Shell’s $12 billion Prelude floating LNG structure, being built at Samsung's Geoje Island shipyard in South Korea, has recorded another milestone with the vessel's hull completed. ...

Chevron Corp. (CVX), operator of the A$52 billion ($49 billion) Gorgon natural gas venture in Australia, said some “uncertainties” remain in the construction of the project after its budget last year jumped 21 percent. ...

ConocoPhillips (COP) and Santos Ltd. (STO), developing separate liquefied natural gas projects in Australia at a cost of more than $40 billion, agreed to share pipelines and exchange gas to reduce costs and duplication. ...

US energy giant Chevron says there are unanswered questions over the use of floating liquefied natural gas technology to develop remote gas fields. Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski has told a Western Australian parliamentary committee that floating LNG technology is suitable for smaller, stranded gas fields. ...

Australia’s growing liquefied natural gas sector will provide the biggest boost to Australia’s economy over the next 20 years, advisory firm Deloitte says. ...

Australia, New South Wales’ lack of a natural gas industry is sparking concerns among businessmen. NSW is the only mainland Australian state without a significant natural gas industry, leaving it to import more than 95 percent of its gas requirements from Victoria’s Gippsland Basin, from the northwest’s Cooper Basin, and from Queensland's coal-seam gas fields. ...

The Australian reported that Christine Milne has vowed the Australian Greens will oppose the expansion or development of new coal ports in the Great Barrier Reef catchment, saying the industry is incompatible with tourism. ...

While Australia’s mining sector shows signs of resilience, there is one mineral whose outlook may be terminal. There are five significant events that have occurred recently that send a clear message about the future of the uranium sector and the wider nuclear industry. ...

A group of scientists and engineers has called on Australian political leaders to consider the introduction of nuclear power as an effective way of combating climate change. ...

The natural gas industry has today launched a multi-million dollar national campaign to inform Australians of the escalating risks that threaten future jobs, investment, and the next wave of the resources boom. ...