Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 19, 2016 - A leaking gas well that spewed tons of methane into the air and forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes has been permanently sealed, state officials said Thursday.
New York (UPI) Feb 19, 2016 - Oil prices made a sharp reversal in Friday trading as market fundamentals moved to overshadow short-term reactions to production freezes earlier this week.
London (UPI) Feb 19, 2016 - Though its government said it's struggling financially, Gulf Keystone Petroleum said it was still getting paid for oil exported from the Kurdish north of Iraq.
London (UPI) Feb 19, 2016 - In a rare win for the upstream energy sector, British company Cluff Natural Resources said Friday it extended a North Sea agreement with Halliburton.
Moscow (UPI) Feb 19, 2016 - With energy playing a dominate role in national finances, Russia's deputy prime minister said Friday an economic contraction is possible for this year.
London, UK (SPX) Feb 19, 2016 - In the UK, the forecast for renewables energy in 2016 remains fairly uncertain, with a large number of businesses calling for greater clarity from the government following its wave of subsidy cuts l
Washington (UPI) Feb 19, 2016 - Opening up more acreage in the Gulf of Mexico to potential oil and gas drillers could bring in more revenue to federal and state coffers, a regulator said.
Aberdeen, Scotland (UPI) Feb 19, 2016 - British energy services company Wood Group said Friday it was cutting rates paid to its North Sea contractors because of negative market pressures.
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Feb 18, 2016 - The Kurdish government in northern Iraq said crude oil exports from the region were interrupted because of attacks on a pipeline across the border in Turkey.
Englewood CO (SPX) Feb 18, 2016 - As households turn to storage to avoid ever increasing electricity tariffs, the Australian energy storage market is on the rise, going from less than 500 installations at the end of 2015 to more tha
Vienna (UPI) Feb 18, 2016 - Austrian energy company OMV said it was placing bets on opportunities in Iran as it retools its upstream portfolio for growth in the weakened energy sector.
New York (UPI) Feb 18, 2016 - An Iran decision to back a multilateral oil production freeze helped support a rally in crude oil prices Thursday, though analysis finds supply strains persist.
Washington (UPI) Feb 18, 2016 - The federal government said its preliminary report of the May 2015 oil spill at Refugio Beach in southern California found pipeline corrosion to be the culprit.
Golden CO (SPX) Feb 18, 2016 - A new biorefinery process developed by scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has proven to be significantly more effective at producing ethanol from algae
Moscow (UPI) Feb 18, 2016 - A move to freeze crude oil production at January levels still leaves room for production growth from Russia this year, the deputy energy minister said.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Feb 18, 2016 - Ask a biofuel researcher to name the single greatest technical barrier to cost-effective ethanol, and you're likely to receive a one-word response: lignin. Cellulosic ethanol - fuel derived fr
