Ankara (AFP) Nov 27, 2013 - Oil exports from autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan to Turkey could start next month, the region's prime minister said as he held talks in Ankara Wednesday on planned energy tie-ups that are likely to anger Baghdad.
Warsaw (AFP) Nov 27, 2013 - Poland will begin commercial production of shale gas next year, the Deputy Environment Minister said Wednesday, becoming the first European country to use the controversial technique known as fracking.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2013 - Chinese oil giant Sinopec has suspended two executives following a pipeline explosion in the coastal city of Qingdao which left more than 50 people dead, state media said Wednesday.
London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2013 - With growing incentives announced by various governments and larger end-user awareness, the small-wind power market is expected to increase massively, from $609m in 2012 to $3 billion by 2020, at a
Buenos Aires (UPI) Nov 26, 2013 - Argentina and major Spanish oil producer Repsol are nearer a compromise over last year's government unsettling seizure of Repsol unit YPF.
London (AFP) Nov 26, 2013 - Iran's deal with Western powers to curb parts of its nuclear programme is likely to lead to a sizable increase of shipments of oil from the Islamic Republic to Asia, analysts said.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 26, 2013 - Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., met with top executives of the Norwegian-based oil and gas company, Statoil, on Friday, Nov. 22, in a ceremonial sig
Amherst MA (SPX) Nov 26, 2013 - For 40 years, scientists thought they understood how certain bacteria work together to anaerobically digest biomass to produce methane gas, important in bioenergy and the major source of greenhouse
Shanghai (AFP) Nov 26, 2013 - China's commercial hub Shanghai began carbon emissions trading on Tuesday, as the nation which is the world's biggest carbon emitter expands a pilot scheme.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - As Canadian energy stocks are finally seeing a bit of a push, and demand for Canadian commodities looks set to rise, juniors are confident that economics will ensure that Canadian oil-the cheapest i
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - Direvo Industrial Biotechnology GmbH (Direvo) announces the successful completion of laboratory scale development of a fermentation process for low cost production of L-lactic acid, a part of its Bl
Urbana IL (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - Although invasive Asian carp have been successfully harvested and served on a dinner plate, harvesting invasive plants to convert into ethanol isn't as easy. According to a recent study at the Unive
Oslo, Norway (UPI) Nov 25, 2013 - A planned power interconnector between Norway and Britain, threatened by regulatory hurdles, is important to Europe's future, the EU's energy chief says.
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - The decadeslong effort to create practical superconductors moved a step forward with the discovery at Rice University that two distinctly different iron-based compounds share common mechanisms for m
San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a method for greatly enhancing biofuel production in tiny marine algae. As reported in this week's online edit
Istanbul (AFP) Nov 25, 2013 - Turkey could increase its oil imports from neighbouring Iran once the sanctions are lifted as part of a landmark deal on Tehran's nuclear programme, the energy minister said on Monday.
