Sep 2014

The two companies are to jointly invest in a pilot project

Having beefed up its balance sheet, InterOil is moving ahead under new management with Papua New Guinea's biggest ever drilling campaign to develop its vast frontier acreage as it eyes liquefied natural gas exports to Asian markets

Over the next six years renewables are expected to account for 80% of the total new power generation

The capacity of the storage will almost double in size thanks to construction starting later this year

The field in the Norwegian North Sea was discovered in 1982 and has produced around 17.5 billion cubic metres (cm) of wet gas

The news will extend the drilling into northern Pennsylvania

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

The country could overtake the world's largest producer - Qatar, by 2020

The spill created the worst offshore environmental disaster in US history

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 anumber 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

Petroleum Economist's annual awards celebrate excellence in the energy industry

Rafael Ramirez no longer head of PdV or minister for petroleum and mining, after a cabinet reshuffle

Greenhouse gas levels have reached record highs, making climate change negotiations more urgent

The sale was long-awaited, but in the end the move failed to attract investors

Pressure is starting to build for institutional investors to cut their exposure to fossil fuel stocks. But can they find better places to park their cash and is it really at risk?

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

Development of the country’s shales will follow the path blazed by the coal-bed methane sector – with lots of M&A, plenty of risk, and big rewards

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

Mayer Brown looks at some of the possible implications of Scottish independence on the energy sector

The founder of AFK Sistema has been charged with the fraudulent acquisition in of Bashneft in 2009

A substantial investment in a Norway refinery following reduction in allowed sulphur content in marine fuel

Another substantial gas discovery was made in September, which has raised the planned capacity of the unit

Apache Corporation plans to sell LNG assets as they scale back assets

The UK’s complex procedure governing planning permission for shale-gas exploration is stalling the sector’s development, industry leaders warned

The plant took four years to build and $1.7bn investment to make it the largest PVC producer in Russia

Oil prices continued their decline into September, with Brent crude falling well below the $100 a barrel (/b) mark and WTI trading below $95/b

Global oil production fell by 395,000 barrels a day (b/d) to 92.9 million b/d in August compared to the previous month as both Opec and non-Opec production declined, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said

Cost inflation has replaced market access as the biggest worry for operations in Canada's oil sands

The referendum may have kept Scotland in the UK, however there are many issues still to be resolved

Antonio Brufau helped transform Repsol it into an outfit that punches well above its weight - and shepherded the company through its most serious crisis. Profile by Anthea Pitt

Lower oil demand growth and higher production rates have pushed the oil price down

Cost inflation has replaced market access as the biggest worry for operations in Canada's oil sands

Richard Power, head of energy disputes at law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner looks at the key causes of disruption to the fast-changing European energy market, and the legal risks involved

Geopolitics has lost its impact on the market and the fundamentals are bearish

Australian-listed Sino Gas & Energy, which focuses on unconventional gas in China, is on the verge of ramping up production in the prolific Ordos basin

China is poised to launch a national carbon trading market – potentially the largest one in the world - but if its seven regional pilot projects are anything to go by, there is still much to be done

Venezuela's PdV leader Eulogio del Pino's pragmatic plans will aim to boost the country's oil production

The country aims to reach 1 million barrels a day this year, but needs investment to make that happen