Saturday, August 15, 2026
UK shale gas explorers' shares fall on fracking moratorium-oag360

UK shale gas explorers’ shares fall on fracking moratorium

Source: Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in British shale gas explorers fell on Monday morning after the government announced at the weekend that it is imposing a moratorium on fracking. On Saturday the government said that the gas extraction technique risked causing too much disruption to local communities through earth tremors. Fracking, which involves extracting gas from rocks by breaking

Cheniere executive put on 'garden leave' ahead of exiting company-oag360

Cheniere executive put on ‘garden leave’ ahead of exiting company

Source: Houston Chronicle One of the top executives for Houston liquefied natural gas company Cheniere Energy is being placed on “garden leave” some three months before he leaves the company. In a Friday afternoon filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Cheniere reported the company’s senior vice president of operations Doug Shanda will be leaving the company on Jan.

Oil near 6-week high as U.S.-China trade deal hopes increase-oag360

Oil near 6-week high as U.S.-China trade deal hopes increase

Source: Houston Chronicle Oil held its biggest gain in almost seven weeks after improved U.S. and Chinese economic data aided the demand outlook, while optimism increased that the U.S. and China will resolve their trade dispute. Futures rose as much as 1.5% in New York. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday afternoon at