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New study shows no evidence of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturingVancouver, Canada (SPX) Feb 24, 2012 Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas has no direct connection to reports of groundwater contamination, based on evidence reviewed in a study released Thursday by the Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. The study, released at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver, British Columbia, found that many problems ascribed to hydraulic fracturing are related to processes common to all oil and gas drill ... read more |
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 Offshore Oil and Gas Development in APAC Global Information would like to present a new market research report, "Offshore Oil and Gas Developments in Asia Pacific - Burgeoning Energy Demand Drives Exploration and Production Activities." ... more | .. |
 Sudan accuses South Sudan of plot Sudanese presidential assistant Nafie Ali Nafie has accused South Sudan's negotiators of scheming to overthrow Sudan's government. ... more | .. |
 EU-Canada row over tar sands set to rumble A fierce row over EU moves to label oil from Canada's massive tar sands reserves as highly polluting looked set to deepen when talks between experts from the 27-nation bloc ended in stalemate Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Oil prices surge with Middle East tensions World oil prices surged to new nine-month highs on Thursday amid growing tensions over Iran's nuclear program and the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on the opposition. ... more | .. |
 China's CNOOC in talks on Uganda refinery: report Chinese oil giant CNOOC is negotiating with Uganda to invest in the African country's first oil refinery, state media said Thursday, as Beijing ramps up investment in the resource-rich continent. ... more | .. |
Oil prices lower on weak Europe, China data Oil prices were lower in Asian trade Thursday, weighed by weak economic data from Europe and China, as well as an increase in US crude stockpiles indicating faltering demand. ... more | .. |
 Arctic micro-organisms may hold key to dealing with oil spills in the North Marcel Babin, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Canada's New Arctic Frontier at the Universite Laval, will be discussing his research on the effects of environmental changes in t ... more |
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'Let them live in peace': survivor's fight for uncontacted Amazon people
La Nina is back, but impact may be limited: US agency
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 Deepwater Horizon disaster could have billion dollar impact The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 will have a large economic impact on the U.S. Gulf fisheries. A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquat ... more | .. |
 Shell details losses of Nigerian crude U.S. petroleum company Shell Oil says Nigeria loses an estimated 150,000 barrels of crude oil each day because of theft in the Niger Delta region. ... more | .. |
South Sudan expels Chinese head of main oil firm South Sudan has expelled the Chinese head of the country's largest oil firm Petrodar on charges of colluding with former civil war foe Sudan to "steal" millions of barrels of its oil, a minister said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Caspian gas consortium picks TAP pipeline The consortium controlling Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz II natural gas field this week tapped the proposed Trans-Adriatic Pipeline as a possible route to Europe. ... more |
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 Ecuador court rejects Chevron arbitration ruling A court in Ecuador has flatly rejected a call by arbitrators to give Chevron temporary protection from a $9.5 billion pollution ruling, but will allow the US oil giant to appeal to the supreme court. ... more | .. |
  Maize hybrid looks promising for biofuel Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have identified a new contender in the bioenergy race: a temperate and tropical maize hybrid. Their findings, published in GCB Bioenergy, ... more | .. |
 Plant toughness: Key to cracking biofuels? Along with photosynthesis, the plant cell wall is one of the features that most set plants apart from animals. A structural molecule called cellulose is necessary for the manufacture of these walls. ... more |
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Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chief
Most powerful cosmic radio ring yet found by citizen scientists
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 High oil prices test US economy, Obama A jump in gasoline prices is threatening to smother the flickering flames of the US economic recovery and with them President Barack Obama's hopes of retaining the White House. ... more | .. |
 India criticized for Iran oil imports A former U.S. State Department official denounced India's "ill-advised" decision to continue to purchase oil from Iran despite Western sanctions on the Islamic Republic. ... more | .. |
 Jordan PM plans to visit Iraq after Egypt gas cuts Jordanian Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh said Tuesday he plans to visit Iraq "very soon" to look for alternatives for Egypt's gas after repeated cut-offs in supplies to the energy-poor kingdom. ... more | .. |
 Taking biofuel from forest to highway The world is moving from a hydrocarbon economy to a carbohydrate economy, according to University of British Columbia biofuel expert Jack Saddler. He is presenting his work at the 2012 Annual Meetin ... more |
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 Expert panel deliberates hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development The use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development took center stage Friday as a panel of U.S. and Canadian experts discussed the contentious practice in a three-hour symposium hosted by the A ... more | .. |
 Man-made photosynthesis to revolutionise food and energy production Improving natural photosynthesis to make new fuels and boost crop production is the focus of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded research presented at the American ... more | .. |
Canada threatens trade war with EU over oil sands Canada has threatened to lodge a World Trade Organization complaint against the European Union if the bloc labels oil from Alberta's tar sands as highly polluting, documents published Monday show. ... more | .. |
 Improving logistics of biofuel raw materials If the increased use of biomass to produce alternative fuels is to become a reality, more attention needs to be paid to logistics - how, for example, biomass raw materials are shipped from farm to r ... more |
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Trump suggests Spain be expelled from NATO over low defense spending
Team of 200 US troops to 'oversee' Gaza truce: US officials
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Iran: More high oil prices ahead for EU Last week's spike in oil prices is what's in store for Europe if it follows through on moves to ban Iranian imports, a senior Tehran lawmaker says. ... more | .. |
 Iraq oil exports down, income up in January Iraq's oil exports dropped slightly in January but its income from oil sales was up due to higher prices per barrel, oil ministry figures published on Monday showed. ... more | .. |
Japan says China ordered halt to marine survey Japanese coastguards were ordered by a Chinese ship to stop a marine survey in disputed waters at the weekend, officials said Monday, the latest territorial row between the regional giants. ... more | .. |
 Gazprom: South Stream decision by November Russian gas monopoly Gazprom says the company will make a "final" determination on whether to proceed with its long-planned South Stream pipeline in November. ... more |
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Panel protects Chevron in Ecuador case An arbitration panel in The Hague backed Chevron's bid for temporary protection from a $9.5 billion Ecuador court judgment against the oil giant, documents showed Friday. ... more | .. |
 Surface woes blamed for fracking flaws: study Environmental contamination from operations to remove gas from deep within the Earth, known as hydraulic fracturing, often happens close to surface and not far below, said a US study released Thursday. ... more | .. |
Study addresses safety of fracking The controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing used to release underground reserves of natural gas has no direct connection to groundwater contamination, a new study says. ... more | .. |
 South Sudan oil shutdown pushes up prices South Sudan's 3-week-old shutdown of its oil industry in a dispute over oil revenues with the fledgling state's former leaders in Khartoum is likely to drag on and push up global oil prices. ... more |
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