Dubai (AFP) May 15, 2010 - Iraq, which last year awarded 10 contracts to oil majors, expects to add 600,000 barrels per day of new oil to boost output to 3.2 million bpd by end 2011, a top official was quoted as saying.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 15, 2010 - Crews worked to place a siphon tube into a ruptured pipe spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico Saturday as globs of oil washed ashore in new spots and US officials told BP to clarify what cleanup costs it will pay.
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) May 14, 2010 - Ukraine will not hand Russia full control over Ukraine's gas pipeline network, the country's President Viktor Yanukovych said.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 13, 2010 - BP will try Thursday to stem the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by inserting a tube into the leaking pipe and sucking the crude up to a tanker on the surface, officials said.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) May 13, 2010 - Just when you thought Brazil had found about enough crude oil along comes news of another discovery, amid official plans to turn the country into a pre-eminent oil producer and exporter.
Seoul (UPI) May 13, 2010 - Electronics giant Samsung announced it would invest $21 billion in clean energy over the next decade.
Venice, Louisiana (AFP) May 12, 2010 - BP battled Wednesday to cap a huge oil leak, lowering a box dubbed a top-hat into the Gulf of Mexico amid mounting US anger over a spill flowing unchecked for three weeks.
Livermore, Calif. (UPI) May 12, 2010 - U.S. scientists say they've embarked on needed research into the chemistry of biofuel combustion.
London (UPI) May 12, 2010 - The European Commission is ready to boost its bloc-wide climate emissions reduction target to revive the deadlocked climate negotiations and drive the price for carbon certificates.
Dallas TX (SPX) May 12, 2010 - Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $3.5 million contract to develop the Integrated Smart-BEAR Power System (ISBPS) for the U.S. Air Force. The Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) program equips U.S. forces with lightweight, air-transportable assets used to establish mobile air bases.
Khartoum, Sudan (UPI) May 12, 2010 - Sudan appears to be sliding toward renewed conflict following fraud-tainted national elections in April as the Khartoum regime reportedly drags it feet on a crucial referendum on independence for the country's oil-rich south.
Algiers, Algeria (UPI) May 12, 2010 - Construction of a 2,565-mile natural gas pipeline from Nigeria to Algeria to supply Europe, and help break Russia's stranglehold as its prime source of gas, has been repeatedly delayed.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 11, 2010 - BP braced for a grilling by US lawmakers Tuesday over its failure to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as the British energy giant weighed options to deal with the leak.
Lusaka (AFP) May 11, 2010 - The China Development Bank (CDB) offered Tuesday to provide one billion dollars (787 million euros) for a planned hydroelectric station in Zambia and proposed a Chinese company to develop the project.
Montreal (AFP) May 11, 2010 - Chevron Canada has begun drilling the country's deepest offshore oil well, as the firm sought to soothe fears over a repeat of the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) May 11, 2010 - Argentina's campaign to draw international attention to its sovereignty claim over the British-ruled Falkland Islands are following a pattern that is unlikely to change any time soon, analysts said.
