Oil and Gas
Conoco leaves Senegalese oil behind
Melbourne (UPI) Oct 31, 2016 - Selling off a stake in reserves off the coast of Senegal is part of what ConocoPhillips said was a move away from deepwater exploration efforts.
Oil and Gas
Enbridge: Our pipelines are over-subscribed
Calgary, Alberta Oct 31, 2016 - Though new pipeline construction is under way, pipeline company Enbridge Energy said most of its crude oil lines were over-subscribed.
Energy Tech
Hybrid nanostructures hold hydrogen well
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 - Layers of graphene separated by nanotube pillars of boron nitride may be a suitable material to store hydrogen fuel in cars, according to Rice University scientists. The Department of Energy h
Bio Fuel
State partnerships can promote increased bio-energy production, reduce emissions
Columbia MO (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 - Under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan, states soon could be mandated to significantly reduce carbon emissions. Researchers at the University of Missouri have identified
Oil and Gas
West African oil ready to go, FAR Ltd. says
Perth, Australia (UPI) Oct 31, 2016 - Africa-focused FAR Ltd. said its oil basins off the West African coast were primed for advancement and the company was ending the quarter debt free.
Energy Tech
What’s the silent danger lurking in our rechargeable devices?
Oxford, UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 - Dozens of dangerous gases are produced by the batteries found in billions of consumer devices, like smartphones and tablets, according to a new study. The research, published in Nano Energy, identif
Energy Tech
A disappearing feast: Mean flows remain slim after eating eddies
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Oct 28, 2016 - Magnetic confinement fusion holds the promise of almost limitless amounts of energy, available on demand and producing zero carbon dioxide. But in order to harness that energy, we must trap plasma-
Energy Tech
A turbulent solution to a growing problem
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Oct 28, 2016 - A recent experiment lead by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), researchers on the DIII-D tokamak suggests that plasma turbulence can prevent filamentary structures called magnetic islands
Oil and Gas
Africa-focused Tullow generating cash
London (UPI) Oct 28, 2016 - With repair operations completed at one of West Africa's largest oil fields, Tullow Oil said it was in a position to start generating cash.
Energy Tech
Alcator C-mod bows out with a new world record
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Oct 28, 2016 - On its final day of operation, the Alcator C-Mod tokamak at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (Figure 1) set a new record for plasma pressure in a magnetic
Energy Tech
Breakthrough in Z-pinch implosion stability opens new path to fusion
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Oct 28, 2016 - Using magnetic field thermal insulation to keep plasmas hot enough to achieve thermonuclear fusion was first proposed by the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1945, and independently a few years lat
Oil and Gas
Chevron, Exxon still facing headwinds
Houston (UPI) Oct 28, 2016 - Earnings reports from some of the largest U.S. oil companies, Exxon and Chevron, reflect what top executives said Friday were persistent industry challenges.
Oil and Gas
China oil giant Sinopec Q3 net profit jumps sixfold
Shanghai (AFP) Oct 28, 2016 - Chinese oil giant Sinopec, Asia's biggest refiner, net profits leapt sixfold in the third quarter, it said Friday, as low crude prices lowered its costs.
Oil and Gas
Doubts, earnings pull oil prices lower
New York (UPI) Oct 28, 2016 - Pessimism expressed about the outcome of production efforts from OPEC members and weak quarterly results pushed oil prices lower in early Friday trading.
Energy Tech
Extinguishing a fusion fire in a flash of light
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Oct 28, 2016 - Fusion energy researchers have discovered that they can rapidly extinguish and cool a magnetically confined fusion plasma hotter than the center of the sun by injecting a large quantity of neon gas
Energy Tech
First results of NSTX-U research operations
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Oct 28, 2016 - Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratories (PPPL) and collaborating institutions presented results from research on the National Spherical Torus Exp