Oil and Gas
BP quarterly profits double on high oil prices
London (AFP) Oct 30, 2018 - British energy major BP announced Tuesday its third-quarter net profit doubled on sharply higher crude oil prices.
Oil and Gas
Study reconciles persistent gap in natural gas methane emissions measurements
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 - A new study offers answers to questions that have puzzled policymakers, researchers and regulatory agencies through decades of inquiry and evolving science: How much total methane, a greenhouse gas,
Energy Tech
Ben-Gurion University researchers achieve breakthrough in process to produce hydrogen fuel
New York NY (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology researchers have cracked the chemical mechanism that will enable development of a new and more efficient phot
Energy Tech
Manganese may finally solve hydrogen fuel cells’ catalyst problem
Buffalo NY (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 - Manganese is known for making stainless steel and aluminum soda cans. Now, researchers say the metal could advance one of the most promising sources of renewable energy: hydrogen fuel cells. I
Oil and Gas
Rebel leader to attend peace ceremony in South Sudan
Juba (AFP) Oct 30, 2018 - South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar will return to the capital Juba this week to take part in a peace ceremony, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Oil and Gas
Crude oil futures decline Monday as investors keep reducing oil exposure
Washington (UPI) Oct 29, 2018 - Crude oil futures fell Monday as investors reduced exposure, extending weakness that started a week ago amid increased investor caution in anticipation of a possible economic slowdown, an increase in oil production and a stronger dollar that could make oil more expensive in other currencies.
Oil and Gas
Pemex crude production under 2M barrels per day as it continues to slip
Washington (UPI) Oct 29, 2018 - Mexican state oil company Pemex crude oil production fell to 1.83 million barrels per day in the third quarter ended September, compared with 1.87 million barrels per day in the preceding three months, keeping a trend toward a decline that has been going on for several years.
Oil and Gas
Crude oil futures volatile Friday amid investor risk concerns
Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 - Crude oil futures were volatile Friday in part as investors are concerned about risks of an economic slowdown, yet the move into normal backwardation reflects healthier price levels, analysts said.
Oil and Gas
Drought-hit Rhine forces Germany to tap oil reserves
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 - The German government on Friday said it had authorised the release of strategic fuel reserves after record-low water levels in the drought-hit Rhine river badly disrupted oil shipments in recent weeks.
Energy Tech
Nanotubes may give the world better batteries
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 - Rice University scientists are counting on films of carbon nanotubes to make high-powered, fast-charging lithium metal batteries a logical replacement for common lithium-ion batteries. The Ric
Bio Fuel
Efficient electrochemical cells for CO2 conversion
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 - Scientists at Stanford University have developed electrochemical cells that convert carbon monoxide (CO) derived from CO2 into commercially viable compounds more effectively and efficiently than exi
Energy Tech
Discovery of new superconducting materials using materials informatics
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 - A NIMS-Ehime University joint research team succeeded in discovering new materials that exhibit superconductivity under high pressures using materials informatics (MI) approaches (data science-based
Energy Tech
CCNY study breaks Forster resonant energy transfer distance limit
New York NY (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 - Using engineered nanocomposite structures called metamaterials, a City College of New York-led research team reports the ability to measure a significant increase in the energy transfer between mole
Oil and Gas
Italy’s ENI, France’s Total increase production amid higher prices
Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 - Italian oil company Eni and France's Total reported Friday production increases that followed the start of some operations or the ramp-up of existing ones in a context of relatively higher oil prices.
Energy Tech
Whiskers, surface growth and dendrites in lithium batteries
St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 - As our love of gadgets grows, so do demands for longer lasting batteries. But there's a problem. To make a longer-lasting battery, it needs to be bigger, and bigger isn't better when it comes
Oil and Gas
Crude futures rise Thursday with ‘little’ more room for upside, analyst says
Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 - Crude oil futures were up mid-morning Thursday after recovering some of the losses from the oil sell-off early this week, with chances for a slighter higher gain later in the day, an analyst said.