Oil and Gas
Russia’s Lukoil sets up shop in Iran
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.
Energy Tech
Team develops a hyper-stretchable elastic-composite energy harvester
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
Energy Tech
X-ray study images structural damage in lithium-ion batteries
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
Energy News
British greenhouse gas emissions drop
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.
Oil and Gas
Defiant China oil boss denies graft charges: report
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.
Oil and Gas
Dutch court orders halt to gas production in quake-hit town
Concerned groups and opposition political parties in the Groningen province dragged the Dutch government to court to demand a halt to gas extraction from the field where production has hit 50 billion cubic metres annually.
Energy Tech
How recharging leaves behind microscopic debris inside batteries
Richland WA (SPX) Apr 14, 2015 - An eruption of lithium at the tip of a battery's electrode, cracks in the electrode's body, and a coat forming on the electrode's surface reveal how recharging a battery many times leads to its demi
Oil and Gas
LNG work in Yemen halted by violence
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Apr 14, 2015 - Declining security in Yemen means it's time to halt all production and start evacuating personnel, a Yemeni liquefied natural gas company said Tuesday.
Oil and Gas
Lundin produces first oil from offshore Malaysia
Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Apr 14, 2015 - Swedish energy company Lundin Petroleum declared victory Tuesday after announcing its first volumes of oil produced from a field off the coast of Malaysia.
Oil and Gas
Make room, Iran tells OPEC
Tehran (UPI) Apr 14, 2015 - OPEC member states should self-regulate so Iran's expected return to the oil stage won't hurt markets, Iran's oil minister said Tuesday from Tehran.
Energy Tech
New material could boost batteries’ power, help power plants
Clemson SC (SPX) Apr 14, 2015 - You're going to have to think very small to understand something that has the potential to be very big. A team of researchers, including Kyle Brinkman of Clemson University, developed a material tha
Oil and Gas
New rules proposed for offshore drilling
Washington (UPI) Apr 14, 2015 - The U.S. government said it's proposing new rules to prevent a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, though the industry said it's ahead of the curve.
Bio Fuel
Plant cell structure discovery could lead to improved renewable materials
Warwick, UK (SPX) Apr 14, 2015 - Major steps forward in the use of plants for renewable materials, energy and for building construction could soon arise, thanks to a key advance in understanding the structure of wood. The step forw
Energy Tech
Research could usher in next generation of batteries, fuel cells
Columbia SC (SPX) Apr 14, 2015 - Scientists from South Carolina's leading public universities--the University of South Carolina and Clemson University--have made a discovery that could dramatically improve the efficiency of batteri
Oil and Gas
Summer could bring higher gas prices
Washington (UPI) Apr 14, 2015 - Though gasoline prices are far below the historic average, there may be an increase ahead as demand increases this coming summer, motor club AAA said.
Bio Fuel
Swimming algae offer Penn researchers insights into living fluid dynamics
Philadelphia PA(SPX) Apr 14, 2015 - None of us would be alive if sperm cells didn't know how to swim, or if the cilia in our lungs couldn't prevent fluid buildup. But we know very little about the dynamics of so-called living fluids,