Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Jun 6, 2013 - A second tanker of crude oil from the Kurdish north of Iraq has left the Turkish sea port at Ceyhan, a port official from Turkey said Friday.
Beijing (UPI) Jun 6, 2013 - It's very clear the Vietnamese are the aggressors in ongoing melees surrounding an oil rig sitting in disputed waters, a Chinese official said.
Sydney (UPI) Jun 5, 2013 - Australia may have more than a sextillion cubic feet of shale gas resources, a new study indicates, more than double the size of current estimates.
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Jun 5, 2013 - The Iraqi central government in Baghdad aims to control the issue of oil completely, the prime minister of the semiautonomous Kurdish government said.
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) Jun 5, 2013 - Chinese authorities have expanded a zone of protection around an oil rig in the South China Sea by about 45 percent, a Vietnamese official said.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 05, 2013 - If the climate continues to evolve as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United States stands little to no chance of satisfying its current biofuel goals, according to a
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jun 5, 2013 - Energy Minister Gebran Bassil gleefully boasts every chance he gets of the 30 trillion cubic feet of gas he says lie in just 10 percent of Lebanese waters.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Jun 5, 2013 - Italian energy company Eni said it signed an agreement to help develop the Perla gas field in Venezeula, one of the largest offshore finds in recent history.
Portsmouth, UK (SPX) Jun 05, 2013 - Scientists have discovered a new enzyme that could prove an important step in the quest to turn waste (such as paper, scrap wood and straw) into liquid fuel. To do this they turned to the destructiv
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2013 - Lignocellulosic waste such as sawdust or straw can be used to produce biofuel - but only if the long cellulose and xylan chains can be successfully broken down into smaller sugar molecules. To do th
Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2013 - More inspections are needed to ensure oil delivered on the U.S. rail network is safe, a leading senator from North Dakota said.
Zug, Switzerland (UPI) Jun 5, 2013 - Potential contractors for the planned Trans-Adriatic pipeline for Europe need to demonstrate very specific expertise, the project consortium said Thursday.
Grangemouth, Scotland (UPI) Jun 5, 2013 - A new wood biomass power plant approved for a Scottish seaport will be responsibly sourced for fuel, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing promised this week.
Houston (UPI) Jun 4, 2013 - U.S. natural gas production from the Lower 48 states in May beat a monthly high set in April by 0.6 percent, analysis shows.
Washington (UPI) Jun 4, 2013 - Strong growth in onshore U.S. oil and gas production means fewer problems from hurricanes, the analytical arm of the U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday.
Berlin (AFP) June 04, 2013 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Tuesday dropped plans for a draft law on fracking for the time being amid concerns by some coalition allies about the oil and gas extraction technique, sources said.
