Australian Environmental Watchdog Retreats From Zero-Tolerance Directive

A recent directive from the country’s EPA provoked a backlash from the state and independent oil and gas company Woodside, which warned of job losses and risk to Australia’s status as an LNG superpower.

March 14, 2019

Sparks Fly At AOG Conference In Australia

Climate change protesters ambush opening keynote targeting Woodside Petroleum and Chevron.

March 13, 2019

Activists Press Woodside, Santos To Set Carbon Emission Targets

Australia's top two independent gas producers, Woodside Petroleum and Santos, are being urged by an activist investor to set carbon emissions targets for their businesses to help limit global warming.

February 28, 2019

Study: Australia’s East Coast LNG Plants Unlikely To Ever Hit Full Capacity

Coal seam gas wells are turning out to be less productive than thought.

February 21, 2019

Shell, PetroChina Spat Holds Up Biggest Australian Coal Seam Gas Project

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina are at loggerheads over gas sales pricing at their Arrow Energy joint venture, holding up development of Australia's biggest coal seam gas resource, three industry sources said.

February 21, 2019

Norway's Equinor Aims To Start Oil Exploration Off Australia In 2020

Equinor said studies of the ocean showed conditions were about as harsh as other settings where Equinor has operations, including the Norwegian Sea, the Barents Sea, off Canada's east coast and offshore Brazil.

February 19, 2019

Australia's Woodside Steps Up Spending For Next Leg Of Growth

Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd on Jan. 17 flagged higher-than-expected investment spending for 2019 as it steps up early work on the two big natural gas developments that will drive its growth in the next decade.

January 17, 2019

HEADLINES: US Production, Export Milestones; Hess, COP To Up Oil Output

Plus, Australia finally tops world LNG stage, a new offshore exploration lawsuit emerges in the U.S. and 25 Influential Women in Energy announced.

December 13, 2018

Australia Overtakes Qatar As World's Biggest LNG Exporter - Refinitiv Data

Australia overtook Qatar as the world's largest exporter of LNG for the first time in November, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on Dec. 10.

December 10, 2018

Taiwan Imports First Ichthys LNG Cargo From Australia

Taiwan imported its first Ichthys LNG cargo from Australia, the country's state-owned CPC Corp said on Nov. 26.

November 26, 2018