Domestic liberalisation is a boon to the country’s large independent suppliers and is busting open Gazprom’s monopoly on exports

Russia’s $400bn gas deal with China will have ramifications across the world

India’s next prime minister, Narendra Modi, has the chance to revitalise the energy sector and shape how the country engages with international investors

Asia’s increasingly energy import dependent economies would suffer the worst of the fallout

Tensions have been renewed after Chinese company Cnooc moved a rig into the South China Sea area, 32 km south of the disputed Paracel Islands

The Indian government’s surprise decision to delay the increase in natural gas prices until after the general elections in mid-May will not only cost upstream players billions of dollars in lost revenues, but it also highlights the political risks faced by investors

The state-run company is reluctant to stray from conventional and tight gas projects

Promising plays are scattered across the region, but exploration has scarcely begun

The eastern Australian state of Victoria will maintain a ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at least until 2015

A shift to market pricing and a new focus on environmental protection will produce new winners and losers

Indonesia's coal-bed methane (CBM) potential has been largely overlooked by investors, leading one prominent unconventional gas consultancy to describe it as a "stealth sleeper play"

South Korea’s president voices support for proposed gas trunkline from Russia

Power network linking Russia to Japan "concrete way towards a more harmonious region"

Wang Yumin vows green growth, as Russia and Canada outline plans to meet global needs

Juggling the need for energy security and adequate supply while cutting emissions is a tough task. Justin Jacobs looks at how South Korea deals with these competing demands

The carbon dioxide emissions are expected to increase to 22 billion tonnes by 2035

The head of one of South Korea's main energy companies told WEC 2013 his country needs to shift energy policy from a supply focus to managing energy demand

China's major state-owned producers have been dogged by a spate of corruption scandals, with senior officials accused of abusing their positions and encouraging anti-competitive practices. Will new president Xi Jinping curb the might of the country's big three?

Australia’s incoming Liberal-National coalition government has made clear that development of the gas industry, particularly the removal of barriers in the coal-bed methane (CBM) sector, will be an urgent priority

The value of Russia's energy trade with China could quadruple by 2025, according to a new study

Venezuela's new president Nicolas Maduro will make his first visit to Beijing this weekend in a fresh test of the countries' energy relations, which have been strained in recent months

The energy industry has cautiously welcomed the election of the Tony Abbott-led coalition in Australia. Damon Evans looks at the new government’s policies – and whether they can be delivered

The arrest of upstream regulator Rudi Rubiandini on corruption charges has highlighted the problems the country's energy sector is facing

The Syrian crisis highlights the tricky balancing act China faces in managing its energy relations in the Middle East

Officials from CNPC and PetroChina are under investigation for serious discipline violations

China's economy might have wobbled during the first half of the year, but the country's big three national oil companies have thrived, seeing their profits and output rise on the back of domestic fuel price reforms, as well as a series of acquisitions abroad