(EnergyAsia, May 17 2012, Thursday) --- Supported by the UN and several developed countries, 20 small island developing nations have declared their intention to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, develop the use of renewable energy and develop the economy at the same time.The Barbados Declaration, n...

(EnergyAsia, May 17 2012, Thursday) --- Thai state-owned energy company PTT has reshuffled the CEOs of four subsidiaries.It has appointed Tevin Vongvanich, PTT’s former CFO, as CEO of upstream company PTTEP, replacing Anon Sirisaengtaksin, who became CEO of PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC). PTTGC’s c...

(EnergyAsia, May 17 2012, Thursday) --- Drawing on its natural gas reserves of 392 trillion cubic feet (tcf) sufficient to support 184 years of production, Australia could be ready to challenge Qatar’s position as the world’s leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter later this decade, said E...

(EnergyAsia, May 16 2012, Wednesday) ---Cheniere Energy Inc, which is building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export and trading business in the US, said it has secured a combined US$468 million in new investments from Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings and private equity firm RRJ Capit...

(EnergyAsia, May 16 2012, Wednesday) --- InterOil Corp is actively lobbying the Papua New Guinea government after it had been informed that the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE) plans to cancel its US$6 billlion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.Energy Minister William Duma has denied the c...