SingaporeFollowing are energy highlights from some of today's selected Asia-Pacific newspaper editions. Click on the links to see related Argus stories.
Wall Street
Journal Asia
Chevron planning to spend $4bn in Asia this year (page 4).
Japanese oil firm Nippon Oil and trading house Mitsubishi pay US independent Anadarko $1.2bn for a combined 23.2pc stake in the K2 oil field in US Gulf of Mexico (page 8).
Crippling drought in Australia starts to affect mining operations in the country (page 9).
Interview: Chairman and chief executive of US coal producer Murray Energy, Robert E Murray (page 12).
Analysis: Iran looks to Chinese model of government to kick-start its economy and make better use of oil and gas resources (page 16-17).
Africa-focused uranium miner Uramin in discussions with Chinese nuclear power firm China National Nuclear about closer co-operation (page 23).
The world's southern oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide is failing to keep pace with human-generated greenhouse gas emissions (page 29).
International
Herald Tribune
The solution of nuclear power to ease
global warming could be upset by a lack of access to cool water needed for safe
operation (page 1).
Former Houston oilman Mark Bent's crusade to distribute solar-powered torches throughout Africa (page 2).
Iran starts building its first domestically produced nuclear power plant (page 6).
Anglo-Australian producer BHP Billiton assessing its options after California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rejects the firm's proposed Cabrillo LNG import terminal (page 14).
Financial Times
Kuwait abandons currency peg to the US
dollar, raising the prospects that other Middle East oil producers may follow
suit (page 3).
Opinion: China and the US do not have to be energy rivals (page 9).
South Korean oil firm SK delays London listing of its Inchon refinery unit for a year (page 19).
Canada's oil sands potential is enormous but its extraction is both costly and environmentally damaging (page 21).
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