WA quietly shuts door on more exports of onshore gas
Energy security

WA quietly shuts door on more exports of onshore gas

The WA government has quietly announced that no onshore gas fields will receive the economic advantage of access to international markets that the Waitsia field owned by Japan’s Mitsui and Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy gained in 2020.

  • byPeter Milne

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Gina Rinehart wins Perth gas battle as rival bidder pulls out
Energy

Gina Rinehart wins Perth gas battle as rival bidder pulls out

Billionaire Gina Rinehart’s rival bidder for WA gas developer Warrego Energy has pulled out of a drawn-out contest for control of the company.

  • byNick Toscano
‘Pick me’:Suitors make their case in Rinehart gas takeover battle
Gas

‘Pick me’:Suitors make their case in Rinehart gas takeover battle

Decision time has arrived in the battle for Warrego Energy and both contenders – Strike Energy and Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Energy – are inundating shareholders with pleas to “pick me”.

  • byPeter Milne
Gina Rinehart ups the ante in battle for Warrego
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Gas

Gina Rinehart ups the ante in battle for Warrego

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Energy has increased its bid for Perth Basin gas player Warrego Energy by almost 30 per cent after 15 per cent of its target was reportedly snapped up by Mineral Resources.

  • byPeter Milne
Warrego board split on Gina Rinehart’s cash-for-gas offer
Gas

Warrego board split on Gina Rinehart’s cash-for-gas offer

The board of Perth Basin gas play Warrego has split on whether shareholders should accept $342 million from Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Energy or merge with partner Strike Energy.

  • byPeter Milne
Rinehart turns up the heat as Perth Basin gas battle fires up
Energy

Rinehart turns up the heat as Perth Basin gas battle fires up

Gina Rinehart,the nation’s richest person,has stepped up her efforts to win enough investor support to take control of WA gas explorer Warrego Energy.

  • byNick Toscano
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McGowan’s special deal puts cheap,plentiful gas for WA in doubt
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Gas

McGowan’s special deal puts cheap,plentiful gas for WA in doubt

WA Premier Mark McGowan often boasts about the security of his state’s gas supply,but a deal he cut in 2020 has gone a long way to undo that reputation – and it means a potential shortage looms.

  • byPeter Milne
Clash of the titans:Gas battle heats up among WA’s billionaires
Gas

Clash of the titans:Gas battle heats up among WA’s billionaires

At the heart of this takeover tussle between billionaires Kerry Stokes and Gina Rinehart is a small gas exploration company and a bigger issue - energy security.

  • byAnne Hyland
Bidding war:Gina Rinehart ups the ante in WA gas battle
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Bidding war:Gina Rinehart ups the ante in WA gas battle

Australia’s richest person has wasted little time in putting a firmer offer on the table for Warrego Energy,escalating her stoush with Kerry Stokes’ backed Beach Energy for control of the resources minnow.

  • byPeter Milne
Gina Rinehart trumps Kerry Stokes in battle of billionaires for Perth Basin gas
Gas

Gina Rinehart trumps Kerry Stokes in battle of billionaires for Perth Basin gas

Two WA billionaires Gina Rinehart and Kerry Stokes are on opposite sides of a bidding war for small listed gas play Warrego Energy.

  • byPeter Milne
Power on:WA businessman defends board role for Nev Power after criminal conviction
John Poynton

Power on:WA businessman defends board role for Nev Power after criminal conviction

Strike Energy chairman John Poynton said Nev Power’s conviction had impacted the company’s reputation,but Strike’s major shareholders still wanted him on the board.

  • byHamish Hastie