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ExxonMobil and Woodside Energy’s Marlin B platform in Bass Strait.

US giant ExxonMobil gives up control of critical Australian gas supplies

ExxonMobil will hand control of eastern Australia’s main source of domestic gas to Woodside, which wants to tap more supplies from rapidly depleting fields.

  • Nick Toscano

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As well as an ageing oil operation Barrow Island is home to Chevron’s massive Gorgon liquefied natural gas plant fed by offshore fields.

Taxpayers face $500 million bill to clean up Chevron’s WA oil field

Even as new environmental impacts from offshore oil and gas facilities are emerging, also emerging is the full extent of clean-up costs – and who is liable.

  • Emma Young
WA Premier Roger Cook says WA is ideally placed to capitalise on the carbon storage industry.

Gas is a gamble – and WA just doubled down

It might be good for energy giants and shareholders, but for households, small businesses, and the state’s long-term prosperity, the risks are mounting.

  • Scott Hamilton
The Pluto LNG plant is intended to take the gas from Scarborough and liquefy it for export.

Woodside’s environmental plan for $12b project ‘corporate puffery’, court told

Woodside argues its Scarborough gas project in Australia’s north-west will displace coal use globally. But it needs a plan in case that theory falls through.

  • Emma Young
WA Premier Roger Cook in Japan.

Cook not concerned by Japan on-selling surplus Australian gas

The WA premier has just returned from a mission to Japan, where the country emphasised the need for a continued stable supply of Australian gas to stabilise its energy grid.

  • Hamish Hastie
Chris Bowen says it’s a “reasonable request” for Australians to have access to Australian gas.

Affordable fuel, no shortages: Bowen’s domestic reservation threat for gas industry

Peter Dutton shocked the industry by promising a domestic reservation scheme on massive LNG exporters. The Albanese government might deliver on his threat.

  • Mike Foley
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Australia’s mining exports are headed for a fall thanks to Donald Trump’s tariffs stifling demand in Asia.

Australian exports to tumble as Trump’s tariff war hits home

Australia is at risk of a $27 billion collapse in income from two of its biggest exports as the US-China trade war chokes demand.

  • Nick Toscano
The ACC has accused a gas network company of misleading its customers with greenwashing.

Climate-friendly gas claims challenged in landmark ACCC greenwash case

The watchdog claims millions of Australians were misled by advertisements suggesting household gas could be “renewable” within a generation.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Apartment buildings under construction in Sydney.

Minns criticised council’s gas ban as an ‘overstep’. Developers say it’s a no-brainer

Consumer groups also support the City of Sydney decision to ban gas connections or mandate use of electric appliances in new developments.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Victoria has revised its proposal for gas bans on new appliances.

Victoria scales back sweeping gas appliance bans

The state government has abandoned plans to ban households from installing new gas appliances.

  • Kieran Rooney, Bianca Hall and Daniella White

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