Adelaide, Australia (UPI) Oct 22, 2012 - Australian oil and gas company Santos Ltd. has launched the country's first commercial shale gas well in the Cooper Basin in South Australia.
Stoneville, MS (SPX) Oct 22, 2012 - Aflatoxins are highly toxic carcinogens produced by several species of Aspergillus fungi. But not all Aspergillus produce aflatoxin. Some, in fact, are considered beneficial. One such strain, dubbed
London (AFP) Oct 22, 2012 - Oil prices fell further on Monday in the wake of sharp pre-weekend losses, as investors balanced poor Japanese export data against Middle East unrest.
Vrbas, Serbia (UPI) Oct 22, 2012 - Serbian efforts to produce renewable energy from agricultural waste marked a milestone over the weekend with the opening of a $7.2 million biogas plant.
Basra, Iraq (AFP) Oct 21, 2012 - Oil exports through Iraq's southern oil terminals, through which the vast majority of the country's crude exports flow, have been suspended due to bad weather, an official said on Sunday.
Montreal (AFP) Oct 20, 2012 - A top Canadian official said his country is not satisfied with the $5.3 billion bid by Malaysian state energy firm Petronas to buy the Canadian gas producer Progress Energy Resources.
Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Oct 19, 2012 - The Canadian province of Alberta said it will create an arm's-length agency to monitor the long-term environmental impact of oil sands development.
London (UPI) Oct 19, 2012 - A small British company says it has developed a technology that can produce gasoline from air that can then be used in any regular gas tank.
Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2012 - China on Friday said it hoped the United States would fairly handle a lawsuit filed by a Chinese-led company against President Barack Obama over a blocked wind farm project.
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2012 - An interdisciplinary team of 11 scientists from seven European countries and the USA have discussed the concept to utilize so called surplus land for the production of feedstock for bioenergy. They
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 19, 2012 - Hong Kong on Friday announced new targets in its bid to cut emissions from power plants, part of an ongoing effort to tackle air pollution in the Chinese city that is regularly covered in smog.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2012 - The technology that opened a wealth of new natural gas resources in the U.S. is producing millions of gallons of dirty water - enough from one typical gas well to cover a football field to a depth o
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Oct 18, 2012 - Iran has denied a report it plans to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz with a giant oil spill.
Jakarta (UPI) Oct 18, 2012 - Mitsubishi Corp. will acquire a 20-percent stake in Star Energy Geothermal, a holding company that manages Indonesia's largest geothermal power station in Java Island, Indonesia, the company said.
Tehran (AFP) Oct 18, 2012 - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Thursday rejected reported allegations from Western intelligence sources that it plans to damage an oil tanker in the Gulf to create an environmental disaster.
Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Oct 18, 2012 - An offshore test site to measure Ireland's potential to develop wave energy will soon be granted a license, the country's energy minister said this week.
