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Maurel Prom reveals approach for Gabon oil assets, report names suitor Sinopec
Nov 01, 2012 (AFP)
French oil company Maurel et Prom, which operates mainly in Gabon, said on Thursday that it had received approaches for some of its activities but that no agree...
Iraqi Kurds defy Baghdad, export own oil
Nov 01, 2012 (UPI)
Iraq's independence-minded Kurds have started exporting oil independently of Baghdad, fueling a political battle that will undermine the central government's st...
The hunt for electron holes
Nov 01, 2012 (SPX)
Hydrogen production by solar water splitting in photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) has long been considered the holy grail of sustainable energy research. Iron ox...
BG Group says it sells Queensland gas interests to China's CNOOC
Oct 31, 2012 (AFP)
British energy producer BG Group said on Wednesday it will sell interests in its Queensland Curtis liquefied natural gas project in Australia to China's CNOOC f...
Iraq, Kuwait battle over gulf megaports
Oct 31, 2012 (UPI)
Iraq and southern neighbor Kuwait, at daggers drawn since the days of the Ottoman Empire, are again in dispute, this time over plans to build rival megaports in...
China completes shale bidding
Oct 30, 2012 (UPI)
The latest bidding round for exploration rights on 20 Chinese shale gas blocks attracted a record 83 companies, the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources said....
Crude down in Asia as hurricane threatens US
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
Oil prices fell in Asia Monday as US refineries cut crude production in anticipation of a plunge in energy demand as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the eastern Un...
Oil prices drop as hurricane blasts US East Coast
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
Oil prices dropped on Monday as refineries and oil terminals on the US East Coast shut down due to Hurricane Sandy, which bore down on the heavily industrial Ne...
Utah oil sands projects gets green light
Oct 26, 2012 (UPI)
The United States' first commercial oil sands mining project, in Utah, has been approved. Calgary company U.S. Oil Sands has been working since 2005 to get the ...
Obama shows support for natural gas
Oct 26, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. President Barack Obama, in a plan for his second term released this week, is touting the economic benefits of natural gas in a way he never did four years ...
Oil prices rise on US growth, Hurricane Sandy
Oct 26, 2012 (AFP)
Oil prices closed higher Friday, lifted by better-than-expected US economic growth in the third quarter and worries about Hurricane Sandy churning toward the he...
Nigeria loses billions in oil, gas theft
Oct 25, 2012 (UPI)
Nigeria is losing an estimated $1 billion a month to oil theft while fraudulent natural gas deals with international oil companies have cost the West African co...
Kuwait gripped by growing political crisis
Oct 25, 2012 (UPI)
Kuwait, a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf, is gripped by a deepening political crisis over demands for reforms that the ruling family is doggedly resisting. T...
Crude higher in Asia on China manufacturing data
Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)
Oil prices climbed in Asian trade Thursday on data showing a slight pick-up in China's manufacturing sector, but weak US energy demand and eurozone worries capp...
All Canada to benefit from oil sands development: study
Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)
An influential Canadian business association on Wednesday sought to quell domestic objections over the development of Alberta's oil sands by releasing a study s...
Oil prices rebound on upbeat Chinese manufacturing data
Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)
Oil prices rebounded slightly on Wednesday, with sentiment boosted by upbeat data from top global energy consumer China, ahead of new economic figures from the ...
Yanukovych: Expects 'fair' gas price
Oct 24, 2012 (UPI)
Ukraine expects to eventually negotiate a "fair" price for its imports of Russian natural gas, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said this week. Yanukovych ...
Poland must choose between nuclear and shale gas future: utility exec
Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)
Poland must choose between developing its first nuclear energy plant or pushing ahead with a programme to tap potential shale gas reserves, the head of Polish s...
A better way to shed water
Oct 23, 2012 (SPX)
Condensers are a crucial part of today's power generation systems: About 80 percent of all the world's powerplants use them to turn steam back to water after it...
Iraq signs gas pipeline deal with S.Korea's KOGAS
Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq signed a $128-million gas pipeline deal Tuesday and issued a tender to develop an oilfield in the south with proven reserves of more than four billion barr...
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