Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an important energy source, and that it is important for consumers and producers to work together for a stable market, he said in online remarks at an industry conference on Tuesday.
Spain's FCC has agreed to sell a quarter of its environmental subsidiary's share capital to Canadian global management group CPP Investments for 965 million euros ($1.06 billion), it said on Thursday.
Saudi oil giant Aramco will develop a gas field in Iraq that could produce more than 400 million cubic feet of gas per day, Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani said on Thursday.
The Iraqi oil ministry said discussions with Saudi companies including Aramco about gas and oil investments did not reach a final agreement, a statement reported on Thursday.
(Repeats story first published on May 16 for wider distribution. This story is part of a series, "The Bat Lands.") By Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson, Allison Martell and Michael Ovaska