Export earnings from LNG are set to tumble from earlier expectations, due to the dive in global oil prices.
Read More
Carnarvon to spend $10 million on oil exploration
Despite the low price of oil, Carnarvon Petroleum has announced it will spend $10 million to explore its permits in the North West Shelf for more oil and gas.
Read More
Read More
Caltex to build new lubricants facility
Caltex is investing $5 million to expand its national bulk lubricants network, and build a new facility in WA.
Read More
Read More
VIDEO: Weekly news highlights
This week we look at the discovery of a new oil field, some ‘robust’ sharemarket activity, and Clive Palmer’s latest outburst against the Chinese.
Read More
Read More
BHP Billiton to follow China on its next growth journey
BHP Billiton will invest heavily in energy and food as it follows China on its transition from a construction-led economy to a consumption power-house.
Read More
Read More
40 new jobs created as oil refinery opens in Gladstone
Queensland’s first oil refinery will start production after the $55 million plant opened in Gladstone yesterday.
Read More
Read More
Oil and gas sector told to hold-off on projects rather than give into union demands
The Federal Government has suggested oil and gas companies should delay developing multi-billion projects rather than give into over-the-top demands from unions.
Read More
Read More
Businesses prepare for next stage of Queensland’s LNG boom
As the construction phase for the Curtis Island LNG projects winds up, local businesses are being schooled on how to diversify in order to gain work in the second phase of the gas boom.
Read More
Read More
Shell confirms Arrow LNG project on hold
A decision on whether to go ahead with a fourth LNG plant on Curtis Island is more than a year off as oil giant Shell confirms it will delay making any major financial investment decisions in 2014.
Read More
Read More
Record revenue sees Santos cruise past $1 billion
Santos have announced a record sales revenue of $1.1 billion for the fourth quarter of 2013 with the result driven by the company’s highest oil production in six years, strong oil prices and higher third party sales volumes.
Read More
Read More
Radio Disney pulls pin on program that promotes fracking
Radio Disney has pulled out of an educational program sponsored by Ohio’s oil and gas industry after it was accused of using school students to peddle “propaganda” around fracking.
Read More
Read More
Woodside posts record production but gas weighs on revenue
Woodside earned less revenue in 2013 despite posting a 2.5 per cent production increase.
Read More
Read More
Queensland’s first oil refinery under construction in Gladstone
The assembly of Queensland’s first oil refinery will start this weekend at Yarwun, with the project representing a $55 million investment by its joint partners.
Read More
Read More
Australia less competitive on global stage: Shell
Shell has again flagged that the high cost of doing business in Australia is affecting the nation’s competitiveness, urging the federal government to step in.
Read More
Read More
New research to unlock “stranded” oil and gas fields
Engineers at the University of Western Australia are vying to improve the cost structure of Australia’s energy sector with new research into the foundations of deep-sea oil and gas pipeline infrastructure.
Read More
Read More
50 jobs go as oil shale pilot plant closes
Around 50 workers will be axed from Gladstone’s oil shale demonstration facility as the plant goes into care and maintenance.
Read More
Read More
Rio Tinto and BHP among world’s top greenhouse gas emitters: report
New research suggests nearly two-thirds of global greenhouse emissions generated since the start of the industrial revolution has been caused by just 90 companies including BHP and Rio Tinto.
Read More
Read More
BHP dumps oil exploration project
BHP has dumped plans to explore an oil and gas well off the The Philippines coast as the company continues to pull out of energy projects not located in the US or Australia.
Read More
Read More
Murphy Oil seeks approval to drill near Abrolhos Islands
Murphy Oil has submitted documents seeking federal approval to drill an exploration well 30km from the Batavia shipwreck near the Abrolhos Islands off Western Australia.
Read More
Read More
Gas and oil sector launch ad blitz for better policies
The gas and oil industry have launched an advertising blitz and are calling on the public to sign a petition to lobby the government for better policies.
Read More
Read More