Baghdad (UPI) Feb 17, 2009 - Allegations by the top U.S. general in Iraq that two politicians who organized the blacklisting of 350 candidates for March 7 elections are linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards has heightened concern that Tehran is tightening its grip as U.S. forces withdraw.
Dublin (AFP) Feb 17, 2009 - Irish aircraft monitoring an oil spill believed to come from a Russian navy refuelling accident off Ireland's south coast have recorded 522 tonnes of fuel spreading across the sea, officials said Tuesday.
Moscow (AFP) Feb 17, 2009 - Russia and China on Tuesday agreed a 20-year deal to pump Russian oil to the energy hungry Chinese market in return for financing for Russian oil majors Transneft and Rosneft, Transneft said in a statement.
Washington (AFP) Feb 17, 2009 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday it would reconsider an 11th-hour memo issued by the administration of former president George W. Bush, which said power plants could be built without checks on their carbon dioxide emissions.
Caracas (AFP) Feb 17, 2009 - Venezuela and China agreed to boost economic relations Tuesday, as Vice President Xi Jinping began a two-day visit to the country and Beijing continued to expand its presence in Latin America.
Caracas (AFP) Feb 16, 2009 - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will begin Tuesday a two-day official visit in Caracas, as part of his ongoing tour of Latin America to strengthen relations with the region.
The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota announces a $1 million project to evaluate renewable oil refining…
Los Gatos CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2009 - The E-Fuel Corporation has reached an agreement with Sierra Nevada Brewing to create high-grade ethanol fuel from discarded beer yeast.
New York NY (SPX) Feb 16, 2009 - The gas-to-liquids (GTL) business is involved in the chemical conversion of stranded natural gas feedstocks to liquid products such as transportation fuels and chemicals. Insofar as beneficial processing of the world's huge resource base of stranded natural gas is concerned, GTL processing is a relatively recent R and D focus of the petrochemical industry.
New York NY (SPX) Feb 16, 2009 - AlphaKat, led by Dr. Christian Koch and Global Energy have conducted a first round of municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstock tests as part of the commissioning phase for AlphaKat's first-generation, commercial scale KDV 500 waste-to-diesel process.
San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2009 - Sirona Fuels has officially entered the biodiesel marketplace and announced its plans for expansion at the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in San Francisco.
Nairobi (AFP) Feb 16, 2009 - The United Nations called Monday on rich nations to forge a Global Green New Deal that puts the environment, climate change and poverty reduction at the heart of efforts to reboot the world economy.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Feb 15, 2009 - Argentina has initiated plans to blacklist companies involved with Falklands oil exploration to heighten their sense of insecurity while operating in the waters of the British-controlled territory.
Dar Es Salaam (AFP) Feb 15, 2009 - Chinese President Hu Jintao signed cooperation agreements with Tanzania worth more than 20 million dollars Sunday, covering agriculture, communications and technical cooperation.
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 15, 2009 - Villagers of Kanugaon in northeast India marked 25 years without electricity Sunday with a mock Hindu fire ritual to call attention to their life in darkness.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2009 - The contract that Iraq's Oil Ministry is using to lure oil field development by the world's largest oil companies has been panned in an analysis conducted at the request of Parliament's Energy Committee chairman, whose party opposes the oil minister, and it adds to the troubles ahead for Iraq's oil politics.
