In the portfolio of possibilities for the development of Alaska energy resources, coal gasification has taken a prominent position in the past year.
In November 2005 Agrium announced its Blue Sky project, to use coal gasification as an alternative to natural gas to feed its fertilizer plant at Nikiski on the Kenai Peninsula — in August [...]

Japan, dependent on imports for 99 percent of its oil and gas, may turn to Iraq and Indonesia after it lost control of Iran’s biggest untapped field.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government promised this week to invest in Iraq’s shattered energy industry in the hope that Japan will be able to tap the world’s third-largest [...]

Oil and gas refining and marketing firm Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd. (SPC) posted a 78.3 percent fall in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday due to a sharp drop in refining margins at its sole refinery.
SPC said in a statement that it had achieved an average refining margin of approximately US$4 per barrel for the third [...]

Oil and gas refining and marketing firm Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd. (SPC) posted a 78.3 percent fall in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday due to a sharp drop in refining margins at its sole refinery.
SPC said in a statement that it had achieved an average refining margin of approximately US$4 per barrel for the third [...]

The Australian government pledged $95 million in funding Wednesday for two projects as part of its new strategy to combat global warming, including the construction of the world’s largest solar power plant.
The projects are the first to be funded under a $379 million package announced earlier this week to prevent global warming. Australia has been [...]

U.S. citizens are beginning to come to terms with the country’s energy needs and are finding an answer blowing in the wind, according to electric power industry experts.
“Last year, and again this year, wind is going to be the second largest source of new power generation coming online,” said Christine Real de Azua, a spokesperson [...]

Crude oil futures stayed around $60 a barrel Wednesday ahead of a weekly U.S. oil data release, with an expected increase in the country’s inventories dampening bullish sentiment.
Despite last week’s decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to cut output, rising global crude stocks have had a bearish effect, at least for the near [...]

SYDNEY - Australia Wednesday announced plans to build the world’s biggest space-age solar power station as part of a A$500 million (US$375 million) radical rethink on climate change.
The government said it would contribute A$75 million toward the cost of the photovoltaic solar power plant in the first of a series of projects aimed at reducing [...]

Lusaka - Zambia is planning to invite foreign firms to conduct exploratory drills for oil and gas after the first-ever reserves were found near the border with Angola, the government said on Monday.
Samples taken at a dozen sites in the north-western provinces of Zambezi and Chavuma over the weekend confirmed gas and oil residues in [...]

Standard & Poor’s credit analysts have rated the world’s largest nickel miner Russia’s Norilsk Nickel “stable” with a “BBB-“, citing its reserves, large-scale production, product diversification and costs.
Moscow-based analysts Elena Anankina and Tatiana Kordyukova also rated Norilsk favorable for its strong market position, low debt and prudent financial policy.
Nevertheless, S&P warned of the risks of [...]