Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Oct 8, 2009 - The Libyan government has replaced the head of the state oil company in a move that industry analysts say indicates Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime is turning its back on foreign oil companies that have been clamoring to return to the long-shuttered North African country.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 08, 2009 - A new ceramic material described in the journal Science could help expand the applications for solid oxide fuel cells - devices that generate electricity directly from a wide range of liquid or gaseous fuels without the need to separate hydrogen.
Columbia, Mo. (UPI) Oct 8, 2009 - U.S. electrical engineers say they are developing a smaller, lighter and more efficient battery that uses a nuclear energy source.
Sydney (UPI) Oct 8, 2009 - Shell plans to build a $5.5 billion floating liquefied natural gas processing plant off the West Australian coast.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2009 - Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has unveiled an accelerated plan for developing standards to transform the U.S. power distribution system into a secure, more efficient and environmentally friendly Smart Grid and create clean-energy jobs.
Taipei (AFP) Oct 7, 2009 - A Taiwan crematorium plans to use exhaust from its ovens to power its air-conditioning system, officials said Wednesday, in a move critics blasted as insensitive to mourning relatives.
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Baghdad (UPI) Oct 7, 2009 - The Iraqi government has again postponed debate on a much-stalled hydrocarbons law until after parliamentary elections slated for Jan. 15, according to legislative sources, further complicating efforts to attract major oil companies to invest in Iraq's rundown oil industry.
Moscow (UPI) Oct 7, 2009 - Russia is pumping more oil than ever before, counteracting OPEC efforts to influence the crude price with lower production levels.
Madrid (AFP) Oct 7, 2009 - A court in Spain has accused the former head of the merchant marine service of criminal responsibility for the 2002 Prestige oil spill, judicial officials said.
Moscow (AFP) Oct 6, 2009 - Russia must move beyond its dependence on oil exports and reorient its economy around technology, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday in a stark warning about the country's economic failings.
Astana (AFP) Oct 6, 2009 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Kazakhstan Tuesday for a swing through the energy-rich state expected to yield billions of euros in space, energy and defence contracts for French firms.
Washington (UPI) Oct 6, 2009 - Boeing and international academic and business partners are looking into ways of producing commercially viable aviation fuel from saltwater plants in a push toward reducing carbon emissions from air travel.
Richmond, Va. (UPI) Oct 5, 2009 - Dominion Energy says it is moving ahead with a proposed $600 million project to pipe natural gas from fields in West Virginia to Delmont, Pa., about 25 miles east of Pittsburgh, as part of an effort to develop the Appalachian Basin gas reserves.
Quito (AFP) Oct 5, 2009 - Ecuador on Monday inked a deal with China's Sinohydro to build a two-billion-dollar hydroelectric plant in the South American nation, officials said.
Ljubljana (AFP) Oct 5, 2009 - French designer Philippe Starck on Monday signed a contract to design prefabricated houses that will be produced and distributed by Slovenian wooden-house producer Riko.
