Local bio-fuels company Lanzatech is accelerating its path into the aviation fuel market by partnering with a Swedish company to convert ethanol to aviation bio-fuel for Virgin Atlantic and Boeing.

A high-powered group of global oil and gas exploration companies have arrived in Wellington today for a targeted push to encourage new interest in New Zealand's under-explored frontier basins.

Police could have sealed the Pike River mine and saved any potential survivors...

An estimate of 160 billion barrels has companies scrambling to drill in pristine ecosystem, writes Michael McCarthy.

Sometimes the partial sale of state owned assets makes sense, writes Owen Glenn

Enjoy the buyer's market for electricity while it lasts.