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Fracking raises risk of contaminated drinking water: study
Jun 24, 2013 (AFP)
New evidence that fracking may contaminate drinking water was published Monday in a study sure to add fuel to the fight over the controversial method of extract...
Iraq oil exports dip on weather, sabotage
Jun 23, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq's oil exports fell in May as poor weather hits its southern ports and saboteurs blew up a pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the oil ministry said on ...
Stop hyperventilating, say energy efficiency researchers
Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)
A single advanced building control now in development could slash 18 percent - tens of thousands of dollars - off the overall annual energy bill of the average ...
International first with the energy consumer of the future
Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)
Six Dutch companies, three knowledge institutes and 40 households will initiate a pilot in Groningen and Hoogkerk in which consumers will be testing innovative,...
Israel moves on gas exports, but how is a problem
Jun 21, 2013 (UPI)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is seeking cabinet approval to export 40 percent of Israel's offshore gas production, keeping the rest for domestic use to eli...
Russia, China sign 'unprecedented' $270 bn oil deal
Jun 21, 2013 (AFP)
Russian oil giant Rosneft and Chinese state firm CNPC signed Friday a $270 billion deal to supply China with oil over 25 years as Russian President Vladimir Put...
Exxon seeks to export Canadian LNG
Jun 21, 2013 (UPI)
ExxonMobil is seeking permission to export 30 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas annually from British Columbia in what is considered the biggest expo...
Efficient and inexpensive: Researchers develop catalyst material for fuel cells
Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)
Efficient, robust and economic catalyst materials hold the key to achieving a breakthrough in fuel cell technology. Scientists from Julich and Berlin have devel...
India pushes for energy security in Iraq meet
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid held talks with senior Iraqi officials on Thursday as New Delhi, Baghdad's biggest buyer of oil, pushes for greater ener...
Oil dives on Fed taper signal, weak China data
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
Oil prices took their steepest fall in seven months Thursday, pushed down by a Federal Reserve signal of the winding down of stimulus and weak Chinese manufactu...
Russia, China reach $60 bn oil supply deal: Putin
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
Moscow and Beijing have reached agreement on a $60 billion contract to ramp up Russian oil supplies to China, part of the two countries' strategy to tighten the...
Iraq: Chevron, Total expand Kurdish drilling
Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)
Iraq's Kurds have consolidated their growing energy sector with Chevron Corp. securing a third exploration block in the semiautonomous northern region and Franc...
Autonomous energy-scavenging micro devices will test water quality, monitor bridges, more
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
Out in the wilds or anywhere off the grid, sophisticated instruments small enough to fit in a shirt pocket will one day scavenge power from sunlight, body heat,...
Indonesia to raise subsidized fuel prices
Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)
Indonesia plans to raise its subsidized fuel prices as part of a revised state budget lawmakers from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's governing coalition pu...
Printing Tiny Batteries
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices...
Unzipped nanotubes unlock potential for batteries
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at Rice University have come up with a new way to boost the efficiency of the ubiquitous lithium ion (LI) battery by employing ribbons of graphene t...
Climate group warns against burning of fossil fuel reserves
Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)
A new report calls for 80 percent of global fossil fuel reserves to stay in the ground to avoid climate change. "The current amount of carbon embedded in the wo...
Most coal must stay in ground to save climate: report
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
Most fossil fuels must remain in the ground because burning them will unleash changes that will "challenge the existence of our society", a new Australian gover...
Central European presidents back Nabucco West over TAP rival
Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)
The presidents of Hungary, Austria, Romania and Bulgaria have urged Azerbaijan to support the proposed Nabucco West natural gas pipeline over a rival project. A...
Hong Kong tycoon buys Dutch waste-to-energy company
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
A consortium led by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing said Monday it had agreed to buy a Dutch waste management company, in a deal worth more than $1billion. The H...
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