CommoditiesConflict in Iraq risk to oil stabilityEscalating violence in Iraq threatens to unleash an oil price spike that would put an end to the greatest period of price stability for nearly half a century, BP's chief economist has warned.17 Jun 05:00 PM
CommoditiesIraq unrest pushes up oilEscalating violence in Iraq has spooked world sharemarkets and pushed up oil to its highest price in nine months.13 Jun 05:00 PM
CommoditiesStockton mine job losses revealedAlmost 140 jobs are to be axed at Solid Energy's Stockton mine, the company announced today.06 Jun 01:40 AM
CommoditiesMillennial tycoons spurning Silicon Valley for Dallas oilThe oil and gas industry is suddenly brimming with upstart millennials after decades of failing to attract and retain new entrants.28 May 02:30 AM
CommoditiesChina, Russia sign $400 billion gas dealChina has signed a long-awaited deal for Russian natural gas, giving China a new energy source and Russia a diplomatic boost.21 May 08:33 PM
CommoditiesChina stockpiles oil at record rateChina is stockpiling oil for its strategic petroleum reserve at a record pace, intervening on a scale large enough to send a powerful pulse through the world crude market.21 May 05:30 PM
OpinionBrian GaynorBrian Gaynor: Refining shareholder faces unequal battleA hopelessly one-sided conflict will be renewed in Ruakaka, Northland, on Thursday.09 May 05:00 PM
CommoditiesNestle coffee challenge grows after mergerFor Nestle, life at the top of the $81 billion coffee market just got more difficult.09 May 02:13 AM
CommoditiesTop-paid US CEO's $142m pay packetCheniere Energy's Charif Souki emerged as the highest paid US executive in 2013, receiving $142 million.01 May 04:55 AM
CommoditiesBig Oil and Putin's big plansLast week, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell was visiting Putin's residence, saying, "We are very keen to grow our position in the Russian Federation."27 Apr 10:00 PM
BDBDCommoditiesBathurst Resources announces capital raising planBathurst Resources, which has cut jobs and delayed the start to its Denniston mine, may raise up to $6.87m in a discounted share placement.13 Apr 11:47 PM
CommoditiesRobots set to work the mines of the futureMany areas too remote or dangerous for humans could be opened for exploration.10 Apr 04:15 PM
CommoditiesUS agency sees zero oil imports by 2037Net oil imports to the US could fall to zero by 2037 because of robust production in areas including North Dakota and Texas's Eagle Ford formation.08 Apr 04:00 AM
CommoditiesShip collision exposes risks in busy oil channelThe fog was just beginning to lift on the Houston Ship Channel on March 22 as a bulk carrier and a fuel barge found themselves on a crash course.07 Apr 05:20 AM
CommoditiesMeasurement casts doubt on US oil reservesIn 1945 Jan Arps published a formula, which has become one of the most widely used measures, to predict how much crude oil a well will produce.04 Apr 02:00 AM
BDBDCommoditiesLiquidation bid an attempt to extort terms - judgeAn attempt to have the Court of Appeal order the liquidation of Greymouth Petroleum was described by one of the judges hearing the appeal as a tactic to "extort."24 Mar 01:45 AM
CommoditiesPetroleum firm stoush in courtA long-running and acrimonious dispute between two rich-lister shareholders of Greymouth Petroleum and their former colleague at the oil and gas company is heading back to court.23 Mar 03:15 PM
CommoditiesOrigin bullish about LNG export prospects from drilling project off OtagoAustralian-listed Origin Energy is bullish on the potential of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Caraval prospect off the coast of Oamaru.21 Feb 04:30 PM
CommoditiesObjections to mining plan pour inA controversial bid to mine an area of seabed off the North Island's west coast has met a backlash, with only a handful of several thousand submissions in support of the plan.18 Feb 04:30 PM
CommoditiesLabour moots tough oil, gas lawLabour is looking at the Norwegian model for regulating the oil and gas industry, including stronger environmental safeguards and steeper taxes.22 Jan 04:30 PM
CommoditiesOil job prospects riseBig international oil and gas recruitment company Air Energi is moving into New Zealand in what is being described as a vote of confidence in the sector here.19 Jan 04:30 PM
Commodities5-week wait to plug wellRevelations that a "worst-case" oil well blowout in New Zealand waters could take five weeks to plug.17 Jan 04:30 PM
Commodities'Game changing' gas boom worth billionsThe first taste of petroleum money could be just weeks away in Dunedin, as oil giant Anadarko prepares to move its drilling ship into Otago waters.09 Jan 08:40 PM
CommoditiesCities race to be oil and gas baseTwo southern cities are battling it out for hosting rights to an oil and gas base, after confirmation oil giant Shell wants to drill a test well in the deep south.08 Jan 09:53 PM
Commodities'Economic boom' if southern gas foundA significant gas find in the Great South Basin would provide the largest economic boom to NZ people would ever remember, an analyst said.08 Jan 08:44 PM
CommoditiesWarning over Great South Basin drillShell hopes drilling will produce Maui-size gas reserves07 Jan 03:15 AM
