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  Washington (AFP) March 31, 2017 Prospects for expanding the footprint in emerging oil basins off the Senegalese and Gambian coasts has increased through a Chinese partnership, FAR Ltd. said. FAR Ltd., an Australian company with a heavy focus on oil basins off the coast of Africa, said it entered into a partnership with the British subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp. that defines areas of mutual interest off the coast of Gambia and Senegal. The deal gives both companies the ability to partner up on evaluatin ... read more |
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Guyana emerging as a new oil frontierWashington (AFP) March 31, 2017 A discovery ff oil by Exxon Mobil off the coast of Guyana suggests the country is emerging as the sector's next major hot spot, a regional player said. ... more 
IMF: Nigeria's economy still under strain despite oil bounceWashington (AFP) March 31, 2017 Without a change in focus, the Nigerian economy will expand less than 1 percent even with a recovery in crude oil prices, the International Monetary Fund said. ... more 
Keystone XL controversy lingers with legal challengeWashington (AFP) March 31, 2017 A legal challenge to the Keystone XL oil pipeline keeps the focus on opposition as the review process heads to the state level, a market analyst said. ... more 
Oil prices in modest decline in Friday's waiting gameWashington (AFP) March 31, 2017 Crude oil prices drifted lower in early Friday trading as markets relax following two consecutive days of gains ahead of a key meeting of OPEC ministers. ... more |
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New fire protection measure in force in oil-rich AlbertaWashington (AFP) March 31, 2017 After wildfires last year hobbled Alberta's oil sector, the provincial government said Friday marks the start of enforcement of new protection regulations. ... more 
Michigan Republican aims to shut down Enbridge pipelineWashington (AFP) March 31, 2017 A Republican senator from Michigan said he's working through legislative efforts to close down an Enbridge oil pipeline in the Great Lakes. ... more 
Norway raises reserve estimate of Barents Sea fieldWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017 The size of the oil reserves in the Goliat field in the Norwegian waters of the Barents Sea were revised higher because of new drilled wells, a regulator said. ... more
Oil and gas projects in deep waters grow competitiveWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017 On the heels of new developments in the Gulf of Mexico, a report finds the next breakout area for the recovering oil and gas sector may be deep water basins. ... more 
Oil prices set for rise after higher U.S. GDP figures reportedWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017 Crude oil prices were on pace for another day of solid gains Thursday after a report showed fourth quarter gains in the United States were better than expected. ... more 
PetroChina profit plunges 78% to record lowShanghai (AFP) March 30, 2017 State-owned Chinese energy giant PetroChina on Thursday announced it slumped to a record-low profit for 2016 as global oil price weakness slashed earnings by 78 percent. ... more |
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Texas oil production down year-over-yearWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017 Though recovery is expected to evolve through 2017, data on oil production from Texas show volumes declined year-over-year, based on preliminary figures. ... more 
World Bank priority gas field in Ghana gets supportWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 French engineering company TechnipFMC said it secured a contract to help develop the Sankofa natural gas field offshore Ghana, a field backed by the World Bank. ... more 
Exxon Mobil urges Trump to stay in Paris climate accordWashington (AFP) March 28, 2017 Energy giant Exxon Mobil has asked the Trump administration not to scrap US participation in the landmark Paris climate agreement, running counter to White House moves on carbon emissions. ... more 
Moscow sees Arctic oil as an optionWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 Developing oil from the Arctic regions of northern Russia is still a strategic interest despite the prohibitive market factors, a minister said. ... more |
  New Delhi (AFP) March 31, 2017 
Oil giant Shell opened Friday a high-tech research hub in southern India that is hoping to pioneer the green energy of the future, including ways to transform farm and city waste into clean fuel.
The sprawling facility in the Indian tech capital Bangalore will house 1,500 experts under one roof as Shell expands its research and development operations in Asia.
The 21-hectare hub will host ... more Bochum, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Hydrogen production: This is how green algae assemble their enzymes  Jakarta (AFP) March 20, 2017Community in chaotic Jakarta goes green to fight eviction  Upton NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Chemists ID catalytic 'key' for converting CO2 to methanol |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017 
As European and Asian leaders take up the low-carbon mantel from the United States, a global report found 2016 was a record-setter for renewable energy.
The International Renewable Energy Agency reported total global renewable energy capacity increased last year by 161 gigawatts, reaching 2,000 GW by the end of the year. According to estimates from the U.S. Energy Department, 1 gigawatt ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Financialization's negative effect on the American solar industry  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 30, 2017First Solar to deliver 48Mw Manildra solar farm  London, UK (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Lightsource turns on Northern Ireland's largest solar project |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 29, 2017 
Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is on the horizon, but Atsushi Shimizu hopes that the fury of nature may one day help resource-poor Japan tackle its energy woes.
As thousands of Australians seek shelter from a "monster" cyclone battering the country's northern coast, the Tokyo-based engineer believes that his bladeless wind turbine can not only stand up to the raw force o ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Mega-wind farm offshore Denmark clears hurdle  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017North Carolina offshore wind hailed as job creator Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017North Carolina ready for offshore wind energy auction |
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 Washington (AFP) March 29, 2017 
Toshiba's loss-hit US nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, the companies said Wednesday, as the troubled division wrestles with huge losses and accounting fraud claims.
The Japanese conglomerate's board approved the Chapter 11 filing in a US court in New York, a step that temporarily shelters struggling firms as they try to restructure their affairs ... more Chiba, Japan (AFP) March 30, 2017Toshiba execs under fire as loss forecast balloons  Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017Westinghouse's woes spotlight US nuclear sector's decline  Tokyo (AFP) March 28, 2017Japan high court rules nuclear reactors can restart |
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 Moscow (AFP) March 30, 2017 
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday said climate change was not caused by human activity, as the White House announced that President Donald Trump would decide by May on continued US participation in the landmark Paris Agreement limiting global carbon emissions.
One day after visiting the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic, Putin claimed that icebergs had been melting for decad ... more New York (AFP) March 31, 2017US will keep climate commitments despite Trump: ex-mayor of NY  Washington (AFP) March 29, 2017Trump moves to roll back Obama climate measures Miami (AFP) March 30, 2017US climate science hearing descends into bullying 'food-fight' |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 29, 2017 
German automakers Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen will recall nearly one million vehicles in China, according to the country's quality regulator.
Mercedes Benz will recall nearly 400,000 vehicles of different models produced between May 2015 and February 2017 due to concerns that parts of the ignition circuitry could overheat under some extreme conditions, according to a statement posted on the ... more New Delhi (AFP) March 29, 2017India court bans sale of 800,000 vehicles over emission levels  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 30, 2017NASA Kennedy Partners to Help Develop Self-driving Cars  Paris (AFP) March 29, 2017London, Paris, Seoul launch 'name-and-shame' polluting car index |
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 Hasan Sham Camp, Iraq (AFP) March 31, 2017  UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp for Iraqis displaced by the battle to retake the second city from jihadists.
Iraq is nearly six months into the operation to oust the Islamic State group from its most populous bastion - a battle that has sparked major humanitarian concerns.
More than 200,000 civilians have fled IS-he ... more Hasan Sham Camp, Irak (AFP) March 31, 2017Ghosts of Mosul stalk Iraq's fleeing children  Baghdad (AFP) March 30, 2017In Iraq, UN chief Guterres calls for protection of civilians  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 28, 2017US-led coalition 'probably' had role in Mosul civilian casualties |
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 Seoul (AFP) April 3, 2017 
South Korea, Japan and the US held a joint naval exercise Monday aimed at countering missile threats from North Korean submarines, Seoul's defense ministry said, amid mounting concerns over the hermit state's weapons programme.
Pyongyang is on a quest to develop a long-range missile capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead, and has so far staged five nuclear tests, two of th ... more Washington (AFP) April 2, 2017US urges China to take 'action' against North Korea  United Nations, United States (AFP) March 30, 2017US warns China it is losing patience over North Korea  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) March 31, 2017Kim Jong-Nam's body returned to North Korea: China |
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 Sydney (AFP) April 2, 2017 
An Australian-based Chinese professor who has been critical of Beijing flew back to Sydney Sunday, a week after he was blocked from leaving China at the end of a visit.
Feng Chongyi, a permanent resident of Australia who has a Chinese passport, had been barred from flying out of the southern city of Guangzhou and was questioned by authorities.
His lawyer said at the time he was "suspec ... moreHong Kong (AFP) April 2, 2017Warhol Mao portrait fetches $12.7m in Hong Kong auction  Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2017What's in a Chinese name? Ancient rites and growing business  Hong Kong (AFP) March 30, 2017Hong Kong activist jailed over Umbrella Movement protest |
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 New York (AFP) March 31, 2017 
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to renew the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but cut its numbers.
The council voted to approve the MONUSCO mission for another year and asked that a review of its strategy be completed by September.
And members warned President Joseph Kabila that his government must honor a power-sharing d ... more Bamako (AFP) April 2, 2017Mali peace conference calls for talks with jihadists  Ouagadougou (AFP) April 2, 2017Burkina troops tried for arms depot raid claim tortured  Washington (AFP) March 31, 2017Trump boosts US military authority for Somalia fighting |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 
It's all about that bass and lots of it. Deep, deep base-sound at frequencies too low for the human ear to pick-up. It's called infrasound, low-frequency soundwaves formed by events as diverse as ocean waves crashing together, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes to rocket launches. These soundwaves, capable of traveling around the world multiple times, have never been recorded from the stratosphe ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017General Electric to install Hornet engines for U.S. Navy  Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2017Boeing awarded contract to build 17 Poseidon aircraft  Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017Northrop Grumman to upgrade French Hawkeye aircraft |
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 Washington (AFP) March 31, 2017 President Donald Trump will order staff Friday to pinpoint countries and goods responsible for America's nearly $50 billion trade deficit, in a protectionist warning shot to trade partners like China.
Top administration officials said Trump will issue a pair of executive orders aimed at rooting out the causes and culprits behind America's trade deficit, in a first step toward converting toug ... more Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017Trump predicts 'very difficult' China summit  San Jos� (AFP) March 29, 2017Mexican president says seeking 'new relationship' with US  Geneva (AFP) March 28, 2017WTO hands China partial win over EU in poultry spat |
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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) April 2, 2017 
Before moving to the White House, Donald Trump expressed his admiration for Russian leader Vladimir Putin and predicted that "President Trump would be so much better for US-Russia relations".
But two months into his presidency, reality has so far proved otherwise - with the Trump administration talking tough and taking diplomatic positions akin to those of his predecessor Barack Obama, expe ... more Moscow (AFP) March 31, 2017Moscow denounces NATO 'slander'  Brussels (AFP) March 31, 2017US top diplomat Tillerson to push NATO pay up in first talks  Brussels (AFP) March 30, 2017NATO raises 'serious concern' over Ukraine separatist IDs |
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 Buenos Aires (AFP) March 30, 2017 
Argentina suspended Canadian mining company Barrick Gold on Thursday after the firm admitted to a new spill at a mine in the Andes mountains, its third in two years.
Barrick said Wednesday that a pipeline at its Veladero gold and silver mine had sprung a leak the day before, spilling liquid used in the mining process.
It insisted there were no toxic chemicals in the spill, but environmen ... more Los Angeles (AFP) March 29, 2017California prepares for war with Trump over environment  Paris (AFP) March 27, 2017Paris mayor orders cleanliness blitz  Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Rocks that tell our industrial history |
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 J�r�mie, Haiti (AFP) April 3, 2017 
Crouching beside the makeshift shelter shared with his parents and five siblings, Fanfan Edouard slowly sharpens his machete. But there's no rush to cut firewood, because there is no food to cook.
"I'll try to buy rice on credit and find work, anything to pay later," the 26-year-old says, speaking without much conviction.
Since Hurricane Matthew destroyed their two small homes, the Edoua ... more Jakarta (AFP) April 2, 2017At least two dead, 26 missing in Indonesia landslide  Amatrice, Italy (AFP) April 2, 2017Prince Charles embraces Italy quake survivors  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 30, 2017Rush hour on Mosul's 'displacement highway' |
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