Khartoum (AFP) June 6, 2015 - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir started forming a new government late Saturday, state television reported, more than a month after he swept elections boycotted by the mainstream opposition and marred by poor turnout.
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Jun 5, 2015 - Canadian energy company Cenovus said it agreed to spend roughly $75 million to acquire a rail facility for oil transport near Edmonton, Alberta.
Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2015 - The number of people seeking unemployment assistance in May in the U.S. extractive industries was up by nearly 5 percentage points year-on-year, federal data show.
Dusseldorf, Germany (UPI) Jun 5, 2015 - A North Sea wind farm able to meet the energy needs of up to 170,000 households will be completed two months early, German energy company E.ON said.
Dallas (UPI) Jun 5, 2015 - One of the primary challenges looming for over the health of the Texas state economy is the low price of oil, a report from the Dallas Federal Reserve said.
Accra (AFP) June 5, 2015 - More than 150 people have died in a devastating petrol station blast during heavy flooding in Ghana's capital, prompting the nation's leader to call three days of national mourning over the catastrophic loss of life.
Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2015 - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski again pressed for an end to a 1970s ban on crude oil exports, arguing the United States can prove its mettle with its oil reserves.
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 05, 2015 - Despite community concerns about living under high-voltage power lines, a world-first QUT study reveals that there are far more charged particles beside busy roads. The study, published in the
New York (UPI) Jun 5, 2015 - Tepid global economic growth expectations from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries sent crude oil prices drifting lower in early Friday trading.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2015 - Like the carbon dioxide in a fizzing glass of soda, most bubbles of gas in a liquid don't last long. But nanobubbles persist. These bubbles are thousands of times smaller than the tip of a pencil le
Houston (UPI) Jun 5, 2015 - The number of rigs in service in the United States declined more for the week ending May 29 than all of North America combined, Baker Hughes said Friday.
Nashville TN (SPX) Jun 05, 2015 - Take gold spirals about the size of a dime...and shrink them down about six million times. The result is the world's smallest continuous spirals: nano-spirals with unique optical properties that w
Washington (UPI) Jun 4, 2015 - Alaska accounted for all of the growth in U.S. oil production from the week ending May 29, data released from the Energy Department show.
Accra (AFP) June 4, 2015 - At least 90 people were killed in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, as they sought shelter from heavy rains that caused widespread flooding, emergency services said Thursday.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 04, 2015 - Biofuels pioneer Mascoma LLC and the U.S. Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center have developed a revolutionary strain of yeast that could help significantly accelerate the development of b
Washington (UPI) Jun 4, 2015 - State and federal authorities announced the creation of a strike force aimed at addressing organized crime in and around the Bakken oil field.
