This Month
APA widens US acquisition hunt despite loss
The gas pipeline owner has been dragged down to a first-half loss after writing down a gas plant but is broadening its search for an acquisition in the US.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
APA Group joins ASX hydrogen push
APA’s new hydrogen’s project is an example of CEO Rob Wheals’ three-pronged approach to play a bigger role in the energy transition.
- James Thomson
Gas prices sticky at $7-$9, says Senex Energy
Senex Energy expects long-term east coast gas prices to hover around $7-$9, dashing manufacturers’ hopes for a gas-led revival.
- Elouise Fowler
Cooper Energy swings to $23m interim loss
Cooper Energy swung to a $23.1 million loss in the six months ended December 31 from a $6.3 million net profit in the year-earlier period.
- Elouise Fowler
Forrest forces pace on LNG imports
The man in charge of Andrew Forrest’s proposed LNG import terminal in Port Kembla says the case for the terminal is ‘stronger than it’s ever been’.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Vic opposition objects to Crib Point LNG terminal
The Victorian Liberal opposition has dealt a blow to AGL’s controversial Crib Point LNG import terminal.
- Elouise Fowler
- Exclusive
- Gas
‘Strip out export costs’: Gas buyers escalate pricing debate
Gas-based manufacturers argue they shouldn’t have to help cover the capital costs of the LNG export projects in Gladstone.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
January
Gas-fired recovery hopes are flickering out
A voluntary code of conduct is now the only way to achieve the cheaper gas that could underpin an economic recovery.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- China relations
Leigh Creek pursues ‘Plan B’ amid China tensions
Rock-bottom costs estimated for urea from Leigh Creek Energy’s project at an abandoned coal mine in South Australia is drawing interest from potential customers other than China.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Absence of gas price caps ‘positive’ for Senex: analysts
The Morrison government’s revised agreement with Queensland LNG exporters “positive” for Senex Energy because it imposes scant conditions on gas pricing, say analysts.
- Elouise Fowler
Giant fertiliser plant would frack the Great Sandy Desert
The project would have to surmount major obstacles but has similarities to a $2.3 billion fertiliser project unveiled by the better known oil and gas junior Strike Energy two weeks ago.
- Ben Potter
Manufacturers' hopes for cheap gas dashed
Nothing in the Morrison government's revised deal on domestic energy with Queensland LNG exporters will bring down prices, buyers say.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith, Elouise Fowler and Tom McIlroy
Runaway LNG price sends warning to gas buyers
A record rally in Asian LNG prices has triggered warnings that east coast gas prices could be heading back above $10 a gigajoule, spelling pain for manufacturers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
December 2020
Shell sells $2.5b stake in Curtis Island LNG plant
Global oil and gas giant Shell has sold off over a quarter of its wholly owned Queensland LNG processing site on Curtis Island for $US2.5 billion.
- Elouise Fowler
Explorers line up for $50m Beetaloo drilling funds
Santos, Origin Energy and junior explorers are set to tap the funds from the Morrison government that are intended to bring forward production from the Beetaloo Basin by two years.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Planning battle weighs on AGL in LNG import race
After 10 weeks of public hearings, AGL is still more than three months away from knowing whether it can build an LNG import terminal at Westernport Bay in Victoria as rival projects plough ahead.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
NSW set to import LNG by end 2022
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has picked up pace on his Port Kembla LNG import project since dropping his more risk-averse Japanese partners and is aiming to start major construction in April.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
'Dangerous' months ahead for east coast gas
The federal government's move towards artificially suppressing gas prices on the east coast for domestic buyers is more suited to a third-world country, EnergyQuest said.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Mitsui, Engie, Vitol back Viva on Geelong LNG
Four international players have linked with Viva Energy for an LNG import project in Geelong that could see gas imported into Victoria starting in 2024.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Energy security
Alarm sounded on gas market intervention
The gas production industry is highlighting the risk to investment in supply if the government goes down the path of domestic reservation and price intervention.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
