Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) July 20, 2011 - Southeast Asia and China on Wednesday hailed significant progress toward resolving disputes in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway believed to contain vast energy reserves.
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) July 20, 2011 - Asia must find ways to resolve its territorial disputes if it wants to play a more central role in world affairs, Association of Southeast Asian Nations chief Surin Pitsuwan said Wednesday.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Jul 20, 2011 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez indicated he retains key powers even after delegating responsibilities to aides as he approved a budget from the hospital in Cuba, where is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.
Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2011 - Chinese oil giant CNOOC has agreed to take over Canadian oil sands developer OPTI for about $2.1 billion, the companies said Wednesday, as China moves to secure more resources in North America.
Astana, Kazakhstan (UPI) Jul 20, 2011 - European parliamentary member Paul Murphy, currently in Kazakhstan, is claiming that 4,000 oil workers in Zhanaozen in Kazakhstan's Mangistau Region are on strike.
Paldiski, Estonia (UPI) Jul 20, 2011 - Estonian wind energy providers this week tapped GE for 18 turbines to outfit what will be one of the biggest wind farms in the Baltic region.
Tokyo (AFP) July 20, 2011 - Japan said Wednesday it would expand efforts to restrict energy use to the western region to cope with lower power generation capacity amid public objections to restarting nuclear reactors.
Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2011 - Oil from a huge spill off the Chinese coast has been found washed up on the shore in two separate areas, state media reported on Wednesday.
Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2011 - Oil from a huge spill off China's coast has been found ashore in two separate areas, state media reported on Wednesday, sparking calls for greater transparency about the disaster.
Thitu Island, South China Sea (AFP) July 20, 2011 - Defiant Philippine lawmakers flew to an island in the disputed Spratly chain Wednesday, ignoring warnings from China that the trip would destabilise the region and damage ties.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Jul 20, 2011 - Saudi oil exports are set to fall sharply in the long term as domestic consumption claims an increasing share of the output, Jadwa Investment said in a report.
Washington (AFP) July 20, 2011 - A US congressional committee on Wednesday voiced support for an extension of a Canadian oil pipeline, saying it offered a stable source of energy despite concern by environmentalists.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2011 - The power output of wind farms can be increased by an order of magnitude-at least tenfold-simply by optimizing the placement of turbines on a given plot of land, say researchers at the California In
Brussels (UPI) Jul 19, 2011 - The European Commission says it wants to ensure biofuels used in the European Union are produced in an environmentally sustainable way.
Hanover, Germany (AFP) July 19, 2011 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel played down Berlin's future energy dependence on Russia in view of its nuclear power phase-out, at talks with President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday.
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) July 19, 2011 - ASEAN foreign ministers voiced serious concern Tuesday as the war of words between China and the Philippines over disputed islands in the South China Sea escalated on Tuesday.
