Chesapeake’s move brings cheer to gloomy US gas sector
The announcement by Chesapeake Energy that it will sell several assets to raise $5bn to put toward paying down debt was warmly greeted by analysts who have been lamenting prospects for a sector under...
View ArticleEOG refuses to dilute its crown jewels
As US independents invite foreign and major oil and gas companies to invest in their shale assets to fund development, EOG Resources is refusing to follow the trend. The Houston-based independent is...
View ArticleGazprom chief steps up attacks on shale gas
Alexander Medvedev, deputy CEO of Gazprom, has been laying out his thoughts on the US shale boom, which threatens to knock his company off its pedestal as the dominant player in the natural gas market....
View ArticleAlexander Medvedev answers your questions – Part one
In this week’s readers’ Q&A session, Alexander Medvedev, deputy chief executive of Gazprom, answers your questions. In the first of two posts, he discusses changes to gas pricing, how reliable a...
View ArticleFT special report: Oil and gas
- Industry thrown into turmoil - Companies feel effects of Macondo disaster - Opportunities west of Shetland - Ice thaws on Canadian oil sands projects - Huge prize lies under pristine Arctic...
View ArticleUS energy dept: Shale adds 40% to global gas supplies
How much shale gas is there outside the US? It sounds like an impossibly large question, but it is one the US Energy Information Administration has attempted to answer in a new report, carried out by...
View ArticlePrivate equity broadens interest in oil, gas industry
The amount of private equity moving into the US oil and gas sector has risen dramatically over the past year, drawn by a long-term bet on rising commodity prices and heightened demand for energy...
View ArticleOil industry losing the shale PR battle
As questions about hydraulic fracturing – fracking as it is known in the industry – continue to build, the oil and gas industry is finding investors asking for more transparency as to how companies are...
View ArticleFloating LNG terminals to take public heat off gas production
The technological advances in the oil and gas patch just keep coming. While everyone has been scrambling to catch up with the shale gas revolution, the industry has been working on another potentially...
View ArticleFederal fracking policy would end conflicting state actions
The issue of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has taken on a life of its own. But with so much misinformation circulating, it is hard for the general public to know whether it is a good thing or a...
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