Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Aug 29, 2016 - A new study from University of Michigan researchers challenges the widely held assumption that biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon neutral. Contrary to popular belief, the h
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 29, 2016 - Statements about biofuels being carbon neutral should be taken with a grain of salt. This is according to researchers at the University of Michigan Energy Institute after completing a retrospective,
Columbia MO (SPX) Aug 29, 2016 - More than 15 million Americans live within a one-mile radius of unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations. UOGs combine directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to release nat
Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 29, 2016 - In a paper presented at the Association for Computing Machinery's special interest group on data communication (SIGCOMM) conference in Florianopolis, Brazil, a team of computer science researchers a
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Aug 29, 2016 - As oil prices steady, state data show the number of rigs actively exploring for or producing oil and gas in North Dakota declined for the fourth straight week.
Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2016 - Crude oil prices moved sharply lower to start the trading day Monday as jitters carried over from last week's U.S. Federal Reserve statements on interest rates.
Beijing (UPI) Aug 29, 2016 - China's Sinopec, one of the largest companies of its kind, said weak global economic recovery was in part behind its 13 percent decline in operating profit.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Aug 29, 2016 - The cost to develop the giant Johan Sverdrup oil field offshore Norway has improved so that it will be competitive at lower oil prices, the operator said.
Tehran (UPI) Aug 29, 2016 - Iran is one of the major oil producers whose economy has been least damaged by the decline in crude oil prices, the country's finance minister said.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Aug 29, 2016 - Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming - and quite likely our own eventual extinction - by injecting about 30 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A team
Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Aug 29, 2016 - Chemists at the University of Waterloo have developed a long-lasting zinc-ion battery that costs half the price of current lithium-ion batteries and could help enable communities to shift away from
London (UPI) Aug 26, 2016 - There are signs of stability in offshore exploration and production, but it may be next year before any real indications surface, a London-managed driller said.
Washington (UPI) Aug 26, 2016 - With U.S. Vice President Joe Biden touting diversity in the European energy market, an industry group said exports from U.S. ports could be a strategic interest.
Fort Yates, N.D. (UPI) Aug 26, 2016 - Environmental and tribal groups protesting an oil pipeline from North Dakota said in a letter to the White House it poses a threat to their existence.
Washington (UPI) Aug 26, 2016 - Net revenue for members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries from oil dropped nearly 50 percent year-on-year, U.S. analysis found.
Tehran (UPI) Aug 26, 2016 - Iran's oil minister said Friday he'll go to an Algerian meeting where producers could move to stabilize prices, but kept his defense of market share.
