Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2014 - Conventional oil and gas development in northern Pennsylvania altered bird communities, and the current massive build-out of shale-gas infrastructure may accelerate these changes, according to resea
Moscow (AFP) May 25, 2014 - The $400 billion gas deal Russia signed with China was a symbolic victory for Moscow as it is locked in a dispute with the West over Ukraine, but the scale of the deal is not as massive as it seems at first blush, according to analysts.
Baghdad (AFP) May 24, 2014 - Iraqi engineers began repairs Saturday to a northern oil pipeline that has been disabled for months by militant attacks, costing the country millions of dollars in lost revenues, officials said.
N'Djamena (AFP) May 23, 2014 - Chad has suspended all work by the local unit of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for allegedly violating environmental law, Oil Minister Djerassem Bemadjiele said in a letter seen by AFP on Friday.
Baghdad (AFP) May 23, 2014 - Baghdad launched legal action against Ankara Friday after oil from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region was exported to international markets without the cental government's consent, potentially worsening already-poor ties between the neighbours.
Palmdale CA (SPX) May 23, 2014 - Social media followers and news media representatives from across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom came to the high desert of Southern California May 20 to learn about a NASA project
Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2014 - Analysis of a manganese-based crystal by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has produced the first clear pict
Lansing MI (SPX) May 23, 2014 - A new fuel-cell concept, developed by an Michigan State University researcher, will allow biodiesel plants to eliminate the creation of hazardous wastes while removing their dependence on fossil fue
Los Alamos NM (SPX) May 23, 2014 - Air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from two coal-fired power plants in the Four Corners area of northwest New Mexico, the largest point source of pollution in America, were measured remotely
Durham NC (SPX) May 23, 2014 - Oil and gas development from shale fields has generally helped the public finances of local communities, providing new revenues and resources that usually - but not always - outweigh the increased
Stanford CA (SPX) May 23, 2014 - Vast amounts of excess heat are generated by industrial processes and by electric power plants. Researchers around the world have spent decades seeking ways to harness some of this wasted energy. Mo
Quito (AFP) May 22, 2014 - Ecuador on Thursday licensed a state company to develop oil reserves in Yasuni, a huge nature preserve in the Amazon rain forest.
Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2014 - The long life of lithium ion batteries makes them the rechargeable of choice for everything from implantable medical devices to wearable consumer electronics. But lithium ion batteries rely on liqui
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2014 - BP said Wednesday it will appeal to the US Supreme Court over being forced to pay for business losses it says have no link to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Shanghai, China (AFP) May 21, 2014 - Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday oversaw a vast gas deal with China said to be worth $400 billion as the Ukraine crisis threatens Russian energy exports to Europe and his country faces Western sanctions.
Manila (AFP) May 21, 2014 - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Wednesday that China's placing of an oil rig in contested South China Sea waters had seriously threatened peace.
