Glasgow, Scotland (UPI) Nov 7, 2012 - An 85-megawatt wind farm in the Scottish highlands has been approved despite the objections of hikers who say spectacular views of the moors will be ruined.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Nov 7, 2012 - Strategic oil reserves will be needed if Iran seeks to close the choke point Strait of Hormuz because overland pipelines can only carry one-third of the oil supplies that move through the waterway, an Arab energy group has warned.
Paris, 08 Nov 2012 - The French environmental services group Veolia unveiled a new UK contract on Thursday and said it would pursue work in treating water used in shale gas drilling, to compensate for growing competition in its core activities.
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Nov 06, 2012 - Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) and the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB) have found through spectroscopic investigations on a hydrogen-producing enzyme t
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 5, 2012 - Iraq on Monday signed a five-year deal with Pakistan Petroleum for the company to explore a massive tract of land believed to contain gas, the latest step in Baghdad's efforts to boost energy output.
London (AFP) Nov 05, 2012 - Oil prices climbed slightly on Monday as traders reacted to a pick-up in China's services industry ahead of Beijing's leadership transition and the US presidential election.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Nov 05, 2012 - The global oil market is moving east, says a recent report by The Wall Street Journal Europe. The oil that Russia exports to China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, the USA and
Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Nov 5, 2012 - Energy companies cooperating with Greek Cypriot offshore drilling plans will be banned from participating in new oil and gas projects in Turkey, Ankara says.
Warsaw (AFP) Nov 04, 2012 - Poland has set it sights on building its first nuclear power station and developing shale gas, but experts believe it may soon have to choose one or the other as investing in both could prove too costly.
Damascus (AFP) Nov 4, 2012 - Rebels seized a major oilfield and shot down a warplane in eastern Syria Sunday, a watchdog said, notching up new battlefield successes even as the opposition met in Qatar under US pressure for a makeover.
New York (AFP) Nov 2, 2012 - New York commuters fought for car fuel at gas station forecourts Friday while mayor Michael Bloomberg faced pressure to call off his city's famed marathon as it struggles to recover from superstorm Sandy.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Nov 2, 2012 - The Falklands' bid to enter the big league of oil producers in the South Atlantic is drawing hedge funds to what promises to be a multibillion-dollar enterprise.
Trenton, N.J. (UPI) Nov 2, 2012 - New Jersey residents are grappling with gasoline shortages in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 01, 2012 - It looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil. Michigan Engineering researchers can pressure-cook algae for as little as a minute and trans
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Nov 1, 2012 - Iraq's independence-minded Kurds have started exporting oil independently of Baghdad, fueling a political battle that will undermine the central government's strategy of boosting oil production and possibly threaten the cohesion of the state.
Paris (AFP) Nov 01, 2012 - French oil company Maurel et Prom, which operates mainly in Gabon, said on Thursday that it had received approaches for some of its activities but that no agreement was in sight.
