Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Dec 15, 2014 - Noreco, a Norwegian energy company focused on North Sea oil operations, said Monday its financial situation was deteriorating because of low oil prices.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2014 - New oil projects are being scrapped in Norway amid falling production and low oil prices. Long held up as the model for managing oil abundance, Norway has painstakingly sought to prevent the problem
Milan, Italy (UPI) Dec 15, 2014 - A production test from a field located offshore Congo has exceeded company expectations, the top executive at Italian energy company Eni said Monday.
New York (UPI) Dec 15, 2014 - Though OPEC ministers said the market will determine the floor, crude oil prices rallied Monday on word Libyan clashes closed two key oil terminals.
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Dec 15, 2014 - A Colorado State University-led research team has completed the most comprehensive review to date of the environmental fate and toxicity of the biocides most commonly used in hydraulic fracturing fl
Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Dec 15, 2014 - Not all boreholes are the same. Scientists of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) used mobile measurement equipment to analyze gaseous compounds emitted by the extraction of oil and natural
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2014 - For years, scientists have been pursuing artificial leaf technology, a green approach to making hydrogen fuel that copies plants' ability to convert sunlight into a form of energy they can use.
Lanzarote, Spain (AFP) Dec 13, 2014 - Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary Islands, a major tourist destination.
Kolkata (AFP) Dec 13, 2014 - Indian authorities were on alert Saturday after a Bangladeshi tanker sank and dumped thousands of litres of oil into rivers of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest.
Dhaka (AFP) Dec 12, 2014 - Bangladeshi villagers using sponges, shovels and even spoons worked Friday to clean up a huge oil spill in a protected area that is home to rare dolphins, after environmentalists warned of an ecological catastrophe.
Paris (ESA) Dec 12, 2014 - ESA is finalising its first experiment on a Chinese space mission: small containers of crude oil will help to improve our understanding of oil reservoirs buried kilometres underground. The pac
Moscow (UPI) Dec 12, 2014 - Though diversification strategies are on the table, a European official told Russia state media Ukraine plays a critical role in regional energy security.
Tehran (UPI) Dec 12, 2014 - Oil needs to be priced at about $125 per barrel in order for Iran to end the calendar year without a budget deficit, an Iranian economist said Friday.
New York (UPI) Dec 12, 2014 - A Friday decision by the International Energy Agency to trim its oil demand forecast added insult to injury, pushing oil price indices to record lows.
Grenoble, France (SPX) Dec 12, 2014 - Clathrates are now known to store enormous quantities of methane and other gases in the permafrost as well as in vast sediment layers hundreds of metres deep at the bottom of the ocean floor. Their
Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2014 - It may be premature to ease restrictions on U.S. crude oil imports despite early indications of economic benefits, analysts told lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
