Gas
Australia’s fossil fuel giants are facing a $30 billion hit
Tens of billions of dollars from Australia’s coal and gas exports could be wiped out in as little as two years as prices keep tumbling.
- by Nick Toscano
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By modern standards it’s small, but this Japanese tanker is causing big shockwaves
Might the test ship Excool be a breakthrough in trapping and transporting gas emissions to places like Australia for storage underground?
- by Nick O'Malley
Australia running risk of gas crunch next winter, warns ACCC
Homes and business in eastern Australia are running short of gas amid new warnings that supplies are tightening ahead of next winter.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Exclusive
Nuclear energy
Coalition pushes gas as nuclear stopgap, but PM says Dutton won’t ‘come clean’
Australia’s use of gas will be an election flashpoint as the Coalition pledges to keep more for local use to fuel the party’s nuclear ambitions.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Onshore gas companies now have six years to sell their product overseas
Under the new policy, companies like Mineral Resources and Strike Energy with onshore gas tenements will be allowed to export 20 per cent of the commodity extracted until the end of 2030.
- by Hamish Hastie
Plibersek intervenes in giant ‘climate bomb’ gas project
Tanya Plibersek has stepped into a fracking debate as she fights multiple political battles on the environment.
- by Mike Foley
Australia is a top gas exporter. Should it start to import it now too?
A plan to start importing giant shipments of liquefied gas reopened for approval amid worries of an east-coast energy crunch.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Victoria clears path for giant undersea gas storage project
New laws will facilitate a massive gas storage project in waters off 90 Mile Beach at a cost of $500 million, reflecting a shift in gas policy.
- by Kieran Rooney and Mike Foley
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Biodiversity
New species declared endangered on doorstep of Woodside mega-project
Another species being declared endangered on the doorstep of Woodside’s $30 billion Browse gas field has delivered a fresh blow amid approvals processes.
- by Emma Young
Opinion
Oil
Drill, baby, drill! Let’s face it - shale fracking has saved the West
Imagine what the world would look like today if US fracking technology and America’s wildcat drillers had not delivered the shale revolution.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Households play the electricity spot market to cut power bills
Customers are reaping rewards for riding the volatile wholesale market for electricity, but it comes with a bill shock warning.
- by Mike Foley
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