Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2018 - The Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement reports an uptick in the number of deepwater drilling permits approved this year from last year for the Gulf of Mexico, where production platforms are getting bigger and more efficient.
Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2018 - October has been a rollercoaster month for crude oil, with prices soaring to four-year highs and then tumbling back down again.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 - Electric vehicles and most electronic devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers, are powered by lithium-ion batteries. Until now, manufacturers have had to design their devices around the si
London, UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 - Global sustainable energy consultancy, K2 Management, has launched a report titled; Pre-Construction Projects: The battle to reduce uncertainty and improve business case bankability, at the American
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2018 - South Africa's Sasol, a chemicals and energy company operating in 32 countries, on Thursday cut its production guidance at its coal-to-liquids Secunda Synfuels Operations in South Africa, while it also reported a 75 percent construction advance in its new petrochemical complex in Louisiana.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2018 - BP said Thursday that it has started the Thunder Horse Northwest Expansion project in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico four months ahead of schedule, and once peak output is reached will add 30,000 barrels of oil equivalent daily.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2018 - The Brazilian production of electricity from biomass, mostly produced from sugar cane material and then fed into the country's power grid, increased 11 percent during January-August from a year earlier.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2018 - ExxonMobil has signed an LNG supply agreement to deliver one million metric tons annually to the Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group Co. over a two-decade period starting in the early 2020s, ExxonMobil announced on Thursday.
Rapid City SD (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 - The use of hydraulic fracking has been a topic of contention in the oil and gas industry. However, researchers believe fracking can also be used at depth in hard rocks that contain no oil or gas to
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2018 - Projections of $100 oil at the end of 2018 were the rage just a few weeks ago. It remains to be seen what will happen with U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and whether sanctions against Iran will put a kink in global supplies next month.
Newark DE (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 - With the United States being pummeled over the last couple of years with several high-category, high-damage hurricanes, the University of Delaware's Cristina Archer recently published a paper that d
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 - A chemist from RUDN was the first to use catalysts with ruthenium nanoparticles to obtain hydrogen under the influence of visible light and UV radiation. In the future, such catalysts may be used fo
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 - In late July of 2008 a British solar plane set an unofficial flight-endurance record by remaining aloft for more than three days straight. Lithium-sulfur batteries emerged as one of the great techno
Paris (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 - Energy sector carbon emissions will rise in 2018 after hitting record levels the year before, dimming prospects for meeting Paris climate treaty goals, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday.
Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2018 - Mexican state oil company Pemex will use $2 billion recently raised through an international bond sale to help meet its investment program and guarantee liquidity through early next year.
Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2018 - Rome-based Eni, which earlier this decade led the discovery of an estimated 85 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Mozambique, on Wednesday signed an accord in Maputo that will allow it to begin exploration work in a previously unexplored area in the country's deep waters.
