Shale gas has transformed the energy infrastructure of the US. Derek Allen, Lead Technologist for Energy at Innovate UK, looks at what it could do for Britain’s economy

A new method of synthetic photosynthesis, through the use of nanotechnology and bacteria, promises to allow sunlight to be to transformed into methane

The oil and gas industry is going through a period of uncertainty with oil prices falling about 50 percent, so could we be on the brink of a plethora of mega mergers?

The New Economy interviews Peter Bond, CEO and Chairman of Linc Energy, on underground coal gasification