September
Gas ‘reality dawning’ for Victorian government, says exploration firm
Lakes Blue Energy chief operating officer Tim O’Brien has welcomed the Allan government’s public softening of its stance on gas.
- Gus McCubbing
August
Choke in gas supply makes imports, once unthinkable, almost inevitable
Falling production at a large plant and a forecast slide in supply from fields off the south-eastern coast is adding to the anxieties of major users.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Shell, PetroChina to expand huge Surat coal seam gas project
The investment, expected to cost billions of dollars, will supply export customers and the domestic market, where regulators have warned of looming shortages.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
June
- Updated
- Senex Energy
Labor delivers all-clear for $1b Rinehart-backed Senex gas project
The decision to grant environmental clearance for the Atlas development brings to an end an approvals process that has lasted almost two years.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Dutton leads us forward with nuclear power push
Letters from readers on Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy; the sale of gas to Japan; Labor’s code of conduct for supermarkets; and the damage caused by social media
- Exclusive
- Gas
Queensland approves new gas exploration
The state has awarded tenders for six petroleum and gas exploration areas across the Bowen and Surat basins as a gas crisis grips the country.
- James Hall
Skyrocketing gas prices intensify fears of shortage this winter
There are growing fears the long-forecast shortage in supplies in the south-eastern states will emerge this winter, hitting manufacturers hard.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Gus McCubbing
GyG’s winning bank; PM addresses gas risk; It’s Bullock v burritos
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Gas shortage warning exposes deep energy mess
Low wind power amid a cold snap is threatening to create a gas shortfall – exposing the effect of supply restrictions and jeopardising the Coalition’s nuclear ambitions.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Gus McCubbing
May
- Opinion
- Perth
Gas industry hawks its carbon credentials
Barrow Island and its inhabitants of kangaroos, perentie lizards and rare native fauna is also home to the world’s largest dedicated carbon capture and storage project.
- Jennifer Hewett
Voters like gas better than wind power but solar is still king
A slide in support for wind farms has allowed gas to become entrenched as the nation’s preferred energy source after solar, an AFR/Freshwater Strategy poll has found.
- Phillip Coorey
Greens inflaming housing crisis
Readers’ letters on the Greens; Labor’s gas strategy; International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol; and Kerry Stokes putting an end to printed copies of The Australian Financial Review in WA.
April
MinRes says $1b debt-reducing haul road sale is still on track
The iron ore and lithium miner expects to sell a stake in a haul road by June 30 as it weighs up a big investment in onshore gas processing.
- Brad Thompson
King opts out of call on NSW gas project over her past attacks
Resources Minister Madeleine King pulls out of making decisions around high-profile gas project off the coast of NSW that she once described as risky and a threat to jobs.
- Brad Thompson
D’Ambrosio gas claim debunked after outburst against Labor’s King
In another Victorian clash over gas with the Albanese government, Lily D’Ambrosio accused Madeleine King of behaving like “a Coalition minister”.
- Jacob Greber and Gus McCubbing
Queensland to make up Victoria’s gas shortfall this winter
The outlook for July, August and September comes after the Australian Energy Market Operator last month warned of a deterioration in Victoria’s medium-term gas supply.
- Ronald Mizen
March
Labor pulls gas bill after Greens threaten car emission reforms
Labor halted an offshore gas regulation bill the Coalition said it would support after the Greens threatened to retaliate by scuttling Labor’s car policy.
- Jacob Greber
- Opinion
- Gas
Running out of gas is avoidable – but we need to move fast
Declining production from offshore Victorian gas fields is unlikely to be substantially replaced by new local gas supply.
- Tony Wood
February
Forrest taps former APA gas guru to run Squadron Energy
Andrew Forrest has hired former APA Group boss Rob Wheals to lead Squadron Energy which is building wind farms and gas plants across the eastern states.
- Brad Thompson
January
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Barossa win strengthens Santos’ hand in Woodside talks
The Federal Court’s go-ahead for Santos’ Barossa gas project removes a potential sticking point in its merger talks with Woodside.
- James Thomson