Rochester NY (SPX) Dec 07, 2015 - Ethanol, which is produced from corn, is commonly-used as an additive in engine fuel as a way to reduce harmful emissions and scale back U.S. reliance on foreign oil. But since ethanol is an oxygena
Manila (UPI) Dec 7, 2015 - With energy demand growing nearly twice as fast as its economy, the Asian Development Bank said it was distributing grants to address Afghan energy security.
Le Bourget, France (AFP) Dec 7, 2015 - Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuels, the main driver of man-made climate change, are set to decline this year for the first time in a period of global economic growth, said a study Monday.
Beirut (AFP) Dec 7, 2015 - The Islamic State group is pulling in some $80 million a month, mainly from levies and confiscations, but is struggling financially as strikes hit its oil infrastructure, analysis firm IHS said Monday.
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Dec 7, 2015 - Despite a net drift lower in U.S. oil basins, North Dakota's rig count remained unchanged, but near a historical low, compared with last week.
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2015 - Communities of microorganisms called microbiomes play critical roles in our lives, yet we know very little about them. A group of 48 biologists and physical scientists from 50 institutions is
New York (UPI) Dec 7, 2015 - The impacts of last week's fractured OPEC meeting in Vienna spilled over into Monday trading as crude oil prices started the day down more than 2 percent.
Helsingborg, Sweden (SPX) Dec 07, 2015 - OX2 will take over NSR's biogas plant outside Helsingborg on 1 January 2016. The plant has a capacity to produce around 80 GWh of biogas and 140-150,000 tons of bio fertiliser per year. OX2, b
San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2015 - EDF Renewable Energy's 175-megawatt (MW) Pilot Hill wind project located in Kankakee and Iroquois Counties in Illinois has closed structured equity financing from GE Unit, GE Energy Financial Servic
Moscow (UPI) Dec 7, 2015 - Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to his Azerbaijani counterpart following a fatal accident at an oil platform in the Caspian Sea.
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Dec 07, 2015 - In hopes of limiting the disastrous environmental effects of massive oil spills, materials scientists from Drexel University and Deakin University, in Australia, have teamed up to manufacture and te
Houston (UPI) Dec 7, 2015 - Globally, the number of rigs deployed for oil and gas exploration is down 16 percent from last November, oil services company Baker Hughes reported.
London (UPI) Dec 7, 2015 - Sanctions imposed by Moscow will have minor impacts on the Turkish economy, though there may be energy-related backlash for Russia, a European report finds.
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 07, 2015 - Rice University researchers who pioneered the development of laser-induced graphene have configured their discovery into flexible, solid-state microsupercapacitors that rival the best available for
Zug, Switzerland (UPI) Dec 7, 2015 - Rig services company Transocean said it reached a deal with Husky Oil Operations Ltd. for activity off the coast of Canada for about $200 million.
Ankara (AFP) Dec 5, 2015 - Turkey on Saturday said it was seeking alternatives to Russian energy as relations with Moscow plunge over the downing of a warplane, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowing his country will not collapse under sanctions.
