Ben Wyatt has quickly become one of Western Australia's busiest and most senior board directors, with global mining giant Rio Tinto appointing him as a non-executive director.
Woodside Petroleum has inked a deal to supply about 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas over three years to Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power.
Woodside has for the first time confirmed the high cost of its shelved James Price Point gas project, though the figure it has released is not directly comparable to the construction cost estimates for other LNG developments like Chevron's larger Gorgon development on Barrow Island.
Woodside Petroleum says it will not reverse a decision to change new accommodation arrangements at its $12 billion Pluto gas project despite workers today going on an illegal 48-hour strike.
Woodside Petroleum says it will continue negotiations with the Kimberley Land Council over a compensation package for a proposed gas hub after traditional landowners knocked back a proposal.
