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The Northern Endeavour en route to a ship recycling facility in Denmark earlier this year.

Shell fires off $83 million lawsuit as messy clean-up row spills into WA’s Supreme Court

A messy legal battle between oil and gas giants over the clean-up bill for a decrepit floating oil production facility off Australia’s northern coast has spilled over into court. Again.

  • Cameron Myles

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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
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
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
Woodside claims its future Browse project would not impact WA’s net zero targets - because the state is no where near reaching them.

WA to miss net zero targets by up to a decade: Woodside report

A Deloitte report has suggested that even if Woodside’s $48.7 billion Browse gas project does not go ahead, WA will miss its target by up to a decade. 

  • Holly Thompson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Albanese kills gas tax to protect nation’s fuel security and Asian refinery deals

In his strongest language on the issue to date, Anthony Albanese said a $17 billion tax on gas exports would harm Australia’s fuel security.

  • Mike Foley
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Chair Senator Steph Hodgins-May.

Greens and Pocock butt heads with energy giants at Perth gas tax inquiry

The inquiry was cordial but had its tense moments as Greens senators and independent senator David Pocock grilled Woodside and Chevron executives, as well as the head of the industry’s main lobby group, Australian Energy Producers chief executive Samantha McCulloch.

  • Hamish Hastie
Protesters outside Woodside’s AGM at Crown Perth.

WA Greens MP ejected as oil and gas giant feels the heat from climate activists

Climate activists have repeatedly disrupted a gathering of shareholders at Woodside’s AGM in Perth.

  • Derek Rose, Aaron Bunch and Hamish Hastie
The Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG hub in WA.

Cyclone hits Australian LNG plants, threatening 8% of world supply

Tropical Cyclone Narelle has forced cuts to Australian gas exports and added further pressure to global fuel markets.

  • Nick Toscano
Australia’s second-largest oil and gas producer has had to shut down exports from Darwin, just as global prices are spiking.

Santos halts gas exports from Darwin amid global energy scramble

The oil and gas giant has been forced to suspend shipments from a key Australian gas-export terminal just as the war in Iran ignites demand and prices.

  • Nick Toscano