SYDNEY, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Australia's liquefied natural gas production hit a record high for the 2009-10 financial year, boosted by rising demand in north Asia, according to an industry report ...

By Lisa Pham - Tue Sep 07 22:25:48 GMT 2010 The following is a list of companies whose shares may rise or fall in Australia. This preview includes news announced after markets closed yesterday ...

A wave of consolidation has long been predicted for the emerging LNG sector based on coalbed methane in the Gladstone region of Queensland. However, such mergers are less high on the agenda at ...

SYDNEY, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Oil major Shell (RDSa.L) is not preparing a second attempt to acquire Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX), Australia's largest independent oil and gas company, a senior Shell ...

By Anuchit Nguyen Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in Asian trading, excluding Japan. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the ...

By Joseph Chaney and Victoria Thieberger HONG KONG/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Chinese officials have ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton's $39 ...

Woodside Petroleum chief executive officer Don Voelte has sold 40,000 of his shares in the company valued at $1.7 million. The shares represent 10 per cent of Mr Voelte's total interest in ...

The planned Woodside LNG plant on the WA coast will have a negative impact on whales, say green groups. A humpback whale breaching. They are at risk of having their home disturbed by a gas plant ...

SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. (AUSTRALIAN:AU:BHP) (NYSE:BHP) is considering making a bid for Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC) , according to a report ...

The Australian share market closed higher today, on the back of strong economic data and a pick up in confidence led by consumer discretionary stocks. The S&P/ASX 200 Index is up 37 points to ...