Ottawa (AFP) May 25, 2015 - Two oil companies announced Monday the temporary shuttering of their Canadian oil sands mines and the evacuation of hundreds of staff as a massive forest fire creeped close.
Tokyo (AFP) May 25, 2015 - The operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has jointly won a large power and water infrastructure contract in the desert state of Qatar, it said Monday.
London, UK (SPX) May 25, 2015 - Although some US oil companies are struggling with low oil prices, a new wave of innovation is hitting the oil patch, allowing for a significant reduction in drilling costs. A variety of diffe
Tehran (AFP) May 24, 2015 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called Sunday for national unity to liberate the economy from international sanctions, which he compared to a form of occupation.
Tripoli (AFP) May 24, 2015 - Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government carried out an air strike Sunday on an oil tanker delivering its cargo to a power plant run by the rival administration, a report said.
Santa Barbara, United States (AFP) May 23, 2015 - A small army of clean-up workers toiled Friday to scoop up crude oil deposits from a picturesque California beach, three days after a pipeline rupture unleashed thousands of gallons into the ocean.
Livermore CA (SPX) May 22, 2015 - Americans' energy use continued to grow slowly in 2014, fueled by increases in the use of natural gas, wind and solar, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore
Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2015 - Is US shale about to make a comeback? Oil prices have rebounded strongly since March. The benchmark WTI prices soared by more than 36 percent in two months, and Brent has jumped by more than 25 perc
Budapest, Hungary (SPX) May 22, 2015 - EOLOS LiDAR has won the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Innovators Award at the InnovEIT conference being held in Budapest in recognition of the product's potential to have a s
Riga, Latvia (UPI) May 22, 2015 - The European Commission signed a $2 billion loan agreement Friday with Ukraine to help finance a reform agenda, including an overhaul of the energy sector.
Philadelphia PA (SPX) May 22, 2015 - A team led by environmental engineers from Drexel University are the first independent researchers to take a closer look at the air quality effects of natural gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale r
Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2015 - Some major trucking companies are turning to natural gas to fuel their fleets - and to earn green credit among customers. But celebrating lower emissions could be premature, according to an analys
Albany, N.Y. (UPI) May 22, 2015 - New York's state government found there would be at least one environmental issue with a proposal to build a tar sands storage facility at a rail terminal.
New York NY (SPX) May 22, 2015 - Noise from pile driving during offshore wind turbine construction could be damaging the hearing of harbour seals around the UK, according to ecologists who attached GPS data loggers to 24 harbor sea
New York (UPI) May 22, 2015 - This week's rally in crude oil prices came to an abrupt end Friday with key indices down more than 1 percent on small gains in demand.
Washington (UPI) May 22, 2015 - A spokesman for U.S. energy company Exxon Mobil said it was keeping close tabs on evolving ties between the U.S. and Iranian governments.
