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Gabon confronts the producers

Oil companies operating in Gabon seem set for a bumpy ride as the government gives wings to its new oil policy, Martin Quinlan writes
Chemicals off the boil

The worldwide chemicals business faltered last year, with demand-growth slowing and profitability coming under attack from price competition, Martin Quinlan writes
Keep calm and carry on

With oil prices hovering around $103 a barrel, the market has found its sweet spot.
The new world order

Half a century in the making, the LNG business is at last about to go global
Shale-gas LNG offers price evolution, not revolution

Supplies from the US and East Africa will have less of an impact on Asian import costs than thought
Singapore aims to make LNG more liquid

The city state thinks its new trading hub will change the way gas is traded in Asia

If the price is right...

Despite its potential, major companies have largely shied away from India’s upstream sector. But they could be tempted if the government implements pricing reform. Damon Evans reports
ONGC's Indian summer

The Indian state-run player is looking overseas to diversify its production base, while acting to tackle problems at home. NJ Watson weighs up whether the company is doing enough
Asia will dominate the global LNG market

Post-Fukushima Japan, China and a number of other fast-growing Asian countries will need much more frozen gas in the coming decades
Shale-gas LNG offers price evolution, not revolution

Supplies from the US and East Africa will have less of an impact on Asian import costs than thought
Asia-Pacific’s LNG output falls, despite rising demand

The region’s production and consumption are going in opposite directions
Fuelling Asia’s drivers

Subsidies and weak policy mean Asia’s rising economies will dominate demand growth for transport fuels

Chemicals off the boil

The worldwide chemicals business faltered last year, with demand-growth slowing and profitability coming under attack from price competition, Martin Quinlan writes
Asia will dominate the global LNG market

Post-Fukushima Japan, China and a number of other fast-growing Asian countries will need much more frozen gas in the coming decades
Shale-gas LNG offers price evolution, not revolution

Supplies from the US and East Africa will have less of an impact on Asian import costs than thought
Asia-Pacific’s LNG output falls, despite rising demand

The region’s production and consumption are going in opposite directions
Australia’s cost problem

To meet ambitious export goals, the country must tackle cost inflation. Floating LNG may help
Singapore aims to make LNG more liquid

The city state thinks its new trading hub will change the way gas is traded in Asia

Australia opens high-stakes exploration game

Firms look to the high risks - and high rewards - of the country's frontier basins as licensing offerings are unveiled
The new world order

Half a century in the making, the LNG business is at last about to go global
Asia-Pacific’s LNG output falls, despite rising demand

The region’s production and consumption are going in opposite directions
Australia’s cost problem

To meet ambitious export goals, the country must tackle cost inflation. Floating LNG may help
World’s biggest LNG conference bounces back

Rising costs, Asia’s burgeoning demand and the prospects for US exports dominated the LNG17 conference in Houston. And there wasn’t a volcanic ash cloud in sight. Helen Robertson took it all in
Going for broke

Timor-Leste (East Timor) was once seen as the poster child for developing nations. It had natural resources, a comprehensive legal framework covering their extraction and an oil fund. Now, almost 11 years after attaining independence, the country better resembles a problem child.