Baghdad (AFP) Jan 17, 2010 - A consortium of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell and Malaysia's Petronas signed a contract with Iraq on Sunday to operate the enormous Majnoon oil field in the war-torn country's south.
Prague (AFP) Jan 15, 2010 - Micronesia, part of the Oceania group of islands threatened by rising sea levels due to climate change, has slammed revamp plans for a coal-fired Czech plant as not good enough, the environment ministry said Friday.
Quito (AFP) Jan 14, 2010 - A plan to leave major oil reserves in Ecuador's Amazon basin untouched in return for a major international donation was in jeopardy Thursday after Foreign Minister Fander Falconi resigned.
New York, NY (SPX) Jan 13, 2010 - Scientists say buried volcanic rocks along the heavily populated coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England, as well as further south, might be ideal reservoirs to lock away carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and other industrial sources. A study this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences outlines formations on land as well as offshore, where scientists from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory say the best potential sites may lie.
Champaign IL (SPX) Jan 12, 2010 - The western corn rootworm beetle, a pest that feasts on corn roots and corn silk and costs growers more than $1 billion annually in the U.S., also can survive on the perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus, a potential biofuels crop that would likely be grown alongside corn, researchers report.
Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2010 - China has scrapped restrictions on the use of foreign parts in wind power turbines, state media reported, as the nation seeks access to more advanced technology to meet its clean energy targets.
Oslo (AFP) Jan 12, 2010 - Norway's natural gas exports were almost back to normal on Tuesday after several days' disruption due to the cold weather in Europe, Norwegian pipeline operator Gassco said.
New York (AFP) Jan 12, 2010 - Oil prices slumped Tuesday on prospects of easing heating fuel demand in the United States due to milder weather and new moves by China to cool off its economy.
Caracas (AFP) Jan 12, 2010 - Venezuela will be hit with rolling blackouts lasting four hours per day starting Wednesday, as part of a power-saving effort to cope with a severe drought, the head of the the state-run power company said Tuesday.
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 12, 2010 - The United States needs to fundamentally rethink its policy of promoting ethanol to diversify its energy sources and increase energy security, according to a new policy paper by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jan 11, 2010 - China's leading power grid operator SGCC and Malaysian development fund 1MDB said Monday they will establish massive energy projects worth 11 billion dollars in Malaysian Borneo.
Oslo (AFP) Jan 11, 2010 - The cold snap that has gripped Europe for two weeks has caused severe disruptions to natural gas exports from the world's second-biggest gas exporter Norway, Norwegian pipeline operator Gassco said Monday.
Riyadh (AFP) Jan 10, 2010 - Senior officials from Saudi Arabia and China on Sunday failed to resolve Chinese dumping charges on certain Saudi petrochemicals, although they played down the impact of the dispute.
Caracas (AFP) Jan 9, 2010 - President Hugo Chavez said a US military aircraft had entered Venezuelan airspace on Friday, insisting that the governments of the United States and the Netherlands were behind what he described as a provocative action.
Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2010 - China's coal-rich Shanxi province faced its most severe power shortage in three years as severe cold weather continued to drive up national electricity demand, state media reported Saturday.
London (AFP) Jan 8, 2010 - Britain granted licences Friday for a huge expansion of offshore wind farms, based around nine sites which together could provide enough electricity for almost all homes in the country, officials said.
