Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2014 - Dozens of Chinese workers have been relocated from strife-torn northern Iraq, state media said Friday, with an additional 1,200 set to depart in the coming days.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 25, 2014 - mixture of diamond nanoparticles and mineral oil easily outperforms other types of fluid created for heat-transfer applications, according to new research by Rice University. Rice scientists m
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2014 - Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have improved the performance and capacity of lithium batteries by developing better-performing, cheaper materials for use in anodes and cathodes
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 25, 2014 - Limiting climate change to 2C means shutting down coal power plants - an unpopular proposition for coal power companies. But a new study shows that delaying climate policies could prove even worse f
Harare (AFP) June 25, 2014 - The Zimbabwe government has awarded a $1.3 billion thermal power generation project to China's Sino Hydro after another Chinese company failed to conclude the contract, a minister said on Wednesday.
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Jun 24, 2014 - Raytheon BBN Technologies' Boomerang, originally developed for the U.S. Army, will provide shooter detection capabilities at multiple utility sites in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. Boome
Wellington (AFP) June 24, 2014 - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Tuesday dismissed concerns about allowing oil exploration in waters set aside to protect the world's rarest dolphin as mumbo jumbo.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 24, 2014 - Leaders of Russia and Serbia reaffirm the need to implement the South Stream project, the Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. The agreements between Moscow and Belgrade regarding the timel
Tehran (AFP) June 22, 2014 - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warned on Sunday that Muslim states which funnel petrodollars to jihadist Sunni fighters wreaking havoc in Iraq will become their next target.
Amstetten, Austria (AFP) June 22, 2014 - Vast amounts of hot water from household appliances, businesses and factories gurgle down the drain every day, wasting not only H2O but also another precious resource: heat energy.
Moscow (AFP) June 22, 2014 - Tens of degrees below zero during winter and home to endangered species and remote infrastructure - welcome to the Russian Arctic, a new promised land for oil companies despite clear obstacles.
Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2014 - China is sending another four oil rigs to the South China Sea, state media and authorities said Friday, as Beijing and Hanoi trade accusations over an increasingly heated territorial row.
Beijing (AFP) June 19, 2014 - China is to relocate some workers in Iraq - where it is the biggest foreign investor in the oil industry - in the face of spreading violence, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
Manila (AFP) June 19, 2014 - The Philippines said Thursday it would ask a UN tribunal to speed up its appeal to declare China's expansive claims to the South China Sea invalid.
Washington June 18, 2014 - Washington has not seen any major disruption in Iraqi oil supplies amid a militant assault on a large refinery, a US official said Wednesday, but warned Iraq may have to import fuel for its own needs.
Moscow (AFP) June 17, 2014 - British energy giant BP will sign a long-term deal with Chinese state-owned peer CNOOC in London on Tuesday to supply China with liquefied natural gas, BP chief executive Bob Dudley said.
