Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2015 - Oil prices continued to slide Tuesday as global supply remains high, sending West Texas Intermediate to a new six-year low and and pushing Brent back down from recent gains.
London (UPI) Mar 17, 2015 - The Nigerian political machine poses a significant risk to the vitality of the nation's oil sector as investment uncertainty lingers, a report finds.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Mar 17, 2015 - U.S. consular services in Saudi Arabia remain closed five days after a threat surfaced against Western oil workers in the country, the U.S. embassy said.
Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2015 - More than $1.5 million in federal funding is available for research and development of bigger wind turbine blades, the U.S. Department of Energy announced.
Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt (UPI) Mar 16, 2015 - Italian energy company Eni said it signed a framework agreement to develop Egyptian oil and gas reserves that calls for as much as $5 billion in investments.
Zamudio, Spain (SPX) Mar 16, 2015 - Gamesa and AREVA have announce that they have signed the definitive agreements and have closed the transaction for the creation of Adwen, a joint venture dedicated to offshore wind, having 700 emplo
Vienna (UPI) Mar 16, 2015 - As nuclear negotiations enter the home stretch, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Iran's oil production is close to a historic high.
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Mar 16, 2015 - A creek in northwest North Dakota was blocked off to prevent runoff from an oil spill from a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum, the health department said.
Krakow, Poland (SPX) Mar 16, 2015 - The 18th AFM Annual Conference dedicated to futures and commodity markets will take place on 23 - 24 April in Krakow. The event is organised by AFM (the Association of Futures Markets), an organisat
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Mar 16, 2015 - Norwegian energy company Statoil said Monday it signed a $130 million contract to help develop the giant offshore Johan Sverdrup reserve field in the North Sea.
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Mar 16, 2015 - The Scottish government is calling for a fundamental overhaul in the way oil and natural gas is taxed, the country's deputy first minister said.
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.
