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China heads to South America in global energy 'scramble'
Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)
China's global hunt for crucial energy supplies is taking it into America's backyard, with two Chinese state firms winning production rights to a multi-billion-...
Researchers Measure Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Facilities
Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)
Colorado State University is leading a groundbreaking field study to quantify methane emissions associated with natural gas gathering and processing. This month...
Why lithium-ion-batteries fail
Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)
Lithium-ion batteries are in our cellphones, laptops, and digital cameras. Few portable electronic devices exist that do not rely on these energy sources. Curre...
Myanmar-to-China gas pipeline fully open: media
Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)
A pipeline pumping natural gas from Myanmar to energy-hungry China has gone fully operational, state-run Chinese media said on Monday. The project, stretching m...
BHP Billiton scraps most of its Indian gas, oil exploration
Oct 21, 2013 (UPI)
Mining giant BHP Billiton has exited from 10 Indian oil and gas exploratory fields due to clearance delays. The exploration blocks were awarded from 2008 to 201...
Chinese oil firms, Europe's giants win Brazil auction
Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)
China's CNOOC and CNPC, Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell and France's Total joined Brazilian state operator Petrobras on Monday in winning production rights ...
Scotland's Salmond warns future of shuttered refinery in jeopardy
Oct 21, 2013 (UPI)
With talks over reopening a key Scottish oil refinery stalled, First Minister Alex Salmond says the ongoing labor dispute is endangering its long-term future. S...
Finland OKs $168 million in funding for LNG capacity expansion
Oct 19, 2013 (UPI)
Finland has announced it will finance expansion of its liquefied natural gas capacity as Brussels remains undecided on whether to locate major new LNG terminal ...
Romanians protest Chevron fracking plans
Oct 19, 2013 (AFP)
Around 1,000 protesters rallied Saturday in the northeastern Romanian village of Pungesti against plans by US energy giant Chevron to drill for shale gas. The p...
American DG Energy to Provide Greener On-Site Utility Systems
Oct 18, 2013 (SPX)
American DG Energy has announced that its primary supplier of equipment was recently awarded a patent for lower emissions on all of their combined heat and powe...
Rosneft cedes East Siberian oil fields to China
Oct 18, 2013 (AFP)
Russia's top oil producer Rosneft signed a memorandum on Friday giving the world's largest crude importer China its first direct access to energy-rich East Sibe...
$10.8B U.S. arms sale reassures gulf allies at touchy time
Oct 18, 2013 (UPI)
The Pentagon's formal notification to Congress this week of expected arms sales worth $10.8 billion to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to bolster thei...
Binghamton physicist contributes to creation of first computer-designed superconductor
Oct 18, 2013 (SPX)
A Binghamton University scientist and his international colleagues report this week on the successful synthesis of the first superconductor designed entirely on...
Nigeria's booming oil theft racket costs $1B a month
Oct 18, 2013 (UPI)
Royal Dutch Shell is selling off four of its onshore Nigerian oil blocks because of the constant theft of large volumes oil from its pipelines, officials said. ...
A Grand Unified Theory of Exotic Superconductivity?
Oct 18, 2013 (SPX)
Years of experiments on various types of high-temperature (high-Tc) superconductors-materials that offer hope for energy-saving applications such as zero-loss e...
California approves energy storage goal
Oct 18, 2013 (UPI)
California has become the first state to mandate energy storage. New regulations approved by the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday require the sta...
Chevron in US court to block $19bn Ecuador fine
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
US oil giant Chevron went to court in New York this week to try to escape paying $19 billion in damages in Ecuador, accusing an American lawyer acting for indig...
Chinese firms to star in upcoming Brazil oil auction
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese oil giants CNOOC and CNPC will be in a prime position in next week's first auction of deep-water concessions in Brazil's coveted Libra oilfield, experts...
Shell declares Nigerian pipeline open after repairs
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
Shell said on Thursday it had repaired and reopened a key pipeline in southern Nigeria shut down last week owing to leaks, but that contractual obligations rema...
Gaza gas now a 'serious prospect.' says Tony Blair
Oct 17, 2013 (UPI)
The prospect of the impoverished Palestinian Authority finally being able to develop a natural gas field 20 miles off the Gaza Strip's Mediterranean coast, 13 y...
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