China has unveiled a five-year plan for its emerging shale gas industry as the government seeks to replicate the US success in extraction of the cleaner-burning unconventional fuel. The 2011-2015 plan, made public yesterday by the ...
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Exxon Mobil Corporation announces results for the third quarter 2013. THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS - Earnings of $7,870 million decreased $1,700 million or 18% from the third quarter of 2012. - Earnings per share (assuming dilution) were ...
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Chinese companies are aiming to cut costs and enhance efficiencies as they become more familiar with shale gas development in the country, delegates at an unconventional gas conference said in Beijing this week. State-owned Sinopec has ...
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Chinese companies are aiming to cut costs and enhance efficiencies as they become more familiar with shale gas development in the country, delegates at an unconventional gas conference said in Beijing this week. State-owned Sinopec has ...
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Two months before the expected third round of bidding for shale gas exploration rights, a Chinese firm on Friday successfully tested extraction equipment. The equipment will operate in complex geographic conditions, according to the ...
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China's natural gas industry will continue to grow at a high speed through 2025 with clean energy-driven power generation showing increasing importance, bringing opportunities to both foreign and domestic companies. As the economy grows ...
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Japan and Canada formally cemented a bilateral pact Friday to stimulate trade and investment opportunities in oil and LNG by sharing information and creating a forum to deal with energy issues. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister ...
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China's third auction for exploration rights for shale gas blocks is set to start soon, a source at the National Development and Reform Commission was quoted as saying by Shanghai Securities News on Friday. "The process will start at the ...
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The trucking industry has had its flirtations with natural gas in the past, so why will the present surge in interest be any different than previous experiences in the 80s and 90s, when the alternative fuel was examined and then just as ...
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Hundreds of delegates from countries representing 90% of the global LNG trade returned to Tokyo this year to hash out the debate started years ago by the discovery of new North American and African gas supplies -- whether to move away from ...
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US Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller has asked the General Accountability Office to examine the impact of shale oil and gas development on pipelines, rail and other transportation infrastructure and safety, in light of the ...
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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China's state-owned offshore monopoly producer China National Offshore Oil Corp says it supports the Chinese government's position over Japan's recent protests about Chinese drilling activity in the East China Sea. "We do not understand ...
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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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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 ...