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OMV enters acreage offshore Namibia
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2014 - Austrian energy company OMV said Thursday it expanded its African footprint by joining an offshore exploration project in Namibia.
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Wood Mac: Few infrastructure constraints for N.D. oil
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2014 - Infrastructure constraints shouldn't inhibit production from oil-producing basins in North Dakota, analysis from Wood Mackenzie finds.
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Gazprom chief Miller meets EU leaders
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 01, 2014 - Russian energy company Gazprom said Wednesday its chief executive, Alexei Miller, went to Brussels to discuss his commitments to the European energy sector.
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Murkowski leads effort to push Keystone XL pipeline, LNG exports
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 01, 2014 - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski unveiled a measure that would facilitate the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and fast-track liquefied natural gas exports.
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New Zealand opens third oil and gas exploration auction
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 01, 2014 - New Zealand Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges launched Wednesday the country's third annual auction for oil and gas exploration.
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Rainbow-catching waveguide could revolutionize energy technologies
Buffalo, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2014 - More efficient photovoltaic cells. Improved radar and stealth technology. A new way to recycle waste heat generated by machines into energy. All may be possible due to breakthrough photonics researc
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Russia’s Tatneft plans Libyan return
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 01, 2014 - Russian state-controlled oil company Tatneft said it's planning to resume operations in Libya, which were idled at the onset of the Libyan revolution in 2011.
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U.S. House puts energy at top of budget plan
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 01, 2014 - A budget proposal puts U.S. energy production at the top of the list of ways to generate new revenue, the House Natural Resources Committee chairman said.
Farm News
Ancient African cattle first domesticated in Middle East
London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - Geneticists and anthropologists previously suspected that ancient Africans domesticated cattle native to the African continent nearly 10,000 years ago. Now, a team of University of Missouri research
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Apache Corp. sells off gas acreage in Canada
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2014 - U.S.-based energy explorer Apache Corp. announced it was selling off some of its Canadian assets in order to streamline its North American portfolio.
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Chevron, PGNiG to explore Polish shale
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2014 - Polish energy company PGNiG announced it signed an agreement with a Chevron subsidiary to explore for shale natural gas in southeastern Poland.
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Gazprom to raise bills for Ukraine
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2014 - Russian energy company Gazprom said Tuesday it would raise by $100 per 1,000 cubic meters the amount it would charge Ukraine for natural gas.
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Lithium-ion batteries pass key ageing test
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - The BPT-S 5 Hybrid from Bosch uses lithium-ion batteries, which continue after years of intensive use to reliably provide households with electricity from its own PV system without the need for main
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Regal Petroleum dinged, but operating normally in Ukraine
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2014 - Regal Petroleum said Tuesday its operations in Ukraine are operating normally despite the political turmoil, though audits of its assets produced mixed results.
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Repsol starts gas production from Peru
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2014 - Spanish energy company Repsol announced the start of production from Kinteroni gas field in Peru, estimated to hold at least 2 trillion cubic feet of reserves.
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Scientists Track 3D Nanoscale Changes in Rechargeable Battery Material During Operation
Upton NY (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have made the first 3D observations of how the structure of a lithium-ion battery anode evolves at the nanoscale in a rea