Lagos (AFP) Aug 26, 2012 - Nigerian military forces stormed the hideout of a militant gang operating on the waters of oil-producing Cross River State and rescued 27 abducted oil workers, a navy spokesman said Sunday.
Colombo (AFP) Aug 25, 2012 - An oil slick from a rusting cargo vessel that sank in bad weather reached the coast of Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday and threatened a beach resort popular with foreign tourists, officials said.
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 24, 2012 - The corn industry produces almost 4,000 products from every bushel. Oil refineries produce fuels and ingredients for an estimated 6,000 products with a thoroughness that actually squeezes 44 gallons
Sao Paulo (UPI) Aug 24, 2012 - Brazil is going ahead with a smart metering expansion in its electricity power grid despite persistent disparities in the distribution of utilities across the Latin American country's social spectrum.
Perth, Scotland (UPI) Aug 24, 2012 - An impending 9 percent energy price hike from British household energy provider SSE this week brought protests from politicians and consumer groups.
Mumbai (AFP) Aug 24, 2012 - India's Reliance Power announced on Friday it had signed a deal with China Datang Corp to develop and operate power and energy projects in the energy-hungry South Asian nation and abroad.
Washington (AFP) Aug 24, 2012 - Oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico braced Friday for Tropical Storm Isaac as the strengthening storm barreled toward Haiti on a northwest track that threatened US offshore operations.
Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 24, 2012 - PetroChina, China's biggest oil and natural gas producer, warned economic growth would be slow in the coming months.
Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2012 - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he aims for the United States to become energy independent by 2020.
Vancouver, British Columbia (UPI) Aug 23, 2012 - Canada's Africa Oil Corp. increased its estimated resources for its Kenyan and Ethiopian concessions.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Aug 23, 2012 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, seeking re-election Oct. 7, says he plans to spend $130 billion over six years to double the country's daily crude oil output.
Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 - AllCell Technologies has launched two new standard electric bike batteries with exceptional capacity and drive range. The 48 volt batteries come in 15 and 20 amp-hour options, providing the best dri
Singapore (AFP) Aug 23, 2012 - Oil prices surged in Asia on Thursday as hopes of a Chinese stimulus soared after manufacturing activity in the world's largest energy consumer fell to a nine-month low in August, analysts said.
Cambridge, England (UPI) Aug 23, 2012 - British scientists say they have produced hydrogen, a renewable energy source, from water using an inexpensive catalyst under industrially relevant conditions.
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 - A humble soil bacterium called Ralstonia eutropha has a natural tendency, whenever it is stressed, to stop growing and put all its energy into making complex carbon compounds. Now scientists at MIT
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 - In 2020, if all goes according to plan, the state of California will get 33 percent of its electricity from renewable power, including solar and wind, as required by the state's Renewable Portfolio
