Displaying 1 - 10 of 498 articles
By Steve LeVine One of the most consequential energy decisions on the Obama Administration's plate isn't one typically discussed in the election-year hot house -- whether to expand drilling, allow the expansion of a pipeline for Canadian oil sands, or to throw clean-tech entrepreneurs to the sharks.
IEA sets out the “Golden Rules” needed to usher in a Golden Age of Gas Exploiting the world’s vast resources of unconventional natural gas holds the key to a golden age of gas, but for that to happen governments, industry and other stakeholders must work together to address legitimate...
The Bolivian government said it had never enforced a decree nationalizing Pan American Energy's stake in a huge natural gas project and was in talks with the company over future investment plans, reports Reuters. Energy Minister Juan Jose Sosa said in January that the gas-rich country's state energy...
Mexico's Comisión Federal de Electricidad is seeking bids from private companies to build about 1,460 miles of natural gas pipelines. The state-owned utility, known as CFE, will "pay around $3 billion to expand its natural gas network in four contracts for the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua,"...
A $55 million Peruvian natural gas project’s completion is expected this year, reports Bloomberg. Savia Peru is a joint venture between Colombia’s Ecopetrol SA and Korea National Oil Corp. The Punta Lagunas project, which will supply north coastal industries such as Vale’s Bayovar...
The growth of hydrofracking in the Marcellus and other plays has caught the attention of dozens of water technology companies, many of them small startups. Their hopes are driven by a combination of tightening regulations, the lack of disposal wells in some plays, and the industry’s realization...
Argentina plans to buy liquefied natural gas from Angola LNG as soon as negotiations with Sonangol are finished, said Argentina’s ambassador to Angola cited by state newspaper Jornal de Angola. Last Friday Spanish group Repsol, in a dispute with the Argentinean government because of...
Vast reserves of natural gas and oil trapped underground, whose exploitation would signify major environmental impacts, will be the greatest challenge facing YPF, the Argentine oil company that recently returned to state control. While experts in various branches of engineering and economics are enthusiastic...
Colombia announced it will send 50 percent more natural gas this year to neighboring Venezuela, which has yet to start producing the fuel commercially despite huge reserves. Colombia currently exports about 200 million cubic feet (mcf) of natural gas per day to OPEC-member Venezuela, but Energy Minister...
Bolivia’s YPFB plans to negotiate three new contracts with Brazil's Petrobras to explore Tarija’s natural gas fields in the southern part of the country. Foreign investment is needed to boost Bolivian natural gas reserves and production. Natural gas is the impoverished country’s...