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The resources sector has been quick to welcome election promises from the Coalition government, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised a A$50-million investment to boost the critical minerals...
Services provider CIMIC has agreed to a A$492.5-million settlement in a contract dispute at the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, in the Northern Territory. CIMIC, along with consortium...
Japanese energy giant Osaka Gas has entered into a joint development agreement at the $10.75-billion Desert Bloom hydrogen project, in the Northern Territory. The agreement will see Osaka Gas and...
Oil and gas major Woodside on Friday released supporting information ahead of a shareholder vote on May 19 concerning the merger of major BHP’s oil and gas portfolio with Woodside. The two...
Power plant designer and manufacturer USP&E Global says the West Africa region currently contributes about 20% to 30% of its yearly revenue. “This figure should continue to grow, owing to an...
Energy major Woodside on Wednesday announced that the Scarborough joint venture (JV) had received an offer for the pipeline licence to construct and operate the Scarborough pipeline in Commonwealth...
The European Union is planning to propose a mandatory phaseout on coal imports from Russia in a direct response to reports that Russian forces committed apparent war crimes in Ukraine, according to...
Oil and gas major Santos and its joint venture (JV) partner Carnarvon Energy have accepted a production licence offer covering the Dorado oil field in the Bedout Sub-Basin in Commonwealth waters,...
Australia’s resources and energy export earnings are forecast to surge to a record high A$425-billion for 2021-22. Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt said the latest forecast, from the...
Oil and gas major Woodside on Thursday announced the processing of first gas from the offshore Pluto fields has started ahead of schedule at the North West Shelf Project’s (NWS) Karratha gas plant...
The federal government has set aside some A$1.3-billion of new investment in the 2022/23 Budget to maintain energy security, keep downward pressure on energy prices while reducing emissions....
Coal markets continue to stabilise, with the back end of the curve having come up significantly in recent weeks. A great opportunity for coal producers to start locking in some forward pricing....
Given growing decarbonisation expectations and the decline in renewable power generation costs, multinational industrial company General Electric (GE) sees gas playing a critical role in South...
All over the world, utilities are facing the problem of what to do with obsolete and inefficient power stations. In the context of South Africa, most of these were built in the 1960s and 1970s,...
Suncor Energy tapped LNG Canada CEO Peter Zebedee to head its mining and upgrading operations as the oil sands producer grapples with a series of fatal accidents. Zebedee will join Suncor as...
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has cleared energy major Shell to resume operations at its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Aim-listed W Resources has restarted production at the La Parrilla mine, in Spain, following an extended maintenance shutdown, during which a series of improvements were carried out to streamline...
Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines has invested R200.6-million ($13.3-million) in South African natural gas and helium producer Renergen by buying more than 5.6-million Renergen shares, at R35.625 a...
The Western Australian government will draft a Bill that will provide Western Australia's resources sector with further investment and regulatory certainty as it transitions to a low-carbon...
The uptake in renewable energy could see gas demand from Australia’s East Coast decline by some 60% in 2050, depending on the pace of the energy transition, said advisory firm Wood Makenzie...
Oil and gas major Santos on Wednesday announced that it had entered the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for the proposed Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, in...
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (Appea) is backing a new study by the Western Australian LNG Jobs Taskforce into opportunities for carbon capture, utilisation and...
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has called on the Queensland government to finalise approvals for the New Acland Stage 3 project, as coal prices spike amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis. “The...
Energy major Woodside has welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court of Western Australia to dismiss the two proceedings brought against the chairperson of the Environmental Protection Authority...
The invasion of Ukraine has prompted oil giant BP and Shell to quit Russia in a historic move that will bring billions of dollars of impairments. Now the pressure is building on others to follow...
The 22 ha solar photovoltaic plant at gold producer Iamgold's Essakane mine, in Burkina Faso, produces 25 000 MWh/y of electricity, while also reducing carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 16.5...
A new report by the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources has highlighted Australia’s comparative liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade and investment advantages out to 2050. LNG...
Oil and gas major Santos has inked a gas agreement with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government and its P’nyang project partners ExxonMobil and JX Nippon, to execute a gas agreement that provides a...
Energy and chemicals group Sasol has approved development funds for the first phase of a project that is designed to increase the Secunda complex’s ability to use gas instead of coal to produce...
ASX-listed Origin Energy has completed the sale of a 10% interest in its Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas (APLNG) project to project partner ConocoPhillips. ConocoPhillips exercised its...
Energy producer and distributor Origin Energy on Thursday flagged the early retirement of its Eraring power station from 2032 to 2025, in New South Wales, saying coal-fired generation was no longer...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) latest Gas Inquiry interim report has highlighted the need for further investment in the Australian energy sector. The report found...
Oil and gas major Santos has reported record free cash flows for the 2021 financial year on the back of higher oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices, and a three week contribution from the Oil...
Mining giant BHP is keeping an eye on the cost of iron-ore production as competition emerges from West Africa. Iron-ore prices declined in the first half of 2022 as China’s steel production curbs...
ASX-listed Beach Energy has reported a 66% increase in statutory net profits after tax for the first half of the 2022 financial year, compared with the previous corresponding period. The oil and...
Panama's government expects to receive by June a proposal by mining firm First Quantum Minerals to convert a coal-fired power plant to cleaner energy, Energy Minister Jorge Rivera told Reuters on...
Coal continues to outperform the rest of the energy complex, although with the northern hemisphere winter nearing an end, the threat of an interruption to Russian energy supplies fades. Crude...
Mining major BHP has welcomed the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier, which will transport iron-ore between Western Australia and Asia from 2022. The...
The regulatory environment for environmental policies and decreasing emissions is a key driver when a boiler owner decides to convert to using natural gas as a fuel source, says natural gas...
European gas concerns continue to dominate, as traders realise Europe does not have enough port capacity for US LNG to replace Russian pipeline flows. What's more, around 30% of Europe's...
ASX-listed Origin Energy has reported a 2% increase in production from the Australia Pacific Liquefied Natural Gas (APLNG) operation in the three months to December, with production reaching 177.9...
Australian Resources Minister Keith Pitt has volunteered Australia’s supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to struggling European nations. In a press conference this week, Pitt said that Australia...
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