Baquba, Iraq (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - Gunmen Friday shot dead 18 people - most of them Iranians - who were working on a gas pipeline from Iran to Iraq northeast of Baghdad, police officers said.
Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Dec 13, 2013 - The six-month shutdown of Libya's oil industry by rogue militias and disgruntled tribesmen has forced the government to dip into the country's foreign reserves, a move that will likely exacerbate the political turmoil that led to the shutdown if no settlement is soon found.
Vilnius, Lithuania (UPI) Dec 13, 2013 - Lithuania's president this week hailed progress on liquified natural gas projects during its EU presidency and predicted successor Greece will do the same.
Saint Petersburg (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - Russia has denied foreign Greenpeace activists permission to leave the country pending their trial over an Arctic protest, the group said on Friday, some two weeks after they were released on bail.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2013 - Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sandia National Laboratories have added something new to a family of engineered, high-tech materials called metal-organi
Perth, Australia (UPI) Dec 12, 2013 - Oil and gas giant Chevron Corporation has revealed the cost of its massive Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on Western Australia's Barrow Island has increased to $54 billion.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Dec 12, 2013 - President Goodluck Jonathan is under growing pressure from top-level corruption in Nigeria's oil industry, with the central bank asking what happened to $50 billion in missing oil revenues and his political mentor, former president Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo complaining about massive fraud in the industry.
Kuwait City (UPI) Dec 12, 2013 - On the face of it, the decision by the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf to establish a joint military command indicates the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council are seeking to bolster their collective security against Iran amid signs of a rapprochement between their regional rival and the U.S.-led Western powers.
New Delhi (UPI) Dec 11, 2013 - India is trying to convince mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. to stay invested in the country, and may offer a partnership with state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. as an incentive, an oil ministry official said.
Livermore CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2013 - Sandia National Laboratories researchers have devised a novel way to realize electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework (MOF) materials, a development that could have profound implications f
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Dec 11, 2013 - The thorny dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's oil riches is likely to heat up in the weeks ahead, aggravating tensions in a flashpoint region at a time when al-Qaida bombers are wreaking havoc across the country spurred by the civil war raging in next-door Syria.
Ottawa (AFP) Dec 10, 2013 - Canada signalled intentions to claim the North Pole and surrounding Arctic waters while announcing Monday the filing of a UN application seeking to vastly expand its Atlantic sea boundary.
Bogota, Colombia (UPI) Dec 10, 2013 - Colombia's largest crude oil transportation system is going through an ownership change after global investor Advent International led a partial buyout in a deal signalling growing interest in the Latin American country's energy prospects.
Rockville MD (SPX) Dec 10, 2013 - Greensmith Energy Management Systems is a leading provider of energy storage technologies and solutions with over 30 systems deployed utilizing its advanced, battery-agnostic technology platform.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 10, 2013 - Isolux Corsan has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of 172 km of 300 kV transmission lines in Kuwait. It will be the first project that the company implements
Windsor, UK (SPX) Dec 10, 2013 - Exceptionally high-temperature resistance, a low installed thickness and low weight are just three key benefits of Morgan Advanced Materials FireMaster Marine Plus blanket, which has been installed
