Korean giant joins the hunt for offshore gas
The move underscores growing global interest in Australia’s tightening east coast gas market, which is projected to face supply shortfalls as early as 2029.
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Forrest’s Port Kembla LNG terminal delayed to 2027
A key piece of Squadron Energy’s LNG import terminal will not return to Australia until 2027. The delay leaves the already fragile east coast gas market exposed to greater risk.
Ampol ditches electricity retailing experiment but clings to EV dream
Ampol boss Matthew Halliday has ended its near three-year foray into energy retailing, and conceded it’s better served by focusing on its strengths and roots: petrol sales and quick-shop retail.
Dyno Nobel dreams of explosives-only future with deal bonanza
The company formerly known as Incitec Pivot will finally deliver its long-held strategy in a patchwork of transactions that it claims will unlock value and provide greater stability amid global shifts in energy and agriculture.
Gas review shapes as last chance to avoid energy chaos
Australia’s east coast is poised to experience gas shortfalls. Producers says a review this year may be the last chance to avoid economic chaos.
Turnbull’s green payday with AGL hydro deal
The deal allows AGL to expand its pipeline of potential long-duration projects that it will need to develop to replace coal in NSW. But how much former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull pocketed in the sale is unclear.
Woodside chief hits out at ‘juvenile’ climate protest
More than a dozen activists disrupted the company’s annual general meeting but when the proxies were counted, there weren’t enough votes to stop the re-election of one under-pressure director.
New gas ‘will be too late, just as expensive’ as imports
The findings of a Rystad Energy report will be seized on by proponents of LNG imports amid a debate on how to remedy a looming east coast shortage.
Demand sends cost of wholesale electricity rocketing
The cost of producing electricity in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia spiked in the first three months of 2025 and that’s bad news for electricity bills.
Woodside directors in the firing line from green global pension giants
Climate-minded investors will vote against the election of three directors at Woodside’s AGM, which is heating up to be a de facto referendum on the company’s lack of climate strategy.
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