Zug, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 23, 2017 - Rig company Transocean said that, after reporting an increase in revenues for the fourth quarter, recovery for offshore drillers was evident on the horizon.
Chicago (AFP) Feb 23, 2017 - Law enforcement with armored vehicles and bulldozers entered a North Dakota campsite on Thursday, clearing out dozens of people who had refused to vacate an oil pipeline protest.
Chicago (AFP) Feb 23, 2017 - After nearly a year of occupying North Dakota prairie land to block the route of a controversial oil pipeline, many of the camp's holdouts finally marched out Wednesday to meet an evacuation deadline.
Oslo, Norway (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 - The government of Norway, one of Europe's top oil and gas producers, reported that the size of its labor force in the waning months of 2016 declined.
Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 - A new type of battery developed by scientists at Oregon State University shows promise for sustainable, high-power energy storage. It's the world's first battery to use only hydronium ions as the ch
New York (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 - Crude oil prices moved lower early Wednesday after running into a wall in the midst of the euphoria surrounding OPEC's latest rhetoric.
London (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 - Russian oil company Rosneft continued building its Middle East portfolio by signing an agreement with the Kurdish government of Iraq, media reports said.
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 - Because the sun doesn't always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for a rainy day. The same goes for wind power facilities, since the wind doesn't always blow. To take full adva
Durham NC (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 - Each year, 2 to 16 percent of hydraulically fractured oil and gas wells spill hydrocarbons, chemical-laden water, hydraulic fracturing fluids and other substances, according to a new study. The anal
Austin, Texas (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 - The Texas oil and gas industry is job-creating and economic machine, contributing more than $20 million a day in revenue, an industry body said.
Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 - As devices become smaller and more powerful, they require faster, smaller, more stable batteries. University of Illinois chemists have developed a superionic solid that could be the basis of next-ge
Newark DE (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 - Injecting large amounts of offshore wind power into the U.S. electrical grid is manageable, will cut electricity costs, and will reduce pollution compared to current fossil fuel sources, according t
Denver (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 - More than $1 billion in spending will go to developing U.S. shale basins where production is on pace to increase this year, Whiting Petroleum said.
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 - Researchers have created a high performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) using waste silicon (Si) sawdust. It is energy-consuming and expensive to produce Si wafers with hig
Melbourne (UPI) Feb 21, 2017 - As his company returns to profit, the head of Australian company BHP Billiton said he was confident about the long-term outlook for oil prices in particular.
London (UPI) Feb 21, 2017 - An agreement with Russian oil company Rosneft helps lay a foundation for the recovering oil sector in Libya, Libya's top oil producer said.
