Providence RI (SPX) Oct 18, 2012 - There's a new contender in the race to find an inexpensive alternative to platinum catalysts for use in hydrogen fuel cells. Brown University chemist Shouheng Sun and his students have developed a n
New York (AFP) Oct 18, 2012 - Oil prices eased Thursday as investors digested economic data on slowing growth in China, the world's biggest energy consumer.
Baghdad (UPI) Oct 17, 2012 - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is reportedly thinking of throwing out U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil from the giant West Qurna-1 oilfield for signing an illegal production deal with semiautonomous Kurdistan and bringing in Russian companies instead.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Oct 17, 2012 - Crude oil extraction could be improved significantly and accessible domestic oil reserves could be expanded with an economical CO2 thickener being developed by University of Pittsburgh engineers, th
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 16, 2012 - Nearly six in ten Canadians believe their industry minister should block the proposed takeover of Calgary-based oil and gas company Nexen by China's state-owned CNOOC, a poll showed Tuesday.
Brussels (AFP) Oct 16, 2012 - The European Union on Tuesday froze the assets of Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjoo as part of a series of tough new sanctions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme.
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Oct 16, 2012 - The Electronics, Information Technology and Telecommunications Cluster in the Basque Country (GAIA-Cluster TEIC) has participated, together with an international consortium of companies and institut
Sao Paulo (AFP) Oct 16, 2012 - The GDF Suez chief executive said Tuesday his company's stake in the Estreito hydro-electric dam in northern Brazil reflected confidence in the future of the country's booming electricity market.
Berlin (UPI) Oct 16, 2012 - Germany's quick growth of renewable energy sources will mean a big jump in green surcharges for consumers, German energy companies said this week.
Lansing MI (SPX) Oct 16, 2012 - The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) will convene its Annual Fall Leadership Roundtable next week at the Kellogg Center in Lansing, Michigan. The Roundtable will convene regulatory
A Coruna, Spain (AFP) Oct 16, 2012 - Ten years after the sinking of the Prestige oil tanker off Spain, the ship's Greek captain and three others went on trial on Tuesday over the worst oil spill in the country's history.
Seville, Spain (SPX) Oct 16, 2012 - Researchers from the University of Seville (Spain) have used mathematical tools to assess what has been known for centuries: the temperature inside the typical Mediterranean courtyard is cooler than
Punta Arenas, Chile (UPI) Oct 15, 2012 - Further reductions in Argentine natural gas supplies to a southern Chilean methanol plant have forced the Canadian company to lay off 48 workers and move some operations to the United States.
Tehran (UPI) Oct 15, 2012 - Iranian oil industry chief Mohammad-Ali Khatibi has denied an International Energy Agency assessment that Tehran's oil exports fell sharply last month.
Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Oct 15, 2012 - Future renewable energy exports to Europe could generate revenue for Ireland through the imposition of royalty fees, Irish Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte says.
Madrid (AFP) Oct 15, 2012 - Seamen go on trial Tuesday over the sinking of the Prestige petrol tanker which spilt a devastating oil slick when it sank off Spain in 2002, with hundreds of plaintiffs seeking billions in damages.
