Bhubaneswar, India (PTI) May 12, 2011 - Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, P S Veeraraghavan on Wednesday said India`s space scientists are designing a reusable space craft, which is likely to be launched
Des Moines IA (SPX) May 12, 2011 - Iowa has established itself as the breeding ground for the next generation of biofuels in America. According to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, the Hawkeye state has added $13 billion to the s
Cambridge MA (SPX) May 12, 2011 - Marking another milestone in its advance towards commercialization, Joule Unlimited has announced the signing of a lease agreement providing access to 1,200 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, with the
Sault Ste. Marie, Canada (SPX) May 12, 2011 - Rentech has announced that its proposed Olympiad Renewable Energy Centre (Olympiad Project) in The Township of White River (White River), Ontario, has been selected by the Province of Ontario for a
Vienna (AFP) May 11, 2011 - The OPEC oil cartel on Wednesday held steady its forecast for world oil demand growth this year, saying rising consumption in China would make up for the uncertain outlook in the United States and in quake-hit Japan.
Paris (AFP) May 11, 2011 - French lawmakers Wednesday approved a ban on tapping gas from shale rock deposits by hydraulic fracturing, a practice aimed at freeing up new energy sources but frowned on by environmentalists.
Bangalore, India (PTI) May 11, 2011 - India's latest advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 has beamed high quality images distinctly showing the northern and western regions of the country, the space agency said Monday.
Baghdad (UPI) May 11, 2011 - Iraq has boosted oil production to the highest level in a decade and is preparing to auction off oil and gas exploration contracts to develop potentially big new fields, part of its accelerating drive to challenge Saudi Arabia as the world's top producer.
Oslo (AFP) May 11, 2011 - Norwegian oil firm DNO, among the first to operate in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein, said Wednesday it would finally receive payment for crude oil exports from the Kurdish area of Iraq.
Moscow (UPI) May 11, 2011 - Gazprom's natural gas exports to Europe are growing rapidly, the company said.
Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2011 - The American Physical Society has released a new assessment - Direct Air Capture of CO2 with Chemicals - to better inform the scientific community on the technical aspects of removing carbon dioxide
Princeton NJ (SPX) May 10, 2011 - Technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are unlikely to offer an economically feasible way to slow human-driven climate change for several decades, according to a report issued
Thorold, Canada (SPX) May 10, 2011 - JBI reports that Oxy Vinyl Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum has agreed to purchase JBI's low sulphur heating oil for $109.80 per barrel. Low sulphur heating oil is a p
Berlin (UPI) May 10, 2011 - The Russian-European pipeline project Nord Stream, which brings Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea and bypasses potential transit country Poland, is good for the country's security, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
Washington (AFP) May 10, 2011 - Methane leaks are contaminating drinking water near shale gas drilling sites in the northeastern United States, scientists said Tuesday, placing a further question mark over this fast-growing energy source.
Durham, NC (SPX) May 10, 2011 - A study by Duke University researchers has found high levels of leaked methane in well water collected near shale-gas drilling and hydrofracking sites. The scientists collected and analyzed water sa
