Chevron hits gas pay offshore Australia
Chevron announced a new deepwater natural gas discovery in a Chevron-operated block in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia's premier hydrocarbon basin.
Click here for full storyIt's hard to argue there is a fuel or energy technology more important to the future economy of United States and maybe the world, than natural gas. There's a lot of it in the U.S., it's cleaner than the two biggest energy sources, coal (for electricity) and oil (for transportation), and it has the potential to at least partially displace both of them.
Click here for full storyNatural gas could serve as a carbon-light ‘bridge fuel’ while renewable energy sources are still gaining ground in the US energy mix, a new study from MIT says.
Click here for full storyMethane is 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Heralded by energy giants as an exportable interim answer to global warming, the LNG lifecycle in fact adds significant emissions at the extraction, liquefaction, gasification and transport stages compared with domestic natural gas.
Click here for full storyStephen Bartrop says underground coal gasification (UCG) can be considered as the often overlooked younger brother to coal seam gas.
Click here for full storyConsumption of gas is expected to soar in the next two decades as major new projects, such as those in Queensland's coal-seam gas frontier, come on stream and the nation slowly shifts away from the use of coal.
Click here for full storyNewly economic, widely distributed sources are shifting the balance of power in the world’s gas markets
Click here for full storyNatural gas is forecast to account for more than one-third of Australia's electricity generation by 2030, an industry report stated.
Click here for full storyStrong export demand will result in the nation's energy production nearly doubling by 2030, but Australia is set to consume far less coal and much more gas, to a federal government report says.
Click here for full storyOne of Australia's biggest electricity generators says it hopes to convert its Yallourn power station from brown coal to gas in the next 10 to 20 years.
Click here for full storyHow ironic that during the ‘drill, baby, drill’ demonstrations as gasoline prices spiked in 2007 and 2008, a silent revolution with natural gas was already underway that will make those concerns largely irrelevant.
Click here for full storyAustralia's Origin Energy Ltd (ORG.AX) reported a small rise in quarterly output on Friday and said it had sought formal environmental clearance for its gas export project with U.S. ConocoPhillips (COP.N).
Click here for full storyAustralia's natural gas industry has welcomed the Climate Group's 2009 Greenhouse Indicator Annual Report, highlighting the benefits of natural gas in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Click here for full storyThe Victorian Government says it is "enthusiastic" about a gas-fired power plant proposed for the State's south-west.
Click here for full storyAustralia is positioned to take an even bigger slice of the global energy market with work officially starting on the Gorgon gas project, off Western Australia's north-west coast.
Click here for full storyLinc Energy Limited has extended its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BP Australia Pty Ltd. This MOU allows for BP Australia to be the first customer to purchase a minimum of 14,000 barrels per day of diesel to be produced via Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) and subsequent Gas to Liquids (GTL) processing at Linc Energy’s first production plant to be commissioned in South Australia.
Click here for full storyExxon Mobil Corp. has joined a growing list of major energy companies looking to exploit an emerging source of natural gas once seen mainly as the bane of coal miners.
Click here for full storyClean Global Energy Ltd has signed an agreement for a A$445 million (US$402.19 million) joint venture in Mongolia for an underground coal gasification project.
Click here for full storyCoal or gas? Which is kinder to the environment? Which will be part of the solution to reducing carbon emissions? Let's get one thing straight. Yes, gas is a fossil fuel, but it's the world's cleanest fossil fuel, and Australia and the world cannot move to renewable energy for power generation without including natural gas.
Click here for full storyPeople are looking for a cleaner energy source, one they can believe in, and enough to keep the lights on and power electric cars and desalination plants by 2050, when Australia's population will be 35 million.
Click here for full storyThe massive Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which has been given the final go-ahead, highlights a global shift towards cleaner energy with Australia set to benefit, analysts say.
Click here for full storyAustralia, which has had cool relations with its Asian neighbour recently, forged ahead in a move termed as a big economic stimulus for the Australasian region, announcing the details of the largest trade deal in the country’s history, a 50 billion Australian dollar (29.14 billion Euro) clean gas deal with China.
Click here for full storyThree years have passed since the introduction of Queensland’s 13 per cent gas scheme, a period that has witnessed a sea change in public opinion on Australia’s energy mix. The scheme has recently achieved some major milestones. Maryam Jahanshahi reports.
Click here for full storyUK coal-to-gas pioneer Keith Lough explains why he thinks that a Coal Bed methane producer could have a bright future in the UK.
Click here for full storyA carbon-neutral coal power project may rise from the ashes. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu met with representatives of the FutureGen Alliance on Monday, strengthening the prospect that the group’s low-carbon coal-gasification project could be revived.
Click here for full storyAustralia's Arrow Energy Ltd moved to boost its coal seam gas reserves on Friday, paying up to A$400 million for a 40 percent stake in the Tipton West field to help it supply a planned gas export project.
Click here for full storyBillions of dollars in LNG investment in the Kimberley and thousands of jobs are at risk because of the Rudd Labor Government’s celebrity-driven agenda. Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, and Shadow Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, said Environment Minister Peter Garrett must explain an apparent conflict of interest that suggests his mind is already made up against the development of a gas hub in the Kimberley.
Click here for full storyMuch of Australia's energy development initiative is directed towards exporting vast quantities of the increasingly scarce and valuable natural gas, on which our grandchildren's grandchildren will need to rely to sustain their quality of life.
Click here for full storyA massive retirement of coal-fired power plants looms around the world.The resulting 'upgrade cycle' presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make real progress against climate change. Best of all, the opportunity is being offered on a silver platter. The real question is, what energy source will be ready to replace coal-fired power?
Click here for full storyATCO Power today with the Government of Western Australia celebrated the start of construction of a new 86 megawatt power station in Karratha. Western Australia. Energy Minister, Peter Collier turned the sod on what will be the most efficient gas-fired power station in the region.
Click here for full storyBritain's BG Group has secured coal seam gas explorer Pure Energy Resources in a $1.02 billion takeover bid after the target's second largest shareholder and former rival bidder agreed to the offer.
Click here for full storyEastern Star has raised the long-term prospect of its Narrabri coal seam gas joint venture in NSW eventually underpinning a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas export project based in Newcastle.
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