Industry Developments

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has announced that its subsidiary PetroChina has completed the upgrade of the Dalian refinery in China's northern province of Liaoning.... 2008-08-08

Australian coal bed methane (CBM) producer Origin Energy has issued a call for partners to help it drill an exploration well offshore New Zealand's South Island.

Japanese explorer Inpex and French major Total have announced a gas and condensate find in the Browse Basin offshore western Australia.

Canadian independent InterOil has announced that its Elk-4 appraisal well in Papua New Guinea (PNG) logged natural gas flows of 1.8mn cubic metres of gas per day (Mcm/d), equivalent... 2008-08-07

The Association of the South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) +3 is looking to agree an action plan on energy co-operation, which is to be implemented from January 1, 2010 to December 31,... 2008-08-07

The Phuong Dong oil field in Vietnam is due to come onstream later in August 2008 and will produce between 2,000 and 3,000 barrels per day (b/d), according to a statement by PetroVietnam... 2008-08-06

The potential of gas hydrates to meet energy demand in Asia's most import dependent countries has reignited long smouldering tensions between South Korea and Japan over a group of... 2008-08-05

Indonesia's upstream regulatory agency BP Migas has warned that the country's declining oil reserves could run out in a decade's time unless new reserves are identified. The country,... 2008-08-04

Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and BP have reportedly approached Australian company Origin Energy about a potential acquisition of its coal bed methane (CBM) assets.

Australian producer Woodside Petroleum has ruled out building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in East Timor to process gas from the Greater Sunrise fields in the... 2008-08-01