Jakarta (AFP) July 19, 2013 - An Indonesian ant-corruption court on Friday jailed a third employee of the local subsidiary of US energy giant Chevron Corporation, in a case that has spooked foreign investors.
Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - The U.S. federal government said it awarded $12.6 million in research grants to help improve feedstocks for the development of biofuels.
Punta Arenas, Chile (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - Chilean state oil company ENAP said it used fracking techniques to release what could be commercially viable quantities of natural gas and condensates in the country's southern Magallanes region.
Houston (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - French energy company EDF agreed to buy liquefied natural gas from an export facility being developed in Texas, Cheniere Energy announced.
Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - The U.S. federal government is comfortable with the amount of crude oil exported from Iran, a spokeswoman for the State Department said.
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - The Israeli government, rejoicing in the Jewish state's growing reserves of natural gas off its Mediterranean coast and the possibility of oil as well, is wrestling with the geopolitical ramifications this energy wealth has brought in its train.
Vienna (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - Asia-Pacific economies took on more crude oil from OPEC in 2013 than any other region in the world, the organization said in an annual report published Friday.
Adelaide, Australia (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - Australian energy company Santos said Friday its second quarter figures improved in part because of the start of an LNG project in Papua New Guinea.
Mexixo City, Mexico (SPX) Jul 18, 2013 - SOWITEC is active as a project developer for renewable energy in the Mexican market since 2008. In the same year, the Mexican subsidiary SOWITEC de Mexico was founded, which now counts more than 50
Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - Data from the American Petroleum Institute show the United States is importing more crude oil than it produces from domestic reserves.
Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2013 - The United States ranked 13th, ten spots behind the entire European Union, in terms of energy efficiency, a Washington policy center reported.
Sydney (UPI) Jul 17, 2013 - Australia will drop its carbon tax and replace it with an emissions trading scheme sooner than had been planned.
Essen, Germany (UPI) Jul 17, 2013 - German energy company RWE Innogy said Thursday it was abandoning plans to build a biogas plant in the east of the country because of economic concerns.
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 17, 2013 - Harvesting waste heat from power stations and even vehicle exhaust pipes could soon provide a valuable supply of electricity. A small team of Monash University researchers working under the Australi
Tehran (UPI) Jul 17, 2013 - Any declines in Iranian oil exports are normal, though supplies to Asian economies are in line with contractual obligations, an executive said.
Moscow (UPI) Jul 17, 2013 - The Kremlin is taking a placid posture over U.S. sanctions that reach into the energy sector, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Thursday.
