Republicans are clamouring for the approval of the pipeline.

The vast sum will be invested in clean energy infrastructure, sustainable and low carbon transport, plus energy efficiency improvements for buildings.

According to analysts—this year should see overall lower gas prices than 2012 thanks to strong oil supplies against weakening US demand.

Outraged that such a large area of resource-rich land be put off limits from development, the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, filed legal cases against the US government.

The state government in Colorado announced that it enacted some of the most stringent laws related to oil and natural gas operations in the country.

Kenya has become the hottest oil and gas venue in East Africa since big discoveries were made in the country’s virgin oilfields last April.

As we begin a new year we wanted to take a look at the current energy landscape and see what the future […]

A negative feedback loop is already in play in the fracking business.

Have our wishes been answered? Scientists have found an oil field which contains 200 times more hydrocarbons than there is water on the whole of the Earth.

Now that elections are over, everyone is waiting for a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, but it's not so easy amid the atmosphere of protests that have even traditionally oil-friendly Texans putting up a fight.

There's been plenty of talk about potentially radical US foreign policy changes as a result of the shale boom. While one shouldn't expect any dramatic US foreign policy move away from the Middle East, factors are influencing a greater focus on Asia. Only one thing is certain in this transforming world: The shale boom is real and the implications are many and difficult to predict.

Certainly the folks at Gazprom are having a good snicker, reveling in the mockery that has been made of what should have been a landmark Ukraine-Spain gas deal that would have loosened Russia's gas grip on Kiev.