Diyarbakir, Turkey (AFP) July 4, 2010 - Kurdish rebels waging a 26-year insurgency were suspected of being behind a blast in southeastern Turkey that hit a pipeline carrying oil from Iraq, a local security source said Sunday.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 3, 2010 - Crews struggling to contain oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico hoped Saturday that a Taiwanese supertanker could boost efforts to skim crude from the worst accidental spill on record.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 02, 2010 - The American Physical Society, a leading organization of physicists, presses congressional leaders to increase research investments for future energy technologies that will strengthen energy security and reduce the likelihood of disastrous effects associated with fossil fuel exploration as evidenced by the BP oil spill.
Miami (AFP) July 2, 2010 - The Florida Keys and resort beaches of Miami and Fort Lauderdale -- some of the busiest beach fronts in the United States-- are at high risk from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a US ocean monitoring agency warned Friday.
Ames IA (SPX) Jul 02, 2010 - A new green, bio-based method for producing a much-used fuel additive and industrial chemical that is currently made from petroleum products has been developed by an Iowa State University researcher.
Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Jul 2, 2010 - Natural gas has the potential to help the United States move to a low-carbon future, says a report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sofia (AFP) July 2, 2010 - Bulgaria will not make its final decision on whether to join a Russian-backed oil pipeline to Greece until February 2011 at the earliest, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said Friday.
Tokyo (AFP) July 2, 2010 - Japan's Toshiba said Friday it was working with Mitsubishi Motors to develop batteries for electric vehicles, as the race intensifies among automakers and technology giants to make emission-free cars.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Jul 1, 2010 - Argentina will start drilling for hydrocarbons in an offshore region close to the South Atlantic waters of the British-controlled Falkland Islands, officials said.
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo (UPI) Jul 1, 2010 - The battle for Africa's oil wealth is heating up.
Mexico City (UPI) Jul 1, 2010 - Mexico's declining oil output is a potential major challenge for the country and its neighbors, including the United States, because of its inevitable fallout in all sectors of the economy.
San Francisco, Usa (AFP) July 1, 2010 - Microsoft is taking the fumbling out of figuring out which way batteries fit into gadgets.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 1, 2010 - The Obama appointee managing BP's oil spill disaster fund said there's not enough money in the world to pay all claims and suggested home owners with plunging property values could lose out.
New York (AFP) July 1, 2010 - Oil prices plummeted on Thursday, hammered by a batch of weak economic data on the United States and China, the world's two biggest energy consumers.
Istanbul (AFP) July 1, 2010 - Turkish officials held talks with major oil companies Thursday on ways to reduce growing tanker traffic through the Turkish Straits and lessen the risks posed by congestion in the two waterways.
Washington (AFP) July 1, 2010 - The cost of helping the US Gulf Coast rebound from the ruinous Gulf of Mexico oil spill could run into the trillions of dollars, a US lawmaker said Thursday after a briefing from top government officials.
