Today
Macquarie buys up $3.7b of US Gulf energy assets
Macquarie Asset Management is buying an initial $3.7 billion stake in US Gulf Coast pipeline and related assets owned by Dow.
- Matthew Cranston
This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
Victoria is running out of gas and there is no easy fix
A gas-rich, wealthy country unable to supply gas to its major population centres is a massive policy failing. There is one “least-worst” solution.
- Tony Wood
November
Strike Energy surprised by swift MinRes $1.1b gas sale
Gina Rinehart’s $1.1 billion buyout of MinRes’ WA onshore gas assets could delay a joint venture with Strike Energy, but highlighted the JV’s apparent discount.
- Mark Wembridge
- Updated
- Activist shareholders
EDO to hand more than $9m to Santos after failed Barossa suit
But the oil and gas giant has been unsuccessful in forcing the taxpayer-funded, climate-focused legal service from disclosing publicly who bankrolled its suit.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Energy prices
Electrification and renewables could slice 20pc off energy bills: AEMC
The agency that writes the rules governing the electricity and gas markets estimates big savings for families if they move away from petrol cars and gas.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Singapore Power ‘pauses’ $5b-plus Jemena stake sale
GIP’s local dealmakers are understood to still be interested.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
As Ukraine crisis worsens, big oil and gas see rising share prices
Two major oil benchmarks rose 6 per cent last week, and are expected to continue climbing amid fears the conflict with Russia will intensify.
- Cecile Lefort
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
Labor failing gas industry on lawfare, approvals: O’Neill
Meg O’Neill said the Albanese government’s lack of progress on streamlining gas approval processes and reining in “lawfare” risks imperilling energy security.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Santos swears it will end the boom and bust years
It’s one thing to preach discipline, it’s another to practice it.
- Anthony Macdonald
Dollars over barrels: Santos’ pledge to investors
A new dividend policy – which is underpinned by softer guidance for output – comes amid pressure on the oil and gas producer to lift investor returns.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Trump’s new energy secretary linked to Beetaloo Basin gas project
Chris Wright’s Liberty Energy is behind the fracking fleet used for extraction from developing fields in the Northern Territory.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Santos’ own director queried use of ‘clean’ definition: ACCR
Then-director Peter Hearl’s querying of the company’s use of the word “clean” exemplifies how readers of its climate report have been misled, Federal Court hears.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Woodside acting on Scarborough gas emissions
The oil and gas producer has made investments to reduce emissions at the Scarborough project, and is examining bigger ones, including carbon capture.
- Updated
- Mark Wembridge and Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How to keep Australia pumping for another 25 years, and the lights on
The Origin Energy boss has been in his industry and job long enough to know when to fly kites.
- Anthony Macdonald
Origin CEO calls for redesign of failing national power market
Frank Calabria has proposed a market mechanism to drive investment in gas power plants needed to support renewables and head off further government intervention.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Net zero’s uneasy pact with carbon capture and storage
Santos and Beach Energy’s Moomba project hopes to overturn the technology’s weak reputation. Its detractors say it has already had 20 years to prove them wrong.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
October
Gina Rinehart emerges as gas major as Hancock posts $5.6b profit
The country’s richest person’s private vehicle, Hancock Prospecting, boosted earnings as it shipped more iron ore from its big West Australian mines.
- Mark Wembridge, Angela Macdonald-Smith and Elouise Fowler
Santos’ hydrogen assumptions ‘absurd’, ACCR lawyers suggest
Oil and gas producer’s estimates for hydrogen sales were unreasonable, leaving its net zero target lacking credibility, the Federal Court heard.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Santos says activist demands would deter climate targets being set
The oil and gas producer is being sued by environmental groups in the Federal Court who argue its long-term carbon reduction plan is “a series of speculations”.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘Series of speculations’: Santos climate targets under attack
The Federal Court case brought by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility alleges Santos deceived consumers with its clean energy claims.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
