Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Dec 28, 2009 - British forces mounted a warfare exercise involving navy and air force personnel in the Falkland Islands, scene of a 1982 conflict between Argentina and Britain and more recently of intense oil and gas exploration activities.
Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 25, 2009 - A tugboat struck the same reef as the Exxon Valdez tanker 20 years ago, spilling diesel into Alaska's Prince William Sound and creating a three-mile-long slick, the US Coast Guard said Friday.
Sydney (UPI) Dec 24, 2009 - AGL Energy expressed doubt about the future of its proposed $800 million wind farm in Victoria because of a collapse in the price of Australia's renewable energy certificates.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Dec 24, 2009 - The Argentine subsidiary of Spanish oil major Repsol is set to begin exploration for oil and gas in the Falkland Islands, business representatives said.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 24, 2009 - The first section of the Siberian-Pacific oil pipeline will enter service on Monday, part of a network that will ultimately carry crude to China, the head of Russian oil group Transneft said Thursday.
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 24, 2009 - Oil exports from northern Iraq resumed on Thursday after a temporary halt due to the weekend sabotage of the pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the oil ministry said.
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Dec 24, 2009 - Nigeria's fragile truce with rebels in the oil-producing southeast appears to be fraying after the militants blew up an oil pipeline in a warning strike over government foot-dragging on peace talks.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Dec 24, 2009 - Public discontent over renewed disruptions in electricity supplies reached new levels as the government of President Hugo Chavez announced further cutbacks in business and domestic use of power.
Sofia (AFP) Dec 23, 2009 - Bulgaria has finally passed its revised 2008-2012 carbon plan, Environment Minister Nona Karadzova said Wednesday.
Luanda, Angola (UPI) Dec 23, 2009 - OPEC oil producers sought to downplay Iraq's ambitious plans to more than quadruple its oil output when they met in Angola this week.
Luanda (AFP) Dec 23, 2009 - A surge from Iraq's oilfields will occupy OPEC crude producers in coming years as the recovering country's output challenges that of Saudi Arabia, observers said as the cartel held its latest meeting.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 23, 2009 - Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products.
Valley Forge PA (SPX) Dec 23, 2009 - San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG and E) has selected Lockheed Martin to provide systems engineering support for their Borrego Springs Microgrid demonstration project.
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 23, 2009 - Sandia National Laboratories will use $4.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modify and enhance its existing Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab), with the goal of developing low-cost batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 23, 2009 - India's reliance on coal means the country is heading for an energy crisis unless it diversifies its sources of power, the chairman of the UN's top climate change panel predicted on Wednesday.
Asuncion, Paraguay (UPI) Dec 23, 2009 - Venezuela's membership in the Mercosur trade bloc remains in doubt because of deep divisions in Paraguay, the last of the full members whose assent will give Caracas entry into the organization.
