MST Marquee analyst Saul Kavonic reckons Mrs Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting is “amongst the most logical acquirers” of Strike after the latter’s decision to embark on a strategic review.
Sean Smith
Hundreds of Australian jobs could be axed at BP after the company unveiled moves to slash headcount across the world.
Matt Mckenzie
British oil major BP on Thursday said it is planning to cut thousands of jobs as part of a major cost-reduction exercise.
Sam Meredith
An emerging major player in the Perth Basin gas fields has revealed its chief executive will exit.
Global oil markets will face a widening glut in 2026 as OPEC brings back production and output from the US, Canada and Guyana continues to grow, the US government said.
Julia Fanzeres
A petrol station on Perth’s northern fringe has taken out the prize as the city’s cheapest last year.
Dylan Caporn
The final months of 2024 brought a flurry of ribbon-cutting at WA projects but there’s no need to put away the work boots and high-vis. See the list of job-creating big builds to watch in 2025.
Matt Mckenzie & Simone Grogan
Tough talk of a trade war is priming WA for a surprise budget windfall well into the hundreds of millions of dollars, but the champagne should remain on ice for now.
Adrian Rauso
Victoria and New South Wales have been urged by the energy industry to bring on new gas supply amid warnings of a shortage later this decade.
Australia's gas supply situation has improved, with the consumer watchdog expecting an excess of supply to the east coast market in 2025.
Poppy Johnston
US energy goliath Exxon Mobil is using a defamation lawsuit to claim Andrew Forrest planned to act unlawfully and has put the billionaire’s charity arm in its crosshairs.
Gas giant Santos has pleaded guilty after State regulators pursued the company over a shocking Varanus Island condensate spill that was previously linked to the deaths of dolphins.
A New York-listed company has been given the green light to drill three exploration wells at the Beehive prospect off the Kimberley Coast.
Woodside has jumped another hurdle towards developing the $30 billion Browse project, inking a big reshuffle of WA gas assets with Chevron.
Matt Mckenzie and Daniel Newell
Hardline environmental activists have been floored by a Fremantle Dockers and Woodside Energy shirt-fronting as the duo extend a long-running sponsorship deal.
Daniel Newell
A consortium led by Chevron has nabbed a big patch of ocean for a potential carbon storage project as industry ramps up efforts to make WA a hub for cutting global emissions.
WA households and industry will have enough gas to keep the economy running for three years, but the outlook is weaker from there.
Mineral Resources’ balance sheet has received a welcome boost of $780 million from Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting through the flash sale of its WA gas assets in October.
Simone Grogan
Alcoa has locked in a 10 year gas contract with Chevron to fuel the Pinjarra and Wagerup alumina plants.
Premier Roger Cook has backed plans to keep the Karratha Gas Plant’s running for decades as the clock ticks on a Federal Government decision about the facility’s future.
Matt Mckenzie & Jessica Page
A WA Police spokesperson confirmed two protestors were given an infringement outside Dumas House, while another pair were given a move on notice.
Jessica Evensen
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will have 30 business days to make a call on the future of the Karratha Gas Plant after a crucial State Government approval finally arrived.
The Government wants to kickstart a $60 billion industry in Western Australia and bring the decommissioning of oil and gas rigs onshore via a funding injection and new deals with the State and the UK.
Katina Curtis
Australia’s place as a top gas supplier is in doubt as competitors dramatically add capacity, the boss of Japanese energy giant Inpex has warned.
