Premier Colin Barnett is pressing ahead with plans to acquire land at James Price Point for a gas processing precinct – without having a proponent lined up to build one.
Twelve months ago precision engineering firm Pressure Dynamics was proudly showcasing its new premises and looking forward to growth. It's now in receivership.
THE near certainty of a Coalition government being elected in September, and the single-handed control of state leader Colin Barnett, have reshaped Western Australia's 2013 Most Influential list –
WOODSIDE managing director Peter Coleman has called for a major rethink of the way engineering contractors and resources companies approach the development of new projects.
The shale gas industry doesn't stack up commercially and companies that have invested in the sector are following a herd mentality, Woodside managing director Peter Coleman said today.
Woodside Petroleum has been voted the state's most attractive employer at this year's Randstad Awards, which also revealed that competitive salaries had become the most important factor for Western
Woodside Petroleum has announced a new agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to lay out an action plan to develop the Browse gas field off the Western Australian coast with floating processing technolog
Woodside Petroleum has posted a sharp jump in quarterly production and sales revenue, driven by its new Pluto project, but has raised doubts about the proposed expansion of the flagship liquefied n
IT'S not easy to see the positive aspect to the mothballing of the onshore gas-processing hub proposed for the Browse LNG project on the Kimberley coast.
While Woodside's decision on James Price Point is a disappointment, it doesn't mean economic development of the Kimberley should be put in the too-hard basket.
The increased likelihood of the Browse gas project being developed as a ‘floater' takes to nine the number of floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plants under construction or being considered for
Woodside Petroleum has held out the hope of proceeding with an alternative gas project in the Kimberley after spiralling costs forced it to terminate plans for a gas processing plant at James Price
Decmil Group's plan for a $120 million camp to house more than 850 fly-in, fly-out workers at the proposed gas hub in the Kimberley has been given a conditional green light by a state governme
WA's role as the nation's economic powerhouse is no more evident than in the accounting sector, with strong growth a dominant feature of the past decade.
Woodside Petroleum managing director Peter Coleman and executive director Rob Cole have been allocated shares at no cost under the company's executive incentive plan.
Political and environmental pressure on the state government, whichever side wins on Saturday, will have no effect on the future of the onshore gas processing centre proposed for James Price Point
Fresh from announcing plans to develop the Iron Valley mine in the Pilbara, Mineral Resources has become the eleventh Western Australian company in the S&P/ASX 100 Index.
If any further evidence were needed that the commodities boom is over, management changes at some of the world's biggest resources companies seals the deal.
Shares in Woodside Petroleum have hit an 18-month high as the group delivered higher esarnings from its Australian oil and gas assets and outlined plans to invest in two overseas projects.
The state Liberal party has been the main beneficiary of donations from Western Australian business over the past year, new campaign finance data reveals.
WITH a sharp slump last year in the number and value of stock market floats, and little sign of a recovery, more emerging companies will likely pursue a backdoor listing.
