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British giant B Group $12.9 billion bid for Origin Energy
BRITISH giant BG Group has launched the biggest-ever foreign takeover in the Australian energy sector with a $12.9 billion bid for Origin Energy.
The unsolicited bid, which will require the approval of the Foreign Investment Review Board, comes as companies from resource-hungry countries such as China pursue takeovers across the Australian mining and energy sector.
Origin Energy [...]
UK Gas Producer, BG Group Plc. Propose Bid Origin Energy Ltd. $12 bln
UK gas producer BG Group Plc has made a $12 billion bid approach to Origin Energy Ltd, seeking to bolster its position in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific gas market by securing the Australian utility’s gas reserves.
The companies said BG , valued at around $85 billion, had approached Origin with a proposal of A$14.70 per share in [...]
Mitsubishi Forecasts 25% Net Gain as Oil, Coal Surge (Update3)
Mitsubishi Corp., Japan’s largest trading company, said profit may rise 25 percent this year as soaring oil and coal prices bolster revenue from its energy and commodities businesses.
Net income will probably climb to a record of 580 billion yen ($5.6 billion yen) in the year that started April 1, from 463 billion yen in the [...]
Australia’s Plans Natural Gas Exploration, Booming $15billion a Year LNG Export Industry
THE rapid multi-billion-dollar expansion of Australia’s second-biggest commodity export, liquefied natural gas, could stall if new investors are forced to comply with an emissions trading scheme from 2010.
The warning comes as major emitters continue to lobby for a regulated and cautious start to emissions trading in Australia, saying the credibility of the scheme could be [...]
LNG projects need close government scrutiny
Utilisation of Papua New Guinea’s massive gas resources has entered a critical phase following the cancellation early this year of the project to pipe natural gas to Australia.
As indicated in previous columns much attention needs to be given by the government to rational and early development of an liquefied natural gas project as the only [...]
With nuclear off and coal thin, Japan hunts for LNG
A few Japanese power companies are tentatively seeking spot cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as they brace for a hot summer with low coal stocks and reduced nuclear power rates, market sources said on Friday.
But even coupled with opportunistic buying from India and China, the fresh demand seems unlikely to lift Asian spot LNG [...]
Mining To Slow Slowly Over Next Two Years
Here’s some good news for the big end of the market where resources are still booming. Leading economic forecaster and industry analyst BIS Shrapnel sees the current boom lasting through until the end of 2008.
It said yesterday that with work in the pipeline and more projects still to start, “investment is forecast to rise another [...]
In U-turn, India’s Petroleum Ministry sets ground for buying Iran gas at double the cost
IRNA-Going back on its earlier stand that Tehran should stick to the terms of its gas supply contract, the Petroleum Ministry has now decided to re-open the contract and has agreed, in principle, to buy gas at a higher price.
In June 2005, GAIL (India), Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat Petroleum had signed Sale Purchase Agreements [...]
