Sector: Gas Utilities

President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday creating an interagency group to oversee development of natural gas from shale deposits as companies push the administration to approve terminals to export the fuel.

Myanmar meets less than half of its natural gas demand because most of its output is exported to Thailand, leaving the country struggling with regular blackouts and a heavy dependence on imports, government officials said.

Gas prices are rising because demand is rising in the developing world, which is a more consistent and growing pressure than fluctuating tensions in the Middle East, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

President Obama is focusing on  Americans' anxiety over rising gasoline prices, taking credit for rising oil and gas production.