Moscow, Russia (Voice of Russia) Aug 28, 2012 - Returning to post-Soviet level of crude production this year, Russia now strives to secure its position on the European energy market. The government is pinning its hopes on exports of high-quality
Oslo (AFP) Aug 28, 2012 - Norway's Statoil on Tuesday said it would vastly expand its prospecting efforts in the Arctic, thought to hold one of the world's largest untouched deposits of oil and natural gas.
Diyarbakir, Turkey (AFP) Aug 27, 2012 - An explosion hit the Turkish-Iraqi pipeline, causing a fire and stopping oil flow to Turkey, Turkish security sources and an Iraqi official said Monday.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2012 - China has begun building sewage and waste disposal facilities on a disputed South China Sea island, state media said Monday, a move likely to stoke a growing territorial row with its neighbours.
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 27, 2012 - Scientists have described development of a new fuel mixture to ease the major air pollution and cost problems facing cruise ships, oil tankers and container ships. These vessels tend to burn t
Paris (UPI) Aug 27, 2012 - The question of tapping shale gas reserves in France - where hydraulic fracturing is banned - isn't yet resolved, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says.
Moscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2012 - Greenpeace activists in a tiny inflatable boat on Monday intercepted a Russian ship in the remote Arctic as it was taking oil workers for the pioneering start of drilling work in pristine northern waters.
Oak Ridge, TN (SPX) Aug 27, 2012 - Knowing the position of missing oxygen atoms could be the key to cheaper solid oxide fuel cells with longer lifetimes. New microscopy research from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Labo
Cambridge UK (SPX) Aug 27, 2012 - Scientists at the University of Cambridge have produced hydrogen, H2, a renewable energy source, from water using an inexpensive catalyst under industrially relevant conditions (using pH neutral wat
Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 27, 2012 - Researchers have developed a self-charging power cell that directly converts mechanical energy to chemical energy, storing the power until it is released as electrical current. By eliminating the ne
Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2012 - Increased capture of natural gas from oil fields probably accounts for up to 70 percent of the dramatic leveling off seen in atmospheric methane at the end of the 20th century, according to new UC I
Nashville (UPI) Aug 27, 2012 - A coal-burning power plant 30 miles from Nashville will get $1 billion in pollution controls meant to reduce emissions by as much as 95 percent, officials said.
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 26, 2012 - Chinese oil giant Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner by capacity, announced on Sunday that first-half net profit fell 41 percent year-on-year, reports said.
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
