Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2014 - Advocacy groups said they filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation for not responding to calls to pull crude oil rail cars out of service.
St. Paul, Minn. (UPI) Sep 12, 2014 - The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission called on pipeline builder Enbridge Energy to examine new routes for its planned Sandpiper oil project.
Oklahoma City (UPI) Sep 12, 2014 - The head of Continental Resources, the largest player in North Dakota shale, is leaving to pursue his options elsewhere, the company said.
Moscow (UPI) Sep 12, 2014 - Though oil and gas are on the agenda, an aide to the Kremlin said work on nuclear energy was one of the more important issues during talks Friday with Iran.
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 12, 2014 - Researchers have developed a light detector that could revolutionise chemical sensing and night vision technology. In the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology, the team of researchers at Mona
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2014 - The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a long-anticipated update to the source-of-record for cetane number data. This information is vital to the developmen
London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2014 - Comparison of 3D TEM imaging techniques reveals never-seen-before details of plant cell walls, according to a study published September 10, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Purbasha Sarka
Mexico City (UPI) Sep 12, 2014 - Mexico's state-run energy company said it's focusing on production of fuels at five domestic refineries in an effort to wean itself from imports.
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 12, 2014 - Defects damage the ideal properties of many two-dimensional materials, like carbon-based graphene. Phosphorus just shrugs. That makes it a promising candidate for nano-electronic applications that r
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 12, 2014 - Using an electric prism, scientists have found a new way of separating water molecules that differ only in their nuclear spin states and, under normal conditions, do not part ways. Since wat
Brussels (UPI) Sep 12, 2014 - New sanctions against the Russian energy sector entered into force Friday in response to continued aggression in Ukraine, the European Union declared.
Glasgow, Scotland (UPI) Sep 12, 2014 - Chemists in Scotland say they have made a major advancement in the process of producing hydrogen from water that may offer cleaner and cheaper gas, and a renewable source of energy.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Sep 12, 2014 - Norwegian energy company Statoil said Friday it sold off some of its assets on the Norwegian continental shelf to its German counterpart, Wintershall.
Raleigh NC (SPX) Sep 12, 2014 - Research from North Carolina State University shows that a type of modified titania, or titanium dioxide, holds promise as an electrical insulator for superconducting magnets, allowing heat to dissi
Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2014 - Despite a nod for southern U.S. LNG exports, the application backlog needs clearing to strengthen U.S. leverage, the American Petroleum Institute said.
Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2014 - Refining company Flint Hills Resources agreed to settle a civil penalty for $80,000 for mishandling waste at a petroleum refinery in Alaska, the EPA said.
