Seoul (UPI) Jul 14, 2011 - South Korea's SK Group, the country's fourth largest conglomerate is preparing to sell three offshore oil field concessions in Brazil for $2.4 billion.
Lexington KY (SPX) Jul 14, 2011 - A team of researchers led by University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Professor Joe Chappell is making a connection from prehistoric times to the present that could result in being able to gene
Beijing (AFP) July 13, 2011 - China said Wednesday it had ordered US oil giant ConocoPhillips to immediately stop operations at several rigs in an area off the nation's eastern coast polluted by a huge slick.
Shanghai, China (UPI) Jul 13, 2011 - China's ocean authority has ordered ConocoPhillips China to immediately suspend operations in its Bohai Bay concessions in the aftermath of two oil spills.
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jul 13, 2011 - The power output of wind farms can be increased at least ten-fold simply by optimizing the placement of turbines on a given plot of land, U.S. researchers say.
Manila (AFP) July 13, 2011 - China's refusal to allow a UN-backed tribunal to rule on a South China Sea territorial dispute indicates Beijing's claim stands on shaky legal ground, the Philippines said Wednesday.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Jul 12, 2011 - Argentine demands for more lucrative terms are threatening to scuttle landlocked Paraguay's power sales to Uruguay, a significant source of revenue for the impoverished government in Asuncion.
Shanghai, China (UPI) Jul 12, 2011 - The Chinese government is considering more unconventional methods to tap into the country's vast shale natural gas deposits.
Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2011 - China on Tuesday rejected calls by the Philippines for the two nations to bring their conflicting claims in the South China Sea before a United Nations-backed tribunal.
Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2011 - China National Offshore Oil Corporation, which was recently accused of covering up a huge spill, is cleaning up another slick after a breakdown at a rig off the northeast coast, officials said Tuesday.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 12, 2011 - Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite communications systems. By scaveng
Reno NV (SPX) Jul 12, 2011 - An ambitious University of Nevada, Reno project to understand and characterize geothermal potential at nearly 500 sites throughout the Great Basin is yielding a bounty of information for the geother
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Jul 12, 2011 - Researchers say growing grasses on some U.S. farmland used for corn ethanol production would mean higher corn yields and more ethanol output per acre.
Oslo (AFP) July 12, 2011 - Norwegian oil firm DNO said on Tuesday it had more than doubled its oil reserve estimate for its licensed Tawke oil field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, sending its share price up nearly four percent.
Beijing (AFP) July 11, 2011 - China's top military officer said Monday the timing of US naval exercises in the South China Sea was inappropriate, after talks with his American counterpart aimed at cooling the territorial dispute.
Tallahassee, Fla. (UPI) Jul 11, 2011 - U.S. researchers say biofilters could treat methane venting into the atmosphere from passive landfill vents and reduce its impact on global warming.
