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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 [...]

Overview & Strategy : Exploration and Production Challenges


As President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), I have many opportunities to discuss with fellow members the particular challenges in exploration and production (E&P) that we are now confronting. In brief, geoscientists are faced with economically finding and developing oil and gas production to meet an accelerating worldwide thirst for affordable energy. [...]