Washington DC (SPX) Jan 13, 2015 - With all the conspiracy theories surrounding OPEC's November decision not cut production, is it really not just a case of simple economics? The U.S. shale boom has seen huge hype but the numbers spe
Washington (UPI) Jan 13, 2015 - Prices for crude oil and gasoline are in a free fall, suggesting it would take a major market event for U.S. gas prices to go up, a AAA spokesman said.
Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Jan 13, 2015 - An ultra-thin nanomaterial is at the heart of a major breakthrough by Waterloo scientists who are in a global race to invent a cheaper, lighter and more powerful rechargeable battery for electric ve
Detroit (AFP) Jan 13, 2015 - Cheap fuel prices are not deterring some automakers from building up their offerings of alternative fuel vehicles.
Miami (AFP) Jan 12, 2015 - Telling people how pollution can harm kids' health inspires them to use less electricity than telling them how much money they could save by cutting back on power use, US researchers said Monday.
Tehran (UPI) Jan 12, 2015 - A decline in oil exports, largely because of Western economic sanctions, has cost the Iranian economy more than $100 billion, a senior official said.
London (UPI) Jan 12, 2015 - Low oil prices are a growing cause for concern in the exploration and production sector of the North Sea, analysis published Monday by Wood Mackenzie finds.
New York (UPI) Jan 12, 2015 - Dim prospects for oil prices pushed key indices into negative territory Monday, with Brent and WTI both off more than 3 percent from the previous session.
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jan 12, 2015 - Emirati rig builder Lamprell said Monday it expects the weak market for crude oil will impact its ability to land new contracts in 2015.
Moscow (UPI) Jan 12, 2015 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday all government hands were called upon to help an economy damaged by low oil prices and sanctions.
Algiers (AFP) Jan 11, 2015 - Algeria's state-owned energy giant Sonatrach plans to invest at least $70 billion over the next 20 years to exploit shale gas in the southern desert, its managing director said on Sunday.
Upton NY (SPX) Jan 11, 2015 - In a promising lithium-based battery, the formation of a highly conductive silver matrix transforms a material otherwise plagued by low conductivity. To optimize these multi-metallic batteries--and
Houston (UPI) Jan 9, 2015 - Well activity onshore in the United States during the fourth quarter of 2014 was up 5 percent year-on-year, despite low oil prices, Baker Hughes said Friday.
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2015 - The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has started a program to develop new materials to convert one form of energy into another.
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2015 - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives say the federal government needs to pick up the pace with reviewing permits for natural gas pipelines.
Omaha (UPI) Jan 9, 2015 - In a mixed decision, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday the legal premise used to sanction the route for Keystone XL was permissible.
