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.
Moscow (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - The planned South Stream natural gas pipeline for Europe is more important than ever given ongoing crises in Ukraine, the Russian envoy to the EU said.
Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - A move to clear the backlog of permits for U.S LNG exports will protect its allies and stimulate the economy, the American Petroleum Institute said.
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Apr 9, 2013 - Asia is on a dangerously unsustainable energy path, warns a new report from the Asian Development Bank.
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Apr 09, 2013 - A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly f
London (UPI) Apr 9, 2013 - Though the British economy is striving to focus more on renewable resources, oil will continue to play a crucial role, a government report said Wednesday.
Dallas (UPI) Apr 9, 2013 - Park Place Energy Corp., with headquarters in Texas, announced it signed a license agreement to explore coal as a source for natural gas in Bulgaria.
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 09, 2013 - Rice University physicists on the hunt for the origins of high-temperature superconductivity have published new findings this week about a seemingly contradictory state in which a material simultane
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2013 - The first gas has started flowing from Israel's supergiant Tamar gasfield in the Levant Basin. Where it will go will redraw the Mediterranean energy map and the geopolitics that goes along with it.
