Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Aug 21, 2015 - The solid waste left over from wine-making could make a competitive biofuel, University of Adelaide researchers have found. Published in the journal Bioresource Technology, the researchers sho
Houghton MI (SPX) Aug 21, 2015 - Mimicking photosynthesis is not easy. The bottleneck of artificial photosynthesis is visible light as converting it into other energy is not efficient. Researchers at Michigan Technological Universi
Moscow (UPI) Aug 21, 2015 - Russia's Lukoil said it sold its stake in a Kazakh oil producer to a rival in Beijing just as China's economy falters and Kazakhstan's gets a $1 billion loan.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2015 - In the last quarter of 2014, in the face of possible oversupply, Saudi Arabia abandoned its traditional role as the global oil market's swing producer and therefore it role as unofficial guarantor o
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Aug 21, 2015 - The Scottish government said Friday it was on a streak of slow but steady economic growth, but cautioned risks remain from low oil prices and a weak Asia.
London, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2015 - The emergence of shale technology, particularly in the US, is dramatically challenging the conventional rules of the global oil markets, says Olivier Appert, President of the World Energy Council Fr
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Aug 21, 2015 - Norwegian energy company Statoil said Friday a pipelaying vessel passed a milestone with construction of the Polarled gas pipeline crossing the Arctic Circle.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2015 - Saudi Arabia has long enjoyed the status of being the top crude oil exporter in the world. With record production of 10.564 million barrels per day in June 2015, Saudi Arabia has been one of the maj
Vechta, Germany (SPX) Aug 21, 2015 - On 5 August, the Longchamps biomethane plant in the Franche-Comte' region in eastern France went live. Thus, 70 standard m3/h are now continually supplied to the natural gas grid of the French gas d
London, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2015 - Recently, I wrote on these pages that a remarkable turnaround was taking place in the President's fortunes. It's an impressive display of rising from the depths of falling popularity last fall, and
Washington (UPI) Aug 20, 2015 - The outage at BP's Whiting refinery caused regional gasoline prices to increase at their fastest pace since Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government said.
Tehran (AFP) Aug 20, 2015 - Britain and Iran will reopen their respective embassies in the coming days, an Iranian official said Thursday, four years after their closure when protesters angry over nuclear sanctions stormed the UK mission in Tehran.
Fredericton, New Brunswick (UPI) Aug 20, 2015 - An eastern Canadian conservation group said TransCanada's planned Energy East oil pipeline would have a negative impact on the regional marine environment.
Norwich UK (SPX) Aug 20, 2015 - China's carbon emissions have been substantially over estimated by international agencies for more than 10 years, according to research co-led by the University of East Anglia. From 2000-2013
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 20, 2015 - Highly efficient, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) could slash the world's electricity consumption. They are already sold in stores, but more widespread adoption of the technology has been hindered by h
Zug, Switzerland (UPI) Aug 20, 2015 - The consortium in charge of a twin pipeline system carrying Russian natural gas through the Baltic Sea said it was finished with routine annual maintenance.
