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Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: The Petroleum Ministry has asked the Planning Commission to set up a committee on

The Sri Lankan government is currently discussing and is to decide within the next few weeks, the option of converting all thermal power plants in the country into those run on Liquefied Natural G

ExxonMobil and its partners have agreed to press ahead with a $15bn liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea that would represent the largest foreign investment in the country to date.

The US group said that, once completed, the PNG LNG deal would treble Papua New Guinea

Converting coal-bed methane into liquefied natural gas is a fledgling industry but one that has attracted heavyweight oil and gas groups to the Australian state of Queensland.

Gorgon, one of the world

South Korea's Environment Minister Maanee Lee said on Thursday a U.N. meeting in Copenhagen may not reach an agreement, although Asia's fourth-largest economy will play a "bridging" role between developed and developing nations.

The U.S. Energy Department will award nearly $300 million to a clean cities program to help communities buy alternative-fuel vehicles, Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Wednesday.

Chevron Corp's proposed Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project needs to meet more stringent environmental conditions before it can obtain final approval from the Australian government.

National Forum on Environment and Health (NFEH) has expressed grave concern over the fast degradation of environment in the country especially Karachi in the past 12 years which inflicted huge losses to the economy and posed threat to resources.

Australia's government defended its scheme to cut carbon emissions on Friday, amid mining industry warnings that its carbon trading plan would cost 23,000 resource sector jobs as the country battles recession.

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