Hadera, Israel (AFP) May 22, 2013 - Gas production from huge offshore deposits along its Mediterranean coast is enabling Israel to shift from costly and unreliable imports to a growing self-sufficiency and the potential to become an energy exporter.
Rome (UPI) May 22, 2013 - Italian energy company Eni said it discovered natural gas in a well in an area off the Mozambique coast thought to hold 85 trillion cubic feet of gas in place.
Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2013 - Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house consumes, even though home energy expenditu
Richland WA (SPX) May 22, 2013 - Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehensive study. Researchers at the Depart
Brussels (UPI) May 22, 2013 - The European Union will carefully weigh the risks of shale gas development this year but also needs to stem high energy prices, the union's energy chief says.
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2013 - US lawmakers Wednesday agreed to a bill that would speed construction of a Canada-US oil pipeline and circumvent the need for President Barack Obama's approval for the $5 billion project.
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) May 22, 2013 - China is called on to remove an oil rig deployed illegally in Chinese waters, the Vietnamese National Assembly said Thursday.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) May 21, 2013 - Norwegian energy company Statoil said it will keep operations at the platform tied to its giant Snorre field in the North Sea closed to investigate subsea erosion.
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2013 - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday urged Iraq to build up its weak fiscal buffers as the oil producer's economy remains highly vulnerable to the oil market.
Washington (UPI) May 21, 2013 - The American Petroleum Institute said it's important to separate fact from fiction when it comes to shipping crude oil from North Dakota by rail.
Manila (AFP) May 21, 2013 - The Philippines said Tuesday it had protested to China at the illegal presence of a Chinese warship and other vessels at a shoal occupied by Filipino marines in the South China Sea.
Washington (UPI) May 21, 2013 - U.S. consumer bills during the last two quarters were more than 4 percent higher year-on-year because of a harsh winter, the Energy Department said.
Moscow (UPI) May 21, 2013 - Russia will send natural gas to China as early as 2018, with initial volumes of 1.3 trillion cubic feet per year, Russia's energy minister said Wednesday.
Richland, Wash. (UPI) May 21, 2013 - U.S. land and water resources could support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year, researchers say.
Perth, Australia (UPI) May 21, 2013 - Australian energy company Woodside Petroleum announced its decision to pull out of an agreement to join a partnership at Israel's offshore Leviathan gas field.
Houston TX (SPX) May 20, 2013 - Frustration led to revelation when Rice University scientists determined how graphene might be made useful for high-capacity batteries. Calculations by the Rice lab of theoretical physicist Boris Ya
