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New material cuts energy costs of separating gas for plastics and fuelsBerkeley CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2012 A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money - and lower their environmental impacts - by eliminating an energy-intensive gas-separation process. Today, to separate hydrocarbon gas mixtures into the pure chemicals needed to make plastics, refineries "crack" crude oil at high temperatures - 500 to 600 degrees Celsius - to break complex hydrocarbons into lighter, short-chain molecules. They then chill t ... read more |
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 Uruguay mulls offering Iran rice for oil Uruguay is considering offering Iran rice shipments in return for oil in apparent disregard of U.S.-led sanctions regarding Iran's disputed nuclear program. ... more | .. |
 Total losing $2.5 mln a day from North Sea gas leak rig French energy giant Total said Monday a gas leak in the North Sea platform is costing it $2.5 million (1.87 million euros) a day, as Greenpeace said the rig was surrounded by an oily sheen. ... more | .. |
 Iraq rows with Kurds over oil and fugitive VP Iraq was at loggerheads with Kurdistan Monday over the autonomous region's move to stop oil exports and allow Baghdad's fugitive vice president to visit Qatar despite terror charges against him. ... 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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 Novel filter material could cut natural gas refining costs Measurements taken by a team including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists show that a newly created material has the ability to separate closely related components of n ... more | .. |
  2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage Scientists have described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean up ... more | .. |
 Oil higher in Asia on Chinese demand hopes Oil prices were higher in Asia on Monday as dealers were boosted by figures showing a rise in manufacturing activity in China, the world's largest energy user, analysts said. ... more | .. |
  Japan auto sales soar by record 78.2% in March Japanese automobile sales saw their biggest-ever monthly surge in March, data showed Monday, a year after domestic demand plummeted in the wake of the country's quake-tsunami disaster. ... more |
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 US firm to make pay-out for China oil spill: report ConocoPhillips and its Chinese partner will pay around 305 million yuan ($48 million) to fishermen in a northern port city over a major oil spill last year, a state-backed newspaper said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq says Kurdistan smuggling oil through Iran Iraq's Kurdish region, which has halted crude exports in a row with Baghdad, owes the central government more than $5 billion and is smuggling the oil it produces through Iran, Iraqi officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Engine failure forces Cathay jet to turn back A Cathay Pacific jumbo jet bound for Paris was forced to return to Hong Kong early Monday following an engine failure shortly after take off, a spokesman for the Hong Kong flag carrier said. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN struggles with South China Sea code Southeast Asian foreign ministers wrangled Monday over a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing dangerous maritime disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. ... more |
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Kurds halt oil exports in payment row Iraq's Kurdish region halted oil exports on Sunday after Baghdad's top energy official warned it to reconsider before following through on the threat over the government's non-payment of funds. ... more | .. |
Total awaits regulator's advice on stricken North Sea rig French energy giant Total was awaiting advice from British regulators on Sunday on whether it was safe to approach a North Sea platform leaking flammable gas for a week. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN buoyed by Myanmar but worried by sea disputes The aftermath of landmark by-elections in former pariah state Myanmar is set to dominate this week's summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Cambodia - unless a regional maritime row steals the show. ... more | .. |
 China Southern committed to Airbus orders: report China Southern Airlines said Friday it has no plans to cancel or delay its Airbus orders, Dow Jones Newswires reported, despite Chinese opposition to the European Union airlines carbon emissions fee. ... more |
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 Philippines to build pier in disputed Spratlys The Philippines will "exercise territorial sovereignty" and build a pier in the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea, officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Russia's Gazprom cuts gas prices to Bulgaria: minister Russia's gas giant Gazprom has agreed to cut natural gas prices to Bulgaria by just over 11 percent, Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev said after talks in Moscow on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq working on Strait of Hormuz tension: deputy PM Iraq is "working very hard" with Washington and Tehran to reduce tensions over Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil chokepoint, Baghdad's top energy official said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Ecuador's Supreme Court to hear Chevron's appeal Ecuador's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear an appeal by US oil giant Chevron to overturn its 2011 judgment and record fine for environmental damage. ... more |
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 NRG Energy to Build Unprecedented Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Infrastructure The California Public Utilities Commission and NRG have entered into an agreement where NRG will build a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) charging network in California, investing approximately $ ... more | .. |
 France willing to tap strategic oil stocks France is willing to release oil from its strategic reserves to help tamp down the soaring world price of crude oil, Energy Minister Eric Besson says. ... more | .. |
 Falklands looks to future amid hopes for oil revenue As the Falkland Islands prepares to mark Monday's 30th anniversary of a bitter war, its residents are instead looking to the future amid hopes of an oil boom. ... more | .. |
 U.S. stymies Iran bid to snatch Iraqi oil The U.S. government is reportedly blocking Iranian moves to siphon oil from disputed oil fields on the border with Iraq to get around tightening international sanctions that threaten its energy industry, Iran's economic backbone. ... more |
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 Total identifies source of North Sea gas leak French energy giant Total said Thursday it had identified the source of a gas leak on a North Sea platform which has sparked fears of an explosion and wiped billions of euros off its market value. ... more | .. |
 Senate rejects 'Big Oil' tax breaks As the U.S. Senate voted 51-47 against a bill that would remove billions of dollars in oil company tax breaks, members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources pressed a panel of experts on the nation's rising gas prices. ... more | .. |
 Amid oil threat, Syria might be a way out Strife-torn Syria has historically had a strategic position in the Middle East as the crossroads of empires and as Iran threatens to close the Persian Gulf's oil shipping route some see Syria as an alternative gateway for pipelines to the Mediterranean. ... more | .. |
 Sudan seeks good relations with South: Bashir Sudan seeks good relations with newly independent South Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir told an Arab summit on Thursday, after border clashes this week sparked international alarm. ... more |
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PetroChina overtakes ExxonMobil in oil production State-owned PetroChina has overtaken ExxonMobil as the world's biggest publicly-traded producer of oil, according to figures provided by the Hong Kong-listed firm on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Biofuel cell generates electricity when implanted in False Death's Head Cockroach The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" podcast series describes an advance in biofuel technology using a living cockroach. ... more | .. |
 AREVA awarded funding for innovative biomass project AREVA was awarded funding by KIC InnoEnergy to develop an innovative bioenergy solution. AREVA is developing a concept of modular and compact power plants to target small-scale biomass resourc ... more | .. |
 Sudan, S.Sudan vow no war after border battles Sudan and South Sudan vowed Wednesday to step back from the brink of all out war after three days of border violence including airstrikes and tank battles prompted international concern of a wider conflict. ... more |
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