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The Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG hub in WA.

Cyclone hits Australian LNG plants, threatening 8% of world supply

Tropical Cyclone Narelle has forced cuts to Australian gas exports and added further pressure to global fuel markets.

  • Nick Toscano

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Australia’s second-largest oil and gas producer has had to shut down exports from Darwin, just as global prices are spiking.

Santos halts gas exports from Darwin amid global energy scramble

The oil and gas giant has been forced to suspend shipments from a key Australian gas-export terminal just as the war in Iran ignites demand and prices.

  • Nick Toscano
Geraldine Slattery and Vandita Pant.

BHP could’ve made corporate history. Sadly for women, it didn’t

Neither BHP’s local boss Geraldine Slattery nor chief financial officer Vandita Pant wore a hard hat strong enough to break the glass ceiling.

  • Elizabeth Knight
BHP’s new boss Brandon Craig (left) talks to the media with chair Ross McEwan (centre) and outgoing CEO Mike Henry.

BHP cushioned from geopolitical shocks, incoming boss says

BHP Americas chief Brandon Craig will succeed Henry as chief executive of Australia’s largest mining company in July.

  • Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano
The Iran conflict could see drive gas price spikes that may eclipse those seen when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Push for gas tax as LNG exports reap huge profits after one week of war

Gas prices tripled in 2022, which was the last time an international conflict hit energy markets. Experts say it may happen again due to the Iran war.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
The future of Woodside Energy’s operations in Karratha has been assured.

‘We got there!’: Text messages reveal Woodside’s negotiating tactics

Private text messages between Woodside officials and senior Australian decision-makers lift the lid on how the industry engages with government to get results.

  • Bianca Hall
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The future of Woodside Energy’s operations in Karratha has been assured.

Released emails reveal heavy political lobbying as massive gas project extended

Woodside asked the government to ensure its media messaging “aligned” with the gas giant’s, as negotiations over its North West Shelf project continued.

  • Bianca Hall
The Cobia platform off Victoria, which produced oil for decades in the Gippsland Basin, is one more than a dozen soon to be decommissioned.

Now the hard part for Australia’s oil and gas sector: erasing itself from the sea

Dozens of offshore steel platforms as tall as skyscrapers are no longer pumping fossil fuels from the seabed. What should happen to them?

  • Nick Toscano
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
Meg O’Neill.

Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’. This Australian giant is happy to help

Oil and gas giant Woodside is expanding in the US under its American chief executive. Over brunch in New York, Meg O’Neill explains why she thinks the climate conversation has fundamentally changed.

  • Michael Koziol