London (UPI) May 5, 2013 - Though operations are in their infancy, protests against hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom have turned violent, corporate officials said.
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) May 5, 2013 - A tax on oil rigs operating in the North Sea would have serious consequences for activity in Scottish waters, Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said.
Baghdad (UPI) May 3, 2013 - Iraq has inaugurated a $17 billion natural gas project run by Royal Dutch Shell that the Financial Times hails as a milestone in the country's postwar recovery, even as the Oil Ministry is scaling back ambitious oil production targets.
London, UK (SPX) May 03, 2013 - Hydrocarbon exploration and production continues to press into the most remote corners of the western Amazon, one of the most biologically and culturally diverse zones on Earth. A new best pra
Blacksburg VA (SPX) May 03, 2013 - Two researchers affiliated with the Virginia Tech College of Engineering have published a paper which reports that hot water recirculating systems touted as green, actually use both more energy an
Cardiff, Wales (UPI) May 3, 2013 - A tidal energy project off the west coast of Wales has received $2.9 million in EU funding, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said this week.
Washington (UPI) May 2, 2013 - U.S. senators who drafted legislation in support of the Keystone XL oil pipeline received $21 million from the oil industry, an advocacy group says.
Lynchburg, Va. (UPI) May 2, 2013 - CSX Corp. said it was implementing an environmental response plan for any Bakken crude oil that may have spilled in the James River in a Virginia derailment.
Houston (UPI) May 2, 2013 - Early results from a program off the coast of Angola show there may be as much as 700 million barrels of oil in the region, Cobalt International Energy said.
Dusseldorf, Germany (UPI) May 2, 2013 - German energy company E.ON said Friday the multi-ton offshore transformer station for the Amrumbank West wind farm in the North Sea is in now place.
Maputo, Mozambique (UPI) May 2, 2013 - Mozambique, one of Africa's poorest states, and neighboring Tanzania are set to become major natural gas producers, while Kenya, deemed the cradle of mankind, sits on at least 10 billion barrels of oil.
Durham NC (SPX) May 02, 2013 - When it comes to deciding which light bulb to buy, a label touting the product's environmental benefit may actually discourage politically conservative shoppers. Dena Gromet and Howard Kunreut
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) May 2, 2013 - Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz said its contract with Russia's Gazprom says nothing about paying for unused natural gas.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) May 2, 2013 - An offshore area between the Norwegian and Greenland borders will be examined this summer for possible petroleum reserves, the Norwegian government said.
Alexandria, Va. (UPI) May 2, 2013 - As the time nears for U.S. President Barack Obama's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, the opposition approaches hysteria.
Willich, Germany (SPX) May 02, 2013 - An early glimpse into the 2013 Annual Energy Outlook from the US Energy Information Administration reveals that increased generation from renewable energy is expected to account for 32 per cent of t
