Shanghai (AFP) March 26, 2018 - China's biggest oil producer PetroChina tripled its profit in 2017, rebounding on firmer crude prices, the company said, but its shares fell Friday as markets tumbled amid US-China trade tensions.
Shanghai (AFP) March 26, 2018 - China launched yuan-denominated oil futures contracts on Monday, marking the first time foreign investors will have access to Chinese commodity futures as the world's top crude importer seeks greater influence over global prices.
Shanghai (AFP) March 26, 2018 - China's Sinopec, the world's largest oil refiner, said its annual profit for 2017 grew 10 percent due to strength in its key fuels and chemical operations, and announced a record dividend payout.
Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 - French services company TechnipFMC said Monday it nabbed a contract for work at an Israeli natural gas field less than a week after a final investment decision.
Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Mar 26, 2018 - Technology developed at the University of Waterloo reliably and affordably increases the efficiency of internal combustion engines by more than 10 per cent. The product of a decade of research
Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 - Oil prices were stuck in a tug-of-war of competing narratives early Monday, with U.S. trade and production, alongside Middle East risk, influencing markets.
Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 - A discovery with at least 10 million barrels of oil was made after drilling into the British waters of the North Sea, Apache Corp. declared.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 26, 2018 - An emerging field that has generated a wide range of interest, spin caloritronics, is an offshoot of spintronics that explores how heat currents transport electron spin. Spin caloritronics researche
Sydney (AFP) March 24, 2018 - Thousands of Australians including farmers on horseback rallied in the heart of Sydney on Saturday, calling on authorities to ditch coal and gas mining developments in rural regions in favour of renewable energy projects.
Tripoli (AFP) March 24, 2018 - A US air strike hit a house in southern Libya on Saturday where jihadist leaders were meeting, killing two of them, the spokesman of the Libyan prime minister said.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 - Accurately detecting, locating and quantifying leaks of methane, the main component of natural gas and a major fuel source worldwide, is critically important for both environmental and economic reas
Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 - Yeasts are tiny fungi - but they play key roles in producing everything from beer and cheese to industrial chemicals and biofuels. And now scientists are proposing a new approach that could help the
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 - Researchers have conducted the first field tests for a new laser-based system that can pinpoint the location of very small methane leaks over an area of several square miles. The new technology coul
Paris (AFP) March 22, 2018 - World landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building will go dark this weekend to support the fight against climate change and highlight the dangers mankind poses to nature.
Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2018 - Following its initial public offering on the London exchange, Greek energy company Energean said it was making a $1.6 billion investment in gas offshore Israel.
Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2018 - The largest auction for drilling off the U.S. coast brought in only modest interest as sector players remain cautious about market recovery, analysts said.
