News Articles for Woodside Energy

Woodside Energy says it will seek to link up with Japanese companies looking to develop methane detection and quantification technology, under a non-binding deal struck this week.

Senior Woodside Energy management officials are making their way to the Beaumont clean ammonia site in Texas, after confirming a construction contractor employee had been killed.

Woodside has finalised its US$2.35 billion acquisition of a low carbon ammonia project in Texas from fertiliser and industrial chemicals heavyweight OCI NV.

Premier Roger Cook has conceded not all businesses will be happy with his government's decision to ease gas export restrictions, but insists it is the right move for the state.

Japanese power giant JERA has committed to buy liquefied natural gas from Woodside over a decade, beginning in April 2026.

The state government has taken the next step in its billion-dollar plan to decarbonise the Pilbara, as it seeks proponents to build the transmission lines to deliver its plan.

Santos has hired former Woodside executive Sherry Duhe as its new chief financial officer, marking the experienced executive's return to the oil and gas sector.

Woodside Energy is planning to build 30 new homes in Karratha to house its workers as industrial construction projects ramp up.

A greenfields suburb once dubbed the ‘‘Cottesloe of the north'' is back on the development agenda in Karratha, 13 years after a contract to build it was awarded.

The current and former bosses of a group overseeing a World Heritage-nominated Pilbara peninsula have derided an “offensive” government agreement

Woodside Energy's underlying net profit slipped 14 per cent in the first half of 2024 to $2.36 billion, as lower prices for its oil and gas products weighed heavily.

Chevron and Woodside have secured a greenhouse gas assessment permit off the WA coast, as the pair explore selling carbon capture as a product to industrial users.

Macquarie has placed a swathe of Wheatbelt farmland on the market in a move which could fetch more than $35 million.

Simply calling something ‘green' doesn't mean much when it comes to convincing a customer to pay more than for a similar non-green product.

Carbon capture and storage could generate more than $80 billion for the state economy over 20 years, according to new analysis funded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA.

Woodside Energy has dodged a potential challenge to its environmental approvals at the Scarborough gas project, as it scales up towards a 2026 production date.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the major findings from the domestic gas inquiry; Collgar's wind farm plan; Western Power's nuclear stance; Pilbara energy enablers; Perdaman's Karratha plan; the price of iron ore; Nicheliving's woes and Sanur's Subi battle; Vern Wheatley's legacy, and preview the upcoming edition of the Business News magazine.

Backers of a $120 million Karratha hotel have won planning approval after the City of Karratha's bid to have the project redefined as a workforce camp was scuppered.

Monadelphous Group’s bright start to the 2025 financial year has continued, inking a further $340 million worth of contracts.

State parliament has been told there is no 'magic pudding' to protect the interests of all parties in the state's gas network, after a long-awaited report on the sector was tabled today.

Woodside Energy's plan to tap new natural gas supply off the WA coast to cover unused capacity at the Goodwyn A production platform has been opened for public comment.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss corporate governance at Fortescue and Qantas; Woodside's ammonia buy; all the news out of Diggers & Dealers; Iplex's class action; and a big week for global markets.

Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O'Neill has backed in the company's approach to new energy at a lunch event today, days after the company's $US2.35 billion Texas ammonia buy.

Japanese LNG producer Inpex and Italy's ENI will sell a 76 per cent stake in four undeveloped oil fields off Timor Leste to ASX-listed junior Finder Energy, for an up-front $US2 million fee.

Gina Rinehart's agricultural business, S Kidman & Co, has given the Liberal Party of WA a boost of almost $100,000 in the lead up to the 2025 state election.

Woodside has bought the company behind a US ammonia project for US$2.35 billion as part of efforts to meet the energy giant's greenhouse gas emission abatement targets.

Peter Dutton has accused the government of throwing sand in the gears of resources projects, as reports emerge of environmental challenges facing Woodside Energy's Browse development.

WA Labor's election war chest has grown towards $250,000 courtesy of donations from high-profile businesses, while WA's peak resources lobby group has given The Nationals a big boost.

Engineering company Monadelphous has bolstered its work pipeline with a $200 million contract to enable Woodside to process gas from its $18 billion Scarborough redevelopment.

An increase in renewable generation in Western Australia last quarter showed the state's progress on renewables over the past year but did not lead to a reduction of electricity prices.

Gas exploration permits off the Western Australian coast have been granted to Chevron, Inpex, Melbana Energy and Woodside Energy, as part of long-awaited acreage release.

Woodside Energy's Scarborough project is now two-thirds complete and on track for first production in 2026 at a cost $750 million more than previously thought.

Woodside Energy will make a $1.8 billion move to acquire the Driftwood LNG development opportunity in the US, as it sets its sights on opportunities beyond the Australian gas market.

Woodside has signed a deal with CPC Corporation over the supply of liquefied natural gas to Taiwan, the first time the company will deliver to the country.

The function performed by a large structure out the back of Perth Airport may not be immediately apparent, but it holds significant promise for smaller players in the world's oil, gas and decarbonisation industries.

Woodside is reportedly in the process on enacting an organisational restructure which could impact a small number of jobs in Western Australia.

Speculation around a Middle Eastern takeover of Australian oil and gas play Santos led the company's share price higher in ASX trade today, despite doubt over whether a move will be made.

Engineering consultant GHD has won a contract to carry out preliminary engineering on a shared-use power transmission network designed to support the Pilbara's decarbonisation.

Woodside and Baker Hughes will extend their Australian relationship for a further decade, after striking a 10-year frame agreement to build on a relationship which started in 1989.

Rio Tinto and Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation are in advanced discussions for a green energy plant to help meet the mining giant's decarbonisation needs.