Midland, Texas (UPI) Nov 11, 2015 - Despite the market downturn, a Texas regulator said oil and gas production in the shale-rich state continued to grow because operators are more efficient.
London (UPI) Nov 11, 2015 - Africa-focused Tullow Oil announced plans to keep a lid on spending, but noted one of the larger offshore developments, in Ghana, should launch next year.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2015 - The swirling plasma in donut-shaped fusion facilities called tokamaks are subject to intense heat bursts that can damage the vessel's walls. Halting or mitigating these bursts, called Edge Localized
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2015 - For more than 60 years, fusion scientists have tried to use magnetic bottles of various shapes and sizes to confine extremely hot plasmas, with the goal of producing practical fusion energy. But t
Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2015 - Africa is looking to key climate talks for solutions to electrify the continent, grow its economies and keep its youth from fleeing abroad, African leaders said in Paris Tuesday.
London (UPI) Nov 10, 2015 - With about 60 percent of the drop in crude oil prices linked to demand issues, the Bank of England suggested pressure may be negative for the British economy.
Athens, Ga. (UPI) Nov 10, 2015 - New research suggests a chemical dispersant used in the wake of the BP oil spill failed to help, and may have actually hindered, the cleanup.
Brussels (UPI) Nov 10, 2015 - Some of the key pillars to strengthening energy security in the European Union lie beyond the bloc's borders, a European energy official said from Brussels.
Dakar (AFP) Nov 10, 2015 - The French army has stepped up its bombing campaign against the Islamic State group's oil infrastructure with two new strikes in eastern Syria, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Tuesday.
New York (UPI) Nov 10, 2015 - Expectations that crude oil prices won't return to the $100 per barrel mark anytime soon put downward pressure on the energy market in early Tuesday trading.
Gipuzkoa, Spain (SPX) Nov 10, 2015 - Very few 2D superconductors exist in nature, and single-layer NbSe2 is the first among them that remains a superconductor in its isolated, 2D form without the need of a special substrate. Furthermor
Washington (UPI) Nov 10, 2015 - Two energy companies won the rights to advance wind energy off New Jersey's coast, where the potential exists to power 1.2 million homes, the government said.
Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2015 - Oil export giant Saudi Arabia submitted its pledge Tuesday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a move observers hailed as a step in the right direction.
Lagos (AFP) Nov 10, 2015 - Supporters of the Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa on Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of his execution as the country's main human rights body called for a posthumous pardon.
Menlo Park, CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2015 - A team led by scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory combined powerful magnetic pulses with some of the brightest X-rays on the planet to discover a surprising
Washington (UPI) Nov 10, 2015 - Only the Permian shale basin in the southern United States is expected to record a year-on-year increase in oil production, federal data show.
