Research Triangle Park NC (SPX) Mar 13, 2014 - Maverick Synfuels and Plant Process Equipment have formed a partnership to manufacture and sell small-scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) methanol plants. These skid-mounted modular plants can be rapidly dep
New York (AFP) March 13, 2014 - Oil prices were mixed Thursday as markets digested a batch of economic data from the United States and China, the world's two biggest consumers of energy.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2014 - How much faith can we put in our ability to decipher all the numbers out there telling us the US is closing in on its cornering of the global oil market? There's another side to the story of the rel
Columbia MO (SPX) Mar 13, 2014 - As energy costs rise, more Americans are turning to bioenergy to provide power to their homes and workplaces. Bioenergy is renewable energy made from organic sources, such as biomass. Technology has
Lower Saxony, Germany (SPX) Mar 13, 2014 - In the future, the anaerobic fermentation and utilisation of sludge from wastewater plants will play an increasingly important role. To ensure an economically and ecologically sustainable solution,
Tripoli (AFP) March 11, 2014 - A North Korean-flagged tanker laden with oil from a rebel-held terminal in eastern Libya slipped the warships deployed to intercept it and escaped to sea on Tuesday, MPs said.
Benghazi, Libya (AFP) March 10, 2014 - Libyan authorities said they intercepted a North Korean-flagged tanker Monday which had loaded crude from a rebel-held eastern port, as the conflict over the country's key petroleum revenues escalated.
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - Mute the song playing on your smartphone in your pocket by flicking your index finger in the air, or pause your This American Life podcast with a small wave of the hand. This kind of gesture contr
Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - Boeing is launching an initiative with South African Airways (SAA) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to expand opportunities for smallhold farmers in Southern Africa to grow cro
Madrid (AFP) March 06, 2014 - Campaigners warned Thursday of environmental threats from new oil-prospecting projects off Spain's Balearic and Canary Islands, two major tourist destinations.
Fort Wayne IN (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - In the face of recent propane shortages and record high prices for the fuel - some rural areas reported deliveries as high as $8 per gallon - homeowners who rely on propane to heat their homes are b
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - The future of oil exploration lies in new technology--from massive data-processing supercomputers to 4D seismic to early-phase airborne spy technology that can pinpoint prospective reservoirs.
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Tubingen describe a process that suppresses the formation of methane in soils that are rich in humic substances. For this process to work, the soils
Boston (XNA) Mar 06, 2014 - Infrared energy emitted from the Earth into space may be potentially harnessed as a renewable energy source in the future, U.S. researchers said Monday. Physicists at the Harvard School of Eng
York, UK (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - An international team of scientists led by physicists from the University of York has paved the way for a new class of magnetic materials and devices with improved performance and power efficiency.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2014 - Resistance to pesticides has now been recorded in nearly a thousand pest species, including more than 500 insects, 218 weeds, and 190 fungi that attack plants. The recorded cases of resistance in in
