Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2009 - China has dispatched more civilian patrol boats to the South China Sea, where tensions have risen recently over a long-standing territorial dispute, state press said Thursday.
Miami, April 15, 2009 - Brazil's state-run oil firm, Petrobras, has announced yet another light-crude find in the Santos Basin off the Sao Paulo coast, the latest in a series of discoveries that has the South American country touting its potential to become one of the world's largest petroleum producers.
Lagos (AFP) April 15, 2009 - Nigeria fined Anglo-Dutch petroleum giant Shell one million naira (6,800 dollars, 5,100 euros) for failing to clean up an oil spill within reasonable time, a company official said Wednesday.
Vienna (AFP) April 15, 2009 - OPEC on Wednesday again revised down its estimate for world crude demand, predicting that a devasting contraction in consumption would keep prices under pressure in the months ahead.
Washington, April 15, 2009 - The U.S. Energy Department says it will award $41.9 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund 13 fuel cell technology projects.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2009 - Federal regulators pushed a major high-voltage transmission line one step closer to construction on Monday, praising its stated goal of increasing clean power.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2009 - When the Soviet Union imploded in 1991, an economic tsunami devastated Central Asia, and no former republic was more affected than Tajikistan. Dependent on aluminum and cotton exports and with its traditional Russian markets gone, the year after its independence, Tajikistan slid into a vicious five-year civil war between the former Communist leadership and Islamic militants as the country was ravaged by hyperinflation. When it ended in 1997, 50,000 were dead and the country's economy was effectively dealt a blow from which it has yet to recover. Efforts to turn the economy hinge on government plans to finish massive hydroelectric projects, but given the country's dire economic record, significant foreign assistance seems problematic at best.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2009 - Despite the current economic climate, wind-farm construction and turbine manufacturing are blowing along at surprisingly high rates -- at least for now.
Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2009 - Local governments in China have been ordered to buy more energy efficient products as part of the national drive to curb pollution and combat global warming, state press reported on Tuesday.
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2009 - As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to moving the nation toward energy independence, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today a three-phase plan to expedite development of key standards for a Smart Grid, a nationwide network that uses information technology to deliver electricity efficiently, reliably, and securely.
Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2009 - Royal Dutch Shell is in talks with Chinese companies to jointly bid for rights to develop an oil field in Iraq, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant's chief executive officer said Tuesday.
St Paul MN (SPX) Apr 14, 2009 - At a time when water supplies are scarce in many areas of the United States, scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol - often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future - may consume up to three times more water than previously thought.
Washington (UPI) April 13, 2009 - In the intense international competition for Caspian hydrocarbons that developed after the 1991 collapse of communism, Western interest focused initially on Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Turkmenistan was regarded largely as a closed market because of the mercurial policies of its president for life, Turkmenbashi or father of the Turkmen, Saparmurat Niyazov.
Beijing (AFP) April 11, 2009 - Despite his gushing compliments this week, Beijing has been careful to keep Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a distance as it tries not to jeopardise its relations with Washington, analysts say.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2009 - As economic concerns deepen, most U.S. consumers want to lower their utility bills, but they also overestimate their homes' efficiency and underestimate their own energy usage, according to a survey.
Paris (AFP) April 10, 2009 - The world is awash with oil despite a price rally but the glut is crimping investment in fields which will be needed when demand pulls out of a relentless plunge, the IEA said on Friday.
