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.
Analysis: The Australia Institute claims WA earns a paltry return from oil and gas companies, while estimating state government royalties from the North West Shelf will likely surpass $17 billion over 25 years.
Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals is set to proceed with its $1.2 billion Mardie project after overcoming opposition from Santos and Chevron, which were concerned about risks to WA's gas supply.
Mark Hatfield spent his youth cleaning tables in his father's hamburger restaurant in Oklahoma, a world away from the Chevron Australia operation he now leads as managing director.
Perth Festival has released a dramatically changed program for 2022 along with its first-ever 12-month financial report since becoming a stand-alone company.
Chevron will spend $40 million in WA, and acquire carbon 5.2 million tonnes of offsets, to compensate for delays in the scale up of its Gorgon carbon sequestration plant.
A second large carbon capture and storage project could be built in the north west, with Woodside Petroleum, BP and Japanese investors to scope a new facility.
Premier Mark McGowan's former chief of staff has been appointed to the board of state government agency VenuesWest, just eight months after his resignation.
BHP and Mineral Resources have become the latest big employers to make COVID vaccinations a condition of entry at all of their Australian workplaces, joining mining giant Rio Tinto.
A Supreme Court ruling has shed new light on contractual disputes on the mammoth Gorgon gas project as Chevron and contractor CKJV fight over $400 million in disputed payments.
Hall & Prior has given 100 per cent of its residential aged care workforce the first dose of the COVID-19 jab and reported 10 staff have resigned due to the vaccination requirement.
Chevron will proceed with the $US4 billion Jansz-Io subsea compression project to supply the Gorgon facility, while Woodside recently secured JDAP approval for Pluto Train 2.
A new carbon target for Woodside's Pluto LNG has been approved; Chevron has invested in solar; and six carbon capture projects have been granted $50 million.
Woodside will take a loss of between $50 million and $80 million as it exits its 50 per cent share of the Kitimat project in Canada, after partner Chevron also left the development.
The biggest risk facing Australian LNG exporters is not trade threats from China, rather its the possibility of not having enough gas, a new report has found.
Property developers are undeterred by the trend towards working from home, with new plans for a 14-storey office the latest in a series of proposed CBD projects.
A decision on Chevron's Jansz-Io compression project is expected this year, while the company's Australian emissions fell 22 per cent thanks to carbon capture.
Integrated solutions specialist EnerMech will provide pipeline services to Chevron's oil and gas facilities in Western Australia under a new five-year contract.
Developing a technology road map and finding options for local recycling will be two initial projects of a new decommissioning centre for the oil and gas industry.
Perth may have the highest office building vacancy rate nationally, but that's done little to dampen the confidence of investors, developers and real estate agents.
As firefighters attempt to contain an out-of-control blaze in Perth's east, the state's peak resources body has established an initiative to raise much-needed funds.
The chief executives of ExxonMobil Corp and Chevron Corp reportedly held preliminary talks in early 2020 to explore combining the two largest US oil producers.
Chevron will finish the year with both its Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects partly shut down due to safety concerns just as the LNG price soars to six times higher than its mid-year lows.
Australia should consider the importance of US investment alongside trade with China when weighing its economic relationships, according to Washington's top diplomat in Canberra.
