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The average price per barrel of oil fetched by Santos last year, at $US87.60, was well blow 2022’s $US110.10.

Labor sends emergency delegation to defuse Asian gas alarm

Senior officials will travel to Asia this week in an attempt to douse a growing diplomatic crisis in countries unsettled by Australia’s plans for a gas reservation.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley

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Shell’s Curtis Island LNG plant in Queensland is one of the exporters that would be affected if the Albanese government activates the domestic gas mechanism.

A deal with the devil that keeps Queensland poorer longer

Right now, things are looking pretty rosy for Australian gas. In the longer term, the picture is grim.

  • Hamish McKenzie
A Japanese LNG tanker arrives at a Tokyo Gas terminal in Yokohama.

‘Deep concerns’: Labor gas plan triggers alarm in Asia

A new federal mandate for LNG exporters to keep more gas in Australia is threatening to strain critical trade relationships in Asia at a sensitive time.

  • Nick Toscano
If Browse does not go ahead, Woodside’s North West Shelf LNG plant near Karratha is likely to be gradually closed down.

Will Western Australia be ‘cooking with gas’ in the 2030s?

WA’s 15 per cent reservation policy is often held up as an example for the eastern states to emulate, but the reality is it is not living up to expectations.

  • Joshua Runciman
Santos,one of the largest Australian oil and gas companies, could be impacted by the commonwealth’s domestic gas reservation policy.

Labor wants its 20 per cent gas reservation scheme to apply nationally. What does that mean for WA?

The move has caused consternation among companies operating in WA, where a 15 per cent reservation already applies. Others argue it will force producers to lift their game.

  • Michael Philipps
The data centre boom is creating renewed uncertainty for Victoria’s energy grid.

Victoria’s data centre push could force state back onto gas-fired power

Surging electricity demands have raised questions about whether the state government’s planned renewable energy transition is compatible to its courting of global tech players.

  • Daniella White
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Protesters lined the steps of parliament on Friday morning after Cook’s comments.

Unlikely allies and ‘blackmail’ claims as WA premier raises spectre of fracking the Kimberley

Premier Roger Cook said WA had a “Browse-sized hole” in its future energy needs, and has claimed that without it, fracking in the Kimberley could be on the table.

  • Michael Philipps and Holly Thompson
Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce briefed gas executives on One Nation’s policy platform earlier this month.

Pauline Hanson to demand Norway-style gas and oil overhaul

One Nation will call on the government to take equity in major offshore energy developments and scrap a tax on petroleum.

  • Rob Harris and Nick Toscano
Most of the gas produced on the east coast is converted into liquefied natural gas and exported. The federal government is developing a scheme to force producers to reserve some for the domestic market.

Gas giant warns Labor on risk of ‘Argentina-style’ industry collapse

One of Australia’s largest oil and gas companies says aggressive LNG export curbs could “kill investment” in critical future energy supplies.

  • Nick Toscano
Doha city form the sky. The capital of the State of Qatar, located at the shore of the Persian Gulf. The Pearl is a purpose-built artificial island off the coast of Doha, connected to the mainland by a bridge. feb12cover TRAVELLER Middle East Moments by Belinda Jackson. Photo: iStock

Trump’s war is crippling one of the world’s richest nations

Qatar quickly turned from a pearl-diving backwater into one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Now it has been paralysed.

  • River Akira Davis