Buenos Aires (UPI) Dec 7, 2011 - Argentina has upset old adversary Britain as well as Spain over its boarding of fishing fleets and blockade of shipping links with the British-ruled Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
Sofia (AFP) Dec 7, 2011 - Bulgaria said on Wednesday it was pulling out of a long-stalled pipeline project meant to bring Russian oil to Greece through its territory, but Athens and Moscow said they remained committed.
Baghdad (UPI) Dec 7, 2011 - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is stepping up the pressure on Exxon Mobil to back off a breakaway oil exploration deal with the Kurds' semi-autonomous enclave and the betting is the world's largest oil company will fold.
Sydney (AFP) Dec 7, 2011 - Japanese firms have taken their biggest step into Australia's growing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sector, with five major power companies signing a sales deal worth Aus$70 billion (US$71.8 billion).
Doha (AFP) Dec 7, 2011 - The head of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said on Wednesday he hoped the EU would not press sanctions on Iran's difficult to replace oil exports.
Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2011 - President Barack Obama Wednesday warned he would reject any bid by Republicans to make his plans for a payroll tax cut conditional on his prompt backing for a contentious US-Canada oil pipeline.
Doha (AFP) Dec 7, 2011 - Qatargas on Wednesday signed a deal to export an additional 200,000 tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan's Chubu Electric Power Company and Shizuoka gas Company.
Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2011 - A team of Earth scientists at Stanford University is subjecting chunks of rock to hellish conditions in the laboratory - all in the name of curbing climate change. By exposing a handful of roc
Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2011 - US regulators on Wednesday hit British oil giant BP with five more citations for violations of rules that led to the catastrophic Gulf oil spill.
Durban, South Africa (AFP) Dec 6, 2011 - New Zealand said on Tuesday it hoped to tie its carbon market to a counterpart envisaged in Australia as a stepping stone to wider international trade in greenhouse-gas emissions.
New York (AFP) Dec 6, 2011 - Oil prices closed higher Tuesday amid concerns about the escalating tensions between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear program.
Durham NC (SPX) Dec 06, 2011 - Clean energy can help meet growing electricity demand and minimize pollution in the Southern United States, but progress to adopt renewable energy strategies has been hindered by a number of myths,
Beijing (AFP) Dec 5, 2011 - Beijing said Monday it was sending an envoy to try to resolve a row over oil exports between Sudan and South Sudan, where China has substantial oil interests.
Madrid (UPI) Dec 5, 2011 - Italian energy company Enel SpA says it is increasing its wind power resources in the Iberian Peninsula with 66 megawatts of new generating capacity.
Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 5, 2011 - German engineering giant Siemens said Monday it has agreed to buy eMeter, a US-based data management specialist, in a bid to enhance its position in the field of so-called smart grids.
Washington (AFP) Dec 5, 2011 - The US Navy unveiled plans Monday for its biggest-ever biofuel purchase as part of an effort to reduce dependence on imported oil.
