Algiers (AFP) Jan 3, 2011 - Algeria saw oil and gas revenues rise 25 percent year-on-year in 2010 to 55.7 billion dollars (41.8 billion euros), Energy and Mines Minister Youcef Yousfi said Monday.
Basra, Iraq (AFP) Jan 3, 2011 - French group Schneider Electric has signed a contract with the local government in Basra to build eight electricity sub-stations in power-starved southern Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Monday.
Washington (AFP) Jan 3, 2011 - Thirteen oil companies have been authorized to resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without submitting new plans for environmental review, the US Department of the Interior said Monday.
Beijing (AFP) Jan 1, 2011 - The first oil pipeline between Russia and China, feted as a mark of growing ties between the world's biggest oil producer and its biggest energy consumer, started operation Saturday, state media said.
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Dec 31, 2010 - Confirmation that the Leviathan natural gas field off Israel contains reserves of at least 16 trillion cubic feet, the largest gas discovery of the decade, could trigger an exploration boom across the eastern Mediterranean, but those who take part face many perils.
Buffalo, N.Y. (UPI) Dec 31, 2010 - U.S. chemists say newly developed photosensitizing dyes could greatly increase the efficiency of light-driven systems that produce green energy.
Brisbane, Australia (UPI) Dec 30, 2010 - Torrential rain and flooding have nearly brought the coal industry in the Australian state of Queensland to a standstill.
Washington (UPI) Dec 30, 2010 - The Obama administration tempered its response to Venezuela's rejection of its ambassador-designate to Caracas, choosing simply to revoke the U.S. visa for the country's envoy in Washington, Bernardo Alvarez Herrera.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 29, 2010 - Several studies forecast that by 2050, it will be possible for Germany to obtain a high proportion of its energy from renewable sources. DLR also has significant involvement in the expansion of wind
Baghdad (UPI) Dec 29, 2010 - Iraq's new oil minister says production has hit the highest level in two decades as Baghdad drives to challenge Saudi Arabia as the world's top oil producer. But the going is going to be tough.
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 29, 2010 - In the minds of many, Miscanthus x giganteus is the forerunner in the race of viable feedstock options for lignocellulosic bioenergy production. But researchers believe putting all their eggs in on
Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 29, 2010 - A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy t
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 29, 2010 - According to the most recent issue of the Monthly Energy Review by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), nuclear electric power accounted for 11% of primary energy production and rene
La Paz, Bolivia (UPI) Dec 28, 2010 - Bolivia is investing more in raising its energy profile with the aim of meeting higher domestic demand and exporting spare capacity of natural gas to Argentina and Brazil.
Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Dec 28, 2010 - Taiwan's hog output has surpassed rice since 1986 to become the No. 1 item of agricultural and livestock products. The average annual hog output was NT$57 billion in the recent three years, accounti
Washington (AFP) Dec 28, 2010 - Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged his government would address logistical and other woes plaguing international oil firms in his country, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
