Algiers (AFP) Nov 11, 2012 - Algeria, the world's fourth-largest gas exporter, has decided to develop its shale gas potential as well, but experts fear this could cause severe environmental problems.
Lagos (AFP) Nov 10, 2012 - US oil giant ExxonMobil's Nigerian subsidiary on Saturday said a pipeline had been shut down after an oil spill off southern Akwa Ibom state.
Sacramento (UPI) Nov 9, 2012 - As part of California's cap-and-trade program to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the state is gearing up for its first auction, set for next Wednesday, for carbon allowances.
Baghdad (UPI) Nov 9, 2012 - Iraq's strategic effort to become the world's leading oil producer has taken some bad knocks, with the defection of Exxon Mobil and other majors to independence-minded Kurdistan, and Wednesday's expulsion of Turkey's state oil outfit from an exploration deal.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2012 - A fermentation technique once used to make cordite, the explosive propellant that replaced gunpowder in bullets and artillery shells, may find an important new use in the production of advanced biof
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 09, 2012 - Researchers at Rice University have refined silicon-based lithium-ion technology by literally crushing their previous work to make a high-capacity, long-lived and low-cost anode material with seriou
Brisbane, Australia (UPI) Nov 8, 2012 - Australia has issued its energy white paper considered to be the centerpiece of Australia's future energy policy.
Munich, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2012 - When there is a power failure, the utility companies, public officials and emergency services must work together quickly. Researchers have created a new planning software product that enables all pa
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 8, 2012 - Iraq needs up to $1 trillion (784 million euros) over the next 10 years to rebuild its crumbling infrastructure and battered economy, its investment chief said in an interview on Thursday.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2012 - A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to produce renewable diesel fuel to replace the fossil fuels now used in transportation, University of Cali
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 7, 2012 - ExxonMobil has informed Baghdad it wants to sell its stake in a south Iraq oilfield, an official said Wednesday, indicating the US giant will focus on a controversial deal with Iraq's Kurdish region.
Ottawa (AFP) Nov 7, 2012 - The world's first flight powered entirely by bio jet fuel has raised hopes for cleaner air travel and upped the prospects of a boon for farmers whose oilseed crops could supplant kerosene.
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) Nov 07, 2012 - Gunmen shot dead two Chinese construction workers in a town in Nigeria's volatile northeast on Wednesday, police and company officials said, the latest such killing in the region in recent weeks.
Boulder, CO (SPX) Nov 07, 2012 - In communities across the U.S., people are hearing more and more about a controversial oil and gas extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing - aka, hydro-fracking. Controversies pivot on some
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 7, 2012 - Iraq expelled Turkish national energy firm TPAO on Wednesday from a consortium which won an exploration contract in south Iraq, in the latest sign of worsening ties between Baghdad and Ankara.
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 7, 2012 - Iraq on Wednesday signed a deal with Russia's Lukoil and Japan's Inpex to explore an area believed to contain oil, the latest step in Baghdad's efforts to boost its role as a key global energy supplier.
