North America hungry for LNG.
The Australian federal government is pushing for Australia to be a major supplier of LNG to Mexico and the west coast of the US.
Natural Gas
Top Russian Arms Exporter Offers Weapons for Oil and Gas
Russia says it plans to sell weapons in exchange for oil and gas, a Russian news agency reported.
Stepping back from the brink -some sanity at last
Readers should have no delusions about the state of New Zealand; it is being driven off the energy cliff in an orgy of consumption.
Shell Cuts Oil and Gas Reserves for the Fifth Time
Royal Dutch/Shell Group cut its reserves for a fifth time, showing its oil and gas holdings were at least a third lower than reported in 2002 after the company misled investors and failed to find new fields.
India Steps Up in the Competition for Russian Oil
The competition for remaining oil & gas reserves just gets hotter, with India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation making recent commitments to Caspian and Sakhalin Island projects, meanwhile pursuing stray Yukos assets.
India taps into Chinese energy sources
India finally announced the long awaited announcement that she will tap into Chinese energy sources. The news was significant because India and China agreed to collaborate and support each other on Energy.
NZ: Mangatoa could bring in billions
Explorer New Zealand Oil and Gas and Origin Energy, Contact Energy’s parent, may be sitting on a gas prospect three-quarters the size of Maui, potentially worth billions of dollars.
It’s Not All Blue Skies for Drilling Project
Expansion of gas wells in Rocky Mountain states will degrade the air at several national parks.
Energy-hungry nation looks to LNG
…as growing demand for natural gas outstrips North America’s conventional supplies, many experts view imports of LNG as the only way to head off decades of soaring prices for businesses and the tens of millions of households that rely on the fuel for heat and electricity.
Japan vows to protect gas field from China
Japan says it will protect its offshore energy resources after its navy spotted two Chinese destroyers near a disputed gas field in the East China Sea.
Customers feel natural gas squeeze
As demand fuels increase in costs, industry calls for more drilling
Bolivian fuel protests escalate
Tens of thousands of Bolivians have rallied in Santa Cruz – the country’s economic capital – to protest against cuts in fuel subsidies. Organisers pledged that the protests, the culmination of days of unrest over fuel prices, would remain peaceful.