Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Apr 13, 2015 - The number of rigs actively exploring for or producing oil and gas in North Dakota, is down more than half from its historic peak, state data show Monday.
London (UPI) Apr 13, 2015 - Shell's grab of energy giant BG Group and a legal victory for frontier work offshore Alaska leaves rivals in the dust, though environmentalist are unimpressed.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Apr 13, 2015 - Norwegian energy company Statoil said Monday it made a gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea in an area near a find made less than a month ago.
Los Angeles (AFP) April 12, 2015 - Six Greenpeace activists who scaled an Arctic-bound Shell oil drilling rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean abseiled down on Saturday, with the oil giant securing a restraining order against the environmental group.
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) April 11, 2015 - Islamic State militants on Saturday launched suicide attacks against the Baiji oil refinery, Iraq's largest, a senior army officer said.
Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2015 - Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that's fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the new technology offers a safe alternat
Houston (UPI) Apr 10, 2015 - Oil services company Baker Hughes announced it was suspending the publication of a quarterly barometer of the strength of the U.S. onshore energy sector.
London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2015 - Argentina, once a regional energy leader, is now better known for financial busts and bombastic politicians than hydrocarbons prospects. Still, with a resource potential both vast and untapped, the
London (UPI) Apr 10, 2015 - Faroe Petroleum said Friday it's among the regional leaders in terms of Norwegian operations after announcing results from a North Sea exploration well.
Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2015 - The potential for funding for pipeline safety will help ensure the infrastructure is in place to support U.S. energy trajectory, a North Dakota senator said.
London (UPI) Apr 10, 2015 - With major oil deposits uncovered in England, an advocacy group said it was concerned about the pace of the fledgling shale industry in the country.
University Park PA (SPX) Apr 10, 2015 - A new stream-based monitoring system recently discovered high levels of methane in a Pennsylvania stream near the site of a reported Marcellus shale gas well leak, according to researchers at Penn S
Alexandria VA (SPX) Apr 10, 2015 - The U.S. energy portfolio changes over time. Scientific and technologic advances related to hydraulic fracturing have dramatically increased the supply of U.S. oil and gas; because of this, a methan
New York (AFP) April 10, 2015 - Crude prices jumped Friday to finish a volatile week on a high note after Tehran raised new questions about the nuclear deal that would allow Iranian oil back into the market.
New York (UPI) Apr 10, 2015 - Oil prices held steady Friday ahead of key industry data as markets took a wait-and-see approach on strong Chinese economic momentum.
Cleveland OH (SPX) Apr 10, 2015 - Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of North Texas have made what they believe is the first metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst that performs as well or better th
