Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2015 - U.S. House leaders heard testimony largely in support of lifting a ban on crude oil exports, though debate over OPEC's market role emerged on the margins.
London (AFP) July 9, 2015 - Oil prices rose Thursday, clawing back ground after recent sharp losses, while gains were capped by concerns surrounding the impact of China's and Greece's problems on crude demand, analysts said.
Milan, Italy (UPI) Jul 9, 2015 - Italian energy services company Saipem said Thursday it received word from Gazprom its contract to build a natural gas pipeline through Turkey was cancelled.
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - Stanford University scientists have invented a low-cost water splitter that uses a single catalyst to produce both hydrogen and oxygen gas 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The device, described in
New York NY (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - Today theoretical physicists are facing the difficulty that General Relativity is not (pertubatively) renormalizable, and find that it is very hard to construct the quantum theory of gravity with LI
Houston (UPI) Jul 9, 2015 - After unloading stakes in the Eagle Ford shale in Texas, Pioneer Natural Resources said it plans to boost drilling in an emerging area in the west of the state.
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 08, 2015 - Researchers from the University of Houston found that some natural gas wells, compressor stations and processing plants in the Barnett Shale leak far more methane (CH4) than previously estimated, po
New York NY (SPX) Jul 08, 2015 - Compared to other processes the innovation lies in the operating conditions. Instead of enhancing the solubility of carbon dioxide working with a pressurized system, low absorption temperature is em
Strasbourg, France (AFP) July 8, 2015 - The European Parliament on Wednesday approved plans to overhaul the Europe Union's carbon market, a key part of strategies to curb the EU's global-warming emissions.
New York (UPI) Jul 8, 2015 - Though Chinese economic concerns are lingering on the horizon, crude oil prices again recovered on easing worries over Greek debt and Iranian nuclear deals.
Houston (UPI) Jul 8, 2015 - Activity in the exploration and production side of the energy sector increased only in the Middle East and Africa last month, Baker Hughes said Wednesday.
Heihe, China (AFP) July 8, 2015 - The warmth of the friendship between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin - who meet Wednesday for the eighth time in two years - does little to counter the bitter economic winds blowing through their shared border.
Riyadh (AFP) July 8, 2015 - A US aircraft carrier in the Gulf hosted one of Saudi Arabia's most powerful figures, official media said on Wednesday, as regional concerns mount over alleged interference by Iran.
Lemont IL (SPX) Jul 08, 2015 - We ask a lot of the land: feed the world with crops, power the world with bioenergy, retain nutrients so they don't pollute our water and air. To help landscapes answer these high demands, scientist
(UPI) Junau, Alaska (UPI) Jul 8, 2015 - Royal Dutch Shell confirmed an icebreaker carrying a piece of safety equipment to a drilling site in arctic Alaskan waters suffered a minor hull breach.
Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Jul 8, 2015 - In the second incident of its kind this year, two workers on a construction project operated by Brazil's Petrobras died as a result of drowning, a union said.
