Sep 2011

Canadian energy exports - mainly to the US - suffered a sharp drop in the second quarter due to production outages from wildfires and floods, the country’s statistical agency reported Wednesday

As BP and Petrobras dive in, Windhoek hopes rise that the pair will help boost the country's flagging E&P sector

A substantial discovery made by US firm Kosmos seems set to lead to a new oil development immediately east of the Jubilee field

Oil production has resumed, but as Libya steps out of Qadhafi’s shadow, what comes next?

Canadian players must face the challenge of rising inflation and tighter environmental regulation, says new report

Chemicals found at projects outside Dalby, Queensland

Company will retain its Australian assets and focus

$800 million gas exploration deal with state-run firm

Fears of new hurricane curtailing oil output in the Gulf of Mexico

There is renewed hope that Cambodia and the newly elected Thai government will resume talks to resolve claims to a 27,000 square kilometre resource-rich stretch of seabed in the Gulf of Thailand

The pipeline link would provide an alternative to the transit fee currently paid by South Sudan

As Libya enters a new era, the National Transitional Council must embrace transparency

NOC chief Berouin sets output targets for Libyan production

Country hopes to speed up exploration and development

Australian-listed firm in agreement with China United Coalbed Methane

APPEA backs campaign to counter growing public alarm over sector

Dallas' Range Resources to supply Calgary-based Nova Chemicals

Separating into unconventional upstream player and services and supply company

Firm holds 1.1 million net acres in Poland, in Slupsk, Slawno and Starogard

The shale-gas industry must fight back against media misinformation if the public are to accept the potentially huge benefits of fracking

How the industry implements new environmental laws, particularly regarding water, will determine the viability of commercial operations in Poland

Iraq wants to export gas found in the blocks on offer in its fourth licensing round to Europe by pipeline through Turkey and as liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Iraqi oil production could reach 3 million barrels a day (b/d) by the end of the year, but export-capacity constraints may shut in output, according to deputy oil minister Ahmed al-Shamma

Government demands for a switch to natural gas in urea production will further boost Indian demand, but domestic output cannot keep up with soaring consumption

Firm expects to operate about 80,000 acres in Ohio

Cost inflation and falling North American oil prices are threatening oil-sands developments

Securing finance for the plans to double refining capacity could prove difficult

Natural gas for the transport sector is not a new idea, but Shell sees a bright future for LNG in Canada

Shale gas in the Czech Republic may be on its way

The EU has started talks with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to build a Caspian subsea gas pipeline as it seeks to boost central Asian exports to Europe

Shareholder wrangling and a dip in profits and production mark a difficult year for Spain’s Repsol

Worldwide, gas developments in deep water face considerable fiscal and policy hurdles

The rush to build new liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers to cash in on high charter rates could backfire, with the market rebalancing by the time the vessels are delivered

Brown Dense or Lower Smackover Shale runs across north of the state

Voluntary disclosure of fracking fluid recipes among recommendations

Water from development will be used to boost farm output

Wellhead at the Berwyndale South gasfield lets out gas

Australia's CBM industry and NSW farmers are locking horns in court

Poland is benefitting from Canada’s experience and expertise in shale-gas development. But what does Canada want in return?

The US must secure its energy supply, support its economy and sign up to more Canadian oil, starting with a new pipeline

Both the EU and Russia have the same objective, to ensure gas supply to Europe. But both are approaching their goals in very different ways

Access to US gas in return for access to southeast Poland concessions

Former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed says pipeline goes against national economic interests

Rise of $3 a barrel after opening at around $112/b

GDF Suez is renegotiating long-term, oil-linked contracts with Gazprom and could take the Russian monopoly to arbitration, chief executive officer Gerard Mestrallet said on Thursday

GDF Suez expects to divert 10 times as many liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes to Asia next year than usual

Internal rivalries are still hitting the National Transitional Council’s (NTC) efforts to form a new Libyan government and uncertainty hangs over the future of Mahmoud Jibril, the fledgling government’s second-in-command

A new report criticises the Canadian oil and gas royalty system. Changes could bring greater fiscal certainty for industry and higher returns for governments

After half a century of increasing reliance on imports, the US’ elusive goal of energy independence is almost within reach thanks to its unconventional oil and gas resources

Energy ministry will offer six 25-year exploration licences in mid-November

Aurelian Oil & Gas’s Siekierki tight-gas pilot project in northern Poland has delivered disappointing results

PGNiG manages to flare gas from a shale-gas well at Lubocino during Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s visit

Japan’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports for September are expected to fall from the record levels seen in August, according to the latest Petroleum Economist forecast

In a speech, President Obama noted the importance of energy companies disclosing the payments that foreign governments demand of them

US government officials are drawing up guidelines that will allow the country’s oil companies to operate in South Sudan, without breaching sanctions imposed against its northern neighbour

Trofagas Hidrocarburos has been awarded a 234,000-acre concession in the Castile and Leon region

Submissions include text copied and unreferenced from a US study of the country’s shale-gas industry

No-one was hurt when the Patterson 179 rig, near Watonga, caught fire on Monday evening

The company has drilled two wells so far and is in the process of drilling another

The country's first deep-water production is set to come on stream by 2014

A solution to the impasse over the Greater Sunrise gas development is at hand, but requires compromise and transparency from Timor Leste and Woodside

Increased biofuels use is the best way to cut emissions from the transport sector says Shell

Industry must act now to answer questions over its environmental impact and establish a framework for shale-operations

Timor Leste is preparing another licensing round for next year

London Brent crude futures slid to $107.7 a barrel compared with $115.6/b last week

Brent trading lower than recent figures, but it still looks pricey

World oil production rose by nearly 1 million barrels a day (b/d), to 87 million b/d, in August, with the non-Opec countries providing 80% of the increase, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)

Johnny West’s book gives a street view of why a region erupted. It’s an essential guide to North Africa’s Berlin Wall moment

NTC says Heritage Oil offer "unacceptable". Company’s go-between claims inside track with new oil figure

A phased approach to opening the gas Southern Corridor to Europe will persuade Caspian producers to make their gas available, says Greece’s Depa, starting with the ITGI link

The country’s oil output is resuming more quickly than forecast and the Zawiyah refinery will start processing east Libyan crude on 30 September

Keystone XL is shaping up to be a high-water mark in Canada-US relations, which will mark tighter integration of North American energy markets or a hasty retreat

Japanese liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand could soar by nearly a third next year if the country fails to restart any nuclear reactors, says the International Energy Agency

China has slammed joint upstream exploration between India and Vietnam in a hotly disputed area of the South China Sea

Arrow Energy is primed to expand the capacity of its proposed coal-bed methane (CBM) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Queensland, after raising its take-over offer for Bow Energy.

Indian Essar is on the hunt for overseas coal-bed methane (CBM) opportunities as it seeks to capitalise on its experience garnered developing the unconventional fuel at home.

Outside North America, shale-gas developments face many obstacles, but if any country has the determination and ability to overcome them, it is China, says Anna Howell and Michele Ryan, from Herbert Smith

Linc Energy has discovered a potentially significant, untapped oil-shale play in South Australia’s Arckaringa basin

San Leon has spudded a shale-gas well on its Gdansk-W concession, one of three licences it holds in Poland’s Baltic basin.

ExxonMobil will start hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at its second shale-gas well in Poland next week

The expanding global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is likely to erode traditional oil-linked gas prices, if not break them completely, the Energy Charter Secretariat said on Wednesday

Talk to Libyan oilmen and their message is as optimistic as it is clear: they’re bringing their sector back on stream quickly and are ready to supply the West with its light sweet crude. They’re not wrong

Traders are in favour of liquefied natural gas (LNG) price assessments for Asian spot trading, according to energy broker Tullett Prebon, and moving away from prices linked to oil

New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued its draft regulations for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and set four public hearings to allow residents in the state to respond.

The economic pressure to develop Pennsylvania’s massive Marcellus Shale resources is too hard to ignore

Gail India has snapped up a 20% stake in Carrizo Oil & Gas’ Eagle Ford Shale acreage for $95 million

Crude prices jump after Germany approves expanded powers for the EU's primary bailout fund

Deal with Naftogaz covers "fundamental principles of co-operation"