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Perth-based geosciences company DownUnder GeoSolutions has appointed Christopher Davin chief operating officer.

Perth-based Braziron has announced plans to delist from the ASX and leave the resources industry through the reverse takeover of a private road safety barriers business in a deal worth $6.3 million.

Hasty protectionism of uncompetitive businesses can have a magnified impact on other companies.

Precast concrete manufacturer PERMAcast has recruited former Bis Industries boss Chris Berkefeld as its new chairman, following the retirement of founding director Grey Egerton-Warburton.

Chevron has signed a domestic gas sales deal with energy retailer Alinta Energy for the supply of about a quarter of planned production from its Wheatstone project near Onslow.

Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman told the LNG 18 conference in Perth today there could be opportunities for LNG producers to move further into downstream markets, particularly in developing countries, where demand for gas existed but barriers to entry had slowed take up.

LNG 18 conference organising committee chair Grant King is positive about the industry's future, despite the low oil price environment and a predicted short-term oversupply, saying international demand growth for electricity will underpin a need for gas.

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Gas production at Chevron's Gorgon project has been put on ice for at least a month just weeks after first gas was exported from the facility, the company announced today.

The head of Shell's Perth-based communications and government relations team has been named the next chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Emma Walczak has been appointed as joint company secretary of Tanga Resources.

SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australia's next major greenfields liquefied natural gas project could be a decade away after Woodside last month decided against further progressing its Browse floating LNG facility.

The hotel industry expects up to a quarter of Perth's hotel rooms to be filled by delegates attending next month's LNG18 conference, though the number of people attending and the flow-on economic benefits to the state remain unclear.

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Chevron's $55 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has finally shipped its first cargo, two weeks after production commenced at the first of three gas processing trains.

Chevron Australia general manager, policy, government & public affairs Peter Fairclough has been appointed a director of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association.

More than 10 per cent of office buildings in Perth's CBD are completely empty, while 29 buildings have more than 5,000 square metres available for lease, according to new research.

Six-and-a-half years after Chevron started development of Australia's single largest resources project, the $US54 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant has commenced production, though it is by no means complete.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will join a range of international energy leaders in Perth to open the LNG 18 global conference in mid-April.

Local waste management company Tox Free Solutions has won a new contract for work at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine in South Australia, along with an extension for ongoing work at Chevron's Western Australian assets, for an undisclosed sum.

CIMIC Group has confirmed a formal contract dispute has been issued to Chevron over work at the Gorgon LNG project, with the construction and contract mining firm claiming it is owed about $2.36 billion.

MMA Offshore has reported a dramatic slide in half-year profit as the marine services company faces challenging conditions in the offshore oil and gas industry.

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has posted sharp falls in profit and revenue for the six months to December, but says there is a growing pipeline of work in its maintenance services division.

Engineering and contracting group Downer EDI has trimmed its full-year profit guidance after posting a nearly 24 per cent drop in first-half profit, with one of the few positives being increased work on oil and gas projects in Western Australia.

Woodside Petroleum says its recently flagged write-downs of up to $US1.2 billion ($A1.7 billion) had taken into account possible delays at the Wheatstone LNG project near Onslow.

Premier Colin Barnett and Planning Minister John Day have officially opened Elizabeth Quay after decades of discussion and debate.

The new chief executive of Western Australia's oldest company, and one of the state's biggest trucking and logistics operators, believes there are growth opportunities across most parts of the business despite the downturn in mining and resources.

A collaboration between Victor Goh's AAIG and Adrian Fini's private development firm, Fini Group, plans to develop apartments and a hotel at Elizabeth Quay, after offering $85 million for two lots.

Despite falling oil prices, projections are showing that local consumers and industry could be paying much more for gas in 10 years' time.

The operator of Australia's largest gas project, Gorgon, plans to supply more liquefied natural gas to China over a decade in the face of softening global demand.

Chevron Australia has moved another step closer to completion of the Gorgon gas project, with a commissioning LNG cargo arriving at Barrow Island to cool down the storage and loading facilities prior to commencement of exports.

Western Australia's biggest and most productive gas production facility suffered an equipment failure early this morning.

If Woodside Petroleum is ever looking for a corporate slogan it could borrow a saying from the Dutch philosopher Erasmus: “in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king”.

Singapore-listed contractor AusGroup has announced a number of contract wins and extensions worth a combined $100 million, including with Woodside Petroleum, which today flagged lower capex and increased production for the year.

Perth conservationist Harry Butler has been praised for his work as a community educator and a partner with industry, after passing away on Friday following a lengthy illness.

Woodside Petroleum and its joint venture partners have given the go-ahead to a $2 billion subsea development at the North West Shelf Project off the Pilbara coast.

Western Australians won't get their long-awaited access to Elizabeth Quay until the end of January, with the state government today confirming the project won't be finished in time for Christmas.

Analyst firm EnergyQuest has predicted lower liquefied natural gas prices will not lead to Australian operations switching off or cutting back production, in its latest quarterly review of the industry.

The latest official report into Western Australia's gas supply and demand outlook has raised the ire of a group of major domestic gas users, which says some of its key findings are misleading and called for an independent review into how the report is compiled.