Shell Trims China Shale Venture on Sichuan Population Challenges

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), which signed the first shale-gas production sharing contract in China, will trim its project in Sichuan province because of geological challenges and the area’s dense population.

US justice system was always going to find BP guilty

BP has spent years waiting to hear its punishment for the Gulf of Mexico disaster. On Thursday, the verdict it regarded as its worst case scenario landed with thudding predictability.

Two nuclear power stations could be out of action until December, says EDF

Two nuclear stations that play a vital role helping to keep Britain's already fragile electricity system intact could be out of action till the end of the year, EDF Energy said on Thursday.

Liberal Democrats seek to ban 'unabated' coal power

Electricity generated from coal in old power plants without carbon capture would be banned in a proposal that will form the centrepiece of the Liberal Democrats' commitment on the environment in its general election manifesto.

Leading oil industrialist accuses BP of spurning its lead role in the North Sea

Alexander Temerko, a leading oil industrialist in Britain, has launched a stinging attack on BP, accusing it of abandoning its lead role in the North Sea in favour of championing the interests of Russia.

Russia and China launch gas pipeline

Russia and China have begun the construction of a new gas pipeline linking the countries, with a ceremony in the Siberian city of Yakutsk.

Shell Submits a Plan for New Exploration of Alaskan Arctic Oil

Royal Dutch Shell submitted a plan to the federal government on Thursday to try once again to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, following years of legal and logistical setbacks as well as dogged opposition from environmentalists.