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.
United Nations, United States (AFP) July 28, 2014 - The UN Security Council on Monday backed a Russian initiative to bar trade in oil with Islamists in Iraq and Syria.
Mexico City (AFP) July 26, 2014 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe struck a series of energy deals Friday with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the start of a five-country Latin American tour.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2014 - The confrontation between Russia and the West took a turn for the worse with the downing of a Malaysian airliner on July 17, and that could spell trouble for several major oil companies operating in
Newark DE (SPX) Jul 25, 2014 - Yushan Yan, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of Delaware, is known worldwide for using nanomaterials to solve problems in energy engineering, environmental sustainability and
Santiago (AFP) July 24, 2014 - Greenpeace activists protested Thursday outside a Lego store in Chile, condemning a deal between the toy company and oil giant Shell that the environmental group says is polluting kids' imaginations.
Baghdad (AFP) July 24, 2014 - Iraq exported 2.42 million barrels of oil per day in June, the month of a jihadist offensive, the oil ministry said, falling far short of a budgeted projection of 3.4 million bpd.
