New York City (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - US oil giant Chevron went to court in New York this week to try to escape paying $19 billion in damages in Ecuador, accusing an American lawyer acting for indigenous people there of fraud.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Chinese oil giants CNOOC and CNPC will be in a prime position in next week's first auction of deep-water concessions in Brazil's coveted Libra oilfield, experts say.
Gaza (UPI) Oct 17, 2013 - The prospect of the impoverished Palestinian Authority finally being able to develop a natural gas field 20 miles off the Gaza Strip's Mediterranean coast, 13 years after it was discovered, is looking increasingly good amid U.S.-led efforts to bolster the Palestinian economy.
Hutovo Blato, Bosnia-Hercegovina (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - In the mountains of southern Bosnia, a narrow canal carved through dense vegetation leads to a vast lake of crystal blue.
Lagos (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Shell said on Thursday it had repaired and reopened a key pipeline in southern Nigeria shut down last week owing to leaks, but that contractual obligations remained suspended.
Daegu, South Korea (UPI) Oct 17, 2013 - International cooperation is needed to address global energy challenges, said South Korea's president.
Lviv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Hundreds of Ukrainians protested Thursday against US energy giant Chevron's plans to explore for shale gas, seen as vital to the ex-Soviet country's plans to ease its energy dependence on Russia.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2013 - From Kurdistan to Somaliland, for independent oil companies, getting your hands on new exploration acreage where both technical risk and political risk are low is impossible. Exploring for oil and g
Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2013 - Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) have announced that they will work together to develop and implement a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in Southern Africa, a first for the continent.
Beijing (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - China and Russia plan to expand cooperation on energy projects, including oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy, government officials said.
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2013 - If you have stopped at a gas station recently, there is a good chance your auto has consumed fuel with ethanol blended into it. Yet the price of gasoline is not substantially affected by the volume
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2013 - The number of patents issued for renewable-energy technologies has risen sharply over the last decade, according to new research from MIT and the Santa Fe Institute (SFI). The study shows that inves
Berlin (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - A key German lawmaker said this week the business wing of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union wants to end green energy surcharges by 2020.
Pungesti, Romania (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - Romanian police clashed with villagers on Wednesday as they tried in vain to force them off a field they have occupied for a third day to prevent US energy giant Chevron from drilling for shale gas.
Moscow (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - A senior Dutch diplomat at The Netherlands embassy in Moscow was beaten up at his home in the Russian capital by unknown attackers who scrawled the letters LGBT on a mirror with lipstick, officials said Wednesday.
Mogadishu, Somalia (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - Somalia's Western-backed government is talking to major international oil companies like Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP about resuming exploration programs abandoned when the East African state collapsed into anarchy in 1991.
