Abu Dhabi, UAE (UPI) May 19, 2013 - Oil services company Schlumberger announced Monday that it will introduce the first ever drilling service option that can map reservoirs at the same time .
Washington (UPI) May 19, 2013 - The White House is reviewing its policy options regarding legislation enacted in 1975 that restricts U.S. crude oil exports, a presidential assistant said.
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) May 19, 2013 - Ukrainian presidential candidate Oleh Liahsko said shale gas could help bring a layer of political and economic independence to a new Ukrainian government.
Tarfaya, Morocco (AFP) May 18, 2013 - Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in 2014.
London (UPI) May 17, 2013 - Britain said this week it has issued more than 300 licenses for onshore oil and natural gas exploration since a ban on shale gas hydraulic fracturing was lifted.
Buenos Aires (UPI) May 17, 2013 - U.S. oil and gas major Chevron will invest $1.5 billion in Argentina's ambitious shale development project in Patagonia despite energy industry skepticism over Argentine President Cristina Fernandez keeping promises made during negotiations.
Durham NC (SPX) May 17, 2013 - A new study by scientists at Duke University and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finds no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas. Our results show no di
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) May 17, 2013 - Nobel Energy of Houston, which discovered Israel's big natural gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, is pressing the government to decide on an energy export policy as the prospect of an undersea pipeline to Turkey gains credibility.
Asuncion, Paraguay (UPI) May 17, 2013 - It began as a Mercosur wrist-rapping of little landlocked Paraguay but an Argentine-Brazilian-Uruguayan diplomatic effort to isolate Asuncion is backfiring with more backlash against the trio from Paraguay's newly legitimized government.
Washington (UPI) May 17, 2013 - The U.S. Interior Department has released revised proposed rules governing hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and natural gas on federal land.
Essen, Germany (UPI) May 16, 2013 - German energy company RWE Dea announced Friday the signing of a $976 million contract to help build a natural gas plant in the Algerian desert.
New York (AFP) May 16, 2013 - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in New York Thursday promoting the Keystone XL pipeline, the $5.3 billion project that would move oil from the province of Alberta to the US heartland.
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2013 - The Environmental Protection Agency said it waived gasoline requirements for parts of North Carolina and Florida because of good air quality standards.
Brussels (AFP) May 16, 2013 - EU greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming, dropped slightly last year but the much-vaunted system for cutting such pollution ran into even more trouble, the European Commission said on Thursday.
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2013 - Environmental advocacy groups said U.S. regulators need to restart their review process for an export license for liquefied natural gas from Cove Point, Md.
London (UPI) May 16, 2013 - The Irish government wants to erase the near 40-year drought of successful exploration in the waters off its coast, Irish Minster of State Fergus O'Dowd said.
