London (UPI) May 14, 2013 - Production revenues from oil produced from the Kurdish north of Iraq should increase this year, Gulf Keystone Petroleum said Wednesday.
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) May 14, 2013 - Iraq's Kurds are reported to have reached a secret deal with Turkey under which the Kurds' semiautonomous enclave will ship oil to Turkey for export, a move that will enrage Baghdad and heighten fears of ethnic violence that could splinter the Iraqi state.
Tokyo (UPI) May 14, 2013 - Japanese company Inpex Corp. said Wednesday gas was flowing from its South Belut gas field off the coast of Indonesia for the first time.
Berkeley CA (SPX) May 14, 2013 - Advanced biofuels - liquid fuels synthesized from the sugars in cellulosic biomass - offer a clean, green and renewable alternative to gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. Bringing the costs of producing
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) May 14, 2013 - Preliminary data from March show oil production in North Dakota has reached a new all-time high, the state's Department of Natural Resources said.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 14, 2013 - Researchers have created a new tool to detect flaws in lithium-ion batteries as they are being manufactured, a step toward reducing defects and inconsistencies in the thickness of electrodes that af
London (UPI) May 14, 2013 - Oil production from the British waters of the North Sea could see its first increase in more than 10 years, a regional director for BP said.
Prague, Czech Republic (UPI) May 14, 2013 - Former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said the row over Ukraine is part of an overall effort to get Gazprom's gas pipeline, South Stream, built.
Athens GA (SPX) May 14, 2013 - The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet. However, only a tiny fraction of the solar radiation on Earth is converted into useful energy. To help solve this problem, re
Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 14, 2013 - The Chinese deployment of Marine Oil 981 offshore drill rig to the coast of Vietnam in early May was yet another serious escalation in an already tense South China Sea. The possibility of a naval clash between China and Vietnam has not been more probable than since their last skirmish on Johnson Reef in 1988 that killed some 70 Vietnamese sailors. Many in Washington perceive Beijing as reckless, but in the Chinese mind, this provocation is rooted in strategic logic.
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) May 14, 2013 - China has no sovereignty over waters in the South China Sea where it has deployed government vessels alongside an oil rig, a Vietnamese historian said.
Vechta, Germany (SPX) May 14, 2013 - WELTEC BIOPOWER biogas plant construction company from Vechta (Germany) builds a biogas plant in Jeppo (Finland). The company from Lower Saxony is implementing this project jointly with its Finnish
Vienna (UPI) May 13, 2013 - Operations in Libya for Austrian energy company OMV were curtailed sharply by security issues, CEO Gerhard Roiss said Tuesday.
Sao Paulo (UPI) May 13, 2013 - A joint research center to research the use of biofuel in the Brazilian aviation industry is to be opened in Brazil by Boeing and Embraer S.A.
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) May 13, 2013 - Multiple bombs hit a pipeline carrying oil from Iraq to Turkey on Monday, causing a major fire and stopping exports, a senior official from the North Oil Company said.
Tokyo (AFP) May 13, 2013 - Three Chinese government ships remained in the waters off disputed Tokyo-controlled islands for nearly 12 hours on Monday, Japan's coastguard said, as a long-running row shows no sign of fading.
