LNG investments could soon increase as the fuel could soon benefit from a rising demand for gas from the transport sector.

There was a time when headlines about jets bombing Middle Eastern refineries would have sent oil prices soaring.

The deal between Russia and China for importing some 38 billion cubic meters/year of natural gas through a pipeline connecting the two countries represents a key development not only for the two parties involved, but also for the role it will have in shaping the global price of LNG, according to Shigeru Muraki, vice chairman of the board at Japan's Tokyo Gas.

Some analysts and investors worry that oil companies will not spend enough either to sustain growth in their core businesses, or to open options in alternative energy sources for a world in which oil and gas consumption is constrained by climate policy or high prices.

The Yamal plan, a $27 billion investment to tap vast natural gas reserves in northwest Siberia, aims to double Russia's stake in the fast-growing market for liquefied natural gas.

Russia looks beyond West Siberia for future oil and natural gas growth

China’s demand growth may make it globally dominant, speakers suggest

How the Ukrainian crisis could cause tremors in the Gulf

Unresolved territorial and maritime claims continue to hinder exploration and development in the East China Sea.

AAPG ICE: Seismic reprocessing enhances potential for Russia’s legacy basins

North American shale-focused companies' financial performance has improved

Battle for oil in ‘Africa’s last colony’

World oil demand growth in 2014 is expected to reach 1.05 mb/d, following a downward revision of around 50 tb/d, mainly due to the weaker-than-expected performance of the OECD region.

IEA releases Oil Market Report for September

Saudi Arabia has 16% of the world's proved oil reserves, is the largest exporter of total petroleum liquids in the world, and maintains the world's largest crude oil production capacity.