Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 16, 2015 - Researchers at The University of Manchester have made a significant breakthrough in the development of synthetic pathways that will enable renewable biosynthesis of the gas propane. This research is
London, UK (SPX) Apr 16, 2015 - The upstream oil and gas industry is not a black hole. There's no mystery wrapped in an enigma here. There are a lot of meetings with engineers, chemists and geologists. There's a constantly evolvin
Washington (UPI) Apr 15, 2015 - A federal U.S. report shows oil production peaking in 2020, a forecast the industry says shows Washington needs to ensure dominance can continue.
London (UPI) Apr 15, 2015 - A British oil company offered a clarification of its estimate of the oil reserve potential at a site that sparked fears of a widespread fracking campaign.
Washington (UPI) Apr 15, 2015 - The notion that OPEC will respond to the end of a U.S. ban on crude oil exports with cuts of its own is spectacularly wrong, an advocacy group testified.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 15, 2015 - The efficient conversion of light into electricity plays a crucial role in many technologies, ranging from cameras to solar cells. It also forms an essential step in data communication applications,
New York (UPI) Apr 15, 2015 - Expectations of growing global demand for oil in a strengthening economy helped crude oil prices gain momentum in Wednesday trading.
Washington (UPI) Apr 15, 2015 - The decline in oil prices has led to a subdued outlook for the global economy, with importers like China and exporters alike feeling the impact, the IMF said.
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) April 15, 2015 - Jihadists from the Islamic State group broke into Iraq's massive Baiji oil refinery, seized some of its facilities and are hiding among fuel storage tanks, officials said Wednesday.
Columbus, Ohio (UPI) Apr 15, 2015 - Environmental cleanups could become a lot easier, cheaper and more effective if researchers at Ohio State University can find a way to scale their newly developed stainless steel mesh technology.
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Apr 15, 2015 - Oil production in North Dakota has declined 4 percent since a record was set in December, largely because of lower oil prices, state data show.
Moscow (UPI) Apr 15, 2015 - Russian oil company Lukoil said Wednesday it reopened its offices in Iran in anticipation of the full removal of economic sanctions.
Daejeon, South Korea (SPX) Apr 15, 2015 - A research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a hyper-stretchab
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2015 - Charging lithium-ion batteries too quickly can permanently reduce the battery capacity. Portions of the energy storage structure are thereby destroyed and deactivated. These structural changes have
London (UPI) Apr 14, 2015 - About half of the decrease in British greenhouse gas emissions, down 8.4 percent year-on-year, was because of warmer weather, the government said Tuesday.
Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2015 - A former senior executive of China's largest oil producer denied most corruption charges at his trial, state-run media reported Tuesday, a rare example of defiance in a country where almost all criminal defendants are convicted.
