Milan, Italy (UPI) Mar 16, 2015 - Italian energy company Eni said Monday it made what it considers to be a significant discovery of natural gas off the coast of war-torn Libya.
Vienna (UPI) Mar 16, 2015 - A pessimistic forecast from OPEC about future U.S. oil production pushed the price for West Texas Intermediate near to its six-year low in Monday trading.
Kinshasa (AFP) March 15, 2015 - In the Virunga national park, Africa's oldest natural reserve and home to the mountain gorilla, the endangered Great Ape and its habitat are under a new threat: oil exploration.
San Diego (UPI) Mar 15, 2015 - Scientists from General Atomics and the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made a breakthrough in understanding nuclear fusion.
Caracas (AFP) March 15, 2015 - Rolling out tanks, missiles and 100,000 men, Venezuela launched 10 days of military exercises Saturday, amid sky-high tensions over US sanctions slapped on officials accused of an opposition crackdown.
Lagos (AFP) March 14, 2015 - Three Chinese workers kidnapped by gunmen in central Nigeria's Kogi state were released unhurt on Saturday, police said.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2015 - Lithium-ion batteries are common in consumer electronics. They are one of the most popular types of rechargeable batteries for portable electronics, with a high energy density, no memory effect and
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2015 - China's recently intensified construction works on the reefs it controls in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly Island, are lawful and pose no threat to any other countries, China's Foreign Minis
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Mar 13, 2015 - University of British Columbia researchers have found a new way to make state-of-the-art materials for energy storage using a cheap lamp from the hardware store. The researchers wanted to find
London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2015 - Lest we be too quick to forget whence we came, America is now 9-months into lower gasoline prices, which started their swoon the week of June 30, 2015 from a lofty national average just under $3.70,
London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2015 - Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the excess crude flowing from the oil patch, there is also a
Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2015 - U.S. policymakers are called on to adopt the energy policies necessary to take advantage of the new era of abundance, the chairman of Exxon Mobil said.
New York (UPI) Mar 13, 2015 - An increase in estimated U.S. crude oil production from the International Energy Agency pushed West Texas Intermediate prices down nearly 2 percent Friday.
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2015 - A major Japanese machinery company said Friday that it has succeeded in transmitting energy wirelessly, marking a step toward making solar power generation in space a reality.
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Mar 13, 2015 - The number of rigs actively exploring for or producing oil or natural gas in North Dakota is down to its lowest level in nearly five years, data show Friday.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 13, 2015 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have captured the first real-time nanoscale images of lithium dendrite structures known to degrade lithium-ion batteries. The O
