Durham NC (SPX) Nov 14, 2013 - Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency si
Benghazi, Libya (UPI) Nov 13, 2013 - Efforts to revive Libya's oil industry, crippled by militia fighting and post-revolution chaos, have suffered a major setback with a unilateral declaration of a self-rule by the oil-rich Cyrenaica region in the oil-rich east.
Shanghai (AFP) Nov 13, 2013 - PetroChina will pay $2.6 billion to acquire oil and gas interests in Peru, the company said Wednesday, in China's latest move to secure crucial energy supplies.
Basra, Iraq (AFP) Nov 12, 2013 - Residents angry over alleged religious insults beat up a Briton working at an energy company camp in southern Iraq, days after another firm suspended operations over secular unrest, officials said Tuesday.
Paris (AFP) Nov 12, 2013 - Global warming is set to heat up with temperatures rising to nearly twice targets set by the United Nations, the International Energy Agency warned on Tuesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2013 - The degradation of drilling sumps associated with hydrocarbon extraction can negatively affect aquatic ecosystems, according to new research published November 6th in the open-access journal PLOS ON
Waltham MA (SPX) Nov 11, 2013 - American DG Energy is now operating a chiller to provide chilled water to DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Tarrytown, New York. The highly efficient chiller will provide supplemental cooling and increa
Calgary, Canad (SPX) Nov 11, 2013 - GE Canada announced a second phase of investment to develop technology that addresses environmental performance in the Alberta oil sands. GE will partner with Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2013 - A new estimate of bat deaths caused by wind turbines concludes that more than 600,000 of the mammals likely died this way in 2012 in the contiguous United States. The estimate, published in an artic
Singapore (AFP) Nov 11, 2013 - Oil prices rose in Asian trade Monday after gruelling meetings in Geneva aimed at convincing Iran to halt its disputed nuclear programme failed to result in an agreement, analysts said.
Oslo, Norway (UPI) Nov 11, 2013 - Italian multinational Eni is asking for $10.1 billion in damages from Norway's Statoil for alleged natural gas overcharges, a Norwegian media report said.
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Nov 11, 2013 - A project by Griffith University's Smart Water Research Facility has discovered that using 'smart' water meters to identify leaks in and around the home can result in significant savings. Proj
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Nov 11, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it has awarded nearly $10 million to an academic, industry, and government consortium led by Colorado State University to study the major
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2013 - How much in energy and cost savings would your state realize if it updated its commercial building energy codes? You can find out in a new on-line publication* from the National Institute of Standar
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2013 - For millions of homes, plants, wood and other types of biomass serve as an essential source of fuel, especially in developing countries, but their mercury content has raised flags among environmen
Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Nov 8, 2013 - Voters in three Colorado cities approved anti-fracking initiatives by wide margins this week, which could have an impact on the controversial drilling process that has propelled the nation's oil and gas boom.
