Gas
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- Mergers & acquisitions
Santos backs $30b takeover from Middle East oil giant
Santos is likely to be swallowed up by a consortium led by Abu Dhabi’s national oil company in a takeover worth $30 billion.
- Simon Johanson and Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Opinion
- Mergers & acquisitions
Jim Chalmers faces a mission-critical national security test
The federal treasurer will have to decide if Australia should risk allowing the sale of significant gas assets to what is essentially a foreign-government-owned company.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Updated
- Environmental protection
Woodside secures extension to respond to North West Shelf conditions
The government had set conditions understood to be around the potential impact on ancient nearby Aboriginal rock art. Woodside had until Friday to respond.
- Hamish Hastie
Woodside’s key Browse oil spill-stopping tech dismissed by fellow LNG giant
Chevron said the technology had not yet been deployed in Australia and had only been deployed “a limited number of times internationally for subsea applications”.
- Hamish Hastie
- Exclusive
- The Kimberley
Moving on before cleaning up: Gas wells spark fears for the Kimberley
Dangerous and damaged oil and gas infrastructure has been left in WA’s north. Now the government must hope a Chinese holding company pays for the clean-up.
- Emma Young
- Opinion
- Climate crisis
In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan
If you want to govern effectively, you have to be prepared to stand up to powerful interest groups. It’s now clear Albanese isn’t prepared to do that.
- Ross Gittins
- Opinion
- Opinion
Albanese’s gas project extension is a mistake - but it’s not too late
Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the first test.
- Carmen Lawrence
Australia’s renewable energy shift to be powered by gas
Labor governments around the country have dropped their resistance to the fossil fuel and will ensure gas is essential to the grid for decades to come.
- Mike Foley, Nick Toscano and Kieran Rooney
- Opinion
- Editorial
Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate
The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.
- The Herald's View
- Exclusive
- Woodside Energy Group
A prince, traditional owners and a ‘carbon bomb’: Inside Woodside’s extension plans
Energy giant Woodside has won preliminary approval to keep operating its WA oil and gas fields for another 45 years. But at what environmental cost?
- Bianca Hall
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