Miami (AFP) April 6, 2015 - US scientists said Monday they have found a way to use discarded corn husks and stalks to make cheap hydrogen fuel that doesn't pollute the environment like fossil fuels.
Los Angeles (AFP) April 6, 2015 - Greenpeace activists have boarded an Arctic-bound Shell oil rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the environmental group and oil giant said Monday.
Tehran (UPI) Apr 6, 2015 - Foreign investors are expected to flood the Iranian market as sanctions relief expands the country's oil potential, officials said Monday.
Baghdad (UPI) Apr 6, 2015 - Iraqi oil exports of around 92 million barrels per day last month were the highest yet this year, with most of that leaving southern ports, the government said.
Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Apr 6, 2015 - Libyan media reports, an oil field shuttered since the middle of 2013, may be on the cusp of resuming operations after the resolution of labor disputes.
New York (UPI) Apr 6, 2015 - A Saudi decision to raise market prices for Asia pushed oil upward in Monday trading, erasing concerns from last week's poor U.S. labor showings.
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) Apr 6, 2015 - As the Asian pivot continues, Russian oil company Gazprom Neft said Monday it signed deals with its counterparts at PetroVietnam.
Mexico City (UPI) Apr 6, 2015 - With three rig workers still missing, and four dead, after a rig explosion in the southern waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Greenpeace said enough is enough.
Chicago (UPI) Apr 3, 2015 - The rig count in North Dakota continues to decline and the economic health of cities depending on the oil industry may start to suffer, credit analysis finds.
New York (UPI) Apr 3, 2015 - Brent crude oil prices suffered dramatic losses after the announcement of a framework agreement on oil-rich Iran's controversial nuclear program.
San Antonio (UPI) Apr 3, 2015 - The Texas oil and natural gas sector may be facing challenges in the low oil price environment but it's well tooled to weather the storm, officials said.
Perth, Australia (UPI) Apr 3, 2015 - More than $2 billion was spent on acquiring liquefied natural gas assets in Australia from Apache Corp. and more deals are expected, Woodside Petroleum said.
Beijing (AFP) April 3, 2015 - Former top Communist Zhou Yongkang rose through China's state oil industry to become the country's internal security chief - and amassed so much power, according to analysts, that he brought about his own downfall.
Washington (UPI) Apr 2, 2015 - If crude oil prices remain low as expected, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States will drift back toward $2, AAA said.
Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 02, 2015 - Don't throw away those bouncing batteries. Researchers at Princeton University have found that common test of bouncing a household battery is not actually an effective way to check a battery's charg
Ottawa (AFP) April 2, 2015 - Pipeline builder TransCanada announced Thursday it will not build a marine terminal at Cacouna, Quebec, saying increased tanker traffic in the region would have harmed a pod of beluga whales.
