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  New York NY (UPI) Mar 15, 2017 The economic footing of Persian Gulf nations is under pressure from the decline in crude oil prices that began three years ago, Moody's Investors Service said. Crude oil prices started their descent from $100 per barrel in 2014 as a glut of oil started to build in the market in response to U.S. shale oil production and robust policies from an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries defending a market share through strong output. The price of oil last year sunk to a historic low below $30 ... read more |
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How Trump's trip to Michigan will pan out for fuel and efficiencyDetroit MI (UPI) Mar 15, 2017 As President Trump heads to Michigan on Wednesday to roll out relaxed vehicle emissions and fuel standards, debates began early over the potential results. ... more 
Be patient on oil market balance, IEA saysVienna (UPI) Mar 15, 2017 There's nothing shocking in the steady build of crude oil inventory levels and those waiting for the market to balance out should be patient, the IEA said. ... more 
Germany's E.ON next to turn face to low-carbon futureBerlin (UPI) Mar 15, 2017 German energy company E.ON said Wednesday it's been able to free itself from past burdens and was positioned for growth in a "new energy world." ... more 
Crude oil prices hot out of the gate WednesdayHouston TX (UPI) Mar 15, 2017 Crude oil prices offset several sessions of steep declines with an early Wednesday morning rally on reports of a surprise draw on U.S. crude oil inventories. ... more |
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Total starts production in deep Congolese watersWashington (UPI) Mar 15, 2017 French supermajor Total said it started production at a deep-water prospect off the Congolese coast with a production capacity of 100,000 barrels per day. ... more 
Oil production ongoing in Libya, OMV saysZurich (UPI) Mar 15, 2017 A spokesperson for Austrian energy company OMV said oil production in Libya is ongoing and the opportunity for gains is expected this year. ... more 
Russia reacts to steep drop in oil pricesWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 The dramatic drop in crude oil prices is in large part because of "aggressive" output in the United States, but OPEC still factors in, a Russian minister said. ... more 
Production gains seen in some OPEC membersWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 Secondary sources reporting to OPEC said member states operating outside a production deal increased production last month by more than 80,000 barrels per day. ... more
Drop in crude oil prices keep U.S. gas prices lowWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 A drop in crude oil prices was a relief for U.S. consumers who saw retail gas prices drop in kind, but the relief may be short-lived, a market analysis finds. ... more 
Enbridge gets an earful over northern Michigan underwater pipelineWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 Pipeline company Enbridge faced scrutiny over the integrity of a pipeline system in Michigan, though a director said a Mackinac Straits system was sound. ... more |
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Europe vetting comments on Russia's control over gasBrussels (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 All interested parties are invited to offer comments on whether or not Russian natural gas company Gazprom is playing by the rules in Europe, the European Commission said in a report on Monday. ... more 
AMEC Foster Wheeler agrees to $2.6B takeover by Wood GroupLondon (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 Wood Group will purchase AMEC Foster Wheeler for $2.6 billion in a move that will combine two of Britain's largest energy services. ... more 
Broader pressures remain, though Texas energy sector recoveringDallas (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 There were twice as many oil and natural gas discoveries recorded in Texas in February than during the previous month, a state regulator reported. ... more
Business confidence improving for oil-rich RussiaMoscow (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 With crude oil prices improving over last year's slump, a market report finds most companies in Russia are expecting modest recovery. ... more |
  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It's using natural light to generate hydrogen from biomass. One of the challenges facing modern society is what it does with its waste products. As natural resources decline in abundance, using waste for energy is becoming more ... more Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Petrol and jet fuel alternatives are produced by yeast cell factories  University Park PA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Energy crop production on conservation lands may not boost greenhouse gases  Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Tree growth model assists breeding for more wood |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 
Members of the European Union are about 3 percentage points away from meeting their 2020 objectives for renewable energy, its statistics office reported.
Members of the EU agreed to a benchmark of 20 percent for a share of renewable energy on their grids by 2020. Eurostat, the bloc's record-keeping office, said the share of renewable energy in final consumption in 2015, the last full ye ... more Barrington RI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Nuera Solar Announces Partnership with The Solar Village Project  Los Alamos NM (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Perovskite edges can be tuned for optoelectronic performance  Lappeenranta, Finland (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Iran and Middle East could adopt fully renewable electricity systems |
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 London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 
The first turbines for the English Channel's Rampion wind farm, which will meet the demands of nearly 347,000 homes, are installed, a German company said.
German energy company E.ON said the first of the 116 turbines were installed off the coast of Sussex during the weekend. With a peak capacity of 400 megawatts, the Rampion wind farm will meet the average demands of nearly 347,000 aver ... more Paris (UPI) Mar 06, 2017French, Spanish companies set for more wind power off coast of France  Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Wind energy gaining traction, U.S. trade group says  Essen, Germany (UPI) Mar 3, 2017German company to store US wind energy in batteries in Texas |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Two leading organisations within the UK's nuclear industry, the Energy Industries Council (EIC) and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to promote global opportunities in the nuclear industry and support UK companies to enter the sector, at a ceremony held at the Nuclear AMRC's Rotherham campus on Tue ... more Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017Loss-hit Toshiba nosedives on fears about future  Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017German energy company RWE evolving for success |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
We know a lot about how carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can drive climate change, but how about the way that climate change can cause fluctuations in CO2 levels? New research from an international team of scientists reveals one of the mechanisms by which a colder climate was accompanied by depleted atmospheric CO2 during past ice ages. The overall goal of the work is to better understand how and why ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Soils could release much more carbon than expected as climate warms  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Vicious circle of drought and forest loss in the Amazon  Niamey (AFP) March 10, 2017Niger drought leaves schools closed |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) March 15, 2017 
State prosecutors in southern Germany said Wednesday they had searched offices belonging to carmaker Audi over parent company Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating scandal.
Investigators from Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Lower Saxony states searched "sites belonging to Audi AG and seven other locations" on suspicion of "fraud and illegal advertising", Munich prosecutors said in a stateme ... more Paris (AFP) March 15, 2017Renault chiefs implicated in decades-long emissions fraud: probe  Washington (AFP) March 15, 2017US launches probe after hoverboard fire kills two-year-old  Jerusalem (AFP) March 13, 2017Intel buying Israeli car tech firm Mobileye for $15 bn |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 15, 2017  Nearly 100,000 people have poured out of west Mosul in less than three weeks, the IOM said Wednesday, as Iraqi forces advance in their battle to retake the area from jihadists.
Iraqi security forces launched a major push last month to recapture west Mosul, the most populated urban area still held by the Islamic State group with an estimated 750,000 residents when the battle began.
Iraqi ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 13, 2017Iraq forces advance in Mosul, search for militants and bombs  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 14, 2017Iraq forces retake Mosul train station Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 11, 2017Fear and hunger in Iraq's west Mosul |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Washington's top diplomat arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday to kick off a first tour of Asian capitals under the shadow of North Korea's nuclear posturing.
An airplane carrying Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed at the capital's Haneda airport Wednesday night, greeted by both Japanese and US officials.
Tillerson has promised to take a tough line on Kim Jong-un's isolated regime as he ta ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017Iran Postpones Rocket Carrier Launch Fearing US Threats  Washington (AFP) March 9, 2017US move on North Korea tests risks China clash  Seoul (AFP) Mar 12, 2017South Korea's Moon vows 'new history' after impeachment |
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 Washington (AFP) March 13, 2017
With North Korea's drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump's first foreign crisis, his top diplomat is heading to a nervous region.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, a former oil executive with no government experience, has yet to make an impact in Washington, where he has not even appointed a senior staff.
But this week he will head as emissa ... more Beijing (AFP) March 14, 2017'Tell it like it is': China delegate rips meek Congress  Beijing (AFP) March 13, 2017China lawmakers draft rules against defaming 'heroes'  Hong Kong (AFP) March 14, 2017Hong Kong leadership rivals clash ahead of 'unfair' vote |
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 Conakry (AFP) March 13, 2017 
A Guinean soldier wanted over the massacre of more than 150 people in a Conakry stadium has been extradited, ending years on the run in neighbouring Senegal and paving the way for his trial.
Aboubakar Sidiki Diakite, also known as Toumba Diakite, was an aide de camp to Guinean coup leader Dadis Camara when 157 people were killed in September 2009 at an opposition rally.
Witnesses reporte ... more Addis Ababa (AFP) March 10, 2017.africa joins the internet  Abuja (AFP) March 8, 2017Nigerian military to probe rights abuse claims  Bamako (AFP) March 5, 201711 Malian soldiers killed in attack on border base |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
It sounds like a cause of heart burn. Instead, Boundary Layer Ingestion - or BLI - is a promising idea NASA researchers are studying to reduce fuel burn in jet engines, thus reducing emissions and the cost of operating the aircraft.
At its simplest: With BLI, an airplane's engines are located near the rear of the aircraft so that air flowing over the aircraft body becomes part of the mix o ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 15, 2017No obstacles for airports using satellites  Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution  Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2017MDH debuts multi-mission concept helicopter |
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 Washington (AFP) March 14, 2017 
A company owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is set to receive more than $400 million from a Chinese firm that is investing in its Manhattan office tower, Bloomberg reported Monday.
The Kushner Companies deal with Anbang Insurance Group for the property at 666 Fifth Avenue is worth $4 billion, with real estate experts calling it an unusually favorable ... more Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2017Chinese premier warns US against 'trade war'  Beijing (AFP) March 14, 2017China industrial output offers fresh sign of stability  Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2017Ivanka Trump is exception to dad's 'Buy American' rule |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2016 
Chinese growth stabilised in the third quarter, data showed Wednesday, as ample credit and hot property markets propped up the world's second-largest economy.
But while the forecast-beating reading was in line with state targets, it came as experts warned that authorities have relied too much on easy credit, which has in turn increased financial risks.
The economy grew 6.7 percent in Jul ... moreNew York (AFP) Oct 14, 2016China data and US banks propel equities higher  Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2016No debt-for-equity cure for zombie firms, says China  Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2016China's ranks of super-rich rise despite economic slowdown |
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 Brussels (AFP) March 13, 2017 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday told allies to boost defence spending, as demanded by US President Donald Trump, if they want to preserve crucial transatlantic defence ties.
"This is essential for the continued strength of the transatlantic bond on which our alliance is founded," Stoltenberg said in NATO's 2016 annual report.
"For almost 70 years the unique partnership between Euro ... more Brussels (AFP) March 15, 2017NATO urges Turkey, Austria to end spat blocking programs  Washington (AFP) March 14, 2017Moscow apparently has forces at base in Egypt  Jerusalem (AFP) March 15, 2017Israel ex-defence chief says Erdogan seeking 'neo-Ottoman empire' |
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 Tuzla, Bosnia And Herzegovina (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Stuck between a landfill and a coal-fired power plant, residents of the Bosnian village of Divkovici are dying of asphyxia, poisoned by some of the most polluted air in Europe.
"In a few years, it will be like Chernobyl here: houses without souls," said unemployed Goran Stojak.
His father died last year of lung cancer, and he is afraid to undergo medical tests for fear of "bad news". His ... more Addis Ababa (AFP) March 15, 2017Ethiopia rubbish dump landslide death toll soars to 113  Sorong, Indonesia (AFP) March 14, 2017UK cruise ship damages pristine Indonesian coral reef  Washington (AFP) March 15, 2017Trump to undo Obama auto emission rules: official |
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 Kathmandu (AFP) March 14, 2017 
Nepal police Tuesday demolished the largest remaining settlement of people displaced by a powerful earthquake that struck nearly two years ago, a move that will leave hundreds homeless.
Around 100 families were still living in the camp in Kathmandu when police wearing riot gear used bulldozers to flatten the bamboo and tarpaulin structures.
"The gods will curse the government. We don't h ... moreHamam Al-Alil, Iraq (AFP) March 14, 2017After fleeing homes, Iraqis near Mosul wait for tents  Hirono, Japan (AFP) March 10, 2017For Japan's nuclear refugees, insults and rejection  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 12, 2017Priceless remains lie in ruins at Mosul museum |
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