Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Aug 24, 2011 - Iran's efforts to slow the steady decline of its oil fields, some of which have been producing for six decades, is being seriously hampered by international sanctions imposed because Tehran refuses to abandon its contentious nuclear program.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 23, 2011 - China Tuesday urged Libya to protect its assets and expressed hopes its billions of dollars of investment with the oil-rich country would continue after rebels overran the capital Tripoli.
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Aug 23, 2011 - University of Alberta researcher Andrew Leach likes the way Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal thinks. A new paper by Leach, an associate professor in the Alberta School of Business, and fellow Univers
Manila (AFP) Aug 23, 2011 - Philippine President Benigno Aquino vowed on Tuesday a stronger military defence of his country's South China Sea claims as the navy's newest warship sailed into Manila Bay from the United States.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2011 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at the biorefinery's loading dock. That future has been made p
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Aug 22, 2011 - As part of its $10.4 billion investment in Australia's coal exports to India, Indian energy giant Adani Enterprises Ltd. aims to control each stage, from mine to port, The Australian newspaper reports.
Hanoi (AFP) Aug 22, 2011 - Eight anti-China demonstrators who defied government orders to end an unprecedented series of rallies remain in custody for investigation, an official Vietnamese police newspaper reported on Monday.
Athens, Greece (UPI) Aug 22, 2011 - Greece's move to privatize its incumbent natural gas distributor could help it gain leverage in still-fluid southern energy corridor plans, a U.S. expert says.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2011 - Amid growing concern that using soybeans and other food crops to produce biodiesel fuel will raise the price of food, scientists have identified a new and unlikely raw material for the fuel: Alligat
Fountain Valley, Calif. (UPI) Aug 22, 2011 - A Southern California sewage treatment plant has been turned into a filling station for hydrogen-powered cars, officials said.
Karbala, Iraq (AFP) Aug 22, 2011 - Iraqis are used to severe electricity shortages, but residents of the central holy city of Karbala have a new kind of power problem: an electricity tower in the middle of a street.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2011 - One year after the notorious BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and two decades after the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska the scientific lesson i
Lagos (AFP) Aug 22, 2011 - Sabotage has led to six oil spills from one Shell pipeline in Nigeria since the start of the month, the company said on Monday, while damage to another line has caused a temporary production halt.
Berlin (AFP) Aug 21, 2011 - German auto giant BMW plans to build four wind turbines to power a factory with enough electricity to assemble hundreds of vehicles a day, auto newspaper Automobilwoche will report on Monday.
Washington (AFP) Aug 21, 2011 - Fresh arrests Sunday marked a second day of protests at the White House by environmental activists who said they were staging a two-week sit-in in a bid to halt a proposed oil pipeline.
Washington (AFP) Aug 20, 2011 - Dozens were arrested at the White House Saturday as protesters began a two-week sit-in expected to draw over 2,000 opponents of a proposed pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast.
