Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - By. Scott Belinksi for Oilprice.com If one was to believe the picture that most Western media outlets are painting, Ukraine has been lost to Russia. Though the country fought valiantly to sign an A
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - The Indian wind turbine manufacturer PowerWind has placed an order of certification with TUV Rheinland. The purpose is the type certification of a 2.5 megawatt turbine which will be distributed thro
Cleveland OH (SPX) Dec 14, 2013 - By relentlessly miniaturizing a pre-World War II computer technology, and combining this with a new and durable material, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have built nanoscale switches
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2013 - Researchers are developing a new kind of geothermal power plant that will lock away unwanted carbon dioxide (CO2) underground - and use it as a tool to boost electric power generation by at least 10
Washington, DC (SPX) Dec 14, 2013 - Scientists in Lyon, a French city famed for its cuisine, have discovered a quick-cook recipe for copious volumes of hydrogen (H2). The breakthrough suggests a better way of producing the hydrogen th
Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 14, 2013 - In a paper appearing in Nature's Scientific Reports, Dr. Ramesh Mani, professor of physics and astronomy at Georgia State University, reports that, in the presence of a magnetic field, negative resi
New York (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - Shares of Anadarko Petroleum plummeted Friday after a judge ruled that the oil company owes litigants billions due to a fraudulent reorganization designed to avoid environmental liability.
Irving, Texas (UPI) Dec 13, 2013 - Global energy demand is on course to be about 35 percent higher in 2040 than it was in 2010, ExxonMobil says in its annual long-term energy forecast.
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.
