Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 - Venezuela's President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaido, who last week swore in as interim president in defiance of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, will name new directors for the boards at state oil company PDVSA and its United States subsidiary Citgo.
Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 - Crude oil prices were higher early Tuesday amid renewed concern about Venezuelan supplies but market worries about potential demand reduction in China kept prices from going up more, an analyst said.
Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 - Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan would not rule out Tuesday a US military deployment to Colombia, one day after National Security Advisor John Bolton displayed a note suggesting the move amid a political crisis in neighboring Venezuela.
Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 - Average fuel prices in the United States were as of the start of the week $2.26 per gallon showing little change compared with the previous month or week, and likely to remain nearly flat.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 - Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a micro-electromechanical energy harvester that allows for more flexibility in design, which is crucial for future IoT applications
Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 - China warned on Tuesday that US sanctions against Venezuela's state oil company will hurt the livelihoods of ordinary people and complicate the situation in the crisis-hit country.
Buffalo NY (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 - Unhappy with the life of your smartphone battery? Thought so. Help could be on the way from one of the most common, yet poorly understand, forms of power generation: static electricity. Nearl
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 - Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new way to raise the transition temperature of superconducting materials, boosting the temperature at which the superconductors are able to
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 - The importance of finding and improving renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly important. One strategy to generate energy is breaking water molecules (H2O) apart in an electrochemical rea
Brussels (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 - A payment mechanism the EU hopes will save the Iran nuclear deal by bypassing US sanctions is ready, diplomats said Monday, but is held up by disagreements among European countries.
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2019 - Crude oil prices fell Monday, led lower by fading immediate concerns about Venezuela's production, and also as the number of rigs in the United States saw a weekly rise, analysts said.
Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 - The United States urged Venezuela's military Monday to accept a peaceful transfer of power as it ramped up the pressure on embattled leader Nicolas Maduro with a raft of sanctions on state oil company PDVSA.
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2019 - For decades, Texas has been known for big oil. Now, greener energy production is growing at such a fast rate that several major U.S. companies are lining up for the clean power.
Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 - US National Security Advisor John Bolton was photographed Monday holding a notepad that included the handwritten line: 5,000 troops to Colombia.
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2019 - Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. sold a 20 percent stake in its refinery operations to Italy's ENI and another 15 percent stake to Austria-based OMV, and separately inked an accord to form a new trading joint venture with the two partners.
Moscow (AFP) Jan 27, 2019 - The Kremlin on Sunday denied news reports that Russian private military contractors were in Venezuela to protect embattled President Nicolas Maduro.
