Moscow (UPI) Apr 11, 2013 - Russian energy company Gazprom Neft said it will help keep the lights on in parts if Iraq by connecting the Badra field to an eastern provincial power station.
Amman, Jordan (UPI) Apr 11, 2013 - Jordan wants to build an $18 billion oil pipeline from southern Iraq to beat the kingdom's crippling energy shortage, but it's also looking to built two nuclear reactors, a step the United States doesn't want its Arab ally to take.
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) Apr 11, 2013 - The Ukrainian government said Friday it was preparing documents to have its gas contracts with Russian energy company Gazprom revisited.
Lagos (AFP) April 11, 2013 - Shell on Thursday said it had launched a review of its oil and gas assets in Nigeria's massively polluted Ogoniland region, resuming work in the area two decades after unrest forced the company to pull out.
Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2013 - Texas recorded the largest increase in proven oil reserves of any state, eclipsing North Dakota by nearly 2 billion barrels, the U.S. Energy Department said.
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 11, 2013 - More powerful batteries could help electric cars achieve a considerably larger range and thus a breakthrough on the market. A new nanomaterial for lithium ion batteries developed in the labs of chem
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 11, 2013 - ETH-Zurich researchers use x-ray tomography to screen lithium ion battery electrodes and can reconstruct the microstructure in high resolution. This helps to understand the discharging and charging
New Orleans LA (SPX) Apr 11, 2013 - Scientists have answered a question that worries millions of owners and potential owners of electric and hybrid vehicles using lithium-ion batteries: How long before the battery pack dies, leaving a
New York (AFP) April 10, 2013 - Four months after pledging to lead the United States on a path to sustainable energy, President Barack Obama faces a turning point on electricity generated from coal, one of the dirtiest of fuels.
New York (AFP) April 10, 2013 - US oil giant ConocoPhillips on Wednesday announced it is suspending its offshore Alaska drilling program in the Alaskan Arctic due to changing regulations.
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - The energy industry is focusing on the eastern Mediterranean these days, particularly with speculation that the Israel-Turkey reconciliation could produce an undersea gas pipeline and Lebanon moving to open up its offshore acreage for exploration.
Paris (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - Developments in the British and Dutch waters of the North Sea are essential for production gains for GDF Suez, its executive vice president said.
Hannover, Germany (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - Russia's Gazprom this week moved to raise the profile of natural gas-powered cars via a new sponsorship agreement with Germany's Volkswagen Motorsport.
Oslo (AFP) April 10, 2013 - Two Greenpeace activists dressed as polar bears boarded an oil platform in Norway on Wednesday to protest against Norwegian oil and gas group Statoil's planned drilling in the Arctic.
Vienna (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - While oil supply from Kazakhstan has increased, its giant Kashagan oil field has sucked in major capital with little to show for it, OPEC said Thursday.
Sydney (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - An agreement between two major Australian energy companies for the purchase of natural gas for domestic use could be worth more than $1 billion.
