Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Nov 23, 2011 - Israel is pushing ahead with plans to export its natural gas production from major offshore fields to Greece via Cyprus, defying threats by onetime ally Turkey to use military force to block such moves.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2011 - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba asked China's Premier Wen Jiabao to agree to set up a crisis management mechanism aiming to avoid conflict over disputed waters, reports said Wednesday.
London (AFP) Nov 23, 2011 - Oil prices tumbled on Wednesday as traders worried about slumping manufacturing activity in top global energy consumer China, and new tensions over the impact of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
Kingston, Canada (SPX) Nov 23, 2011 - Costs for second-generation ethanol processing, which will ease the stress on corn and sugarcane, are unlikely to be competitive until 2020, according to a unique Queen's University study.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (UPI) Nov 23, 2011 - Ashgabat and Moscow have escalated their war of words over Russia's publicly stated doubts about the size of Turkmenistan's natural gas reserves.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 22, 2011 - Brazil could slap fines of more than $145 million (105 million euros) on Chevron over its oil spill, and the US energy giant could be barred from operating in the country's deepwater fields, officials said Tuesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2011 - It was not too long ago that basic science lectures began with the three forms of matter: gases, liquids and solids-and somewhere along the line plasmas were occasionally added to the list. But to b
Chicago (AFP) Nov 22, 2011 - Nebraska's governor on Tuesday signed into law new rules that will ensure that a controversial US-Canada pipeline will be rerouted away from the state's sensitive wetlands, a spokeswoman said.
Washington (AFP) Nov 22, 2011 - The United States on Tuesday warned US firms including oil giant ExxonMobil, which has signed a contract with Iraqi Kurdistan against Baghdad's wishes, of the legal risks of such deals.
Decatur IL (SPX) Nov 21, 2011 - Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced that it will build a 265 million liter (70 million gallon) biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada, which will increase ADM's North American bio
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 21, 2011 - Brazilian authorities said Monday they planned to impose fines reaching $56 million (41 million euros) on US energy giant Chevron for an oil spill from a well off Rio de Janeiro state.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 21, 2011 - Brazil slapped a $28 million fine on US energy giant Chevron Monday for an oil spill from a leaking well off Rio de Janeiro state and warned the fines could total much more.
Beijing (UPI) Nov 21, 2011 - China has cautioned against foreign interference in the disputed oil-rich South China Sea.
Durham NC (SPX) Nov 21, 2011 - A new report by Duke University researchers offers several health and environmental measures for North Carolina lawmakers to consider as they debate legalizing horizontal drilling and hydraulic frac
Gdansk, Poland (UPI) Nov 21, 2011 - Shale gas development in Poland has gathered momentum after news that an Irish-Canadian joint venture has found success with a Baltic Basin well.
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 21, 2011 - Integrating a complex, single-crystal material with giant piezoelectric properties onto silicon, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists can fabricate low-voltage, near-nanoscale
