Washington (AFP) May 08, 2014 - The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a plan to bring power to 50 million Africans to boost the continent's development and growth, clearing a key political hurdle.
San Francisco CA (SPX) May 08, 2014 - Oil and gas development activities, including underground disposal of wastewater and hydraulic fracturing, may induce earthquakes by changing the state of stress on existing faults to the point of f
Luanda (AFP) May 07, 2014 - Africa's second biggest oil producer and one of its fastest growing economies, Angola is at the centre of a race for influence between China and the United States, both greedily eyeing its huge trade potential.
Houston TX (SPX) May 07, 2014 - Reform of energy subsidies in oil-exporting countries can reduce carbon emissions and add years to oil exports, according to a new paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Brussels (AFP) May 07, 2014 - Germany is the European Union's worst polluter, with its production of CO2 gasses from fossil fuel rising by two percent in 2013 to 760 million tonnes, official data showed on Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) May 06, 2014 - The United States on Tuesday warned China that a decision to move a deep-sea oil rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea was a provocative step which it was monitoring closely.
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) May 06, 2014 - Hunter Communications has teamed with Nanometrics, one of the world's leading manufacturers of seismology systems and instrumentation, to develop an induced seismic and microseismic monitoring appli
Berlin (AFP) May 06, 2014 - German engineering giant Siemens on Tuesday announced it would buy the energy production arm of Britain's Rolls Royce for 950 million euros ($1.3 billion) to strengthen its standing in the oil and gas industry.
Stockholm (AFP) May 06, 2014 - Swedish energy giant Vattenfall said Tuesday that it had given up its research on CO2 capture and storage, intended to make the company's coal power plants greener.
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) May 05, 2014 - The North American energy landscape is undergoing dramatic change. Unconventional oil and gas resources are fuelling an energy boom that is having profound economic, environmental, and social impact
Penryn, UK (SPX) May 05, 2014 - LDD has successfully completed drilling monopile foundations for RWE Innogy's Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm, North Wales, UK. LDD has been working on the project since 2011, when it designed, built
Baghdad (AFP) May 04, 2014 - Iraq's oil exports rebounded last month, government figures released on Sunday showed, despite militant attacks that forced the authorities to stop pumping crude through northern pipelines bound for Turkey.
Khartoum (AFP) May 02, 2014 - Two Chinese and an Algerian abducted from a Sudanese oilfield have been released after two weeks in captivity, official media said on Friday.
The Hague (AFP) May 01, 2014 - Dutch police on Thursday arrested around 30 Greenpeace activists, including the captain of the lobby group's flagship Rainbow Warrior, as they tried to stop a Russian tanker delivering Arctic oil from docking.
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) May 01, 2014 - The Breeze Production system takes wind farm management software beyond mere analytics by letting wind farm owners benchmark their production assets. Wind farm owners around the globe are stru
Boston MA (SPX) May 01, 2014 - Materials that can be used for thermoelectric devices - those that turn a temperature difference into an electric voltage - have been known for decades. But until now there has been no good explanat
