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Betting on Mediterranean Shale: 3 Plays, 1 Winner
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
The Mediterranean has joined the shale game, but as most of Europe's Mediterranean countries drag their feet, all eyes are on Israel, Turkey, and Algeria. For I...
Lebanon pols battle over energy ministry to control gasfields
Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)
As deeply divided Lebanon struggles to form a new government after 10 months of political paralysis, one of the key issues is which faction will control the Ene...
China's coal consumption continues to soar
Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)
China uses almost as much coal in a year as the rest of the world combined, says the U.S. Energy Information Administration. China's consumption of the carbon-i...
Iran seeks to salvage gas pipeline deal
Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)
Iran is still plugging away at building a natural gas pipeline to energy-hungry Pakistan, a project that's been plagued by difficulties since it was first moote...
Argentina pushes Falklands claim in EU
Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)
Argentina is pushing its claim on British-ruled Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic in a diplomatic campaign launched this week in, of all places, London. In...
Chevron gets permit to explore shale gas in Romania
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
US oil giant Chevron obtained zoning certificates in eastern Romania enabling it to explore for shale gas, despite controversy about the effect of drill frackin...
Putin: Russia won't rescind loans, gas price cuts for Ukraine
Jan 30, 2013 (UPI)
Moscow won't rescind the loans and gas price cuts it signed with Ukraine despite its change in government, Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week. Puti...
Dutch court rules in Nigerian farmers' suit against Shell
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
A Dutch court will decide on Wednesday whether Shell should clean up oil damage that destroyed a group of Nigerian farmers' land, a case that could set a preced...
Kurds warn BP not to drill for Baghdad
Jan 30, 2013 (UPI)
The escalating dispute between Iraq's central government and the Kurds over oil and land went up a notch after the Kurdistan Regional Government warned oil gian...
Dutch court rejects bulk of Nigerian suit against Shell
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Nigerian farmers to hold Shell's parent company responsible for oil damage to their villages, saying that only the ...
Czech Republic's MND plans move into gas distribution market
Jan 29, 2013 (UPI)
Czech oil and gas producer MND announced this week it is planning to enter the domestic natural gas supply market with a goal of signing up 200,000 households. ...
Metal Sales Outfits the World's Most Energy Efficient Commercial Building
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
The Bullitt Center - the greenest, most energy efficient commercial building in the world - features 18,000 square-feet of metal wall panels from Metal Sales Ma...
Iraq signs maritime navigation deal with Kuwait
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq on Tuesday approved a deal with Kuwait regulating the use of a shared waterway through which most of Baghdad's oil exports flow, which Iraq had accused its...
Iraqi Kurds 'illegally' exporting oil: Shahristani
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq's top energy official repeated claims on Tuesday that the country's autonomous Kurdish region was "illegally" exporting oil, the latest in a long-running d...
Iraq, Iran plot to challenge Saudi domination of OPEC
Jan 29, 2013 (UPI)
Hussein Shahristani, Iraq's energy chief, says Baghdad is working with Iran to boost oil exports, a move by these two Shiite-majority powers that could lead to ...
BP's $4.5 bn plea deal over US oil spill approved by judge
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
A US judge on Tuesday approved a $4.5 billion deal in which BP pleaded guilty to criminal charges from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill -- but the British ener...
Baghdad repeats Exxon ultimatum: Kurdistan or south Iraq
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
The Iraqi oil minister on Sunday reiterated an ultimatum to US energy giant ExxonMobil: to choose between working in southern Iraq and a controversial explorati...
Norwegian oil worker unions pull out of offshore platform safety group
Jan 27, 2013 (UPI)
Unions representing Norwegian offshore oil rig workers have pulled out of an industry-sponsored group amid harsh criticism of cutbacks in safety training. The f...
Iraq inks oil exploration deal with Kuwait Energy
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi energy officials on Sunday signed an oil exploration deal with a Kuwait-led group, finalising a deal that was altered to expel a Turkish firm amid worseni...
Bacteria could turn changes in humidity into electrical energy
Jan 27, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. scientists say bacterial spores harnessing the untapped power of evaporating water could lead to generators turning humidity changes into electricity. Rese...
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