UK looks to boost fracking with new land access rules

The UK government has proposed new rules regarding rights to access land in a bid to speed up the introduction of fracking.

Lords: Fracking should be 'urgent priority' for UK

Regulated fracking should be an "urgent national priority", an influential group of Lords has said. Shale gas can bring "substantial benefits" to "the economy, to national energy security and to the environment", the Lords committee said.

China to invest 80 billion yuan in oil and gas exploration this year

BEIJING: China will invest 80 billion yuan ($13.07 billion) in oil and gas exploration in 2013, state media said on Sunday, as it tries to boost energy supplies reduce its dependence on energy imports.