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Exxonmobil And Petrochina Kontraka Approve Liquefied Natural Gas Worth U.S. $ 41.3 Billion


Trade relationship between Australia and China had experienced tension, because the case of disclosure of state secrets by Rio Tinto staff in the process of negotiating the sale of iron ore contract prices. But the tension between the two countries improved slightly with the signing of cooperation contract of liquefied natural gas supply between ExxonMobil [...]

Mining and Energy Companies Investment Delay by Global Financial Crisis


The deepening of the global financial crisis and the sharp drop in energy prices have forced companies to scale back spending and delay projects, with expensive ventures in the Canadian oil sands hardest hit.

Coal Mining Industry Not Enough Financial Assistance Emissions Trading


The coal industry is concerned it will not get enough financial assistance out of emissions trading.
Under the federal government’s plan released on Monday, coal mining companies will get $750 million to adjust to the scheme.
There is also assistance worth $3.9 billion to coal-fired electricity generators.

Conocophillips Agreed To Pay $9.6 Billion For A Half Stake In Natural Gas Project


ConocoPhillips is an experienced developer and operator of LNG projects around the world and has strong ties to major LNG consumers in Asia.
ConocoPhillips, which boasts a market capitalisation of 125 billion US dollars, will make a 1.5-billion-dollar payment into the new joint venture at the end of 2010 and further payments as the project comes [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]