Former VDM Group boss Andrew Broad has returned to his former employer, mining services business Ausdrill, and will become its chief operating officer of Australian operations.
Empire Oil & Gas has kicked off a $15.7 million capital raising to fund new drilling at its flagship Red Gully North project and evaluate other projects in the Perth Basin near Gingin.
The entry of two European energy companies into WA will help to bolster activity in the onshore oil and gas sector, which is set for a pick-up after a series of disappointments.
Oil and gas explorer New Standard Energy has sought to assure shareholders it is committed to its projects in Western Australia after deferring all of its Canning and Carnarvon Basin drilling activity until 2015.
Perth drilling company Enerdrill has been selected to provide drilling rig services to AWE and Titan Energy's Perth Basin exploration permit for an undisclosed amount.
After four years advising Navitas founder Rod Jones as his biggest client, investment banker Jon Biesse is about to make the commitment full-time, stepping into the private world of business to run
