Yesterday
Aramco denial fuels doubts over Santos’ portfolio
The Saudi giant may be one of several oil and gas producers that took a look at the $25.8 billion ASX company but decided against advancing a formal offer.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
This Month
Winter gas woes to extend into 2025
Considerably higher demand for heating in the winter months is set to cause supply shortfalls in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.
- Tom McIlroy
Santos wins court battle on EDO funding quest
The Federal Court also cleared the way for Santos to pursue the Environmental Defenders Office for costs in its failed case against the Barossa gas project.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Santos cage rattling makes value impossible to ignore
Gas deals are getting extra scrutiny, even those that have nothing to do with keeping the lights on for Australians.
- Anthony Macdonald
Saudi, UAE interest puts $25b Santos in play
Renewed takeover speculation has underlined the oil and gas producer’s status as a potential target in the wave of global energy consolidation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
June
- Exclusive
- Gas crisis
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
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Japan’s LNG diplomacy is in Australia’s national interest
Any move to curb LNG exports that undermine Australia’s reputation would not just threaten new gas projects but damage Australia’s green superpower hopes.
- The AFR View
Japan-Australia ties ‘as much about security as business’
“The Japan-Australia relationship has become broader and more sophisticated than before,” Tokyo Gas chairman Michiaki Hirose says.
- Jessica Sier
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan just a new ideological front
Letters from readers on the Coalition’s proposal for nuclear power, the Armaguard cash deal, the plan to rein in supermarket power, and military recruitment.
Japan using Australian gas to shore up regional influence
Japanese energy companies are on-selling surplus Australian gas to allies in South-East Asia.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier
Sir Andrew Mackenzie: time to focus on the best few climate solutions
The Shell chairman says the world’s carbon challenge is harder than he realised while running BHP, and it’s time for a global focus on a few winning solutions
- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
Nuclear debate can change the nation
Letters from readers on Peter Dutton’s nuclear push and gas exports.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
‘I don’t think you can trust me at this point’: CEO’s startling call
Brett Woods has a new plan from the Stokes family playbook and some solid market tailwinds at his back. But it will take time to win Beach Energy investors back.
- James Thomson
Beach looks to power generation, gas storage in turnaround plot
The Stokes-backed oil and gas producer’s new chief executive, Brett Woods, said he would sell non-core assets and reduce headcount by up to 30 per cent.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Nine ways to make money from the world’s energy mess
As the political push against the energy transition builds, the challenge for investors to find value in the sector is also growing.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Meet the Timorese lawyer chasing Australian wind licences for Norway
A former refugee carried out of East Timor on her mother’s back has returned to Australia as country head of Norwegian energy giant Equinor to chase offshore wind licences.
- Ben Potter
Dutton spruiks gas and nuclear to win back Victoria
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has used a speech in Melbourne to spruik gas and nuclear energy while attacking the teals, Daniel Andrews – and Sydney University.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
Vic gas backflip may be too little, too late: business, Libs
After Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio approved the state’s first new gas project in a decade, business was appreciative but underwhelmed.
- Phillip Coorey and Andrew Tillett
Damning Tiwi Island judgment makes bank CEOs wary of in-person visits
Major lenders had promised to send bosses to meet traditional owners near Santos’ Barossa gas project. The Federal Court has made them reconsider.
- James Eyers
The Energy Trilemma: rethinking the order of merit
Jemena managing director David Gillespie says that in the pull between sustainability, energy security and affordability, security is the most important factor.
- Updated