Baghdad (AFP) Dec 11, 2018 - US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday Iraq should partner with American companies to become energy independent, as Baghdad's waiver from US sanctions on Iran nears its expiry.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2018 - Bioplastics are often promoted as an environmentally and climate-friendly alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastics. However, a recent study from the University of Bonn suggests that shif
Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2018 - Total S.A. said Monday it dispatched a ship to begin drilling off French Guyana's coast, and assured it won't damage coral reefs in the area.
Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 - Italian state oil company Eni said Monday it has discovered between 170 million to 200 million barrels of light crude oil in a field offshore Angola named Afoxe, which will be jointly developed along with its previous Kalimba finding.
Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 - Crude oil prices fell early Monday as China-related tensions weighed on the market, while the impact of the OPEC plus production cut announced last week was offset by concern about U.S. rising output.
Caracas (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 - Two Russian long-range strategic bombers landed in Venezuela Monday for what the government said were air force exercises aimed at strengthening the defense of the leftist-ruled South American country.
Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 - Mexico's new government, led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will work to revert a disaster found in Mexican refineries, upgrade six plants and build a new one, the new Pemex director Octavio Romero, and Lopez Obrador, said Sunday.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 - Thieves who broke into a pipeline near Rio de Janeiro to steal oil caused a four-kilometer (2.5-mile) spill of crude in waterways that is damaging mangroves and wildlife, the company and a Brazilian biologist said Monday.
Riyadh (AFP) Dec 9, 2018 - Arab countries are in talks with the United States for a new security agreement to protect the Middle East from external aggression, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Sunday.
La Baraque, Mauritius (AFP) Dec 9, 2018 - Far out into the Indian Ocean where it is forced to be self-reliant, the island nation of Mauritius is weaning itself off fossil fuels by turning to its main cash-crop sugar cane, for electricity.
Brasilia (AFP) Dec 8, 2018 - Brazil's environmental regulator on Friday denied French oil giant Total a license to drill for crude in five blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river.
Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018 - Crude oil prices rose early Friday on optimism that OPEC and non-OPEC nations could announce production cuts, and also to reflect a draw on United States inventories reported Thursday, analysts said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018 - An OPEC meeting where announcements of production cuts had long been expected had so far Friday failed to yield to an accord to cut output.
Portsmouth UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 - Composite materials made from agricultural waste could be used to produce sustainable, lightweight and low-cost applications in the automotive and marine industries. A team of researchers, led
Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018 - OPEC and non-OPEC members agreed Friday in Vienna to work to jointly reduce crude oil production by 1.2 million barrels per day for the next six months to try to influence higher oil prices.
Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2018 - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has enjoyed a level of bipartisan support rarely seen in Washington, is facing mounting public criticism amid the fallout from the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
