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U.S. Northwest coal export terminals to get more scrutiny?
May 24, 2013 (UPI)
A coalition of anti-coal export groups is calling for a regional impact study of proposed Oregon and Washington export terminals. The three terminals under cons...
Maduro's confused signals bode ill for Venezuela's recovery
May 23, 2013 (UPI)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is grappling with embarrassing shortages of consumer goods, in some cases rated to be worse than under Hugo Chavez, who died...
Oil recovers after dive on Chinese data
May 23, 2013 (AFP)
Global oil prices closed little changed Thursday, recovering from sharper losses earlier in the day after weak Chinese manufacturing data. New York's main contr...
Israel eyes Syrian missile threat to gas fields
May 23, 2013 (UPI)
The reported delivery of supersonic Russian anti-ship missiles to Syria, which could also fall into the hands of Lebanon's Hezbollah, has heightened Israeli con...
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea plan joint exploration
May 23, 2013 (UPI)
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea are planning joint exploration for potential oil and natural gas reserves in border areas. "The border possesses a huge amount of...
Russian gas monopoly wants better ties with Azerbaijan, seen as a European savior
May 23, 2013 (UPI)
Russian energy company Gazprom said Friday it was upbeat about the potential to build stronger ties with its counterparts in Azerbaijan. Alexei Miller, the chai...
US House in message vote: build Keystone pipeline
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
US lawmakers Wednesday agreed to a bill that would speed construction of a Canada-US oil pipeline and circumvent the need for President Barack Obama's approval ...
Israeli gas finds secure its self sufficiency
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
Gas production from huge offshore deposits along its Mediterranean coast is enabling Israel to shift from costly and unreliable imports to a growing self-suffic...
French-Asian firms reveal LNG contract in Canada
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
A consortium comprising French, South Korean and Chinese companies has won a contract for a liquefied natural gas project in Canada, the French partner Technip ...
EU leaders look to energy for growth boost
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
EU leaders, desperate to give growth a boost, target energy policy Wednesday amid concerns a US-led revolution in shale oil and gas development will reshape the...
Oettinger: EU studying 'fracking' as it seeks to cut energy prices
May 22, 2013 (UPI)
The European Union will carefully weigh the risks of shale gas development this year but also needs to stem high energy prices, the union's energy chief says. E...
EU leaders face up to shale challenge
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
EU leaders agreed Wednesday to face up to the challenge posed by the shale oil and gas revolution which has slashed US energy prices, undercutting Europe's comp...
Cotton offers a new ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spills
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
With the Deepwater Horizon disaster emphasizing the need for better ways of cleaning up oil spills, scientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be...
Philippines protests to China over 'illegal' sea presence
May 21, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines said Tuesday it had protested to China at the "illegal" presence of a Chinese warship and other vessels at a shoal occupied by Filipino marines ...
North Dakota study finds Bakken crude no different than other grades
May 21, 2013 (UPI)
The American Petroleum Institute said it's important to "separate fact from fiction" when it comes to shipping crude oil from North Dakota by rail. The North Da...
IMF urges Iraq to build fiscal buffers
May 21, 2013 (AFP)
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday urged Iraq to build up its weak fiscal buffers as the oil producer's economy remains highly vulnerable to the oil mar...
Russian gas monopoly capitalizing on growing Chinese market
May 21, 2013 (UPI)
Russia will send natural gas to China as early as 2018, with initial volumes of 1.3 trillion cubic feet per year, Russia's energy minister said Wednesday. Energ...
Add boron for better batteries
May 20, 2013 (SPX)
Frustration led to revelation when Rice University scientists determined how graphene might be made useful for high-capacity batteries. Calculations by the Rice...
India awaits LNG exports from Freeport facility
May 20, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Department of Energy's conditional approval a Texas liquefied natural gas terminal to export to nations that do not have a free trade agreement with th...
Britain weighing gasoline price-fixing probe of BP, Shell, Statoil
May 20, 2013 (UPI)
British investigators say they are "urgently reviewing" whether to join an EU investigation of three oil companies for alleged gasoline price-fixing. A spokesma...
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