Bucharest (AFP) May 08, 2013 - US oil giant Chevron obtained permits to explore for shale gas on Romania's Black Sea coast, the Environment Ministry said Wednesday, despite controversy about risks of the technique known as fracking.
Oslo, Norway (UPI) May 8, 2013 - Norwegian oil company DNO International said Thursday it accelerated the rate at which it sent oil from northern Iraq to storage facilities in Turkey.
Paris (UPI) May 8, 2013 - French energy company GDF Suez said it was selected by the French government to install and operate two 500 megawatt offshore wind farms.
Raleigh, NC (SPX) May 08, 2013 - Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2).
Washington (UPI) May 8, 2013 - The U.S. Energy Department said it was backing three offshore wind demonstration projects with up to $47 million to help take advantage of an untapped resource.
Ramallah, West Bank (UPI) May 8, 2013 - Palestinians report growing indications of oil in the occupied West Bank, which Israel may be quietly exploiting even as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu resists U.S. pressure to freeze Jewish settlement expansion in the territory.
London (UPI) May 8, 2013 - British energy company Centrica said Thursday it sold 40 percent of its natural gas business in Canada to a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum for $183 million.
Singapore (UPI) May 8, 2013 - Singapore's first liquefied natural gas terminal has received its first commercial cargo, putting the island country on course to become a major gas trading hub.
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) May 08, 2013 - The Clean Energy Council has congratulated Geodynamics on being the first company to successfully produce power in Australia from deep beneath the earth's surface using geothermal 'hot rocks' techno
Berkeley CA (SPX) May 08, 2013 - At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) Guest House, guests who have business with Berkeley Lab can get a comfortable night's sleep-while experiencing a living example of some of
Zug, Switzerland (UPI) May 8, 2013 - Rig company Transocean said its first quarter 2014 profits were more than 40 percent above what it posted for the last quarter of 2013.
Washington (UPI) May 8, 2013 - Rail companies operating in the United States should avoid using older DOT-111 tank cars to carry Bakken crude oil, the Department of Transportation said.
Houston (UPI) May 7, 2013 - There were 80 more rigs actively looking for oil or gas in the United States than at the same time last year, oil services company Baker Hughes said Wednesday.
Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2013 - China has sent one of its largest recorded fishing fleets to disputed islands in the South China Sea, state-run media said on Tuesday, amid tensions over Beijing's assertion of its claims in the region.
Oklahoma City (UPI) May 7, 2013 - Devon Energy Corp. announced it acquired 50,000 acres of shale acreage in Oklahoma that holds an estimated 23 million barrels of oil equivalent.
London, UK (SPX) May 07, 2013 - A new semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by a group of researchers in the US, potentially opening up the possibility of using light emitting diodes (LEDs)
