A second large carbon capture and storage project could be built in the north west, with Woodside Petroleum, BP and Japanese investors to scope a new facility.
The state government is still working to clarify criteria for onshore gas projects to export, after it was revealed a Kimberley fracking proposal had been given the tick.
A Supreme Court ruling has shed new light on contractual disputes on the mammoth Gorgon gas project as Chevron and contractor CKJV fight over $400 million in disputed payments.
Strike Energy’s plan to extract gas in the Perth Basin will be subject to a review by the EPA, as the company's $2.3 billion Geraldton urea plant proposal passes another milestone.
The oil and gas sector has strongly criticised the state government’s new resources sector strategy, saying it failed to focus on policies needed to achieve future success.
The state’s peak environmental body has thrown its support behind Perth-based Perdaman Industries’ $4.3 billion Burrup urea project, recommending the proposal be approved.
Clearer exceptions to the state’s onshore gas export ban, and finalised fracking rules, will help WA attract continued investment, the petroleum industry had said in a parliamentary inquiry submission.
