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Stakeholders are sceptical about Labor's gas reservation plans. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Oil & GasPremium'Worst of both worlds': sparse support for gas changes

Labor's gas reservation has raised more questions than answers for industry groups pushing for numerous changes to limit overreach and to maintain investment.

Noah Secomb

Chevron says it is seeking clarification on satellite data that detected high levels of methane emissions. Carbon Mapper - data.carbonmapper.org

EnergyPremiumWhy this WA energy giant got a telling off from the UN

One of Australia’s largest oil and gas processing plants has been hit with a methane emissions warning by the UN.

Blair Jackson

WA’s resources industry lobby is heading to Canberra, pushing to firm up an exemption for the State from Federal gas reservation rules.

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CME pushes to lock in WA domestic gas exemption

WA’s resources industry lobby is heading to Canberra pushing to firm up an exemption for the State from Federal gas reservation rules.

Jessica Page and Matt Mckenzie

Energy bosses have warned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese his proposed domestic gas reservation scheme risks billions of dollars in critical projects and could drive up prices.

EnergyPremiumGas chiefs warn reservation plan threatens WA projects

Energy bosses have warned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese his proposed domestic gas reservation scheme risks billions of dollars in critical projects and could drive up prices.

Charlton Hart

Woodside boss Liz Westcott and Fremantle Dockers capotian Alex Pearce.

EnergyPremiumWoodside CEO reacts to Dockers’ rally cry over sponsorship

Woodside Energy boss Liz Westcott has sidestepped blunt comments from Fremantle Docker Alex Pearce over the energy giant’s lengthy but controversial sponsorship of the club.

Daniel Newell

Woodside said a narrowing window for that first cargo was one of the reasons behind its trimmed guidance. 

EnergyPremiumWoodside says customers aren’t ready for green ammonia

Having put its Beaumont project in Texas under review in August, the oil and gas group is now looking to reduce its ownership of the development in light of weak demand for its low-carbon ammonia.

Sean Smith and Daniel Newell

Alex Pearce speaking at the Global Citizen Now: Perth Conference.

AFLPremiumFreo captain backs fans in opposition to Woodside deal

Fremantle captain Alex Pearce has refused to back the club’s major sponsor Woodside Energy and urged a vocal group of fans who are in opposition to their deal to continue applying pressure on the club’s board.

Josh Kempton

Woodside has been captured by WA’s own gas reservation scheme for 20 years.

Oil & GasPremiumGovernment ‘doesn’t get’ gas industry, top analyst says

Outspoken energy analyst Saul Kavonic reckons the Government’s final legislation for its reservation policy still leaves too much unclear and up to the discretion of the resources and energy ministers.

Sean Smith

Taiwan's CPC Corp signed an agreement with Alaska Gasline Development Corp to buy LNG in 2025. (AP PHOTO)

Oil & GasPremiumTaiwan agrees to buy LNG from Alaska project: Trump

US President Trump says Taiwan has agreed to purchase 30 per cent of gas from the Alaska pipeline over the next 20 years.

Gram Slattery and Bo Erickson

Aside from the higher diesel prices and volatility in freight markets, Rio said operational impacts from the conflict in the Middle East remained limited.

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Diesel price shock could cost Rio Tinto extra $530m

The sky-high price of diesel could add more than $500 million to Rio Tinto’s full-year Pilbara mining costs, but the price pain has a silver lining for Rio and its WA iron ore peers.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

Resources Minister Madeleine King will address the National Press Club on Wednesday about the gas policy.

Oil & GasPremiumWA in the dark on Feds’ contentious gas policy

Despite months of discussions with WA, the Albanese Government has still not communicated how the State will be affected by the national scheme even as it introduces legislation to Parliament on Wednesday.

Andrew Greene and Sean Smith

Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they carried out drone and ballistic missile attacks on the Saudi capital Riyadh, as well as energy sites on the country's Red Sea coast. Saudi authorities said they intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh on Saturday, without confirming any further strikes or causalities. Earlier, a column of black smoke was seen rising from fuel tanks near the Saudi capital's international airport, where flights were disrupted temporarily on Saturday.

EnergyVideoPremiumOil rises after weekend airport attacks spark conflict fears

Oil advanced as investors weighed escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and the risk of a widening Middle East conflict.

Matthew Burgess

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NewsBowen makes bold Russian fuel vow after US backflip

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has revealed whether Australia could dip into Russian fuel supplies after the US announced its new trade deal.

David Hannant

Russia will immediately supply the US with more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel, Donald Trump says. (AP PHOTO)

WORLD NEWSVideoTrump reverses course on Russia with shock Putin deal

Ukraine’s president has condemned the deal, warning it could help Moscow prolong the war.

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Woodside's Pluto LNG Plant. Tom Zaunmayr.

MiningPremium‘Nanny state’ warning over High Court’s emissions decision

It’s only a matter of time before the High Court’s decision over a NSW coal mine triggers legal challenges in WA, a resources law expert has warned.

Adrian Rauso

The Federal Government’s contentious policy for domestic gas is set to be introduced to Parliament next week, sources suggest.

Oil & GasPremiumFeds to unveil domestic gas reservation policy next week

The Federal Government is set to unveil the final version of a controversial plan to force liquefied natural gas producers to reserve as much as one-fifth of their output for local buyers.

Keira Wright

Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti

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Labor ministers split over landmark climate ruling

Madeleine King insists a landmark court ruling won’t stall WA’s new fossil fuel projects — but her WA Labor colleague Rita Saffioti isn’t so sure and has sought ‘urgent’ legal advice.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

Woodside, North Rankin platform's A and B, Always credit 'csfoto - Christian Sprogoe photographer' when published.

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High Court ruling threatens WA’s biggest projects

Premier Roger Cook and WA’s crucial resources sector are scrambling to figure out if a landmark High Court ruling on carbon emissions could kill off major projects. 

Adrian Rauso

Premier Roger Cook speaks at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy Industry Lunch on Wednesday.

state politicsPremiumHands off WA gas, says Cook amid scary Canberra prospects

Roger Cook has issued a stern warning to Canberra over plans for a national gas reservation, and the ‘scary’ prospect of a potential One Nation Government being put in charge of it. 

Jessica Page

Shell and its peers have been running their processing plants as hard as possible as the Iran war and attacks on Russian refineries tighten the global market. 

Oil & GasPremiumOil giant Shell’s refining profits boom amid global squeeze

Shell expects to report strong results from oil trading in the third quarter as a squeeze on global fuel supplies drives refining margins to a record.

Mitchell Fermann

Oil prices jumped on the latest Trump announcement. NewsWire/AFP

BusinessPremiumTrump’s latest act set to fuel petrol price pain ahead of Christmas

If you think the price of petrol is too high, experts warn the worst is yet to come following Donald Trump’s latest move.

Cameron Micallef

An autonomous train with iron ore crosses the Pilbara. Rio Tinto

MiningPremiumGravy train over with resources exports to fall by $79b

Australia’s resources boom is about to end as official forecasts point to a sharp drop in export revenue over the coming years, driven largely by falling WA iron ore and gas earnings.

Adrian Rauso

Woodside Energy CEO Liz Westcott on Thursday.

EnergyPremiumWoodside boss says investment blitz to determine legacy

With the $16 billion Scarborough LNG project off northern WA near complete, Woodside is now focused on a busy offshore development schedule in the US and Mexico.

Sean Smith

Woodside CEO Liz Westcott.

BusinessPremiumWoodside boss backs gas as future for data and defence

Woodside Energy boss Liz Westcott says the Browse gas project has the potential to underpin WA’s burgeoning defence industry and guarantee power for AI-hungry data centres.

Ben Harvey