This Month
Chevron's NW Shelf exit plays into Coleman's hand
Buying Chevron out of the $34 billion North West Shelf venture may seem a logical move for Woodside, but it still needs a partners' agreement on gas processing and may bring forward the need for fresh capital.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Power grid operator 'very serious' on cyber threat
The energy market operator is liaising closely with government and security agencies over the heightened threat to critical infrastructure.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Operators get power to switch off solar panels
Australia's electricity grid owners say the ability to shut off rooftop solar in the South Australian plan is the right model for managing networks.
- Simon Evans and Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Gas
Jobs recovery needs affordable gas
In eastern Australia, gas production since 2009 has almost tripled. At the same time the cost of gas to domestic wholesale customers has increased by 300 per cent.
- Jeanne Johns
Refining shake-up mooted as plants wilt
While a McKinsey report is understood to point to the potential for low-interest loans and excise relief, some say a more radical consolidation is needed.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
$650m hybrid power project in SA gets green light
The Summerfield project 60km east of Adelaide will use mainly gas but also has storage batteries and 40,000 solar panels.
- Simon Evans
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Chevron's NW Shelf exit a sign of the times
Chevron's exit from the North West Shelf is a sign of the times for the company and the project itself.Â
- James Thomson
Chevron's exit from $34b NW Shelf opens door for Woodside
The US major said it would market its one-sixth share of the Woodside-managed venture "following a number of unsolicited approaches from a range of credible buyers".
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
The IEA's $US3trn pathway to sustainable energy
The International Energy Agency's blueprint would ensure 2019 was the peak year for greenhouse gas emissions while boosting economic growth, jobs and energy security.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
BP's price would wipe billions off local oil and gas firms
BP now assumes an average of about US$55 a barrel for Brent crude, down from US$70 a barrel, because of the lasting impact of COVID-19.
- Elouise Fowler
- Exclusive
- Electricity
$1b class action claims power generators ripped off homes, businesses
Queensland state-owned generators Stanwell and CS Energy engaged in 'bidding games' to push up power prices, a potential class action will allege.
- Mark Ludlow
Refiners to battle for oil reserve contracts
The federal government's oil storage scheme is one of several measures under study that would help prop up the ailing refining sector.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Nomura helps stitch up Spanish takeover offer for Infigen
A rival bidder is in town for takeover target Infigen Energy.Â
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Spain's Iberdrola seals $841m takeover deal with Infigen
The board-endorsed takeover deal is 7.5 per cent higher than the unsolicited offer from Philippines-linked UAC Energy early this month.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Gas crisis
Santos has work cut out to deliver Narrabri gas
As planning objections are hauled over the coals in the next 12 weeks, commercial challenges are also mounting for a gas project that has already been over a decade in the making.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Viva mulls LNG, solar in revamp of loss-making refinery
Viva Energy wants to transform its Geelong refinery site into an "energy hub", including LNG imports, as the plant falls into the red.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Behind Viva Energy's profit upgrade
Australian motorists are getting back on the road quicker than previously thought at the same time as petrol retailers move to rational pricing.
- Tony Boyd
Rocky road ahead still for Narrabri gas
A lengthy period of preparatory drilling, pipeline planning and an expected difficult search for co-investors still stand before any gas from the controversial project in north-west NSW hits the market.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Elouise Fowler
LNG shipped to Mexico as COVID-19 hits home
Cargoes of Australian LNG have been going round in circles on the water amid a massive oversupply of gas around the world.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Spark a bright spot amid market doom and gloom
The powergrid operator has avoided deferring or slashing its distributions as it was not exposed to the consumer demand drop-off in the economic shutdown.
- Elouise Fowler
