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US to advise Iraq on securing oil infrastructure

Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)

The United States is to provide Iraq with technical support to help it secure its oil export infrastructure, which accounts for the lion's share of government r...

Finland targets giant status in global cleantech arena

Feb 05, 2014 (XNA)

"We see ourselves as the Henry Ford of wave energy," said Tomasz Mucha, who is responsible for project financing and business development at AW-Energy, a small ...

Drought threatens US fracking industry: study

Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)

The two years of drought in the central United States is placing strains on the water-intense oil and gas fracking industry, according to a new study Wednesday....

Engineer brings new twist to sodium ion battery technology

Feb 04, 2014 (SPX)

A Kansas State University engineer has made a breakthrough in rechargeable battery applications. Gurpreet Singh, assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear e...

Nearly everyone uses piezoelectrics -- Be nice to know how they work

Feb 04, 2014 (SPX)

Piezoelectrics-materials that can change mechanical stress to electricity and back again-are everywhere in modern life. Computer hard drives. Loud speakers. Med...

Iraqi Government Threatens Action Against Kurds as Oil Exports Set to Begin

Feb 04, 2014 (SPX)

By. Nick Cunningham Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs firmly stated the central government will take action, "including fiscal measures," if Kurdi...

South Africa to move ahead with shale gas exploration

Feb 04, 2014 (AFP)

South Africa will move ahead "decisively" with the exploration of shale gas, the country's minerals minister said in Cape Town on Tuesday. Minerals Minister Sus...

Libya army has orders to end oil port blockades: PM

Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said Monday he had ordered the army to lift the blockade imposed by protesters on the main oil terminals in the east of the cou...

Getting a charge from changes in humidity

Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)

A new type of electrical generator uses bacterial spores to harness the untapped power of evaporating water, according to research conducted at the Wyss Institu...

S. Korea cleans up after oil spill

Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)

South Korea's coastguard said Monday it would take at least two weeks to clean up the shoreline fouled by an oil spill off the southwestern port of Yeosu. More ...

Obama to visit Saudi Arabia in March: White House

Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama will travel to ally Saudi Arabia in March, following clear signs of disquiet in Riyadh about his Middle Eastern policies and nuclear t...

Greensmith Announces Turn-key Energy Storage Up Uo MW Scale

Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)

Greensmith Energy Management Systems is a leading provider of energy storage technologies and solutions with over 30 systems deployed utilizing its advanced, ba...

ORNL study advances quest for better superconducting materials

Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)

Nearly 30 years after the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, many questions remain, but an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team is providing insight...

Oil sands pollution two to three times higher than thought

Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)

The amount of harmful pollutants released in the process of recovering oil from tar sands in western Canada is likely far higher than corporate interests say, u...

Oil drops after tepid US, Chinese manufacturing data

Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)

Oil prices slid Monday after weak manufacturing data in the United States and China fueled worries about demand in the world's two biggest oil consumers. New Yo...

French trade delegation in Iran to boost business ties

Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)

A French trade delegation arrived in Tehran Monday to try to restore business ties with Iran, ahead of a possible comprehensive nuclear deal between the Islamic...

New flexible, transparent conductor created

Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)

University of Houston researchers have developed a new stretchable and transparent electrical conductor, bringing the potential for a fully foldable cell phone ...

Government retakes Machar's hometown, say South Sudan rebels

Feb 02, 2014 (AFP)

South Sudan government forces have recaptured Leer, the hometown of nominal rebel leader Riek Machar in the northern oil-producing state of Unity, a spokesman f...

Iraq criticises Kurds over oil 'grey area'

Feb 01, 2014 (AFP)

Iraq's top minister responsible for energy affairs on Saturday criticised the autonomous Kurdish region's push towards exporting oil independently of Baghdad, c...

US says no major climate impact from Keystone pipeline

Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)

The US State Department on Friday released a long-awaited review of a controversial pipeline project to bring oil from Canada to Texas, concluding it would have...