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Adelaide-based Beach Energy reported that, based on data from its first two shale gas wells in the onshore Cooper Basin, it had estimated its field…
Seeking to secure reliable supplies of rare earths for the country's growing industrial demand, South Korea is negotiating to open concessions in South African mines. South…
While China remains the dominant investor in acquiring Southeast Asian energy assets, Australia has begun to compete with Chinese dominance. Australia's Otto Energy Ltd. has…
On 10 August Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced the creation of a new Energy Initiatives Office Task Force, whose purpose is to assist…
Australia’s federal government is considering introducing, possibly next year, mandatory energy star ratings for homes being sold or rented. Under the proposed system as currently…
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola, E.P., or Sonangol, is the Angolan state oil company, with the sole concession for oil and gas exploration in…
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairman Sam Amadi stated during an interview that in order to stabilize and improve the nation’s power grid, Abuja will need…
Despite Nigeria being Africa’s leading exporter of crude oil, a lack of investments in the country’s refineries have left Africa’s most populous nation with chronic…
Shenhua Group Corp Ltd., China's biggest coal producer, will invest $8 billion in coal-to-oil conversion projects in the country’s western Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region. According…
Russia’s Itera and Zarubehzneft have signed a Caspian production sharing agreement with Turkmenistan for exploring the country’s offshore Caspian sector for oil and natural gas.…
BP has taken 25 percent equity in Chariot Oil & Gas' exploration license in Namibia’s Orange Basin.BP acquired its share through Enigma Oil and Gas…
Japan’s Forestry Agency is considering building biomass power plants that can use timber from the thousands of houses that were destroyed by the massive 11…
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S is building its first assembly plant in Brazil, announcing in a statement, “The investment is included in…
Tidal energy proponents are optimistic that the French government strategy of "investments in the future" could by the end of the summer lead to governmental…
A great deal of environmental damage is inflicted in Africa by people using local resources such as wood for cooking. Now, British company co2balance is…
London's Energy Exchange will host an Iraqi Energy Conference in Istanbul next month. The Energy Exchange issued a press release noting that the "Iraq 2011:…
In the immediate aftermath of the 11 March nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima, which took six of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s offline, the Japanese government took…
Angola’s Kambambe dam, on the Kwanza River in Malanje province, currently capable of producing 45 megawatts, is installing more modern turbines. When the new turbines…
Iranian company Ego group is to build 10 electricity generating plants in Iraq. Following an agreement with the authorities of Diwaniyah in southern Iraq, the…
Since the 11 March Fukushima catastrophe, nuclear energy companies worldwide have been pummeled by the new market realities, as more and more countries turn away…