BEIJING, March 18- State-run utility group China Huadian Corp, one of 16 Chinese companies that won the country's second shale gas auction, plans a tender later this year for engineering and service companies, a company official said on Monday.
LONDON, March 18- China's Huadian Corporation, one of the country's top power producers, which won four licences in the second shale gas licensing round last year, will tender for engineering and drilling services to meet its commitment to prospect for gas in blocks across Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou provinces.
March 17- The board of Transocean Ltd hit back at billionaire Carl Icahn in response to the activist investor's demands for a larger dividend and directors charged with pursuing what the offshore driller called his "short-term strategy." Icahn, who owns 5.6 percent of Transocean, has spent two months campaigning for a dividend of $4 per share.
*China has seen little commercial shale production so far. BEIJING, March 11- China's plans to unlock what could be the world's biggest shale gas reserves risk running further off track after 16 firms awarded exploration rights in the latest auction lacked one core skill- not one has drilled a gas well before.