Brisbane, Australia (UPI) Dec 12, 2012 - Mining giant BHP Billiton said it would sell its interest in the Browse natural gas project offshore Western Australia to Chinese state-run oil producer PetroChina for $1.63 billion.
Sydney (AFP) Dec 12, 2012 - Global mining giant BHP Billiton said Wednesday it had agreed to sell its stake in the proposed Browse liquefied natural gas project in Australia to PetroChina for US$1.63 billion.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - The California and Council of Science and Technology has released the next in its series of studies documenting the technology required to meet radical greenhouse gas (GHG) emission cuts by 2050 (80
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 12, 2012 - China's biggest overseas takeover, the $15 billion purchase of Canada's Nexen, is a huge step in Beijing's push for foreign acquisitions - but its drive to secure resources and markets is causing unease.
Wichita KS (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - A group comprising GE unit GE Energy Financial Services, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., and Union Bank, N.A., has invested nearly $247 million in Wi
Mount Lucas, Ireland (UPI) Dec 12, 2012 - Ireland this week hailed the groundbreaking on a wind farm project in the Midlands region as an example of how to diversify the country's energy mix.
Mountain View CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - Kaazing has announced that Turkish Electricity Market Operator TEIAS PMUM has selected Kaazing to power their new 7/24 Live Electricity Intraday Market. Kaazing is setting the standard for low laten
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR)-the standard for open automation of building electricity demand response and price communications-has gained considerable attention since it emerged from Law
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - According to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects, renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, solar, w
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - As Washington hunts ill-defined al-Qaeda groups in the Middle East and Africa, and concerns itself with Iran's eventual nuclear potential, it has a much more pressing problem at home: Its energy gri
Newark DE (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today's electricity expenses, according to new research by the University of Delaware
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 11, 2012 - Denmark's prime minister rejected Tuesday calls to block a Greenland law that will allow foreign mining companies to employ workers under conditions prevalent in their own countries.
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Dec 11, 2012 - The Red Sea, a key shipping route, is becoming an arena of confrontation between Israel and Iran, with Sudan and Eritrea key targets by both sides in a strategic contest that's likely to intensify in the months ahead.
Chicago (AFP) Dec 11, 2012 - A Texas judge temporarily blocked construction on a small portion of the controversial Keystone pipeline after a landowner sought relief, but operator TransCanada said Tuesday it will have no impact.
Kiev, Ukraine (SPX) Dec 11, 2012 - Certainly the folks at Gazprom are having a good snicker, reveling in the mockery that has been made of what should have been a landmark Ukraine-Spain gas deal that would have loosened Russia's gas
Narragansett RI (SPX) Dec 11, 2012 - Oceanographers at the University of Rhode Island have analyzed long-term data from several anemometers in southern New England and found that average wind speeds have declined by about 15 percent at
