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The Quest by Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin is well-known as a global energy guru, founder of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and author of The Prize, the Pulitzer Prize winning history of the oil industry. He has now produced an even more ambitious book, The Quest. Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World. This latest work covers not […]

World Gas Conference 2012

Looking forward to the World Gas Conference 4-8 June in Kuala Lumpur where I’ll be chairing the session: Asia Gas Market No. 1? http://www.wgc2012.com/conference/conference-programme/technical-programme-day-by-day.html

NSW will pay a high price for stalling o...

Domestic gas development is not likely to get much of a look-in at this week’s APPEA Conference. The focus is likely to be on Australia’s progress towards becoming the world’s largest LNG exporter. However one domestic issue that is clearly on the mind of APPEA Chairman and Santos CEO David Knox, and Michael Fraser AGL […]

Hydraulic fracturing 101

There is a useful article on hydraulic fracturing risk in the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Petroleum Technology. http://editiondigital.net/publication/?i=104913 Sub titled: “What every politician, environmentalist, regulator, reporter, investor, university researcher, neighbour and engineer should know about hydraulic fracturing risk”.

Gladstone, site of mega LNG development

Gladstone in Queensland is currently the site of three LNG projects under construction, with a fourth likely to follow. I spent a very interesting week there last week looking at the projects, talking to the proponents and also talking to the locals. There will be full details in our February EnergyQuarterly, together with full production and […]

Food and fuel security

The rapid growth of coal seam gas in Queensland and NSW has led to claims that this development threatens Australia’s food security. This note attempts to bring together some of the basic facts.  Individual communities rightly want to ensure that CSG development does not undermine their existing agricultural industries over the long-term. However, overall Australia […]

Gazprom’s Asian ambitions no pipedream (

What would it be like staying in a hotel run by a monopoly gas supplier: great security but a bit weak on customer service? So it was at Gazprom’s Hotel Vniigaz in the outer suburbs of Moscow, where I recently spent a week attending a meeting of the International Gas Union hosted by Gazprom. Security […]