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.
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
