French President Francois Hollande will not allow shale gas exploration during his presidency, he said on national television Sunday. France currently has a ban on shale gas exploration using hydraulic fracturing, the only current ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Gas Drilling
PetroChina has received Chinese and Australian federal government approval to acquire from ConocoPhillips a 29% stake, valued at around A$32 million ($29 million), in a shale gas joint venture in Western Australia's Southern Canning Basin, ...
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Shale gas production in the UK could boost tax revenues and improve the nation's trade balance, but is unlikely to reduce gas prices, and is no short-term fix for national energy needs, according to Howard Rogers of the Oxford Institute for ...
According to a new market report "Petrochemicals Market by Product (Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, Benzene, Xylene, Toluene, Vinyls, Styrene and Methanol) -Global and China Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 ...
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The utilization of surplus naphtha capacity is a key driver of Indian petrochemical sector, according to a top official with the Indian Oil Corporation. The utilization of surplus naphtha and stranded propylene from refineries, as well as ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling ...
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The response of Asian and global markets to US liquefied natural gas exports will be much stronger and will happen much sooner than many anticipate, putting strong downward pressure on Asian prices, Rice University fellow Kenneth Medlock ...
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US oil services company Schlumberger on Wednesday announced the opening of a reservoir laboratory in China's central Sichuan province to help support expanding activity in unconventional shale development. The company's new facility in ...
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Alaska has extended an agreement with TransCanada that sees the state offer subsidies for the firm's work on a natural gas pipeline and LNG export project in the state, a state official said Wednesday. The previous agreement expired June ...
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China and other countries need to allow more open access and competition for their shale gas industries if they want to duplicate North America's success in exploiting the resource, a senior official at BP Plc said. "It did happen in the ...
Shell's hopes for a new gas-to-liquids mega project on the US Gulf Coast would benefit from much-improved process efficiencies, but any resulting cost savings could be limited by the need to build most of the plant outside the US, Shell ...
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The leaders of the world's leading gas exporting nations are due to meet in Moscow Monday for the second summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum to discuss the future of the gas market amid uncertainties over the supply and demand ...
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The state-owned Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation hasdecided this week to provide guarantees of up to 75% of bank loans to new LNGprojects that are deemed to help reduce Japan's import costs for the fuel, aJogmec official said ...
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The head of the International Energy Agency warned Thursday that theshale gas revolution in North America was unlikely to be replicated elsewherein the world, and that its effect would be more likely felt through anincrease in LNG supplies ...
Investors around the globe are on edge amid more volatility in financial markets as Wall Street attempts to wean itself off stimulus and fears intensify about China's banking system, sending Australian shares sharply lower to the point of ...
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