Today
Forrest blasts Santos, Woodside as ‘fossils’
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest says the Santos LNG project is ‘atrocious’ in terms of emissions and warns Woodside not to go ahead with the Scarborough project.
- 1 hr ago
- Brad Thompson and Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘Take it to the activists’, Pitt urges gas industry
Keith Pitt has urged gas producers to fight their corner against fossil fuel activists as Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher will issue a stark warning of capital drying up.
- 1 hr ago
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Mergers & acquisitions
Tri-Star hunts partner for fast-tracked Qld gas play
The chunk of gas available for development could start reaching east coast buyers as early as 2023 and is expected to draw wide interest.
- 1 hr ago
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
This Month
Andrew Forrest’s $100b Congo power play
Australia’s richest man, Andrew Forrest, has committed Fortescue to the world’s biggest hydro project to make the iron ore miner a global force in green energy.
- Brad Thompson
Return of Callide C power station units delayed again
State-owned power company CS Energy has told the energy market operator the Callide C power station units will remain out of action, with no timeframe given for when it will come back online.
- Mark Ludlow and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Oil producers clash over $1b disposal bill
Offshore oil and gas producers are fighting among themselves over who should pay for an offshore clean-up bill of up to $1 billion that poses a serious threat to the industry’s reputation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Sojitz to build huge solar farm in Sustainability Challenge
The solar project 300 kilometres west of Brisbane will supply junior electricity retailer Mojo Power and the Gregory Crinum coking coal mine, near Emerald.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Alinta calls for federal fund as banks desert coal power
Environmental, social and governance pressures have ramped up among investors and lenders as climate risks move up the agenda.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Shell to accelerate emissions cuts after Dutch court ruling
Shell was ordered to reduce emissions faster by a Dutch court but says it will appeal against the judgement.
- Laura Hurst
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Woodside’s model climate change transition
The move to clean energy does not include abrupt cancelling of sensible projects such as Woodside’s Scarborough gas field.
- The AFR View
Shell wants all options open for NW Shelf gas hunt
The energy giant’s head in Australia has called for a focus on utilising LNG infrastructure as efficiently as possible, suggesting a clash with Woodside on Scarborough gas.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Woodside CEO stares down activists on Scarborough
Meg O’Neill insists there’s no ‘watershed moment’ for the oil and gas industry amid scrutiny of the $16 billion Scarborough project’s emissions credentials.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Ampol scores partial win in Chevron brand stoush
Ampol can keep using red canopies at its rebranded petrol stations but cannot use the “StarCard” brand in some of its advertising under a court judgement on its dispute with Chevron.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Santos, Glencore and Boral win $50m from taxpayers for carbon capture
The funding is awarded to the three companies from the Morrison government’s $263.7 million Carbon Capture Use and Storage fund.
- Updated
- Mark Ludlow and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Oil, gas contractors sound warning on costs
Oil and gas producers have been given a warning by major construction contractors about escalating cost pressures, particularly from rising labour costs in Western Australia and higher steel prices.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Net zero condition imposed on Woodside’s Pluto LNG
Woodside Petroleum will have to cut emissions at its Pluto LNG project by 30 per cent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 under its environmental approvals imposed by WA.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Ampol backs hydrogen storage start-up
Endua is targeting the large remote diesel power generation market with units that would use on-site renewables to create green hydrogen for power generation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
AGL plots solar thermal storage future for Liddell
AGL has embarked on a $27 million project with technology group RayGen for an innovative solar and storage project in Victoria that it hopes to follow with a similar project at the Liddell site in NSW.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
Interconnector unlocks renewables but comes at a cost
The new $2.3 billion South Australia-NSW interconnector is expected to unlock more than $20 billion in new renewable projects.
- Mark Ludlow
Banpu nabs NEW solar farms
Thailand’s Banpu has agreed a deal to acquire New Energy Solar’s Australian solar farms.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
