stars awards, with some rising to greater heights while others have faced major challenges.

FOURTEEN years ago, Karratha locals Sean and Lisa Clarke had ambitions to establish a vehicle hire business with a fleet of about 50 vehicles.

AS the world enters its fifth year of economic turbulence and even the best-insulated businesses in Western Australia are being affected, the factors that determine business influence in this state

Most of the power and influence in WA is concentrated in the political and resources sectors.

If you are a ‘glass half-full' person, the LNG boom has presented great opportunities for local industry, but not everyone is happy.

Changing global markets and local community pressures are crimping the growth prospects for big gas projects but the industry is still in a boom.

IT'S almost five years to the day since Pilbara Access began as a five-man operation, providing specialist-scaffolding services to the mining industry based out of Newman.

THE combination of physical activity and fundraising for a good cause has proved a near-faultless model in recent years, with swimming, running and cycling among the many ways of raising a dollar.

Clough has won a $350 million contract at Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project off the coast of Western Australia.

A joint venture between Thiess and Belgium's Besix SA has won a $260 million contract at Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project.

Chevron has announced a new gas discovery in the Carnarvon Basin, a day after Woodside Petroleum disappointed the market by revealing three exploration wells originally earmarked for supply to its

Perth-based software developer ISS Group has signed a $2.4 million, one year contract with Chevron Australia to deploy its BabelFish suite of products at Chevron's $43 billion Gorgon natural gas pr

FOUR major resource and infrastructure projects have reached notable milestones this week, signalling the positive outlook for the Western Australian economy.

AMID the host of recent announcements regarding land releases and developments in the Pilbara, disparities between demand and supply, poor access to infrastructure services and lengthy bureaucratic

Civil contracting group Ertech has won a $50 million general services contract with Chevron for works at its Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on Barrow Island.

Chevron has found another Japanese customer for gas from its $25 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas joint venture, signing a sale and purchase agreement with Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Com

The state government has given final environmental approval for the Chevron-led Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the state's northwest, tipped to cost $25 billion.

Perth's leasing market is the tightest in Australia, and with talk of a major new office tower, property analysts are warning tenants need to move now to take advantage of the city's next major construction cycle.

The sale campaign for a half share in the blue chip QV1 building has sparked speculation over the potential for a significant new Perth office tower.

Chevron has been granted the rights to explore for gas over two new permit areas in the Carnarvon Basin.

DARYL Brandwood suffered a hip dislocation as a toddler and broke his leg as a child, but went on to become one of Australia's most acclaimed dancers.

WA's steel industry has called for the Barnett government to release more details on how much local work has been created by Chevron's $43 billion Gorgon gas project and Fortescue Metals Group's iron ore operations in the Pilbara.

Chevron has announced its tenth offshore discovery in Australia over the past 18 months, with a significant Carnarvon Basin find that will feed into its $43 billion Gorgon natural gas project.

Plexal Group has underpinned the opening of its Bangladesh office by winning a $15 million contract to provide engineering services for Chevron.

US energy giant Chevron is evaluating jetty facilities at the Harold E Holt communications base at Exmouth as a potential third

Chevron will spend a significant amount of the $26.6 billion it has earmarked for investment in 2011 on natural gas related projects in WA.

Property firm Savills has warned of a significant office vacancy shortage in Perth's CBD after Chevron Australia announced it was leasing more than half of 256 St Georges Terrace.

The Shire of Ashburton has rejected Chevron's desire to house its workers for the Wheatstone LNG project outside the town, fearing it will create a "two town scenario".

Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has secured an $85 million transmission pipeline contract with Chevron Australia for the Gorgon LNG project.

The Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) has signed a 20-year agreement to purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Wheatstone gas project in Western Australia.