A factory fire forces the evacuation of homes due to fears more gas cylinders could explode.

The cost of a barrel of oil goes above the $122 mark for the first time in trading in New York.

How do former hostages and their families reflect on their brush with death? As British sailors have been telling of their ordeal in Iran, Ernest Hartill recalls his time on board the first British airliner ever to have been hijacked.

Councillors will look again at gas pipe plans for a village after a counting mistake in their vote to refuse it.

Setbacks are suffered for Bolivia's nationalisation plans, three months after President Evo Morales took control of the country's oil and natural-gas industry.

By the end of 2006, 10% of all households could be spending 10% of their incomes just to keep warm.

A hotel near Llanrwst is evacuated after a gas leak, thought to have been caused by a fallen tree.

Scotland can capitalise on plans to capture greenhouse gases and store them under the North Sea, it is claimed.

The steam powered car that is aiming for a land speed record and an alternative fuel future.

As British Gas announces customers will face higher bills from September, BBC News Online examines why gas and electricity prices in the UK are on the rise.

The oil giant Shell's sudden slashing of its available oil reserves last January unveiled a massive corporate scandal.

Friends of the Earth Cymru claims plans for a £800m gas project on Anglesey are not environmentally-friendly enough.

Reports into what caused an explosion at Killingholme refinery are expected to be delayed.

A cash backer if found for a storage depot for liquified natural gas which would create hundreds of jobs.

Global gloom hits the Australian employment market, as companies become cautious on hiring.

Shipping in the Gulf of Thailand is on the alert for a tanker that sank six years ago - and has suddenly risen to the surface.

Pirates could hijack a tanker and launch an 11 September-style attack unless security at ports and on ships is improved, a new report warns.

India's Oil & Natural Gas Corporation appears to be blocking an attempt by BG to operate three Indian oil and gas fields, foiling a deal with Enron.

Multinationals take precautions to protect their operations in Pakistan and the Middle East as the prospect of military conflict increases.

Conoco's Killingholme refinery, the scene of a major explosion on Monday, is one of the UK's most important oil processing facilities.