Gemma Acton: Australia’s record high fuel prices push EVs up grid
Records are not what they used to be. It seems every couple of days I’m reporting on record high gold, cocoa or coffee prices. Of more direct impact to our …
Oil & Gas
‘Do something’: Premier Roger Cook urges energy majors to get moving on idle gas fields
Premier Roger Cook has encouraged oil and gas players with licences to develop big reserves off WA’s coast to “do something”, as the State stares down a looming gas deficit. …
Motorists warned as Perth petrol prices set to surge by 32 cents per litre on Wednesday
Motorists in Perth and Mandurah are urged to fill up now, with fuel prices expected to soar on Wednesday. According to FuelWatch, the average price of Perth’s regular unleaded petrol …
Shell Australia returns $4 billion to global parent despite another hit on Prelude LNG project
Shell has taken another hit on its floating Prelude LNG project in north-west WA as its Australian profits were savaged by nearly $2 billion of new writedowns last year. The …
Woodside Energy posts lower revenue as Pluto outages hit production
Woodside Energy’s first-quarter revenue dropped 12 per cent to $US2.97 billion ($4.6b) amid problems at Pluto and a further easing of LNG prices. Perth-based Woodside pumped 44.9 million barrels of …
Oil and gold on a run as Middle East tensions rock markets
Gold has surged close to a new record and oil prices have jumped on concerns over the potential for a wider regional conflict that could endanger crude supplies. Spot bullion …
Woodside chair Richard Goyder hits back at proxy advice urging vote against his re-election
Woodside Energy chair Richard Goyder has questioned the independence of influential proxy adviser CGI Glass Lewis after it recommended its major investor clients vote against his board re-election. Mr Goyder …
Watchdog confident nation can keep on the gas in winter
Australia is better placed to meet its winter domestic gas demand than earlier predictions as supply forecasts are revised up and expectations marked down. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission …
Watchdog confident nation can keep on the gas in winter
Australia is better placed to meet its winter domestic gas demand than earlier predictions as supply forecasts are revised up and expectations marked down. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission …
Perth petrol: Motorists urged to fill up now as prices set to soar from Wednesday
Perth and Mandurah motorists are urged to fill up immediately if needed, with petrol prices drastically rising from Wednesday. According to FuelWatch, from 6am the average price of unleaded petrol …