Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Sep 26, 2012 - The assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and the dangers posed by rival militias that refuse to bow to the North African country's post-Gadhafi government are undermining efforts to restore, and expand, Libya's all-important oil and gas industry.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2012 - More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas, and countries such as India and China are in need of hundreds of additional cities to accommodate growing populations. People in many c
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2012 - Kyocera Corporation, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan and a number of other companies, research institutes and local governments involved announced t
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2012 - The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Water and Power Commissioners have approved the final environmental document required to expand a critical power transmission line that
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 25, 2012 - First tops, then flops. That is one way of summing up the history of biofuels so far. A new study led by Empa gives an up-to-date picture of the ecobalance of various biofuels and their production p
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Sep 24, 2012 - Continental shelf exploration could bring a breakthrough for Russia's energy sector, experts say. To prove their words, this year's St.Petersburg International Energy Forum for the first time had a
Brussels (UPI) Sep 24, 2012 - Improvements needed to transmit natural gas from Europe to Ukraine for the first time could be finished by mid-2014, EU Energy Minister Gunter Oettinger says.
Pendleton, OR (SPX) Sep 24, 2012 - Tried-and-true techniques could help optimize oilseed yield for biodiesel production, according to studies conducted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. For more than 30 years
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Sep 24, 2012 - Australia's liquefied natural gas sector is facing increasing pressure amid Japanese Industry Minister Yukio Edano's call last week for a change to the oil-linked pricing system for natural gas.
Tokyo (UPI) Sep 21, 2012 - Canada is touting its potential to be a major supplier of liquefied natural gas to Asia.
Strasbourg, France (UPI) Sep 21, 2012 - A key European Parliament committee has approved new rules for deep-water oil drilling that tighten environmental liability requirements on energy companies.
Washington (UPI) Sep 21, 2012 - Uncertainty over the U.S. wind tax credit, set to expire at the end of this year, is taking its toll on the country's wind power industry.
Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 21, 2012 - Northwestern University scientists have developed a thermoelectric material that is the best in the world at converting waste heat to electricity. This is very good news once you realize nearly two-
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Sep 20, 2012 - Top international oil companies operating in Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave are heading for a showdown with Baghdad, which brands their deals with the independence-minded Kurds as hugely detrimental to Iraq's drive to become a major oil power.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2012 - In a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 12, 2012, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled a new laboratory designed to demonstrate that a typical-
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Sep 19, 2012 - After the government had given a preferential tax treatment to the companies engaged in offshore hydrocarbon field development foreign investors became more active in joining Russian projects. The g
