New York (AFP) April 28, 2011 - ExxonMobil reported nearly $11 billion in quarterly profit Thursday on the back of a surge in oil prices that has put the company in the crosshairs of US politicians, including President Barack Obama.
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 28, 2011 - The Board of Holmen has decided to invest in a biofuel boiler at the paperboard mill in Workington, UK. The investment totals SEK 1.1 billion. The new facility will meet the mill's entire energy nee
Seoul (AFP) April 28, 2011 - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki agreed Thursday to strengthen energy and economic cooperation, during the Iraqi leader's first trip to Seoul.
Tehran (UPI) Apr 28, 2011 - When Iran, beset by international sanctions, had its annual oil and gas expo this month, there was no sign of the big Western oil companies and even less of the large-scale investment the Islamic Republic's energy industry desperately needs.
London (AFP) April 27, 2011 - Energy giant BP said on Wednesday that first-quarter profits leapt 17 percent, boosted by high crude prices, but ramped up its costs estimate one year after the devastating oil spill disaster.
London (AFP) April 27, 2011 - BP's first-quarter net profits leapt 17 percent thanks to high crude prices, the British energy giant said Wednesday, adding that it was revising upward the cost of last year's fatal Gulf oil spill disaster.
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 27, 2011 - While wind turbines primarily are a source of renewable energy, they also produce wakes of invisible ripples that can affect the atmosphere and influence wind turbines downstream - an issue being re
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 27, 2011 - The bombing and shutdown of a natural gas pipeline from Egypt to Israel has heightened fears in the Jewish state that the post-revolutionary regime in Cairo will cut off vital gas exports.
Langhorne PA (SPX) Apr 27, 2011 - Homeland Renewable Energy has announced the establishment of its new division, Homeland Biogas Energy (HB Energy). HB Energy focuses on turning animal agriculture waste and other organic waste str
Manama, Bahrain (UPI) Apr 27, 2011 - Bahrain's expulsion of a senior Iranian diplomat on charges he was linked to a spy ring smashed in Kuwait has sharply intensified tensions between the Islamic Republic and its Persian Gulf Arab neighbors in the strategic, oil-rich Persian Gulf.
Seoul (AFP) April 27, 2011 - South Korea's largest business group Samsung signed an initial deal Wednesday to invest $7.04 billion in a state project to build a green energy complex on reclaimed wetland.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2011 - Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division demonstrate significant progress in the efficiency and cost effectiveness of light ions in the fast ignition of fusion targets. Li
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (AFP) April 26, 2011 - Energy hungry China has given Turkmenistan a loan of $4.1 billion (three billion euros) to develop a gas field and boost exports, the state gas company Turkmengaz said Tuesday.
Bogota, Colombia (UPI) Apr 26, 2011 - Colombia is seeing the outlook for its energy sector improve with progress on two fronts - new oil finds and higher production from existing wells.
Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2011 - A deadly fire that swept through an illegally constructed Beijing building this week, killing 17 poor migrants, was triggered by an electric tricycle, state media said Tuesday.
London (AFP) April 26, 2011 - Less than half of Europe's top 300 firms are publishing full and verified carbon emission data, with French and Swiss companies ranking worst at greenhouse gas reporting, a study showed Tuesday.
