Aug 2014

The Hungarian oil and gas firm is struggling with corruption allegations

Despite the major operational challenges they face, international oil and gas companies (IOCs) with interests in Egypt have some cause for comfort

The Australian fracture simulation company will work on the unconventional venture in Queensland

Traders are starting to take advantage of Singapore’s newly built liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal as they bet spot prices will rally from their lowest in three years

InterOil is developing one of the largest natural gas fields in Asia

A discovery for Eni, a commercial field for Harvest and new licence awards raise the outlook for Gabon’s pre-salt play

Bonga Northwest will flow a peak of 40,000 barrels of oil-equivalent a day

Exports from the new super-refineries of the Middle East – now the world’s fastest-growing refining region – will speed the pace of closures in Europe

The Utica shale in east Ohio is becoming one of the fastest-growing natural gas production plays in the US

The country has announced a price rise as part of wider reforms to bring the sector in line with the international market

Promising reserves combined with increased tightening on carbon emissions mean the move to shale gas seems logical

Higher Opec output is offsetting losses from outside

President Enrique Peña Nieto signed the reform legislation on 11 August and has since outlined an ambitious path for the industry

The UK government is making shale gas development a national energy priority

Cobalt International is going ahead with Cameia development

There are high hopes for the well which is offshore Western Australia

The International Energy Agency said oil prices were "eerily calm"

Vast swathes of Iraqi territory are under Islamist insurgent control, the chasm between the Kurds and Baghdad has widened again, and the country's divisive prime minister has stepped down. Kirk Sowell explains how Iraq has reached the brink

Rosier-than-expected fundamentals are easing oil prices – for now

As upstream margins grow tighter, energy firms are taking a much closer look at their spending. Rather than fighting a rearguard action against spiralling costs, taking on a new suite of cost management tools may very well be the right approach, say Jerome Sevin and Pierre-Antoine Fliche from Schlumberger Business Consulting (SBC)

The proposed crude deal between Russia and Iran will complicate their relations with the West, argues Anthony Woolich, a partner at law firm Holman Fenwick Willan

From China to Europe and Argentina, international services firms will be at the centre of new unconventional output

The kingdom is pushing forward with unconventional gas should emerge as the Middle East's first major shale gas producer. But not quickly

The continent has lots of shale gas, but development will happen more quickly in the south than the north

Reforms to the investment regime should lure developers. Obstacles remain, from land rights to water and the north’s drug cartels

Argentina’s YPF is leading the development of one of the world’s biggest shale plays. The majors are building their positions, too

Poor data, bans on fracking and regulatory confusion are hurting prospects for European unconventional gas

Promising reserves numbers and juicy terms have lured developers. But prospectors must overcome a number of hurdles before exploration begins in earnest

There is huge potential for investors, but it remains hard to say if and where the shale plays will work

Exports to Asia will be key to monetising stranded Canadian shale gas, but plans are moving slowly

Investment is still pouring into the unconventional gas sector and production continues to rise

Despite patchy opposition to hydraulic fracturing, US output will remain the bedrock of global unconventional supply for decades

Low natural gas prices mean the most viable plays remain those close to market

North America is still the world’s only significant producer. But explorers are stepping up activity elsewhere and a global business is emerging

With lower than expected demand, overcapacity and squeezed margins, the producers are having to scale back ambitions

The move is part of state-owned enterprise reforms that hope to make the companies involved more competitive and market oriented

The resources are spread across 206 discoveries over the region

From China to Europe and Argentina, international services firms will be at the centre of new unconventional output

The kingdom should emerge as the region's first major shale gas producer. But not quickly

The major is nine years behind schedule at the Escravos plant, Nigeria

Exactly 40 years after it was discovered, the Kudu gasfield is moving towards a development decision