News Articles for Woodside Energy

WA has increased its lead as the country's largest exporter, but the rate of growth has slowed.

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

Henneveld wins engineering honours

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

COMMONWEALTH Bank has increased its involvement in Western Australia's north-west during the past year, and has developed an indigenous banking strategy to build relationships and business across t

DEMAND for microfinance and business support from Many Rivers Opportunities has grown to the point where it is gearing up to open five new offices across the state in the next year.

THE desire for economic development and employment outcomes from resources projects has resulted in indigenous contracting deals becoming a major part of native title and land-use agreements.

Woodside Petroleum's first half profit has fallen slightly because of the costs of starting up its massive Pluto liquefied natural gas project, which will remain at current capacity after a failed

The nature of doing business with China is changing as our economies become more enmeshed.

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.

Finding big WA winners on the stock market has been hard work during the past 12 months, and even the past five years.

IT might not be the busiest of times in Western Australia's corporate advisory scene, but that has not stopped positive moves by several firms – albeit without much fanfare – that have included the

WITH some experienced campaigners suggesting the current mergers and acquisitions market is the worst they have ever seen, there is plenty of finger pointing to overly exuberant deals of the past f

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

WHEN Don Voelte stepped down as Woodside Petroleum CEO last year there was little indication he planned to do much more than use his board membership at Seven West Media as an excuse to regularly v

The state environmental watchdog says it will announce its decision on Woodside Petroleum's controversial James Price Point gas hub project on Friday.

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

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.

Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman has taken the first tangible step towards his strategy of diversifying beyond the company's big growth projects in Western Australia.

Woodside Petroleum has told shareholders that it plans to substantially increase its exploration spending and seek new partnerships, despite plunging prices caused by a gas glut in the United State

Giant liquefied natural gas projects like Gorgon and Pluto dominate coverage of the oil and gas sector, yet there are plenty of other developments under way.

Shell's development of a world-first floating LNG project off the Kimberley coast is likely to be a game changer for the industry, allowing extensive ‘stranded' gas assets to be developed.

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.

Woodside Petroleum has struck a $2 billion deal to sell part of its stake in the proposed Browse LNG development, in a move that will add to speculation the gas will be piped to the North West Shel

Woodside Petroleum says it will soon be loading first gas for export from its Pluto LNG project, after commencing production at the $14.9 billion operation near Karratha.

Woodside Petroleum and its joint venture partners have been given an extra year to finalise their plans for the $30 billion Browse liquefied natural gas project near Broome.

Woodside chief says service providers face greater competition in an evolving marketplace.

The controversy over David Gonski's Future Fund appointment overshadowed a thought-provoking address on corporate governance.

There are some first-rate local stocks out there if you look beyond the headlines.

Woodside Petroleum plans to look internatonally for new growth opportunities, after reporting a solid rise in underlying profit but little progress on its major growth projects in Australia.

Woodside Petroleum denies it is looking to sell a major part of its stake in the proposed Browse basin liquefied natural gas project, but has confirmed it is evaluating the potential sale of a mino

THIS year's salary survey shows that it's not just the chief executives at the top end of town who have mouth-watering incomes.

Five years of WA salary surveys show some chief executives appear to be remarkably well paid relative to the size of their business and the returns they have delivered, while others offer great value for money.

THREE trends stand out when the salary packages of newly appointed chief executives at Western Australian companies are examined.First,the bigger the company the higher the salary.

Executive remuneration is a hot political issue but the controversy does not seem to have slowed growth in pay packets at WA companies.

Woodside Petroleum has released an environmental study on the offshore component of its Browse liquefied natural gas project for public review that shows most activities associated with the develop

As Woodside Petroleum grapples with challenges at its three growth projects, a fourth option could provide an answer.

Woodside Petroleum says talks with other gas owners about buying volumes to underpin an expansion of its Pluto liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia are edging closer to completion.