Oil tops $US40 a barrel ahead of producer meeting
Brent crude rose above $US40 for the first time since December as major producers prepared to meet to discuss a production freeze.
APA back on acquisition track with $130m Ethane Pipeline bid
Acquisitive pipeline owner APA Group has launched a bid to take full ownership of the ethane pipeline running from Moomba to Sydney, in a renewal of its drive for external growth after being knocked back on deals twice in 2015.
Rio's Bell Bay risks closure
Rio Tinto's Bell Bay aluminium smelter could face closure if it loses any more supply in Tasmania's electricity crisis.
Ferguson blasts NT Labor on fracking
Former Labor resources minister Martin Ferguson is blaming the party's moratorium on fracking for putting a new pipeline at risk and pushing the territory to the brink of "catastrophic" gas shortages.
Iranian court sentences oil tycoon to death
An Iranian court has issued a death sentence against an Iranian oil tycoon, a judiciary spokesman said Sunday, in a case widely portrayed as a symbol of corruption during the administration of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
British nuclear plant prompts Electricité resignation
The chief financial officer of one of Europe's biggest power companies resigned because he disagreed with the timing of the company's plan t...
Beach Energy prepares to ride out oil storm
With oil prices staging a mini-recovery last week, mid-cap player Beach Energy was among the stocks that enjoyed a bounce, delivering earlie...
Woodside's Browse back on the brink
Woodside Petroleum has been rebuffed in what has been received as possibly a last-gasp effort to resuscitate the sinking economics of its il...
Origin chief says deals are 'on the table'
Managing director Grant King says a demerger and potential mergers are "on the table" for the troubled electricity and gas supplier.
Oil holds near 8-week on as US output falls
Oil ended near the highest closing level in eight weeks in New York as a jump in US crude inventories was countered by a decline in the nati...
