Stirling, UK (SPX) Nov 15, 2015 - Scotland can lead the international public health impact assessment of unconventional gas extraction (UGE), according to a new report by University of Stirling academics. The Scottish Government ann
Livermore CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2015 - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have found that lithium ion batteries operate longer and faster when their electrodes are treated with hydrogen. Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are a
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Nov 13, 2015 - Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. continued to urge its shareholders to reject a bid from rival Suncor Energy, saying the offer would sell itself if it was worthwhile.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2015 - The way to increase the power and efficiency of magnetic fusion energy may be to risk running the plasma - hotter than 100-million-degrees C - closer than ever to the wall, according to new experime
Oslo, Norway (UPI) Nov 13, 2015 - Though trade levels increased during the third quarter, the number of jobs opened in the Norwegian oil and gas sector continues to decline, national data show.
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Nov 13, 2015 - A Republican senator from North Dakota said he was working to insert language in a highway-funding bill that would lift a ban on U.S. crude oil exports.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2015 - Plant-derived oils are widely used all over the world both for food and for industrial purposes. In recent years they have also attracted attention as raw materials for potential bio-fuels and bio-p
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2015 - A shot of icy chemical cocktail - that's the promising solution to controlling hot plasmas in fusion devices, researchers say. Recent experiments conducted at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility at
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2015 - Meet Super H mode, a newly discovered state of tokamak plasma that could sharply boost the performance of future fusion reactors. This new state raises the pressure at the edge of the plasma beyon
Moscow (UPI) Nov 13, 2015 - Lower crude oil prices and restricted access to foreign capital markets means dwindling funds for Russia, the country's central bank chief said.
Halifax, Nova Scotia (UPI) Nov 13, 2015 - Only two of the nine parcels on the auction block for energy explorers were doled out for eastern Canadian offshore acreage, a regional body said.
Houston (UPI) Nov 13, 2015 - While federal data show Michigan shedding the most jobs, a Texas energy group said the state may be taking the brunt of the economic impact of low oil prices.
Richmond, Canada (SPX) Nov 12, 2015 - Corvus Energy has announced the closing of a strategic investment from Statoil Technology Invest. Corvus technology powers more than 35 commercial hybrid and electric vessels around the world, with
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2015 - The National Institutes of Natural Sciences National Institute for Fusion Science applied the Momentary Heating Propagation Method to the DIII-D tokamak device operated for the United States Offic
Washington (AFP) Nov 12, 2015 - As Barack Obama's political foes vow to shred his environmental reforms and foreign allies worry US commitments at Paris climate talks could unravel, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy told AFP the new rules are here to stay.
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Nov 12, 2015 - Shale-focused Encana Corp. said its overall production was up 35 percent from last year, even as oversupplies drag on crude oil price and profits.
