New York (AFP) July 9, 2010 - Fed up with the uncertainty surrounding offshore drilling following the Gulf of Mexico disaster, oil companies are considering increasing their inland exploration activities or venturing abroad.
Santiago, Chile (UPI) Jul 8, 2010 - New discoveries of oil and gas in the extreme south of Chile will boost the country's economic prospects amid extensive post-quake reconstruction and repositioning of the government's recovery program.
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2010 - Prospects for the hydro, wave, and tidal power market look upbeat as countries are investing in renewable energy sources to augment energy security. It is estimated that the worldwide wave resources is 6,000 TWh/year, twice as much as global nuclear production and 700 TWh/year for tidal power.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jul 08, 2010 - Chemical engineers at Purdue University have developed a new method to process agricultural waste and other biomass into biofuels, and they are proposing the creation of mobile processing plants that would rove the Midwest to produce the fuels.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Jul 8, 2010 - Recent attacks on two cargo ships off Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta and a resurgence of kidnappings has stirred fears the oil industry in the south faces a renewed insurgency that has slashed production by one-third.
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Jul 8, 2010 - The International Finance Corp., the lending branch of the World Bank, plans to invest more than $300 million in the Philippines power sector this year, particularly in renewable energy projects.
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Jul 8, 2010 - If agricultural waste can't go to a biofuel processing center, then the processing center should go to the agricultural waste, U.S. researchers theorized.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 8, 2010 - US officials Thursday gave BP 24 hours to outline its next steps in the fight to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying efforts to cap a fractured well were entering a critical stage.
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 - It's about as close as you can get to a personal visit to a Brazilian sugarcane processing mill without actually being there, and it's now available on the Web. It's called the 'Virtual Mill,' an interactive multimedia tool created by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) to offer the opportunity for an up-close look at the inner workings of a cane mill to those who can't make the trip.
Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 - Crude oil, coal and natural gas are not the only fossil fuels hidden deep below the surface of the Earth. Right around the globe, enormous quantities of methane hydrates can be found as many people already know, especially since Frank Schatzings famous novel 'The Swarm' (Der Schwarm).
Thousand Oaks CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 - Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. has announced that it has developed a plant trait that could bring new life to millions of acres of abandoned or marginal cropland damaged by salts. Results in several crops, including switchgrass, have shown levels of salt tolerance not seen before.
Strasbourg (AFP) July 7, 2010 - Europe should freeze new deep water drilling until the causes of the rig explosion which triggered the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are known, a top EU official said Wednesday.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 - Cyanobacteria are among the oldest living forms in nature, responsible for generating the atmospheric oxygen we breathe today. Now Hyun Woo Kim and Raveender Vannela, researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University are perfecting the means to culture these microbes-a potentially rich source of biofuels and biomaterials- in significantly greater abundance.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 7, 2010 - High seas in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday scuppered immediate hopes of deploying a third ship that could see almost all the leaking crude contained.
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 7, 2010 - As Israel spars with Lebanon over ownership of major offshore natural gas fields, the government is locked in battle with the energy companies who found the gas and bitterly oppose plans to retroactively hike the state's share of revenues from the bonanza.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 - According to a new report by a broad coalition of industry, government and non-profit organizations released here today, producing fuel ethanol in the United States generates jobs and wealth by processing domestic resources into clean burning transportation fuels.
