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Canada's Enbridge has received Governor in Council (GIC) approval from the Canadian federal government for its Alberta Clipper and Southern Lights pipeline project plans.

Indonesia has said it will consider introducing new contracts based on a different model to the traditional production sharing contract (PSC).

As the competition between the US presidential candidates intensifies, the two main parties in the US have proposed new bills setting out their energy policy agendas. With gasoline... 2008-05-08

China has said it will need investment of US$50bn in deepwater upstream ventures by 2020 if it is to meet its target of discovering 3bn barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and achieving... 2008-05-06

Thailand's PTT is in talks to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the BP-led Tangguh project in West Papua in Indonesia.

Texas-based major ExxonMobil has booked a net income of US$10.89bn in Q108, a 17% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase. Its

Italy's Eni is very active in the Americas, in exploration and production (E&P), the gas and power sector as well as oilfield services, construction and engineering.

Louisiana-based Stone Energy has bought independent US explorer Bois d'Arc in a US$1.8bn cash-and-stock deal.

The US House of Representatives has passed the US$8.4bn Coast Guard bill, despite a veto threat from President George W. Bush, which enforces a security zone around liquefied natural... 2008-04-29

Italy's Eni has started work on its US$587mn Longhorn gas field development, located in the deepwater of the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM).