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Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill will join oil giant BP as CEO in April 2026.

Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill resigns to run global oil giant BP

Meg O’Neill is leaving Australia’s largest oil and gas producer to take up a new job as boss of global energy major BP.

  • Nick Toscano

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Woodside’s Pluto gas plant near Karratha.

ANU report puts a number on climate impact of Woodside’s $19b Scarborough gas project

It’s the first time researchers have quantified the impacts of individual projects on climate change. But Woodside has argued it is not possible to pin rising temperatures on one operation.

  • Holly Thompson and Michael Philipps
The WA govenrment has approved the extension of the North West Shelf plant near Karratha.

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.

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Emil Davey, Matilda Lane-Rose and Jesse Noakes outside Perth Magistrates Court on Monday following their sentencing.

‘Killing our future’: Activists cop thousands in fines for protest at Woodside boss’ home

Protesters have been slapped with thousands in fines after a protest that upped the stakes in the environmental opposition to Woodside’s operations in WA’s north.

  • Jesinta Burton
Woodside Energy CEO Meg O’Neill at the company’s annual investor briefing in Sydney last November.

Woodside upbeat on spending spree but lower prices sting revenue

The oil giant’s revenue has taken a $2 billion hit after it produced less oil and gas and sold it for lower prices in the six months to June.

  • Peter Milne
Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek will decide whether Woodside’s plan to bury CO2 under the seabed is environmentally acceptable.

Carbon storage sets approval for Woodside’s Browse gas project back to square one

Woodside has chased environmental approval for the $30 billion gas export plan for five years but is yet to start the process for a vital part of the project near pristine Scott Reef.

  • Peter Milne
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The Meg O’Neill-led Woodside is considering a merger with Santos.

Woodside punts $3.7 billion on US clean ammonia project

Woodside’s switch to investing in America continues with the purchase of an under construction plant in Texas with low emission ambitions.

  • Peter Milne
The Yara Pilbara Fertilisers plant is one of the largest ammonia production sites in the world

Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype

A cautionary tale for Australian companies rushing into the clean fuel business: from optimism a few years ago, Yara now finds green hydrogen is a long way away.

  • Peter Milne
WA Premier Roger Cook.

‘Trying to save the planet’: Cook wants line of sight on guzzlers of WA gas

As climate groups deride his government’s pro-gas stance, the premier is giving thought to how to hold WA’s international gas customers to account on climate.

  • Hamish Hastie
The Gorgon Project at Barrow Island.

WA’s lack of progress on ‘vital’ carbon capture underwhelms minister

WA’s energy minister told the oil and gas industry it could “go the way of the dinosaurs” if it continued to vent greenhouse gases into the atmosphere freely.

  • Marion Rae