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Senex Energy Silverstar

$15m gas exploration announced in Cooper Basin

An Australian oil and gas producer will soon start a $15 million gas exploration operation in South Australia’s Cooper Basin. Senex Energy will begin drilling its Silver Star-1 gas exploration...

Rio Tinto Boyne Aluminium Smelter

Heaps of jobs to go for metal operation in CQ

A multinational company is planning huge redundancies for its metal processing operations in Central Queensland. Boyne Aluminum Smelter will cut output and a “significant number of jobs”...

Woodside Petroleum Pluto LNG

Find out how much mining bosses made in 2016

QMEB can reveal how much mining executives made in 2016 at a petroleum exploration and production company. Executive remunerations at Woodside Petroleum have been varied for the past year with both...

Origin Energy gas

Energy giant cops $1.68b loss blaming oil prices

One of the nation’s largest energy producers is fuming about low oil prices that caused the company to lose $1.68 billion after tax in the first half of the financial year. Origin Energy blames...

UQ bentonite plug

Cheaper and safer way to plug wells revealed

Plugging decommissioned oil and gas wells may become safer and more economical with a solution championed by leading researchers. A team from the University of Queensland (UQ) Centre for Coal Seam...

Heavy machinery procured at $896m coal project in SQ

An innovative energy technologies supplier has been procured at an $896 million coal project in Queensland’s Darling Downs region. A diesel and natural gas hybrid truck developed by Mine Energy...

UGL

Job enquiries accepted for $580m energy project in FNQ

One of the nation’s most diverse services companies has been awarded the contract for a $580 million renewable energy project in Far North Queensland. The proponent is now collecting employment...

Energex

Back to work on $86.7m energy project in southeast Qld

Construction workers are returning to the site of a new $86.7 million electricity development in southeast Queensland. The State Government-owned Energex will resume work on the $86.7 million...

Energy company accused of major cover-up

An electricity and gas supplier accused of hiding major environmental incidents is facing new calls for an urgent investigation. According to Lock the Gate Alliance (LGA), Origin Energy allegedly...

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