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US regulators claim insider trading in Nexen deal
Jul 28, 2012 (AFP)
US regulators have secured a court order to freeze assets of traders accused of seeking more than $13 million through illegal trades ahead of China-based CNOOC'...
Maine to be first for tidal energy
Jul 27, 2012 (UPI)
The United States' first commercial tidal energy project is expected to deliver electricity in September to consumers in Maine. Portland, Maine, company Ocean R...
Pipeline grid to bypass Hormuz vulnerable
Jul 27, 2012 (UPI)
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have developed a pipeline network across the Arabian Peninsula to bypass the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key oil art...
China appoints officers to South China Sea garrison
Jul 27, 2012 (AFP)
China has appointed military officers at a newly-established garrison in the South China Sea, state media reported Friday, the country's latest step to bolster ...
Author of US fracking study had gas industry ties: watchdog
Jul 27, 2012 (AFP)
A university study that claimed fracking for gas deep beneath the Earth's surface did not cause water contamination was led by a US professor with financial tie...
Study: Ocean waves could power Australia
Jul 26, 2012 (UPI)
Ocean waves could supply as much as 11 percent of Australia's electricity by 2050, a government research study released Wednesday found. The Commonwealth Scient...
Chevron damages bill in Ecuador rises to $19 bn
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $19 billion in environmental damages, $1 billion more than originally decided, after an Ecuadoran court adjusted the a...
China eyes Canada for oil deals
Jul 25, 2012 (UPI)
Major Chinese oil companies are seizing opportunities to secure strategic overseas assets, reflected by recent Canadian acquisitions. State-backed CNOOC Ltd., C...
Hong Kong billionaire to buy UK gas company
Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)
A consortium led by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing agreed Wednesday to acquire a British gas distribution company for 645 million ($1 billion), the companies sa...
Hungary, Azerbaijan seek joint projects
Jul 25, 2012 (UPI)
The time is ripe for more cooperation between Hungary and Azerbaijan on energy projects, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Secretary Peter Szijjarto said this week. Szi...
DRC oil 'fans flames of civil war'
Jul 25, 2012 (UPI)
Recent oil strikes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have raised fears they will exacerbate the resource-driven war that's been raging in the mineral-rich eas...
Argentina condemns British missile exercise in Falklands
Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)
Argentina has accused Britain of mounting a show of force in the Falkland Islands with a military exercise that includes missile launches in the disputed South ...
Oil prices stage muted rebound on Chinese data
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
World oil prices rebounded slightly Tuesday on encouraging Chinese manufacturing data. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September, rose 36 cents ...
Iraq bars Chevron over Kurdish oil contracts
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq on Tuesday barred US energy giant Chevron from working in non-Kurdish parts of the country after it bought two exploration blocks in the autonomous Kurdish...
Fire-damaged Turkey pipeline to be fixed 'in a week'
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
A major pipeline running from Iraq to Turkey that was allegedly sabotaged in a fire on Friday should be back up and running in a week, Anatolia news agency repo...
Vietnam, Philippines slam China garrison plan
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
Vietnam and the Philippines on Tuesday lashed out at China's moves to establish a military garrison in the South China Sea, amid escalating tensions in the disp...
Armed conflict possible in South China Sea: ICG
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
Tensions over competing claims in the South China Sea could escalate into conflict, with an arms build-up among rival nations raising the temperature, an intern...
Aquino urges Philippines to unite on China
Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)
Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged all Filipinos on Monday to unite in sending a message to China over a territorial row, insisting his country would not...
Stanford-SLAC team uses X-ray imaging to observe running batteries in action
Jul 23, 2012 (SPX)
Most electric cars, from the Tesla Model S to the Nissan Leaf, run on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries - a pricey technology that accounts for more than half ...
Serbia: South Stream a top priority
Jul 23, 2012 (UPI)
Serbia has placed the planned Russian-led South Stream gas pipeline among its highest national priorities, President Tomislav Nikolic says. Nikolic said after m...
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