The oil and gas game can be a tricky one for junior companies, but if played right the pay-off can be massive.

Causes and solutions to the situation in China.

Cratering well price is his real legacy and not likely to be recovered from anytime soon.

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu headed for the exit doors.

Company's technology provides an accurate and precise method of oil and gas leak detection.

Rumours out of Ottawa suggest federal government is considering major legislation to make companies liable for accidents.

Country's currency hits a record low.

The Cline Shale play could be bigger than all others in the US.

All eyes are on Israel, Turkey, and Algeria.

OPEC is probably the single most powerful organisation in the oil industry, able to influence the price of oil to help its member states; however a review by Bassam Fattouh and Lavan Mahadeva of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies suggests that whilst OPEC is able to influence prices in the short term, it has less success over the long term.

While it is hard to ramp up much sympathy for petro-states, Norway and Saudi Arabia are both facing a murky 2013 as domestic production falls, pushing both nations towards some difficult (and expensive) choices.

This is the deal that could tip tensions toward out-right conflict between the Iraqi Kurds and the Iraqi central government.