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AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... the highest CO2 emissions. Brown coal accounts for the majority of power generation in Victoria, but black coal and natural gas dominate in the rest of the country. AMP Capital also kept classes of fossil fuel that had no viable alternative. "So coking ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... fell 26.5 cents to $37.385, Rio Tinto dumped 41 cents at $61.05, and Fortescue Metals firmed 2.5 cents at $4.845. Natural gas distributor Envestra soared 20 cents, or 17.7 per cent, to $1.33. Enestra is the target of a $2.37 billion takeover bid from ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... Fortescue Metals had dipped two cents to $5.31. Oil Search firmed five cents to $8.69 after it said its key PNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) project will deliver its first cargo a few months ahead of schedule. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank ...

NZ Super Fund invests in N American energy

PAUL MCBETH, AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... shale oil and gas resources. The fund will invest up to $US175m in KKR energy private equity investments including natural gas exploration and production, with the remainder going into the KKR Energy Income and Growth Fund, which focuses on unconventional ...

UCA introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... 'unconventional' oil such as shale oil, and any gases that involve fracking. It will not screen traditional oil or natural gas. UCA chief executive Michael Walsh said despite anti-fossil fuel campaigning, such as the "Go Fossil Free" campaign, institutions ...

IFM invests $1.3 billion in LNG facility

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013
IFM Investors has agreed to invest around $1.3 billion of equity funding in a natural gas liquefaction and liquefied natural gas (LNG) loading facility in Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas. The project, planned by Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., will ...

Shale gas revolution could be worldwide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... "The biggest issue is we don't have the infrastructure to get that oil where it needs to be. They are flaring more natural gas than you can believe in the middle of the United States. They have to burn it off because they have nowhere to put it." He ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... but Rio Tinto was four cents lower at $66.49. Meanwhile, Australian petroleum companies were benefiting from soaring natural gas prices fuelled by north American demand. Woodside Petroleum was up 53 cents to $37.93 and Santos had increased seven cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... QBE shares down 70 cents, or 5.8 per cent, at $11.30. Australian petroleum companies were benefiting from soaring natural gas prices fuelled by north American demand. Woodside Petroleum was up 49 cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $37.89 and Santos had increased ...

Bell Potter expands research team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... Young, and CLSA. Most recently she worked at Dart Energy, a company specialising in the exploration and production of natural gas extracted from coal beds and shale. Savage has 18 years of equity analysis experience, working at BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse ...