Kaohsiung, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 01, 2014 - A series of powerful gas blasts killed at least 25 people and injured up to 267 Friday in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, overturning cars and ripping up roads as terrified residents fled an inferno.
Budapest, Hungary (UPI) Aug 1, 2014 - Hungarian energy company MOL said Friday it had a good first half of the year and expected higher production levels from Iraq and the North Sea.
Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 01, 2014 - Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago have synthesized a catalyst that improves their system for converting waste carbon dioxide into syngas, a precursor of gasoline and other energy
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Aug 1, 2014 - The North Dakota government said it awarded $7.8 million to school districts struggling to cope with the growth from oil and gas development in the state.
Amsterdam, Netherlands (UPI) Aug 1, 2014 - Royal Dutch Shell said Friday it was reviewing its options regarding its shares in Australian energy company Woodside after a rejected buy-back bid.
Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2014 - A facility along the Texas coast was cleared for exports of liquefied natural gas sourced from domestic supplies, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said.
Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2014 - There is no ban in the United States on the sale or transfer of oil from any part of Iraq, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said.
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 30, 2014 - A new discovery of two additional coral communities showing signs of damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill expands the impact footprint of the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The discovery w
Milan (AFP) July 30, 2014 - Italy has agreed to sell a 35 percent stake in its electricity grid to China's state power company for at least 2.1 billion euros ($2.8 billion) as part of its privatisation drive.
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2014 - A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could lead to cleaner, more efficient engines for cars. The discovery was made during a series of experiment
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 29, 2014 - Greensmith has announced it is on track to successfully integrate an additional 4 new battery types in 2014, bringing the company's total since inception to 12 using its battery-agnostic technology
Montreal (AFP) July 29, 2014 - A small Inuit village in the Canadian Arctic on Monday sued to block offshore exploration for oil, involving noisy air-cannon surveys it says threaten marine wildlife.
Toki City, Japan (SPX) Jul 29, 2014 - The National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) in Japan, has achieved an electrical current of 100,000 amperes, which is by far the highest i
Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 29, 2014 - Physicists have identified the quantum glue that underlies a promising type of superconductivity - a crucial step towards the creation of energy superhighways that conduct electricity without cur
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2014 - Engineers across the globe have been racing to design smaller, cheaper and more efficient rechargeable batteries to meet the power storage needs of everything from handheld gadgets to electric cars.
Washington (AFP) July 29, 2014 - US authorities were prepared Tuesday to seize $100 million worth of oil from a tanker anchored off the Texas coast after Iraq's government told a court the oil was taken illegally from the country's Kurdish region.
