Ottawa (AFP) Dec 02, 2014 - Oil company TransCanada suspended construction of a terminal on a major pipeline along the St. Lawrence River Monday after Canadian authorities classified a nearby population of beluga whales as endangered.
Baghdad (UPI) Dec 2, 2014 - The U.N. special envoy to Iraqi said Tuesday an agreement between the Kurdish and federal government is a turning point for the country's oil sector.
Washington (UPI) Dec 2, 2014 - Virginia's plans for offshore wind installations will be weighed against the environment and socioeconomic impacts, the federal government said.
New York (UPI) Dec 2, 2014 - With even more oil entering the U.S. stage, the price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil dropped more than $1 per barrel in early Tuesday trading.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - The Norwegian government said Monday it's given German energy company Wintershall consent to drill in the Norwegian Sea after completing a deal with Statoil.
Baghdad (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - Building momentum behind the post-war oil industry in Iraq depends in part on long-term investments, the Iraqi oil minister said.
Oslo (AFP) Dec 01, 2014 - A major Norwegian pension fund said Monday it had sold all its shares in coal companies to join the fight against climate change.
New York (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - Oil markets held their breath on Monday, the first trading day in December, despite signs of trouble in Asia and last week's static production signal from OPEC.
Houston (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - California Resources Corp., a spin-off of Occidental Petroleum Corp., starts trading Monday as an independent entity, the parent company announced.
Moscow (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - Russia's minister of economic development said an oil-for-goods deal with Iran is on the cusp of realization.
Brussels (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - Ukraine, an important energy transit nation for Europe, needs to rebrand itself as a safe haven for foreign investors, Europe's neighborhood commissioner said.
Corralejo, Spain (AFP) Nov 30, 2014 - About 200 people, including tourists, formed a giant SOS on a beach on Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to protest against drilling for oil off the archipelago.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - Not gone and not forgotten, China is ready to solidify its claim to the South China Sea (SCS). Recent satellite imagery confirms China is conducting significant land reclamation operations in the Sp
Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2014 - China on Friday announced a tax increase on gasoline and diesel fuel consumption in the first such hike since 2009, state media reported, amid a steep decline in crude oil prices.
Corvallis OR (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - The use of renewable energy in the United States could take a significant leap forward with improved storage technologies or more efforts to match different forms of alternative energy systems tha
Manchester, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - Published in the journal Nature, the discovery could revolutionise fuel cells and other hydrogen-based technologies as they require a barrier that only allow protons - hydrogen atoms stripped off th
