Woodside Petroleum has promoted four executives in its leadership team, with Meg O'Neill to be executive vice-president of the merged marketing and developments divisions.
Chevron may have fired the starter's pistol on a major ownership reshuffle of the North West Shelf Venture, after it announced it would put its 16.7 per cent stake in the operation, which includes a 16.9 million tonnes per year LNG facility near Karratha, on the market.
Perth-based Horizon Power is purchasing gas from Shell to use in some of its power systems across regional Australia under a two-year supply agreement.
Water Corporation will supply Perth-based technology business Hazer Group with biogas from its wastewater treatment plant at Woodman Point, following an agreement signed between the two parties.
Warrego Energy has received commitments to raise $15 million from a two-tranche share placement, with the proceeds to go towards drilling at its West Erregulla development in the Perth Basin.
The team behind a planned green hydrogen project to be built near Dongara are hoping to raise $1 billion by the end of the year, while BP is undertaking feasibility on a plant close to Geraldton, less than an hour’s drive north.
Strike Energy has partnered with the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) to build and operate one of the largest onshore gas facilities in Western Australia in a deal worth more than $200 million.
GR Engineering Services has received a contract extension from the federal government for operations and maintenance services at the Northern Endeavour Floating Production Storage and Offtake (FPSO) vessel in the Timor Sea.
Perth-founded Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd is selling its Magnolia offshore LNG asset to a privately held UK company for $US2.25 million ($3.5 million), with the sale also including entities behind the project.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has made its latest contribution to the national hydrogen industry with $1.71 million of funding to BP Australia to progress a feasibility study for its proposed renewable hydrogen and ammonia plant in Geraldton.
Shares in oil junior Jupiter Energy halved today after the company blamed day traders and social media activity for a 100-fold lift in its share price in late April, during which its chairman sold all his stock.
Potential for a hydrogen industry in WA has been ignited in 2020, with at least 12 feasibility studies under way, while the federal government has announced $300 million to support the industry.
Woodside Petroleum’s balance sheet will be in good shape to weather the COVID-19 crisis, chairman Richard Goyder said today, while continuing his calls for the economy to be reopened.
Jupiter Energy chief executive Geoff Gander sold all of his stock in the West Perth-based, Kazakhstan-focussed oil junior last week after a surprise 70-fold surge in the company’s share price.
Shares in a West Perth-based oil producer with operations in Kazakhstan have increased 70-fold this week, despite the company shutting down production and the collapse in global oil markets, leading to an ASX intervention.
