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Oil prices fall on weak China data, Europe woes
May 11, 2012 (AFP)
Oil prices dropped Friday as traders worried about disappointing Chinese economic data and debt-wracked Greece, where an election was almost certain after auste...
Despite takeovers, Total seeks Uruguay oil
May 11, 2012 (UPI)
Despite what the energy industry sees as takeover mania in Latin America, France's Total is pitching for new oil in Uruguay even as news from Argentina and Boli...
US partially resumes military supplies to Bahrain
May 11, 2012 (AFP)
The United States said Friday it was partially resuming sales of military supplies to Gulf Arab ally Bahrain after having frozen most shipments last year amid a...
Canada lagging in LNG
May 11, 2012 (UPI)
Canada needs to invest about $50 billion in its liquefied natural gas sector over the next five to 10 years to avoid losing out on opportunities in emerging dem...
Manila urges dialogue over shoal dispute
May 11, 2012 (UPI)
The Philippines has reiterated it wants to settle the ongoing Scarborough Shoal dispute with China through dialogue and an international tribunal. Foreign Affai...
Russia and Japan to build gas pipeline
May 11, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
The former Foreign Minister of Japan, Seiji Maehara now the Chairman of the Council for political studies of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan says that Russ...
Power struggle in Angola amid new oil boom
May 11, 2012 (UPI)
Angola, Africa's second-largest oil producer, is locked in a power struggle over who'll succeed longtime strongman Jose Eduardo dos Santos amid signs offshore e...
Rosneft strikes Arctic deal with Statoil
May 11, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia's state oil champion Rosneft struck a $2.5 billion Arctic exploration deal Saturday with Norway's Statoil - its third global tie-up in a month and a sign...
Rosneft selects new partner to develop the Russian shelf
May 11, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia's state run Rosneft oil company has selected a new partner for the development of the Russian shelf. It is Norway's Statoil. On Saturday, Rosneft preside...
OPEC hikes 2012 world oil demand forecast
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
OPEC revised its 2012 world oil demand outlook slightly upwards on Thursday citing a stable US economy and the shutdown of nuclear plants in Japan, which booste...
Green growth is not just for rich nations: World Bank
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
The World Bank urged global governments Thursday to heed the environment when pursuing prosperity, rejecting what it called a myth that green growth is a luxury...
Coconuts, wind and sun to power Pacific nations
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
Tiny Pacific nations which are most at threat from rising seas have vowed to dump diesel and other dirty expensive fuels blamed for causing global warming and r...
China's CNOOC starts deepwater drilling
May 10, 2012 (UPI)
China National Offshore Oil Corp. has started China's first deep-sea drilling project in the South China Sea amid heightened territorial tensions over the dispu...
China issues warnings on Philippines
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
China told its citizens Thursday they were not safe in the Philippines and its state media warned of war, as a month-long row over rival claims in the South Chi...
Iraq oil exports rise, but problems remain
May 09, 2012 (UPI)
Iraq says its oil exports rose to 2.5 million barrels per day in April, which it aims to double by 2015. But Baghdad's objective of become a top-line producer, ...
Quantum dots brighten the future of lighting
May 09, 2012 (SPX)
With the age of the incandescent light bulb fading rapidly, the holy grail of the lighting industry is to develop a highly efficient form of solid-state lightin...
Exxon Valdez oil spill tanker banned from India
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
The Exxon Valdez tanker that was involved in a huge oil spill off Alaska in 1989 has been banned from entering India where it was due to be dismantled, state of...
Colombia's Santos says China 'interested' in pipeline
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday China was "very interested" in investing in a pipeline going through his country, as Beijing seeks to secu...
China to cut fuel prices in line with world market
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
China, the world's second-biggest oil consumer, said Wednesday it would cut fuel prices by more than three percent, following a retreat in global crude costs an...
Norway opens $1B carbon capture project
May 09, 2012 (UPI)
Norway this week opened a $1 billion carbon capture and storage demonstration facility in hopes of advancing the greenhouse gas-reducing technology. Norwegian P...
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