Apache Corp. is an independent natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids company with assets in North America, Canada, Western Australia, Egypt, Poland and China.

FORBES: Manning & Napier's Top Four New Buys Are All Oil & Gas Companies

Not just America but parts of Europe, China, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada and several African countries, among others, sit atop as yet unknown quantities of gas that could transform their energy outlook.

ECONOMIST: An unconventional bonanza

Surging capacity in China and elsewhere has prompted the North American Steel Trade Committee (comprising America, Canada and Mexico and their country's steel firms) to estimate that the world's total annual steelmaking capacity will rise by 250m tonnes over the next five years, an increase of 25% that threatens a return to glut, and thus plunging prices, especially if Chinese demand falters.

ECONOMIST: Enjoy it while it lasts | The

Canada and Russia have become involved and talks are under way with America, China, Japan and South Korea.

ECONOMIST: Nuclear fusion