Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Dec 20, 2013 - Israel is studying its options for exporting its natural gas riches in the eastern Mediterranean, but instability in neighboring Egypt and friction with former ally Turkey are blocking possible undersea pipeline links with them to take the gas to Europe.
Benghazi, Libya (AFP) Dec 20, 2013 - The head of military intelligence in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi was shot dead on Friday during a visit to his family in nearby Derna, a security official said.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2013 - A Japanese researcher on Friday unveiled an invention that instantly and wirelessly transmits force between two devices, in a development that could allow physical therapists to treat patients remotely.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 20, 2013 - Russia's state-held energy giant Gazprom said Friday it had launched production at an Arctic oil rig raided in September by 30 Greenpeace activists whom the authorities later detained for two months.
San Antonio TX (SPX) Dec 20, 2013 - Development of oil and natural gas in a 16-county region of West Texas added more than $14.5 billion in total economic impact during 2012, according to a study released by the Center for Community a
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Dec 20, 2013 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signaled he wants to raise gasoline prices, which are considered among the cheapest in the world at about 5 cents a gallon.
Richland WA (SPX) Dec 19, 2013 - Engineers have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in harvested algae - a verdant green paste with the consistency of pea soup. The res
Ottawa (AFP) Dec 19, 2013 - Canadian regulators recommended approval Thursday of a controversial Can$7.9 billion (US$7.4 billion) pipeline to move crude from Alberta's oil sands to the Pacific Coast for shipping overseas.
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Dec 19, 2013 - Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave has reportedly started pumping oil direct to neighboring Turkey via a new pipeline even though Baghdad has not approved the landmark deal between the Kurds and Ankara, raising concerns of a new clash with Baghdad.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa (AFP) Dec 19, 2013 - South Africa has suspended oil and gas exploration off the east coast following a complaint over the impact of underwater sound pollution on sea life, an official said Thursday.
Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Dec 19, 2013 - Seaweed Energy Solutions (SES) has announced it has reached an agreement to buy all of Norway's Biotral AS in a deal that transforms SES' position as one of Europe's leading producers of seaweed.
Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2013 - A U.S. government study links the BP oil disaster to Gulf of Mexico dolphin disease, but a spokesman for the oil and gas giant said the study proved nothing.
Sankt Polten, Austria (UPI) Dec 18, 2013 - A proposal made this week to restrict new wind farms to just 2 percent of Austria's biggest state has drawn warnings the country won't meet its energy goals.
Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2013 - A drilling engineer for British oil giant BP was found guilty Wednesday of destroying text messages in his smartphone, obstructing the investigation into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Brussels (AFP) Dec 18, 2013 - The European Commission opened a probe Wednesday into German help for large companies amid its green energy shift, sparking a warning from Chancellor Angela Merkel that Berlin would fight back.
Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Dec 18, 2013 - Libya's deadlocked oil crisis, with rebel warlords refusing to reopen blockaded oil terminals along the Mediterranean coast, is causing jitters on international energy markets as oil exports are reduced to a trickle.
