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This week’s decision by Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Ltd (WPL.AX) to pull out of a big Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project was the latest blow to a sector that has been heralded for its…

The federal government should invest in clean energy industries of the future, not a stranded asset. The Hunter has the answer to Australia’s energy debate, and it’s not a new gas plant at Kurri…

Vistra Corp. owns 36 natural-gas power plants, one of America’s largest fleets. It doesn’t plan to buy or build any more. Instead, Vistra intends to invest more than $1 billion in solar farms and…

Supply of natural gas by pipeline from Tanzania was a key agenda when President Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania visited Kenya last week. Supply of piped natural gas from Tanzania has been explored before…

The Role of Oil & Gas in Africa Energy Supply Africa has 15 per cent of the world’s population but consumes only 3 per cent of its energy while it produces 12 per cent of the world’s energy.…

New Mexico seeks to become an economy less reliant on oil and gas, but the extractive industries continue to exert their might on the state and its people One of the first bills she pushed sought a…

The French energy firm Total SE announced yesterday that it has halted all operations on its $20 billion investment in a liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique as a result of the…

Concerns around energy independence and high costs have led many places in rural Alaska to look for renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. The Department of Energy recently announced the awardees of…

When it comes to the final frontier for big oil discoveries, it’s not the Guyana-Suriname basin where supergiants like ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), and CNOOC (NYSE:CNOOC) have…

Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy has awarded a contract to Dutch energy company Stone City Energy a contract to develop a 1.56GW thermal power plant in the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan…

Natural gas is falling out of favor with emissions-wary investors and utilities at a quicker pace than coal did, catching some power generators unaware and potentially leaving them stuck with…

Renewables are cheaper and more sustainable than gas imports, and can provide better energy security in developing nations The emerging markets of Bangladesh and Vietnam are alluring for foreign…

Australia Pacific LNG wants environmental approval to drill across nearly half a million hectares of central and south-west Queensland. Australia’s largest east coast gas producer has sought federal…

African nations must learn from developing Asia's expensive fossil-fuelled power problems Ghana is set to become the first Sub-Saharan nation to import LNG as the government continues its attempts…

Long-awaited deal between government and oil and gas sector a missed opportunity to ‘show climate leadership in the year of Cop26’, say campaigners. The government has refused to rule out the…

Joint investment of up to £16bn tied to industry promise to cut carbon emissions by 50% by end of decade. Ministers will allow oil drillers to keep exploring the North Sea for new reserves, despite…

Accusing California regulators of "reckless disregard" for public "health and safety," the environmental advocacy group Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday sued the administration of Gov.…

Climate campaigners had taken the government to court over its decision to allow the fossil fuel project. The UK power company Drax has dropped a controversial plan to build what would have been…

Dominion Energy South Carolina now says it can retire coal-fired power generation by 2030, a significant reversal from plans released by the utility just last year. Dominion’s new 15-year plan said…

Energy firm seeks to grow operation by 20% but offset expansion via carbon capture and ‘nature-based solutions’. Shell has set new carbon emissions goals to become a net zero carbon energy company…