New York (AFP) April 19, 2020 - On April 20, 2010, the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform claimed the lives of 11 workers and unleashed a torrent of more than four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Singapore (AFP) April 17, 2020 - US crude erased early gains to trade lower in Asia on Friday as China's first economic contraction in decades eclipsed President Donald Trump's plans to reopen the coronavirus-battered US economy.
Hong Kong (AFP) Apr 17, 2020 - Global oil demand will fall by a record amount this year as lockdown measures imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak bring the economy to a virtual halt, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 - Energy researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have developed a new idea for climate protection as part of a study. The key element is a surcharge
Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 - A research team led by Northwestern University has designed and synthesized new materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface area for the storage of hydrogen and methane for fuel cell-powered vehic
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 - Wind, which generates less greenhouse gas emission than burning fossil fuels, is making up an increasing share of the energy production portfolio in the United States. But wind is not as efficient a
Paris (AFP) April 16, 2020 - Green investors welcomed Thursday's pledge from energy giant Shell that it will be carbon neutral by 2050, but environmental groups cautioned its commitment still fell short of the drastic emissions cuts required to avert climate breakdown.
Austin TX (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 - Wind power surged worldwide in 2019, but will it sustain? More than 340,000 wind turbines generated over 591 gigawatts globally. In the U.S., wind powered the equivalent of 32 million homes and sust
Evansville IN (UPI) Apr 16, 2020 - Ethanol plants across the country are shutting down due to greatly reduced demand for gasoline as Americans stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. At least 44 of the nation's 187 pla
London (AFP) April 16, 2020 - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell pledged Thursday to become carbon neutral by 2050, matching a commitment by rival BP as climate change looms large over the energy sector.
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 - A key issue for scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth is forecasting the performance of the volatile plasma that fuels fusion reactions. Making such predictio
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 - Rice University engineers have put to rest a long-held theory about the detection of oil and gas that hides inside the nanoscale pores of shale formations. The Rice researchers determined that
Washington DC (AFP) Apr 16, 2020 - The coronavirus outbreak will slash global oil demand in 2020 to erase a decade of growth and set up the worst year in the history of the sector, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesd
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 16, 2020 - The Trump administration said Tuesday it's negotiating with nine oil companies to rent them space to store 23 million barrels of oil in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, due to expected surpluse
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 15, 2020 - For the first time, scientists have a conducted a Gulf-wide survey of oil pollution among fish populations.
Hong Kong (SPX) Apr 14, 2020 - Top oil-producing countries agreed on historic output cuts to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis and a Russia-Saudi price war, sending crude prices soaring on Monday. The US b
