
Russian deficit hinges on oil privatization
Sochi, Russia (UPI) Sep 30, 2016 - The budgetary strains dragging on the Russian economy could be relieved in part through the privatization of oil companies, a minister said Friday.
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Sochi, Russia (UPI) Sep 30, 2016 - The budgetary strains dragging on the Russian economy could be relieved in part through the privatization of oil companies, a minister said Friday.
Sep 30, 2016

London (UPI) Sep 30, 2016 - Insurance will cover the loss of production and claims regarding the interruption of business at one of West Africa's biggest oil fields, Tullow Oil said.
Sep 30, 2016

London, UK (SPX) Sep 30, 2016 - Saudi Arabia and Iran may yet come to terms on some sort of production arrangement, but the outcome of the negotiations in Algeria this week may not do much to rescue oil prices. Following the media
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New York (UPI) Sep 29, 2016 - A move by OPEC to call for a cap on oil production shows the group is still relevant, though the decision doesn't do much for market dynamics, analysts said.
Sep 29, 2016

Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Sep 29, 2016 - Danish energy company Maersk Oil said it started drilling the first production well from a field that's expected to meet 5 percent of British demand for gas.
Sep 29, 2016

New York (UPI) Sep 29, 2016 - A day after one of the sharpest rallies for oil prices, markets struggled early Thursday as traders digested the nuances of the latest OPEC maneuver.
Sep 29, 2016

Upton, N.Y. (UPI) Sep 29, 2016 - Superconductors, which allow resistance-free electric flows, are greatly superior to semiconductors. Unfortunately, they only work at extremely low temperatures - within a few degrees of absolute zero.
Sep 29, 2016

Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Sep 29, 2016 - Norwegian energy company Statoil has about a month to explain how it will address deficiencies that led to a minor oil spill last year, a regulator said.
Sep 29, 2016

Dallas (UPI) Sep 29, 2016 - Remnants of a slump in the oil and gas sector are still evident in the Texas economy even as signs of improvement emerge, a bank survey found.
Sep 29, 2016

Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2016 - The U.S. government said it was offering up new proposals aimed at protecting marine mammals and coastal environments from some offshore energy work.
Sep 29, 2016

Altamont Pass, Calif. (UPI) Sep 29, 2016 - New research proves wind turbines aren't just a risk to local birds. Birds from as far as 100 miles away are getting caught in their blades.
Sep 29, 2016

Moscow (UPI) Sep 28, 2016 - An official at Russian oil company Rosneft said oil production from a field in the Far East could increase by as much as 20 percent next year.
Sep 28, 2016

Luanda, Angola (UPI) Sep 28, 2016 - At least four people are dead and two are unaccounted for after a helicopter crashed on its way to an oil platform offshore Angola, Chevron confirmed.
Sep 28, 2016

University Park PA (SPX) Sep 28, 2016 - The quest to know the mysterious recipe for high-temperature superconductivity, which could enable revolutionary advances in technologies that make or use electricity, just took a big leap forward t
Sep 28, 2016

Richmond, Canada (SPX) Sep 28, 2016 - Corvus Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that Wartsila, the world's leading provider of ship machinery, propulsion and maneuvering solutions, has selected Corvus Energy as the supplier of the lithi
Sep 28, 2016

Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2016 - A team led by chemists at Stanford University has unraveled a longstanding mystery that brings them one step closer to a cleaner, more energy-efficient way to make methanol, an important industrial
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