Singapore (AFP) May 3, 2010 - Oil was mixed in Asian trade Monday, shedding initial gains made after Europe's endorsement of a massive aid deal for Greece and expectations of a US supply drop caused by a giant oil slick, analysts said.
Astrakhan, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 03, 2010 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for commercial oil production in the Russian part of the Caspian Sea by the country's largest independent oil producer, LUKoil.
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 3, 2010 - US officials Monday unveiled the creation of a board to review offshore drilling safety and tighten oversight of oil equipment testing as a giant slick spread over the Gulf of Mexico.
Washington (AFP) May 3, 2010 - The White House on Monday kept its boot on the throat of BP, despite the British energy giant's assurance that it is absolutely responsible for paying to cleanup the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Bonn (AFP) May 2, 2010 - The European Union should raise its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 20 to 30 percent by 2020, German's environment minister said Sunday.
Ali Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait (AFP) May 2, 2010 - Thousands of students began a two-day strike on Sunday in protest at high pollution levels caused by oil facilities in a remote residential area of southern Kuwait.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 2, 2010 - Using remote-controlled submarines to shut off the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is like doing open heart surgery at 5,000 feet in the dark, the head of BP's US operations said Sunday.
Washington (AFP) May 1, 2010 - The Gulf of Mexico spill has not significantly disrupted US oil and gas production or vital shipping lanes along the southern US coast, the admiral leading the response effort said Saturday.
Boston (UPI) Apr 30, 2010 - After nearly a decadelong permitting path, the Obama administration has approved the United States' first offshore wind farm.
Borkum, Germany (UPI) Apr 30, 2010 - The blades began turning on Germany's first offshore wind farm this week -- the starting signal for the construction of hundreds of additional sea-based turbines.
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 30, 2010 - An inland oil drilling unit overturned in a Louisiana canal on Friday, but no fuel was leaking from the rig, the US Coast Guard said, as oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico washed ashore.
Washington (AFP) April 30, 2010 - Democratic lawmaker Rush Holt told AFP on Friday that in view of the disastrous oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico the United States should quickly focus on developing wind power along its coasts.
Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Apr 29, 2010 - After numerous false dawns, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has pinned hopes on Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva smoothing the path for his country's full membership of Mercosur before leaving office next year.
Hacienda Heights CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2010 - Students of the Los Altos Academy of Engineering have created a one-of-a-kind hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle (HICE). This is the first to be built by high school students and is rare even among the car industry.
IPG Photonics has announced the acquisition of privately-held, Germany-based Cosytronic KG (COSY), a specialist in the joining technology with an emphasis on engineering know-how in automated welding turnkey solutions.
Bali, Indonesia (UPI) Apr 28, 2010 - Indonesia announced it signed $5 billion worth of geothermal energy deals as it serves as host for the World Geothermal Conference in Bali.
