Hong Kong (AFP) April 24, 2012 - China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd said Tuesday its first quarter revenue rose 3.7 percent year-on-year and it was on track to achieve its growth targets for this year.
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Apr 24, 2012 - A study from Purdue and Stanford university researchers predicts that future climate scenarios may cause significantly greater volatility in corn prices, which would be intensified by the federal bi
Singapore (AFP) April 24, 2012 - From the bone-chilling air conditioning that pumps through Singapore's malls and offices to lights that burn all night, the city state is one of Asia's most intensive energy users.
Washington (AFP) April 24, 2012 - US authorities made their first arrest Tuesday in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, charging an ex-BP engineer with destroying evidence tied to the country's largest-ever environmental disaster.
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2012 - For years experts have discussed the ecological impact of the extended cultivation of energy crops. Scientists have now developed a computer model that allows assessing the impacts and comparing the
Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 24, 2012 - As biofuel production has increased - particularly ethanol derived from corn - a hotly contested competition for feedstock supplies has emerged between the agricultural grain markets and biofuel ref
Manila (AFP) April 24, 2012 - The Philippines said Tuesday it was hoping to help secure its energy future by developing a natural gas field in an area of the South China Sea also claimed by China.
Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 24, 2012 - Physicists have discovered a possible solution to a mystery that has long baffled researchers working to harness fusion. If confirmed by experiment, the finding could help scientists eliminate a maj
Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2012 - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said Tuesday that Khartoum had declared war on his country, as violence between the world's newest nation and Sudan intensified.
London, UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2012 - Government plans to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to reduce carbon emissions received a cautious welcome today. A new report concluded that most of the uncertainties facing t
Everett, WA (SPX) Apr 23, 2012 - Boeing and All Nippon Airways have made aviation history as a 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time powered in part by sustainable biofuels. The 787 is the most environmentally progressive j
Corvallis, OR (SPX) Apr 23, 2012 - A large, global move to produce more energy from forest biomass may be possible and already is beginning in some places, but scientists say in a new analysis that such large-scale bioenergy producti
Gloucester Point, VA (SPX) Apr 23, 2012 - Two years ago this week, oil began streaming from the seafloor into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform. All told, the disaster cost 11 lives, released 4.9 m
New Delhi (UPI) Apr 23, 2012 - A report from the World Economic Forum calls for more transparency in India's energy market, saying current practices are damaging the country's economic outlook.
Moscow (AFP) April 23, 2012 - An oil spill in the Russian Arctic affected an area of up to 8,000 square meters after workers tried to open an old well, causing oil to gush uncontrollably for 37 hours, officials said Monday.
Heglig, Sudan (AFP) April 23, 2012 - More than 1,000 South Sudanese troops died during the battle for Sudan's main oilfield of Heglig, the Sudanese armed forces commander said on Monday.
