Energy sector in race to fix gas crunch as supply fears deepen

Energy sector in race to fix gas crunch as supply fears deepen

Time is running out to avert gas shortfalls and price spikes in Australia’s south-east as local production of the fossil fuel plummets faster than demand.

  • byNick Toscano

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From Holden cars to a $6.3b project:Vikas Rambal’s WA adventure

From Holden cars to a $6.3b project:Vikas Rambal’s WA adventure

The Indian engineer arrived in Perth wanting to check out cars and perhaps build a solar farm. The stakes quickly got bigger.

  • byPeter Milne
Winter gas threat grows in Victoria,NSW as offshore fields dry up

Winter gas threat grows in Victoria,NSW as offshore fields dry up

Gas users are in danger of winter shortfalls sooner than originally feared as ExxonMobil and Woodside’s Bass Strait production fields dry up.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
Review ordered into green legal group over bid to halt Santos’ gas project

Review ordered into green legal group over bid to halt Santos’ gas project

Australia’s largest environmental legal centre faces an external review after a judge determined it had coached Indigenous witnesses and confected evidence.

  • byNick Toscano
Woodside mounts bid to stave off another investor climate revolt

Woodside mounts bid to stave off another investor climate revolt

Oil and gas giant Woodside is seeking to shore up support for its climate agenda ahead of a critical investor vote next month.

  • byNick Toscano
Big backers’ U-turn sends Edith Cowan cybersecurity firm into administration

Big backers’ U-turn sends Edith Cowan cybersecurity firm into administration

Sapien Cyber,a high-tech cybersecurity startup backed by Edith Cowan University,has gone into administration after two major shareholders ceased to be customers.

  • byPeter Milne
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WA’s looming domestic gas shortage:How a ‘good faith’ argument left WA short
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WA’s looming domestic gas shortage:How a ‘good faith’ argument left WA short

A shortfall in gas from exporters could shut WA businesses and deter new investment and Woodside’s Pluto project is the biggest problem.

  • byPeter Milne
Woodside climate goals face next investor test

Woodside climate goals face next investor test

Australia’s largest oil and gas producer has posted a steep fall in full-year profit as fossil fuel prices came off historic highs.

  • byNick Toscano
Woodside strikes $2.1b deal with Japan’s biggest LNG buyer

Woodside strikes $2.1b deal with Japan’s biggest LNG buyer

Japan’s biggest LNG importer is buying 15.1 per cent of Woodside’s giant Scarborough gas field off Western Australia.

  • byNick Toscano
WA gas shortage looms as ‘tricky’ companies game state gas policy
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WA gas shortage looms as ‘tricky’ companies game state gas policy

WA faces an “imminent and potentially severe gas supply shortfall” from “tricky” exporters trying to avoid the spirit of their agreements to supply the local market.

  • byPeter Milne andHamish Hastie
Worker escapes death in offshore construction mayhem

Worker escapes death in offshore construction mayhem

As contractors for Santos and Woodside lay long-delayed gas pipelines for key gas export projects a disturbing number of serious safety incidents are occurring.

  • byPeter Milne