Today
- Analysis
- Due diligence
Hydrogen’s bubble has burst, so should Twiggy buy rather than build?
Hydrogen share prices have collapsed on the back of rising interest rates and confidence-sapping scandals. Is it time for Fortescue to take advantage?
- 22 mins ago
- Peter Ker
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Commodities
Everyone seems to want uranium right now
Governments appear to have finally grasped that nuclear power is the only cheap and reliable low-carbon power available.
- Merryn Somerset Webb
BHP issues RFP to electrify the Pilbara
Street Talk understands the $231 billion mining giant has issued a chunky request for proposal.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
This Month
- Opinion
- Gas
The law’s veneration of Indigenous mythology has gone too far
Judges should give up blocking valuable projects based on stories passed through generations that can’t be proven or are myths.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Oil
BP went for continuity. But it needs a revolution
Why are investors so down on the company? BP is spending generously on lower-return projects outside its core oil and gas businesses.
- Javier Blas
Convenience retail to tip Ampol into record territory
The outlook has fuelled expectations of a capital return for shareholders at the full-year result in February, despite it falling shy of some forecasts.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Czech coal baron slams Queensland government ahead of legal showdown
Pavel Tykac wants a separate investigation into the failures at the coal-fired station which caused mass blackouts.
- Primrose Riordan and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Fix regulatory cloud over oil and gas: EnergyQuest
How policy decisions are resolved on offshore gas consultation and the future of gas will be critical for Australian LNG, EnergyQuest says.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Three reasons Red Sea crisis hasn’t sent oil surging
The situation in the Red Sea gets worse by the day, but the price of oil has barely budged. Big oil bosses are baffled, but analysts see three forces at play.
- James Thomson
Battling Santos, a university scientist lied to Tiwi Islanders
Climate geoscientist Michael O’Leary wanted to help Indigenous Australians stop a gas pipeline. A judge found he and other outside experts went too far.
- Aaron Patrick
‘Damage has been done’: Broader hit from Santos’ Barossa gas case
Santos has not changed the budget for its Barossa gas project, but some analysts expect the legal and regulatory delays could add $700 million to $800 million.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Tiwi travesty underscores the need for better offshore regulation
There should be an investigation of the EDO to underline that vexatious claims cannot be the way to halt gas projects.
- Samantha McCulloch
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Barossa win strengthens Santos’ hand in Woodside talks
The Federal Court’s go-ahead for Santos’ Barossa gas project removes a potential sticking point in its merger talks with Woodside.
- James Thomson
- Updated
- Gas
‘Made up’: Judge slams green activists in Santos gas case
Federal Court says “cultural mapping” evidence presented by Environmental Defenders Office is “so lacking in integrity that no weight can be placed” on it.
- Hannah Wootton and Ben Potter
Merged Woodside and Santos LNG output could slide as projects stall
Approval delays would extend a dip in production and complicate due diligence on a mooted $80 billion deal that would create a global oil and gas giant.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Former Oil Search boss Peter Botten appointed chair of Vast Renewables
The company, which was founded by Melbourne’s billionaire Kahlbetzer family, listed on the Nasdaq in December. It plans major projects in South Australia.
- Kylar Loussikian
King moves to remove ‘ambiguity’ in offshore gas approvals
The gas industry wants changes to regulations on consultation for offshore projects to prevent them being manipulated and delayed by green activists.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Updated
- Renewables
Forrest’s Squadron takes on AGL, Origin with 14GW green build-out
The pledge comes as Andrew Forrest’s private energy company started construction on the Uungula wind farm near Wellington in central-west NSW.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Rooftop solar saturation dims Australia’s renewables growth: IEA
The International Energy Agency also cited rising costs, grid bottlenecks and long commissioning periods as it trimmed its forecast for local clean generation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Magnis says claim it was making 300 battery cells a day was not true
The company, which has not traded on the ASX since shares were suspended last year, has repeatedly told investors its subsidiary was near or at production.
- Kylar Loussikian
