Washington (AFP) July 11, 2019 - The Pentagon said Thursday it was discussing military escorts for vessels in the Gulf one day after armed Iranian boats threatened a British oil tanker.
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2019 - Armed Iranian boats attempted to seize a British tanker in strategic Gulf waters on Wednesday but were driven off by a Royal Navy frigate, CNN reported.
Paris (AFP) July 10, 2019 - Total on Wednesday said it had begun producing biofuel at a refinery in southern France, a project that has sparked an outcry from environmentalists and farmers over its plans to import palm oil.
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2019 - Solitary wind turbines produce the most power when pointing directly into the wind. But when tightly packed lines of turbines face the wind on wind farms, wakes from upstream generators can interfer
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2019 - Indigenous Ecuadoran villagers hoping to make oil giant Chevron pay for pollution in the country's rainforest have formally withdrawn a lawsuit in Canada.
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 08, 2019 - Beryllium, a hard, silvery metal long used in X-ray machines and spacecraft, is finding a new role in the quest to bring the power that drives the sun and stars to Earth. Beryllium is one of the two
Aix-En-Provence, France (AFP) July 6, 2019 - The head of French energy giant Total announced Saturday that the company would invest a hundred million dollars annually on a new forest preservation and reforestation project.
Lagos (AFP) July 5, 2019 - Gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese citizens and killed their police guard in southern Nigeria, police said on Friday, the latest such incident targeting workers from the country.
Tehran (AFP) July 3, 2019 - Iranian officials slammed the country's state television on Wednesday for airing a programme on oil sales to China that contravene US sanctions, saying the report went against national interests.
Darwin, Australia (AFP) July 3, 2019 - Australia's Northern Territory is trying to clear some of its mountainous debts by ending a ban on fracking its vast gas reserves, but green activists and indigenous groups say officials rushed the plan through without addressing key issues.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2019 - China is reforming key industries to allow for greater foreign investment, according to state media. Xinhua reported the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of
Vienna (AFP) July 2, 2019 - OPEC's secretary-general has complained of what he called unscientific attacks on the oil industry by climate change campaigners, calling them perhaps the greatest threat to our industry going forward.
Paris (AFP) July 2, 2019 - A global boom in natural gas pipelines and terminals is putting the energy industry on a collision course with the Paris climate goals, according to a new analysis of investment in the world's new favourite fuel.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2019 - Crude oil prices rose Monday after OPEC leaders signaled that they would likely extend current crude production cuts for another nine months. Brent prices were up 2.2 percent to $66.19 per bar
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 - Plants use light energy from the sun for photosynthesis to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into biomass. Animals can't do that. Therefore, some of them have teamed up with bacteria that carry out a proces
Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 - Researchers at Osaka University have been able to enhance the power factor of a promising thermoelectric material by more than 100% by varying the pressure, paving the way for new materials with imp
