
Oil prices losing grip on $80 ceiling
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2018 - After making a run at $80 per barrel this week, crude oil prices were mixed early Friday amid concerns about the economic consequences of the bull market.
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Washington (UPI) May 18, 2018 - After making a run at $80 per barrel this week, crude oil prices were mixed early Friday amid concerns about the economic consequences of the bull market.
May 18, 2018

Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) May 18, 2018 - Second-generation ethanol (also called cellulosic ethanol) open perspectives for optimizing alcohol production. Since 2G ethanol is obtained from from sugarcane straw and bagasse, it basically makes
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Washington (UPI) May 18, 2018 - A day after boasting that its North African production could double by year's end, SDX Energy said its performance in Egypt was better than expected.
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Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2018 - The US decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran could scare off European investors but oil-thirsty China may step into the void and ramp up business links with the country.
May 18, 2018

Prague (AFP) May 18, 2018 - The Prague-based European unit of Chinese private energy group CEFC on Friday threatened to sue a Czech firm that took it over citing CEFC's failure to pay debts.
May 18, 2018

Washington (UPI) May 18, 2018 - A contract for a part of the platform that will be used at the Gjøa field in the North Sea puts it closer to a 2021 start date, Neptune Energy said Friday.
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Washington (UPI) May 18, 2018 - India should rest assured that Riyadh will do its part to ensure its economy can move forward in the face of higher oil prices, the Saudi energy minister said.
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Washington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 - Exports of liquefied natural gas from the United States are expected to break the isolation of the North American market, a government report read.
May 17, 2018

Washington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 - A bullish report on U.S. crude oil inventories and lingering sentiments on geopolitical risks left Brent crude oil prices hovering near $80 per barrel Thursday.
May 17, 2018

Hamburg, Germany (SPX) May 17, 2018 - At DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III, a team led by Swedish researchers has produced the strongest bio-material that has ever been made. The artifical, but bio-degradable cellulose fibres are stro
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Columbia MO (SPX) May 17, 2018 - Among the chief complaints for smartphone, laptop and other battery-operated electronics users is that the battery life is too short and - in some cases - that the devices generate heat. Now,
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Washington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 - The British economy could get a new lifeline by tapping into domestic resources of shale natural gas, the British secretary for energy said Thursday.
May 17, 2018

Tehran (AFP) May 17, 2018 - Chinese state-owned oil company CNPC will replace Total on a major gas field project in Iran if the French energy giant pulls out over renewed US sanctions against Tehran, Iran's oil minister has said.
May 17, 2018

Santiago (AFP) May 17, 2018 - China's Tianqi boosted its position as one of the world's largest suppliers of lithium, a key component in batteries for the booming electric car industry, after it agreed to acquire a stake in Chile's SQM.
May 17, 2018

Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2018 - Legislation enacted Thursday in the Russian parliament is designed to protect the oil-rich economy from unfriendly U.S. actions, the entity announced.
May 17, 2018

Beijing (AFP) May 17, 2018 - A multinational committee probing a collision between an Iranian oil tanker and a freighter off China has come to differing conclusions over the causes of the accident that led to one of the worst oil spills in decades, according to an investigation report seen by AFP.
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