Michael Jones, business development director with London-listed CBM developer Fortune Oil, speaks to Interfax about Chinese CBM and the status of Fortune’s merger with gas distributor China Gas Holdings.

Xu Qinhua, executive director of the Centre for International Energy and Environment Strategies in Beijing and an expert on China’s foreign energy policy, speaks to Interfax about the country’s energy strategy in Central Asia and around the world

As Giorgos Lakkotrypis takes the reins as Cyprus’s minister of energy, commerce, industry and tourism, he speaks to Interfax about the challenges of developing a nascent industry – hailed as Cyprus’s future economic lifeline

Andrew DeWit, a professor at Rikkyo University and expert on Japan’s energy and power markets, speaks to Interfax about the outlook for Japan’s power sector in the second instalment of a two-part interview.

Bill Marmion is a Liberal party member who took over as Western Australian Minister for Mines and Petroleum in March. He spoke to Interfax on the sidelines of the LNG 17 conference in Houston last week

Andrew DeWit, a professor at Rikkyo University and expert on Japan’s energy and power markets, speaks to Interfax about the outlook for Japan’s power sector and the competing forces struggling to influence policy.

Interfax spoke to Roger Bounds, general manager of global LNG for Shell, on the sidelines of the LNG 17 conference in Houston on Wednesday.

Interfax speaks to Tomas Maltby, energy politics researcher at the University of Manchester, about how South Stream could diversify gas supply away from Ukraine as a transit state and the effects it will have on the energy relationship between Russia and the EU.

With Singapore LNG recently taking delivery of its first commissioning cargo from Qatar, Chief Executive Neil McGregor speaks to Interfax about plans for further expansion and whether the terminal could evolve into an Asian hub.

Interfax spoke to Götz Lincke, the managing director of PRISMA – a new capacity trading platform that launched this week – about the future challenges for capacity trading in Europe.

Following Japan’s successful offshore production test, Carolyn Ruppel, chief scientist at the United States Geological Survey’s Gas Hydrates Program, speaks to Interfax about hydrate resources and their potential.

CNPC and Gazprom signed a memorandum last week which could see an agreement on the 38 billion cubic metre per year eastern gas pipeline this year, but disagreement may remain over price.

Interfax speaks to Rolf Kuby, head of the European office of the German Non-Ferrous Metals Association, about the industry’s perspective on recent EU energy and climate policies.

As China moves closer towards reforming gas prices, Simon Powell, the head of Asian oil and gas research at CLSA, talks to Interfax about the incoming reforms and their likely effects on one of the world’s largest gas markets.

Interfax speaks to Daisuke Matsui, deputy director of the oil and gas department of JBIC, about its role in Japan's quest to secure cheaper LNG supplies