What makes the price of petrol go up and down?
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Petrol prices

What makes the price of petrol go up and down?

Most of the prehistoric gloop known as crude oil makes a long journey to Australian pumps. What affects how much we pay for it?

  • byAngus Holland andJackson Graham

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The world has a big problem with its most important fuel

The world has a big problem with its most important fuel

Diesel powers the global economy but the world is running low on it. And fears are growing about what the future holds.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Young people tell Biden ‘quit approving coal and oil or lose election’

Young people tell Biden ‘quit approving coal and oil or lose election’

“If you want to win in 2024,if you do not want the blood of my generation to be on your hands,end fossil fuels,” said Emma,17,in New York,part of a global day of protest.

  • bySeth Borenstein
California sues oil giants,claiming deception and climate harms

California sues oil giants,claiming deception and climate harms

California alleges ExxonMobil and Shell deceived the public for decades while creating or contributing to local climate catastrophes.

  • byAlicia Diaz
Putin and the prince are playing a very dangerous game

Putin and the prince are playing a very dangerous game

Saudi Arabia and Russia are tightening their grip on oil markets,and it risks driving a fragile global economy into recession.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Are the BRICS building a wall to contain the power of the US dollar?
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Currencies

Are the BRICS building a wall to contain the power of the US dollar?

Could the expansion of the BRICS club of developing economies lead to a shift away from the greenback’s dominance in world trade and finance? Maybe at the margins.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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Woodside at odds with WA premier over local gas supply

Woodside at odds with WA premier over local gas supply

A bigger Woodside enlarged with BHP’s assets has had a record six months,but prices for its oil and gas have come off last year’s war-fuelled peaks.

  • byPeter Milne
Working offshore after COVID:More incidents,lower costs and a death

Working offshore after COVID:More incidents,lower costs and a death

The pandemic sent Australia’s offshore oil and gas industry into turmoil,which in turn hurt workers’ safety and mental health,even as the major operators switched emphasis to financial performance.

  • byPeter Milne
Vladimir Putin is getting a cash boost and the West needs to stop it

Vladimir Putin is getting a cash boost and the West needs to stop it

Surging oil prices are allowing Russia to generate more revenue to fund its war. It might be time for the West to step in.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Activists elevate anti-oil message,spend hours on Rishi Sunak’s roof

Activists elevate anti-oil message,spend hours on Rishi Sunak’s roof

Greenpeace protesters entered the grounds of British prime minister’s listed manor house in North Yorkshire,using ladders and ropes to scale the building.

  • byEwan Somerville,Martin Evans andDominic Penna
Woodside banks on Scarborough as revenue plunges
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Gas

Woodside banks on Scarborough as revenue plunges

Sales at Australia’s largest oil and gas company dropped 29 per cent for the June quarter,driven by a plunge in the average price for its gas exports from WA.

  • byPeter Milne