SharesRefinery outages push oil price lowerOil prices in New York have tumbled to their lowest level since mid-March helped by unplanned refinery shutdowns in the US midwest.01 Aug 05:00 PM
BDBDCommoditiesOceanaGold posts profitThe mining company achieved a profit of US$58.9 million in the first three months of the year as production from Didipio came onstream.31 Jul 05:00 PM
BDBDCommoditiesHunt on for platinum in South IslandTaranaki oil and gas explorer Tag Oil, of Canada, is expanding into the New Zealand minerals sector through its 49 per cent ownership of a listed Canadian explorer.24 Jul 05:00 PM
BDBDCommoditiesRefinery losses recouped at the pumpZ Energy says margins have risen due to fuel retailers trying to recoup up to $40m they've had to pay to top up losses at Marsden Point oil refinery.15 Jul 01:00 AM
CommoditiesGloriavale firm to start oil drilling on West CoastA company owned by the Gloriavale Christian Community expects to drill a new oil well this spring with a rig that has recently arrived from Korea.11 Jul 03:40 AM
CommoditiesStockton mine restructure: 180 jobs goneStockton mineworkers got the bad news they were expecting today, that more than 180 jobs will go - over a quarter of the workforce - and mine production will fall by 25 per cent.27 Jun 02:55 AM
CommoditiesFamily trust fight gets nastyGina Rinehart's son John Hancock called his youngest sister "an oxygen thief".24 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionSeabed mining sets very high barEditorial: During the passage of legislation establishing a new regime for activity in NZ's exclusive economic zone, environmentalists fretted the Govt had got the balance wrong.22 Jun 05:00 PM
CommoditiesDrilling resumes after glitchDrilling has resumed off the Taranaki coast after the joint-venture partners in the Oi prospect had to abandon a well that hit trouble amid escalating costs.18 Jun 05:00 PM
CommoditiesConflict in Iraq risk to oil stabilityEscalating violence in Iraq threatens to unleash an oil price spike that would put an end to the greatest period of price stability for nearly half a century, BP's chief economist has warned.17 Jun 05:00 PM
CommoditiesIraq unrest pushes up oilEscalating violence in Iraq has spooked world sharemarkets and pushed up oil to its highest price in nine months.13 Jun 05:00 PM
CommoditiesStockton mine job losses revealedAlmost 140 jobs are to be axed at Solid Energy's Stockton mine, the company announced today.06 Jun 01:40 AM
CommoditiesMillennial tycoons spurning Silicon Valley for Dallas oilThe oil and gas industry is suddenly brimming with upstart millennials after decades of failing to attract and retain new entrants.28 May 02:30 AM
CommoditiesChina, Russia sign $400 billion gas dealChina has signed a long-awaited deal for Russian natural gas, giving China a new energy source and Russia a diplomatic boost.21 May 08:33 PM
CommoditiesChina stockpiles oil at record rateChina is stockpiling oil for its strategic petroleum reserve at a record pace, intervening on a scale large enough to send a powerful pulse through the world crude market.21 May 05:30 PM
OpinionBrian GaynorBrian Gaynor: Refining shareholder faces unequal battleA hopelessly one-sided conflict will be renewed in Ruakaka, Northland, on Thursday.09 May 05:00 PM
CommoditiesNestle coffee challenge grows after mergerFor Nestle, life at the top of the $81 billion coffee market just got more difficult.09 May 02:13 AM
CommoditiesTop-paid US CEO's $142m pay packetCheniere Energy's Charif Souki emerged as the highest paid US executive in 2013, receiving $142 million.01 May 04:55 AM
CommoditiesBig Oil and Putin's big plansLast week, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell was visiting Putin's residence, saying, "We are very keen to grow our position in the Russian Federation."27 Apr 10:00 PM
BDBDCommoditiesBathurst Resources announces capital raising planBathurst Resources, which has cut jobs and delayed the start to its Denniston mine, may raise up to $6.87m in a discounted share placement.13 Apr 11:47 PM
CommoditiesRobots set to work the mines of the futureMany areas too remote or dangerous for humans could be opened for exploration.10 Apr 04:15 PM
CommoditiesUS agency sees zero oil imports by 2037Net oil imports to the US could fall to zero by 2037 because of robust production in areas including North Dakota and Texas's Eagle Ford formation.08 Apr 04:00 AM
CommoditiesShip collision exposes risks in busy oil channelThe fog was just beginning to lift on the Houston Ship Channel on March 22 as a bulk carrier and a fuel barge found themselves on a crash course.07 Apr 05:20 AM
CommoditiesMeasurement casts doubt on US oil reservesIn 1945 Jan Arps published a formula, which has become one of the most widely used measures, to predict how much crude oil a well will produce.04 Apr 02:00 AM
BDBDCommoditiesLiquidation bid an attempt to extort terms - judgeAn attempt to have the Court of Appeal order the liquidation of Greymouth Petroleum was described by one of the judges hearing the appeal as a tactic to "extort."24 Mar 01:45 AM
CommoditiesPetroleum firm stoush in courtA long-running and acrimonious dispute between two rich-lister shareholders of Greymouth Petroleum and their former colleague at the oil and gas company is heading back to court.23 Mar 03:15 PM
CommoditiesOrigin bullish about LNG export prospects from drilling project off OtagoAustralian-listed Origin Energy is bullish on the potential of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Caraval prospect off the coast of Oamaru.21 Feb 04:30 PM
CommoditiesObjections to mining plan pour inA controversial bid to mine an area of seabed off the North Island's west coast has met a backlash, with only a handful of several thousand submissions in support of the plan.18 Feb 04:30 PM
CommoditiesLabour moots tough oil, gas lawLabour is looking at the Norwegian model for regulating the oil and gas industry, including stronger environmental safeguards and steeper taxes.22 Jan 04:30 PM
CommoditiesOil job prospects riseBig international oil and gas recruitment company Air Energi is moving into New Zealand in what is being described as a vote of confidence in the sector here.19 Jan 04:30 PM
