Bloomberg Oil companies have spent three years slashing spending and firing workers to protect profits, only to find their hard work blown away as prices entered another bear market. The MSCI World Energy Sector Index is heading for a second consecutive quarter of declines, mirroring the drop in crude. The 90 companies that make up the index, including giants like …

Bloomberg Mexico is racing against the clock to get natural gas pipelines online this summer. The nation has found itself “in a tight situation,” David Madero, who oversees the government’s Natural Gas Control Center, said in an interview in Mexico City. The season when gas demand typically peaks is fast approaching, and Mexico is still dealing with setbacks in getting …

Bloomberg If there’s one thing that became clear during the White House’s “Energy Week,” it’s that South Korea is really, really into US natural gas. In less than 24 hours, South Korea’s energy companies had announced four partnerships with US companies to explore opportunities in the US natural gas business. Korea Gas Corp., the state-owned gas supplier, said it’ll look …