San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2014 - Hydraulic fracturing triggered a series of small earthquakes in 2013 on a previously unmapped fault in Harrison County, Ohio, according to a study published in the journal Seismological Research Let
Tokyo (UPI) Oct 17, 2014 - Japanese energy company Inpex Corp. disclosed Friday it started producing oil for the first time at a field off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
Houston (UPI) Oct 17, 2014 - Expanding a gas system in the U.S. Midwest will facilitate the utilization of shale gas from the Utica and Marcellus plays, pipeline company Kinder Morgan said.
London (UPI) Oct 17, 2014 - A new oil discovery in northern Iraq moves the region closer to a 1 million barrel per day production goal, a Kurdish government official said Friday.
Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2014 - Striking fixed Islamic State targets in Syria, including oil facilities, is part of the strategic effort to cripple the group, a Pentagon official said.
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Oct 17, 2014 - The Scottish government needs the authority to decide how to manage its resources in order to exploit its true potential, First Minister Alex Salmond said.
Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2014 - U.S. crude oil imports for the first full week in October were down by more than 7 percent from one year ago, the U.S. Department of Energy found.
Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2014 - Acreage set for auction in the Gulf of Mexico may hold as much as 894 million barrels of oil and 3.9 trillion cubic feet of gas, the U.S. government said.
Umea, Sweden (SPX) Oct 17, 2014 - Swedish and Chinese researchers show how a unique nano-alloy composed of palladium nano-islands embedded in tungsten nanoparticles creates a new type of catalysts for highly efficient oxygen reducti
New York (UPI) Oct 17, 2014 - West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude oil prices each climbed toward the $85 per barrel mark, trading data Friday show.
Oklahoma City (UPI) Oct 16, 2014 - Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Thursday it was selling its Utica and Marcellus shale assets to rival Southwestern Energy Co. for more than $5 billion.
Baghdad (UPI) Oct 16, 2014 - Baghdad sees the national constitution as the best venue through which to solve oil disputes with its Kurdish counterparts, the oil ministry said.
Washington (AFP) Oct 16, 2014 - Lockheed Martin Corp says it has made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, with reactors small enough to fit on the back of a truck.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Oct 16, 2014 - Norwegian energy company Det norske said Thursday it's one of the largest operators in the region now that it closed on an acquisition of a Marathon subsidiary.
St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 16, 2014 - A team of scientists led by Thomas Brutnell, Ph.D., director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have developed a new way of identi
Vechta, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2014 - Stringent conditions for biogas plant operators underline the need for innovative management systems. Moreover, economic efficiency is becoming increasingly important. WELTEC BIOPOWER has developed
