Algiers (AFP) Feb 24, 2015 - Riot police prevented a protest in the Algerian capital Tuesday against state energy giant Sonatrach's controversial exploitation of shale gas in the southern desert.
London (UPI) Feb 24, 2015 - A bright spot in an otherwise bleak year for North Sea oil and gas operations was that production slipped 1 percent year-on-year, an annual survey found.
Moscow (UPI) Feb 24, 2015 - Russian energy company Gazprom said Tuesday it may halt natural gas deliveries to Ukraine within two days because of late payments.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 24, 2015 - University of Tokyo researchers have developed a novel selective catalyst that allows the creation of several basic chemicals from biomass instead of petroleum. This discovery may lead to the use of
New York (UPI) Feb 24, 2015 - Oil markets moved into positive territory Tuesday on word members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries were weighing extraordinary measures.
Mt. Carbon, W.Va. (UPI) Feb 24, 2015 - With monitoring ongoing, responders to last week's oil-train derailment in West Virginia said they're busy removing an oily mixture from containment trenches.
Tulsa, Okla. (UPI) Feb 24, 2015 - U.S. shale energy company ONEOK Partners said fourth quarter net income was up year-on-year, though a weak commodity market forced a cut in planned spending.
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 24, 2015 - Using ultracold atoms as a stand-in for electrons, a Rice University-based team of physicists has simulated superconducting materials and made headway on a problem that's vexed physicists for nearly
Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2015 - The price per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline has increased 29 days in a row as of Tuesday because of U.S. refinery issues and commodity markets, AAA said.
Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2015 - If there is oil locked under arctic waters, it can wait until U.S. policymakers and the industry have effective safeguards in place, an advocacy group said.
Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2015 - Growth in Canadian crude oil production is expected to slow by about 3 percent as oil prices weigh on future developments, industry leaders said.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 23, 2015 - Oil prices continued their slide in early January 2015 following the OPEC decision on November 27, 2014 to hold output levels. The surprise to the market was not so much that OPEC did not cut produc
Tehran (UPI) Feb 23, 2015 - As Iranian budget planners work to trim oil dependency, the country's president said Monday the Iranian economic turnaround has been miraculous.
Moscow (UPI) Feb 23, 2015 - Russia's Finance Ministry criticized a credit downgrade from ratings agency Moody's as pessimistic and out of step with developments in the oil-laden economy.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 23, 2015 - World leaders are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it's unclear just how much we're emitting. In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a new program to track these e
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 23, 2015 - Tens of thousands of pounds of methane leak per hour from equipment in three major natural gas basins that span Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Pennsylvania, according to airborne measurements publis
