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January 26, 2014

Australia on course for a shale boom?
Sydney (UPI) Jan 23, 2013
Australia is slated to be the next big energy market for shale, experts say. Boston consultancy Lux Research in a recent report predicted that Australia will experience large-scale hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, sooner than in China, even though China's shale resources are estimated to be twice that of the United States. "Existing infrastructure, low population density in resource-rich regions and a welcoming government position Australia at the forefront of shale development," Lux ... read more

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US leg of controversial Canadian oil pipeline opens Oil started to flow on Wednesday through the southern US leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, its Canadian operator said, while Washington mulls whether on not to approve its northern half. ... more		Abbas 'seeks $1B deal with Russia on Gaza natural gas field Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is in Moscow on a four-day visit seeking to secure a $1 billion deal with Russia to develop a natural gas field off the Gaza Strip, ... more		Ukraine sets back Gazprom profits by 10.5% Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom reported on Thursday a 10.5-percent plunge in third-quarter profits but gains over the first nine months of 2013 thanks booming European sales. ... more
				EU issues framework for shale gas exploitation The European Commission issued Wednesday recommendations to ensure that clear environmental safeguards are in place when the controversial technique of "fracking" is used to tap shale gas reserves. ... more		Iraq oil exports, revenues dip in 2013 Iraq's oil exports and revenues declined in 2013 compared to the previous year, official figures showed Wednesday, despite efforts to dramatically ramp up crude sales to fund much-needed reconstruction. ... more

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Iran's oil minister to seek investment at Davos Iran's oil minister will hold a "face-to-face" meeting at Davos with major oil companies to try to coax them back to the sanctions-hit Islamic republic, media reported Wednesday. ... more		New EPA Rule Requires Chemical Disclosure for Offshore Fracking The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a rule on January 9, 2014 requiring oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing off the coast of California to disclose the chemicals they dis ... more		Simulations of Exoplanet Formation May Help Inform Search for Extraterrestrial Life Ancient hot springs reveal how microbes thrived before Earth gained oxygen Framework proposed to study planetary scale impact of life		Shell to further scale down Australian operations? Shell's Australian investments are in the spotlight after the company offloaded its holdings in a major gas project in Western Australia. ... more
				EU wants common rules for shale gas 'fracking' The European Commission wants EU member states to accept common environment and health rules if they use controversial 'fracking' to develop shale gas resources. ... more		Norway to build modern icebreaker for oil, gas exploration in Arctic by 2016 The Kronprins Haakon modern icebreaker for exploration of resources in the Arctic will be ready by 2016, Norway's Minister of Fishery Elisabeth Aspaker said at the opening of the Arctic Borders inte ... more

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Vietnam anti-China activists mark Paracels defeat Activists chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Sunday at a protest in Hanoi marking the 40th anniversary of the Chinese invasion of contested islands in the South China Sea. ... more		Oil prices drop on China data Oil prices fell on Monday as China's economic growth data fuelled concerns over energy demand in the world's second largest economy, traders said. ... more		Northrop Grumman Hypersonic Navigation System Exceeds Rocket Test Milestones Teledyne Labtech and Bangor University advance Welsh space cooling technology NASA seeks student solutions for lunar lander life support technologies		5,900 natural gas leaks discovered under Washington, D.C. than 5,893 leaks from aging natural gas pipelines have been found under the streets of Washington, D.C. by a research team from Duke University and Boston University. A dozen of the leaks could have ... more
				Syrian energy deal puts Russia in gas-rich Med Syria's new 25-year energy deal with Russia, a key ally of embattled President Bashar Assad, could open the way for Moscow's eventual move into the gas-rich eastern Mediterranean - if the Damascus regime survives the civil war that's raged since March 2011. ... more		Suez Canal, energy lifeline, seen vulnerable to jihadist attack Egypt's military has stepped up security along the Suez Canal, a vital oil shipping artery that's one of the world's most strategically important waterways, to protect it from attack amid a swelling jihadist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula. ... more

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India signs $7 bn deal for 97 domestically made fighter jets

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US approves $1.2 bn missile sale to Germany

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Japan, Ethiopia urge peace in South Sudan		Oil prices drop after interim Iran nuclear deal		Tax breaks for fracking firms as UK goes 'all out for shale'		Iraq summons Turkish diplomat over Kurd oil sale		Oil market slides on Iran news

Sinopec to pay compensation over pipeline blast

US court upholds BP settlement for Gulf oil spill

Lebanon's prospects of gas bonanza slip further away

Probe 'blames Sinopec, city for deadly China pipeline blast'

Libyan oil crisis swells as militias refuse to end shutdown

Exxon Mobil launches Singapore petrochemical processing

Shell New Zealand to drill in Great South Basin

Abe to offer help in Africa tour as Ethiopia hopes for trade

India urges Asian unity for fair LNG pricing

Canada PM predicts Keystone pipeline 'will proceed'

Beached Morocco oil tanker to be 'unloaded by Monday'

China weighs in as S.Sudan peace talks open

Sudan, South mull joint oil protection force: minister

4 dead as Yemen army confronts tribe over hit pipeline

Iraq oil pipeline bombed, pumping halted

Russia drops cases against Greenpeace activists

Army commander in South Sudan oil-state 'joins rebels': army spokesman

Fighting rages in S.Sudan oil regions, 'progress' for peace mission

Two Libya army officers killed in Benghazi

Arab monarchies eye stronger ties with China

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