The Hague (AFP) April 15, 2013 - Activists have planted a flag at the North Pole along with millions of signatures calling for the Arctic to be declared a global sanctuary protected from oil drilling, lobby group Greenpeace said on Monday.
Washington (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, welcomed an Energy Department decision to approve exports from a liquefied natural gas plant near Kenai, Alaska.
Luanda, Angola (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - Angola's state-owned energy company Sonangol said it would start the tender process for 10 new terrestrial blocks at the end of May.
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - Oil producers in Canada will look to rail to carry reserves to U.S. refiners and Asian markets, the director of the Canadian Energy Research Institute said.
New Orleans LA (SPX) Apr 15, 2013 - Scientists have reported a discovery that could speed an emerging effort to replace ethanol in gasoline with a substantially better fuel additive called butanol, which some experts regard as the ga
New Orleans LA (SPX) Apr 15, 2013 - Stepping into unexplored territory in efforts to use corn stalks, grass and other non-food plants to make biofuels, scientists have described the discovery of a potential treasure-trove of candidate
London (AFP) April 15, 2013 - For many of Margaret Thatcher's admirers, the war she fought with Argentina over the Falkland Islands was her finest moment - and there will be many reminders of the brief but bloody conflict at her funeral on Wednesday.
Paris (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - French energy company GDF Suez said Tuesday it optimized its shipping capacities of liquefied natural gas by splitting deliveries between two charters.
Berlin (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - A consortium between British contractor Petrofac and Germany's Siemens said Tuesday it won a contract to help develop the BorWin3 wind farm in the North Sea.
Tehran (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - The European community could look to Iran as a reliable partner as it struggles to add a layer of security to its energy sector, Iran's trade minister said.
Moscow (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - Russian oil company Lukoil said Tuesday it sold its 50 percent stake in Kazakh projects to China Petroleum & Chemical Corp for $1.2 billion.
New York (AFP) April 15, 2013 - Oil prices plunged Monday in New York and London after disappointing economic data in the United States and China, the world's biggest crude oil consumers.
Essen, Germany (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - German energy company RWE said Tuesday it reversed the flow of natural gas from Poland to supply a Ukrainian market under the Kremlin's influence.
Washington (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - Oil production and natural gas production from the six prominent shale basins in the United States should increase in May, a U.S. drilling report said.
Chicago (AFP) April 15, 2013 - A lengthy battle over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which aims to funnel oil from Canada's tar sands to coastal Texas, heads to the most hotly contested area along the route Thursday.
Zug, Switzerland (UPI) Apr 15, 2013 - The consortium managing the planned Trans-Adriatic Pipeline for Europe said Tuesday it is looking for pipe and engineering contracts for the project.
