Energy & Natural Resources

Brisbane-based law firm Cooper Grace Ward has lured a corporate law expert from K&L Gates to join its partnership.

Woodside’s bid to extend its North West Shelf gas project by 40 years faces more resistance after Greenpeace's challenge was denied, this time through court action seeking protection of culturally significant rock art.

A judge has found that expert reports submitted by Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy in a fight against CITIC over royalty payments for the Yabulu Refinery present a “fresh case" and don't comply with court orders. 

Mining company Tesa Group wants the Full Federal Court to settle a conflict in judicial opinions on whether remarks made in parliament can factor into recusal applications. 

An activist group has lost a challenge to the approval of a 69-turbine wind farm in North Queensland that it says ran afoul of international treaties to protect migratory birds, with a judge finding no grounds to review the decision.

The government has rejected Greenpeace's request to reconsider approval for Woodside’s North West Shelf project extension, paving the way for a final decision that could see the gas field in operation for another 46 years.

US-based investment firm Carlyle has announced the launch of a clean energy infrastructure platform for the development of solar, battery storage and green hydrogen projects in Australia and the UK. 

EnergyAustralia has admitted that its ‘Go Neutral’ carbon offset product did not prevent or reverse the harms associated with the burning of fossil fuels. 

AkzoNobel has had some success in its late bid to have Japanese oil company INPEX produce documents filed in related proceedings against its insurers in their dispute over allegedly defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.