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LNG producer Santos has put a cost on the delays caused by court action against its Barossa project, flagging a capital expenditure blowout as high as $450 million.
Woodside Energy has revealed directors Frank Cooper and Gene Tilbrook will retire in April, while former state treasurer Ben Wyatt has joined the organisation's audit and risk committee.
Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O'Neill says the company is ‘off to the races' at its Scarborough energy project, after recording record production in its first year post-BHP Petroleum merger.
Western Australia will not cut funding to the Environmental Defenders Office, despite concerns over its conduct flagged in the Federal Court's recent judgement on Santos's Barossa project.
Woodside reinvested more than $20 million into Western Australian communities in 2023 as the company ramped up efforts to combat vocal criticism of its multibillion dollar gas projects.
Woodside Energy has called for taxpayer-funded development support to extend to gas power projects, in a submission to the federal government's Future Gas Strategy.
Woodside Energy has signed a non-binding deal with SK E&S to explore the development of a “lower carbon” hydrogen value chain between Australia and South Korea.
Woodside Energy says it is evaluating guidance offered by the US government that could affect the clean energy tax cut eligibility of its proposed H2OK hydrogen project in Oklahoma.
A decision by Woodside Energy not to renew its partnership with Fringe World organiser Artrage has been claimed as a win by an arts organisation pushing for a “fossil fuel free” festival season.
The list of renewable hydrogen projects eligible for a share of $2 billion worth of Commonwealth funding has been whittled down to six, with two Western Australian projects making the cut.
Pilbara Minerals will buy LNG from Woodside Energy's Pluto facility for five years as part of a plan to slash emissions from its flagship Pilgangoora lithium project.
Woodside Energy will team up with four Japanese companies to study the potential of a carbon capture and storage value chain between Japan and Australia.
Santos has received regulatory drilling approval for its contentious Barossa natural gas project in the Timor Sea, despite ongoing challenges in the Federal Court.
Woodside Energy has struck a five-year deal with three maritime unions for Australian crew to staff its liquefied natural gas vessel, building on a long-term relationship.
Environmental activists are splitting Aboriginal groups apart in moves which echo those taken by miners in the early 2000s, WA Premier Roger Cook says.
Woodside Energy will buy 1.3 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas from Mexico Pacific Limited over the next two decades, as it seeks to build its presence in the Pacific region.
Woodside is one step closer to developing a solar farm, valued at up to $300 million, to supply energy to the Burrup Peninsula and its Pluto LNG plant.
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Santos boss Kevin Gallagher says the company is “no orphan” in the regulatory challenges it faces at its stalled Barossa project, while suggesting delays may impact future investment decisions.
Federal resources minister Madeleine King has told the state's Energy Transition Summit that industry must take some of the blame for a lack of timely project development.
A new report has singled out timely local supply from Woodside's Scarborough project and the Perth Basin as critical to balancing the state's tight domestic gas market.
Woodside Energy continues to target first LNG production from its Scarborough project by 2026, despite recent regulatory setbacks and opposition from sections of the community.
The boss of Australia's native title lobby has warned Indigenous groups cannot be pushed into fast-tracking reforms after a string of high-profile court wins against oil and gas projects.
Woodside Energy will work with government on a proposal to plant native trees on degraded land north of Perth, after progressing to the next stage of the state's Carbon for Conservation program.
Woodside Energy has reiterated its $3.7 billion payment in taxes and royalties to Australian state and federal governments in the first six months of 2023, ahead of the release of a federal tax report.
Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O'Neill believes image challenges facing her sector locally reflect the views of a vocal minority, rather than widespread community opposition.
Premier Roger Cook has backed Woodside's controversial Scarborough and Browse projects as part of the regional solution to Asia's “acute anxieties” around energy supply.
