Geneva (AFP) Sept 17, 2010 - The head of the world's biggest airline association, IATA, berated the oil industry and governments on Friday for investing peanuts in cleaner biofuels.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2010 - Beijing said Friday that its activities in an East China Sea gas field also claimed by Japan were entirely legal, as a diplomatic row between the Asian giants escalated.
Blacksburg, VA (SPX) Sep 17, 2010 - A new technology for removing water from ultrafine coal slurry has been successfully tested at the commercial scale at an operating coal cleaning plant. The technology offers the possibility of reducing the coal slurry impoundment problem from the source. A peer-reviewed paper on this new technology was presented at the 13th Australian Coal Preparation Society Conference, Cairns, Queensland.
Baghdad (UPI) Sep 17, 2010 - Iraq plans to upgrade its oil pipeline network to boost exports through neighboring Turkey and Syria as Baghdad struggles to develop its vast but under-exploited energy resources, the key to its reconstruction.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 17, 2010 - Joule Unlimited has announced the issuance of a U.S. patent covering its breakthrough conversion of sunlight and waste carbon dioxide (CO2) directly into liquid hydrocarbons that are fungible with conventional diesel fuel.
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 17, 2010 - Glycos Biotechnologies has created the first ever microbial platform for the efficient synthesis of biofuels and biochemicals from fatty acids. This revolutionary advancement builds on GlycosBio's microorganism platform and further diversifies the set of feedstocks and co-products the company offers enabling greater cost savings and product flexibility for producers.
Montreal (UPI) Sep 17, 2010 - National energy policies and international cooperation are necessary for sustainable growth in the energy sector, the chairman of the World Energy Council said.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2010 - China on Thursday called for concrete actions from Japan to resolve a bitter diplomatic row, as Tokyo warned its citizens to remain vigilant ahead of possible protests in major Chinese cities.
Beijing (UPI) Sep 16, 2010 - The amount of toxic coal ash dumped from China's coal-fired power plants is so massive it could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every 2 1/2 minutes, says a Greenpeace report.
Van Buren Township MI (SPX) Sep 16, 2010 - While significant research efforts have been made to date in studies sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and other government and industry bodies evaluating the potential impact of E15 on 2001 model year and newer vehicles, minimal engineering analysis has previously been focused on earlier model year vehicles.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 16, 2010 - New insight into the structure of switchgrass and poplars is fueling discussions that could result in more efficient methods to turn biomass into biofuel.
San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 16, 2010 - Solazyme has announced that it has completed delivery of over 20,000 gallons of algal-derived shipboard fuel to the U.S. Navy, constituting the world's largest delivery of 100% microbial-derived, non-alcohol, advanced biofuel.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 16, 2010 - Researchers at Purdue University have developed a facility aimed at learning precisely how coal and biomass are broken down in reactors called gasifiers as part of a project to strengthen the scientific foundations of the synthetic fuel economy.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 15, 2010 - Anti-Japanese protesters are planning to rally on Saturday in Beijing over Tokyo's arrest last week of a Chinese fishing boat captain in disputed waters, Japanese media reported Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2010 - The United States on Wednesday ordered oil and gas firms to permanently plug nearly 3,500 unused wells and dismantle hundreds of idle platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, in a bid to shore up industry safety after the disastrous BP spill.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Sep 15, 2010 - Argentina is beefing up its military in preparation for oil exploration in the Falklands basin concurrent with British-backed prospecting for hydrocarbons in the region nearer the islands.
