Montreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 06, 2011 - Two heat-loving fungi, often found in composts that self-ignite without flame or spark, could soon have new vocations. The complete genetic makeup of Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrest
Hanoi (AFP) Oct 6, 2011 - Vietnam expects frank talks over disputed maritime territory in the South China Sea when the leader of the country's communist party travels to Beijing next week, an official said on Thursday.
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 6, 2011 - Iraq formed a special committee on Thursday to chase down $17 billion in missing oil money that was apparently lost in 2004, when the US-run Coalition Provisional Authority was governing the country.
Cairo (UPI) Oct 6, 2011 - The combination of Yemen's looming civil war, chaos in Somalia, trouble in Saudi Arabia's oil province, increased Israeli and Iranian naval activity in the Red Sea, unrest in revolutionary Egypt have heightened the security threat to the region's maritime chokepoints.
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Oct 06, 2011 - The biofuel industry will not be able to meet the cellulosic production requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard without significant advancements in technology or investment, according to a Natio
Montevideo, Uruguay (UPI) Oct 6, 2011 - Uruguay is set to become a major exporter of natural gas after assessments indicated it has potentially large and commercially viable gas deposits on its territory.
Baghdad (UPI) Oct 5, 2011 - Iraq, which sits on vast untapped oil reserves, is driving hard to build up its crude exports that will pay for reconstruction and is set to inaugurate the first of three new terminals in the northern Persian Gulf Jan. 1.
Tokyo (UPI) Oct 5, 2011 - The Japanese government has formed an energy panel to revise the country's energy policy.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2011 - New technology that combines production of electricity with capture of carbon dioxide could make billions of barrels of oil shale - now regarded as off-limits because of the huge amounts of carbon d
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 4, 2011 - Iraq has awarded a $518-million contract to expand oil export facilities in the south of the country to a subsidiary of Australian firm Leighton International, the government said on Tuesday.
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 4, 2011 - Key gaps in information mean Canada has been unable to assess the impact of exploiting Alberta's oil sands, the nation's environment commissioner said Tuesday.
Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2011 - The United States won't meet some biofuel mandates under the Renewable Fuel Standard unless new technologies are developed or policies change, a report says.
Paris (AFP) Oct 3, 2011 - The French government withdrew three permits Monday for shale gas exploration, dampening industry hopes that the controversial method for extracting natural gas would be approved in France.
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 3, 2011 - Iraq's crude output is now 2.9 million barrels per day (bpd) and the country is on track to increase production to three million bpd by the end of the year, the oil ministry said on Monday.
London (UPI) Oct 3, 2011 - An ugly momentum is building in the South China Sea, where an official Chinese newspaper called last week for war against Vietnam and the Philippines to uphold China's assertion of sovereignty over the mineral-rich seabed, estimated to hold 7 billion barrels of oil and 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
Quito, Ecuador (UPI) Sep 30, 2011 - Ecuador is on track to launch the largest Smart Grid project in Latin America in a multimillion-dollar collaboration with GE Energy that sets a benchmark for electricity management in the region.
