King abdicates responsibility for PEP11 offshore gas project

King abdicates responsibility for PEP11 offshore gas project

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would “rule out PEP11” in the 2022 election campaign but has not acted on the issue since coming to power.

  • byMike Foley

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LNG giants escape export clampdown this winter as supplies lift

LNG giants escape export clampdown this winter as supplies lift

East coast gas producers will avoid facing unprecedented orders to break export contracts and redirect supplies to Australian buyers this winter.

  • byNick Toscano
Europe’s energy chief wants Australia to help break China’s high-tech supremacy
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Europe’s energy chief wants Australia to help break China’s high-tech supremacy

EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson learnt the pitfalls of relying on one country for key commodities when Russia turned off the gas tap.

  • byMike Foley
Greens threaten Labor’s fuel rules over gas project push

Greens threaten Labor’s fuel rules over gas project push

A controversial reform to offshore gas project assessments,which was expected to be debated in the Senate this week,has been paused.

  • byMike Foley
Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects

Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects

Federal Resources Minister says new gas production projects in NSW,Victoria would be optimal solution to gas shortages.

  • byMike Foley
Minister in talks with gas exporters to lock in local supplies

Minister in talks with gas exporters to lock in local supplies

Australia’s gas exporters are edging closer to a deal with the Albanese government that would boost supplies and help temper fears of looming shortages.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
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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
‘Unequivocal. Full stop’:Albanese pledged to rule out PEP11. Coastal communities are still waiting

‘Unequivocal. Full stop’:Albanese pledged to rule out PEP11. Coastal communities are still waiting

Two-time world champion surfer Tom Carroll says there has been “deafening silence” on the offshore gas project from the federal government since the 2022 election.

  • byMike Foley
Nickel miners explore for taxpayer dime to ease industry pain

Nickel miners explore for taxpayer dime to ease industry pain

WA’s troubled nickel sector is pleading for government help to withstand a price slump caused by booming production from Indonesia.

  • byPeter Milne
The WA mining hopeful at the forefront of move to longer lasting Vanadium-flow batteries

The WA mining hopeful at the forefront of move to longer lasting Vanadium-flow batteries

Australian Vanadium Limited,which has a plant in Perth’s northern suburbs,wants to ride the next big energy storage wave after lithium.

  • byPeter Milne
World’s biggest carbon storage project off WA coast burying only a third of what it promised

World’s biggest carbon storage project off WA coast burying only a third of what it promised

What was to be the showpiece of the emissions reduction Australia’s gas giants need at Chevron’s Gorgon project is at just one-third capacity after seven years.

  • byPeter Milne