Lagos (AFP) Aug 15, 2013 - Nigeria's navy chief said Thursday that a controversial bill to overhaul the country's energy sector would help curb criminality in the oil-rich Niger Delta and urged lawmakers to pass it.
New York City, New York (AFP) Aug 14, 2013 - British energy giant BP is suing the US government for banning it from federal contracts after the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, documents showed Tuesday.
London (UPI) Aug 14, 2013 - British Prime Minister David Cameron said this week the country cannot afford to miss out on the benefits of controversial shale gas development.
Beijing (UPI) Aug 14, 2013 - China's cabinet, the State Council, said a plan to boost green industries would spur technological innovation, expand demand for energy-saving products and boost the environmental-protection service industry.
Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Aug 14, 2013 - Research team of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dong-Eui University developed a novel cathode material which has outstanding perform
Essen, Germany (UPI) Aug 14, 2013 - German energy company RWE said Thursday it will pull back from the electricity market after posting a major decline in earnings for the first half of 2014.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2013 - The 2010 Kalamazoo spill and the 2013 Exxon leak in Arkansas are the most glaring incidents, but these are just the big leaks that are found right away and reported. Most leaks are found event
N'Djamena (AFP) Aug 13, 2013 - Chad said Tuesday it had suspended all operations of the local unit of China National Petroleum Corporation for flagrant violations of environmental regulations while exploring for crude.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 13, 2013 - China is set to overtake the United States as the world's largest net oil importer from October, according to US figures, due to a combination of rising Chinese demand and increased US production.
Lagos, Nigeria (UPI) Aug 13, 2013 - Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's ENI say they are concerned about Nigeria's deteriorating operating environment.
Baghdad (AFP) Aug 13, 2013 - Attacks in Iraq killed 13 people on Tuesday, four of them Shiite worshippers, while militants bombed a major oil pipeline, halting exports via Turkey, officials said.
San Francisco (UPI) Aug 13, 2013 - Scientists continue to unveil impressive innovations at the American Chemical Society's annual conference, currently being held in San Francisco. The latest is a removable tattoo that doubles as a miniature battery - turning human sweat into storable electricity.
Montevideo, Uruguay (UPI) Aug 13, 2013 - Uruguay has struck oil in rock formations in the north of the country near Salto, the second-largest city after the capital Montevideo, and its experts are testing to determine the find's commercial potential.
Seoul (AFP) Aug 12, 2013 - South Korea ordered sweltering government offices to turn off their air conditioning as two power plants stopped operations Monday, a day after a minister warned of an imminent national energy crisis.
Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Aug 12, 2013 - Energy saving systems that reduce buildings' overhead are poised to become a major revenue generating business expected to gross at least $5.6 billion a year worldwide through 2020, research indicates.
Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2013 - China is on course to surpass the United States as the world's largest importer of oil, says new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
