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Kremlin protests arrest of Russian diplomat by Dutch police
Oct 10, 2013 (UPI)
The Kremlin says it is unhappy with the Netherlands' initial response to a weekend incident in which a Russian diplomat says he was "attacked" by police at his ...
US and allies push China for progress on sea disputes
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
The United States and its allies pushed Thursday for accelerated efforts to lower tension in the disputed South China Sea, where Beijing's assertive sovereignty...
Iraq inks $6 bln refinery deal: statement
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq on Thursday signed a $6 billion deal for the construction and operation of an oil refinery with a capacity of 150,000 barrels per day, a government stateme...
The Shale Boom, Just Getting Started
Oct 09, 2013 (SPX)
By. James Stafford Thanks to the shale boom, markets already perceive the trade balance optimizing, energy prices are cheaper than they would otherwise be and w...
Taiwan risks tensions with survey of disputed Spratlys
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan has conducted a natural gas and oil survey in the disputed Spratly Islands, a legislator said Wednesday, the latest in a string of moves that risk stokin...
Lebanon's feuding pols block Med gas drilling again
Oct 09, 2013 (UPI)
Lebanon's problem-plagued efforts to launch a major gas exploration program in the eastern Mediterranean seems to be jinxed, largely because of feuding politici...
Myanmar to get more coal-fired power
Oct 09, 2013 (UPI)
India and Singapore have agreed to jointly build a power plant with Myanmar for the energy-starved Southeast Asian country. The coal-fired, 500-megawatt power p...
Disney Research discovers rubbing, tapping paper-like material creates electrical current
Oct 09, 2013 (SPX)
Electric current sufficient to light a string of LEDs, activate an e-paper display or even trigger action by a computer can be generated by tapping or rubbing s...
MEPs: shale gas projects require environment impact study
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
Extracting shale oil and gas reserves through controversial 'fracking' will in future require an environmental impact study, European lawmakers agreed Wednesday...
Putin demands Dutch apology on diplomat amid Greenpeace row
Oct 08, 2013 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday demanded an apology from the Netherlands for briefly detaining a Russian diplomat in The Hague in an escalating spat...
Spanish protesters demand closure of gas site linked to quakes
Oct 08, 2013 (UPI)
Thousands of Spaniards, in a weekend demonstration, demanded the closure of an offshore gas storage site linked to hundreds of small earthquakes. A crowd estima...
Beijing aims to switch from coal to natural gas
Oct 07, 2013 (UPI)
Beijing plans to build four natural gas power-generating stations by the end of next year to replace coal-fired plants, the municipal government said. The initi...
Singapore, China giants mull Spain gas investment: report
Oct 07, 2013 (AFP)
Singapore state investment giant Temasek and Chinese oil group Sinopec aim to snap up a multi-billion-euro stake in Spain's Gas Natural, the Financial Times sai...
Spain sees 'limited risk' of big quake linked to gas
Oct 04, 2013 (AFP)
Spain's government said Friday there is a limited risk of a big earthquake shaking the eastern coast after a string of small tremors linked to a vast offshore g...
Mideast oil power wanes as U.S., others boost production
Oct 04, 2013 (UPI)
The Middle East is losing its long-held dominance of the global oil market as vast shale oil reserves open up in the United States and elsewhere, and non-Organi...
Study to look at British Columbia's 'clean' LNG
Oct 04, 2013 (UPI)
The government of British Columbia said it will launch a study to determine emissions in Kitimat, the hub of the province's proposed liquefied natural gas secto...
Libya's oil sector faces long-term decline amid anarchy
Oct 03, 2013 (UPI)
Libya's interim government is struggling to crank up oil production again after weeks of shutdowns enforced by armed militias and protesting oil workers slashed...
Spain sees link between quakes and offshore gas storage plant
Oct 03, 2013 (AFP)
Spain's government said Thursday that a wave of small earthquakes that have rattled the country's eastern coast could be caused by a large offshore gas storage ...
Improving Lithium-Ion Batteries with Nanoscale Research Between UC San Diego and The National Labs
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
New research led by an electrical engineer at the University of California, San Diego is aimed at improving lithium-ion batteries through possible new electrode...
US court backs BP in dispute over compensation for oil spill
Oct 03, 2013 (AFP)
A US court has given BP a boost in its fight to limit how much it must pay in compensation for the 2010 oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. An appeals cou...
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