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CIMIC Group subsidiary UGL and joint venture partner Cape plc have secured works at Woodside Petroleum's Karratha gas plant.

Online LNG marketplace GLX has announced a partnership with US-based information service OPIS to create LNG indices, a week after Woodside announced it had invested in the platform.

Emissions guidelines for a series of Western Australian energy mega projects are still unclear after the Environmental Protection Authority announced it would withdraw its net zero carbon policy, released last week, and head into months of consultation.

Woodside Petroleum has warned it would need to ramp down production at the Burrup Hub in the mid 2020s if the state government does not land on an emissions policy that would support the company's $46 billion of backfill projects.

OPINION: The clash between domestic politics and international climate-change law was on stark display in WA last week as the EPA weighed in with an emissions recommendation.

Woodside Petroleum and Curtin University took centre stage today at a major IT conference in Melbourne hosted by global technology giant Cisco.

Chevron has announced its Wheatstone domestic gas plant is ready to begin regular supply, two months after successful test flows into the market and two years after the first LNG shipment.

Woodside Petroleum and Santos, Australia's top two independent gas producers, are being urged by activist investors to set carbon emissions targets to help limit climate change.

Western Australia will know as early as next year if Woodside Petroleum's Scarborough, Pluto and Browse gas projects, worth a combined $36 billion, will be given the green light, as the business posted a 28 per cent rise in profit today.

Sheffield Resources has signed a deal with Woodside Petroleum and Energy Developments for the supply of liquified natural gas to the Thunderbird mineral sands project in the Kimberley.

BP is planning to drill its first well in WA in decades next year as it hopes to develop a Carnarvon Basin portfolio.

Woodside Petroleum has announced December quarter revenue of $1.42 billion, a rise of 43 per cent on the previous corresponding period and surpassing investment bank UBS's estimate of $1.35 billion for the period.

Woodside Petroleum has awarded four contracts, which it is funding without a contribution from venture partner BHP Group, for front-end engineering design activities at its proposed $15 billion Scarborough project.

The final months of 2018 hit investors in Western Australian stocks hard, with the Business News index of 30 local ASX-listed companies falling 13.3 per cent.

Woodside Petroleum's Browse and Scarborough LNG developments are the biggest of $95 billion of major projects under way or likely in Western Australia, with 96 ongoing and a further 68 probable.

Domestic gas has started flowing from Woodside Petroleum's Pluto plant near Karratha today, around six years after LNG exports from the facility got under way.

Front end engineering and design work for Woodside Petroleum's SNE oil development in Senegal has been awarded to Subsea Integration Alliance, with a final investment decision penciled in for mid-2019, after a long dispute among the project's partners.

SPECIAL REPORT: Three businessmen will have more impact than most on the state's economic future, with Peter Coleman leading an oil and gas revival, Chris Ellison building a lithium empire, and Rob Scott reshaping Wesfarmers.

Opinion: WA punches well above its weight in terms of technical and operational skills, but our manufacturers could do with a bit more hometown support.

Alumina producer Alcoa of Australia has signed three supply deals with BHP Group, Woodside Petroleum and Chevron to provide about 23 petajoules of gas between them annually from 2020 for its Western Australian refineries.

New industrial projects planned for the Burrup Peninsula will need to co-exist with the area's heritage features.

SPECIAL REPORT: There has been a notable reduction in the number of high-earning executives in WA, though some individuals do well year after year, research by Business News has found.

Subiaco-based Cirrus Networks has won a $3 million cyber security contract with oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum.

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The future can be a scary place for many, but WA's entrepreneurial spirit will ensure we make the most of opportunity. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: Via a mix of good fortune and planning, WA has positioned itself as supplier to the fast-growing economies of Asia rather than a competitor. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The ranks of WA's largest public companies have changed dramatically over the past two decades, but Wesfarmers has been a constant near the top. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

Vikas Rambal's Perdaman Industries has signed up Canadian engineering company SNC Lavalin as lead contractor on its $4 billion Karratha urea project, one day after announcing a gas supply deal with Woodside Petroleum.

The expansion plans that Woodside has announced this year will make a major contribution to Western Australia's economic and energy security for decades to come.

Woodside Petroleum has struck a revised deal with the City of Karratha to build a 604-bed workers camp, but the planning approval time-frame for the project remains uncertain.

Oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum has increased support for Perth's Fringe World Festival, with a three-year sponsorship agreement including naming rights for the festival's Pleasure Garden

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: As Australia was emerging from the recession it had to have in 1991 and 1992, the commercial construction sector in Western Australia was at the tail end of a boom that would add 200,000 square metres of office space to the Perth CBD. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: Foreign investment, free trade and a skilled workforce have helped WA tap its enormous oil and gas reserves, to the benefit of the entire country. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

Woodside Petroleum has urged governments across Australia to back its ambitious growth projects, which include $30 billion on LNG projects along with development of industrial-scale hydrogen power.

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The growth in household disposable income provides a graphic illustration of the effect of 25 years of technological change and investment in WA. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: From those who risked their own capital to the corporate cowboys of WA Inc and the ‘hired help' of today, WA's corporate story features many powerful personalities. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

The provision of domestic gas to customers in Western Australia has long been a core part of Woodside's business and is something we take very seriously.

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: A boom-bust economic cycle and wrangles over GST funding are two of the challenges to have faced WA's political leaders over the past 25 years. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

The Woodside-operated North West Shelf Venture has struck a preliminary deal to process LNG for the Browse project and Chevron's Clio-Acme gas fields.

The federal government expects to raise $6 billion over the next decade from changes to the taxation of Australia's big oil and gas producers.

WA's capabilities in sectors such as resources and energy are proving beneficial in space research.