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
Washington (AFP) May 20, 2013 - Perched at the tip of an Arctic barrier reef in harsh northwestern Alaska, a tiny village took on big oil for causing the climate change that is eroding its shores, but lost its court fight Monday.
London (UPI) May 20, 2013 - British investigators say they are urgently reviewing whether to join an EU investigation of three oil companies for alleged gasoline price-fixing.
London (UPI) May 20, 2013 - A British energy sector move toward shale natural gas is a move in the wrong direction and the public is taking notice, a British advocacy group said.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) May 20, 2013 - Norwegian oil services company Odfjell Drilling said Tuesday it amended its contract with BP to work off the coast of Angola through 2015.
Essen, Germany (UPI) May 20, 2013 - German energy company RWE Innogy said Tuesday it started installing the 48 turbines for the Nordsee Ost wind farm off the country's coast.
Tokyo (AFP) May 20, 2013 - US investment banking giant Goldman Sachs said Monday it will start investing in Japanese renewable energy projects, with a reported $2.9 billion outlay over the next five years.
Washington (UPI) May 20, 2013 - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee says it's time to build domestic natural gas infrastructure before winter energy demands increase.
New Delhi (UPI) May 20, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Energy's conditional approval a Texas liquefied natural gas terminal to export to nations that do not have a free trade agreement with the United States is seen as a potential boost for India's energy security.
