Washington DC (SPX) Mar 25, 2013 - A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light-duty vehicles - cars and
Backnang, Germany (SPX) Mar 25, 2013 - Signalhorn Group of Companies has been awarded seven new locations in Oman requiring robust communications solutions. Signalhorn has successfully transitioned a global oil and gas drilling ope
Baghdad (AFP) March 24, 2013 - Iraq plans to hold an auction of gas exploration blocks open to international energy companies later this year, the fifth of its kind since 2009, a spokesman said on Sunday.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 24, 2013 - Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have successfully demonstrated pulse tailoring, producing a time varying focal spot size known as 'focal zooming' on the world's largest operating k
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 22, 2013 - An innovative new process that releases the energy in coal without burning - while capturing carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas - has passed a milestone on the route to possible commercial use
Moscow (AFP) March 22, 2013 - China's new leader Xi Jinping and his Russian host, President Vladimir Putin, on Friday oversaw the signing of a raft of energy and other agreements as they sought to further tighten their countries' already close partnership.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Mar 22, 2013 - Sanctions-battered Iran faces losing a big part of its oil export revenues as key Asian trading partners cut back on Iranian imports because of escalating U.S. and European pressure.
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Mar 22, 2013 - Researchers at the UAB's Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), have analysed the potential of different species of microalgae
Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2013 - Amid the nation's shale gas boom, natural gas is being considered as an alternative to diesel to fuel heavy trucks.
London (UPI) Mar 22, 2013 - Shale gas would get generous tax breaks under the government budget proposal unveiled this week by British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Mar 22, 2013 - Venezuelan Acting President Nicolas Maduro introduced economic reforms, including a second devaluation in less than two months, as part of the caretaker government's effort to shore up the economy before presidential elections April 14.
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 21, 2013 - An alloy that may improve high-temperature electronics in oil and geothermal wells was really a solution in search of a problem. Sandia National Laboratories first investigated the gold-silver-germa
Paris (AFP) March 21, 2013 - From Sydney Harbour Bridge, Buckingham Palace and the Brandenburg Gate to the Burj Khalifa tower, the Empire State Building, the Taj Mahal and Table Mountain, some of the world's greatest landmarks will briefly darken on Saturday night for Earth Hour, a campaign now becoming a broader vehicle for green activism.
Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2013 - India is now the world's fourth largest energy consumer of oil and petroleum products after the United States, China and Russia, a new analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration says.
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Mar 21, 2013 - As Lebanon makes its first moves to explore what look like major natural gas fields in the Mediterranean, there are concerns the country's unexpected chance for economic salvation could be wrecked by sectarian rivalries and endemic corruption.
Singapore (AFP) March 21, 2013 - Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Thursday as data showing Chinese manufacturing picking up strongly in March was offset by profit taking, analysts said.
