Electrification looms large on the horizon as an inevitability for medium range commercial vehicles especially in urban delivery applications, yet, the safe adaptation of it in long haul road transport Continue Reading
Troubles in an Australian power grid facing record summer heat may provide a cautionary tale for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas as it faces a high probability of a Continue Reading
Australians have flocked to beaches and watering holes to cool off Australia has just sweltered through at least five of its 10 warmest days on record, authorities estimate. An extreme Continue Reading
A record-shattering heat wave continued to scorch Australia on Thursday as temperatures soared above 120 degrees in some spots. The extreme heat has spurred on health warnings, air quality alerts Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it has begun output at its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility in Australia, the world’s largest floating production structure and the last Continue Reading
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Australia overtook Qatar as the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time in November, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on Monday. The Continue Reading
Sydney — Exports of LNG from Australia’s east coast in November were the second highest since shipments began at the beginning of 2015 as volumes to China set an all-time Continue Reading
Demand for natural gas is rising fast. The relative clean nature of the fuel, abundance, and geographic distribution make it a good alternative to pollutant coal and intermittent renewables. The Continue Reading
There’s a reason that few people are thinking about world grain supplies. Last year saw record worldwide production of grains and record stocks of grains left over. But this year Continue Reading
But the return of severe drought to an area of eastern Australia more than twice the size of Texas is testing the system. Gary Wight, 46 years old, thinks he Continue Reading
Coal shipments from the Port of Gladstone in Australia rose to a 22-month high in October on a strong lift in exports bound for India and South Korea, data released Continue Reading
Constant changes in Australia’s government have convinced the country’s power companies that its political leaders will never craft a coherent and long-lasting national energy policy that is needed to keep Continue Reading
Drought is expected to cut eastern Australia’s crop production this year to less than half the average over the past 20 years, with New South Wales to be worst hit, Continue Reading
France’s oil and gas major Total said on Tuesday that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Ichthys LNG project offshore Western Australia had left the port Continue Reading
The project and others around the globe may help feed surging Asian demand for LNG at a time when China has curbed its purchases from the U.S. as part of Continue Reading
Australia has rejected a call by scientists to phase out coal use by 2050 to prevent the world overshooting targets in the Paris Climate Change agreement with potentially disastrous consequences. Continue Reading
A cloud of flies buzzes noisily around the carcass of a cow that is decomposing in a barren, grassless paddock. “She died of urea poisoning, which is a big risk Continue Reading
Australia, one of the world’s top LNG exporters, has a bright future as a hydrogen economy. This is the conclusion of a brand new road map from the Commonwealth Scientific Continue Reading
ExxonMobil said on Monday it has commenced a A$120 million ($88 million) offshore exploration drilling off Australia’s southeast coast to search for new sources of natural gas. ExxonMobil Australia is Continue Reading
Mile after mile of the Great Barrier Reef is dying amid rising ocean temperatures. Hundreds of bush fires are blazing across Australia’s center, in winter, partly because of a record-breaking Continue Reading
A survey completed at a basin off the coast of Australia thought to hold at least 1 billion barrels of reserves. Image courtesy of Melbana Energy Aug. 14 (UPI) — Continue Reading
Australia’s states on Friday held off approving a plan to end more than a decade of climate and energy wars and spur investment in new power supply, disappointing industry seeking Continue Reading
Australian energy company Melbana said surveys have started in the Beehive prospect, one of the largest undrilled prospects in the country. The country said seismic surveys were under way and Continue Reading
In a strange about-face for the world’s soon to be top liquified natural gas (LNG) exporter, Australia is now considering importing the fuel. On Monday, ExxonMobil, Australia’s top gas supplier, Continue Reading
ExxonMobil plans to develop a project to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Australia’s east coast that has been suffering from gas shortages lately. The U.S. supermajor is planning for Continue Reading
Chevron has completed construction of two massive liquefied natural gas plants in Australia at an eye-watering cost of $88bn — and is wasting no time in trying to change how such Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell has introduced gas to its 490 meter (1,600 ft) long Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit as part of the cooling process before start-up, a spokeswoman Continue Reading
Blame it on Trump, Iran or Venezuela. Rising oil prices combined with a heavy debt load killed the world’s biggest private equity oil and gas industry deal last week. Harbour Continue Reading
Asian flour millers are set to buy record volumes of wheat from Black Sea producers in 2018 as traditional supplier Australia faces a second year of drought and as demand Continue Reading
A pipeline across Australia and gas imports from as far away as the United States are on the drawing board as the country races to plug a domestic supply gap Continue Reading
Australia is on track to become the world’s largest LNG exporter by next year. Home to several giant offshore projects such as the Gorgon, Wheatstone, Prelude, and Ichthys, the country Continue Reading
The decision by the government of Australia’s Northern Territory government to allow the resumption of fracking for natural gas will do little to immediately solve the country’s energy woes, but Continue Reading
BP downplayed the risks of an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight and even suggested that cleanup efforts—in case of such a spill—would be a “welcome boost” to the Continue Reading
As Australia’s second largest independent gas producer continues to recover from years of financial doldrums, posting an impressive 433 percent surge in underlying profit in 2017 over the previous year. Continue Reading
Australia is doubling down on its solar push, striving to make renewable power generation available to everyone, including renters. That’s right – there are companies specifically targeting solar power for Continue Reading
Two of the biggest LNG projects in the world are due to start production this year, both offshore Australia: Japanese Inpex’s US$34-billion Ichthys development, and Shell’s US$14-billion Prelude FLNG project. Continue Reading
Australian energy company Woodside Petroleum said it’s cleared to take on Exxon Mobil’s 50 percent interest in the Scarborough gas field off the nation’s coast. Rival energy company BHP Billiton Continue Reading
In the increasingly topsy-turvy world of liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets, the world’s largest LNG importer could soon be exporting the super-cooled fuel to the world’s second largest LNG exporter Continue Reading
Fortescue Metal’s chairman Andrew Forrest and two Japanese utilities plan to build an LNG import terminal in New South Wales by 2020 to help alleviate an energy crunch in Australia’s Continue Reading
China’s coal imports from key supplier Australia surged in January from a year ago, customs data showed on Saturday, boosted by strong demand at utilities amid freezing weather. The world’s Continue Reading
Australian energy and mining giant BHP Billiton said Thursday it was on pace start selling off its U.S. shale assets during the first quarter of the year. In August, CEO Continue Reading
Temperature extremes across the globe spanned more than 85 degrees Celsius at the weekend as Sydney melted and parts of the U.S. froze. Western Sydney touched 47.3 degrees Celsius (117 Continue Reading
Less than a month after Tesla unveiled a new backup power system in South Australia, the world’s largest lithium-ion battery is already being put to the test. And it appears Continue Reading
A day after the U.S president broke away from a climate precedent, Australian miner BHP said it may leave industry groups because of its stance on the Paris deal. In Continue Reading
Global miner BHP Billiton said on Tuesday it has taken a preliminary decision to quit the World Coal Association citing disagreement over climate change, and might also withdraw from the Continue Reading
It’s been a pretty good 18 months for the coal industry following the disastrous price crash of 2015, but on Tuesday miners got a big lump in their stockings. BHP, Continue Reading
Australian energy company Santos and French supermajor Total may be on board with funding for one of Australia’s biggest oil and gas prospects, a partner said. Australian energy company Melbana, Continue Reading
Toyota will build the first megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel and renewable generation plant, setting a new energy benchmark that experts hope with pave the way for Australia’s hydrogen industry. Toyota North Continue Reading
Australian and Indonesian miners have quietly done in the last two years what OPEC has been shouting about: tighten coal markets and prop up prices. The informal coal output reductions, Continue Reading
In what was described as its most groundbreaking acquisition, Australian energy company Oil Search Ltd. said it was taking a big step into Alaskan oil. “We’re ready to walk you Continue Reading
