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  Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 Maintenance at U.S. refineries and a shift to a more expensive summer blend of gasoline is leading to a spike in retail gas prices, motor club AAA reports. AAA reports a national average retail price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline at $2.33 for Tuesday, up a fraction of a percent from the previous day and 2 percent higher than last week. Gas prices have been relatively stable in recent weeks as a late winter drop in crude oil prices kept some of the pressure off consumers. Retail pric ... read more |
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OPEC thanks Iraq for its role in balancing the marketWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 Iraqi compliance with a multilateral effort to restore balance to the global market for oil has led to its success, OPEC's secretary-general said from Baghdad. ... more 
Crude oil prices post modest gains in Tuesday tradingWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 Emerging signs of the stars aligning for tightening of energy supplies helped pull crude oil prices out of a rut with rallies emerging in early Tuesday trading. ... more 
Woodside: LNG demand coming from transportation sectorWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 New demand for liquefied natural gas could be coming in the form of growth in its use as a transportation fuel, the head of Australia's Woodside Energy said. ... more 
Oil and gas explorer FAR Ltd. on a West African rollWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 West African oil and gas explorer FAR Ltd. said its streak is continuing with an expansion to the terms of its campaign offshore Guinea-Bissau. ... more |
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Shell sells Hong Kong, Macau energy assetsLondon (AFP) April 5, 2017 Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday announced the sale of its liquefied petroleum gas business in Hong Kong and Macau to Irish group DCC Energy for US$150.3 million (141 million euros). ... more 
Transocean wins with new contracts from Norway's StatoilWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 After awarding new contracts to rig company Transocean for the North Sea, Norwegian energy company Statoil said British waters still have a long life of ahead. ... more 
UK shale gas extraction could be reduced by limited space to develop wellsDurham, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Only a quarter of the shale gas contained in one of the UK's largest reserves might be recoverable because of limited space to develop the wells needed to extract it, according to new research. ... more 
New technology could end costly crude oil pipeline blockagesHouston TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Getting crude oil from the wellhead to its downstream destination can be literally stopped in its tracks when components of the oil known as asphaltenes clump together, reducing the flow or causing ... more 
BP sells off strategic North Sea pipeline networkWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017 British petrochemicals company INEOS said Monday it was moving into BP's wake by taking over one of the supermajor's biggest North Sea assets. ... more 
Prospects for Nigerian oil rising, regional explorer saysWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017 A memorandum of understanding with GE Oil & Gas could help lift more oil out of a Nigerian basin, regional exploration company Lekoil said. ... more |
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Gazprom boasts of expanding gas exportsWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017 Days after opposition to a pipeline expansion project fell, Russian energy company Gazprom said its natural gas sales to foreign countries are up 15 percent. ... more 
Qatar to increase gas production by 10 percentWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017 Natural gas production from a field in the Persian Gulf will increase by 10 percent to position Qatar as a stronger energy leader, a top executive said. ... more 
Slow start for oil prices in the first trading day in AprilWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017 Crude oil prices marched out of the gate for the first trading day in April on a muted tone, up only modestly on competing production trends. ... more 
Fourth quarter revenue down for NorwayWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017 A snapshot of total revenue for Norway, one of Europe's lead oil and gas suppliers, revealed declines for the fourth quarter, the government reported. ... more |
  San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world's oceans. Now, a Ph.D. organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a process to reuse certain plastics, transforming them from worthless trash into a valuable diesel fuel with a small mobile reactor. They envision the technology could someday be implemented globally on land and possibly placed on boats to conv ... more New Delhi (AFP) March 31, 2017Shell unveils giant new high-tech research lab in India  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 |
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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 Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Next generation perovskite solar cells with new world-record performance  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Financialization's negative effect on the American solar industry  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Bio-inspired energy storage: A new light for solar power |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 
The decline in energy sector emissions and emerging grid parity for renewables shows a shift to a low-carbon economy isn't a "pipe dream," a U.N. panel found.
A report from a United Nations' panel aimed at encouraging a broad-based shift toward renewable energy finds that 2016 was the third year in a row that emissions declined at the same time the global economy expanded.
The mu ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Mega-wind farm offshore Denmark clears hurdle  Tokyo (AFP) March 29, 2017Japan scientist eyes energy burst from 'typhoon turbine'  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017North Carolina offshore wind hailed as job creator |
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 Tokyo (AFP) April 4, 2017 
Japan's troubled conglomerate Toshiba said Tuesday it would buy the 40 percent stake held by French group Engie in their British nuclear joint venture NuGen for about 15.3 billion yen ($138.6 million).
The deal - prompted by the bankruptcy of Toshiba's US subsidiary Westinghouse - was at Engie's request, said the Japanese group, which currently holds the remaining 60 percent of the venture ... 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  Washington (AFP) March 29, 2017Toshiba's US nuclear unit files for bankruptcy protection |
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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Climate scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre have shown that the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous levels has a climate 'payback' much earlier than previously thought.
Lead scientist Andrew Ciavarella explains: "Our study has shown that efforts to reduce global temperature rise in the long term - through aggressive reductions in greenhouse ... more Lokamarinyang, Kenya (AFP) April 5, 2017Drought shatters Turkana's dreams of a better future  New York (AFP) March 31, 2017US will keep climate commitments despite Trump: ex-mayor of NY Miami (AFP) March 30, 2017US climate science hearing descends into bullying 'food-fight' |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
Since its inception, NASA has been known as an agency that opens doors to the future. While focusing on exploration beyond our home planet, agency experts also are working to improve life right here on Earth. NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently joined a partnership created to help perfect self-driving cars.
Autonomous vehicles sound like science fiction. It has always been ... more Ottawa (AFP) March 30, 2017Ford boosts research in Canada for connected cars  Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017Tesla tops quarterly sales forecast  Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017VW reaches $157 mn diesel settlement with 10 US states |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 3, 2017  President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner visited Baghdad Monday with the US's top military officer, meeting Iraq's premier to discuss the fight against the Islamic State group.
The visit comes as Iraqi forces battle to retake Mosul from IS with support from US-led air strikes that have recently been criticised for causing civilian deaths in the city's west.
Prime Mi ... more Hasan Sham Camp, Iraq (AFP) March 31, 2017At Iraq camp, UN chief urges more aid for people of Mosul  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 |
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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  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) March 31, 2017Kim Jong-Nam's body returned to North Korea: China  Washington (AFP) April 4, 2017'No defense' against multiple Russian missiles: US general |
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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  Hong Kong (AFP) April 3, 2017Hong Kong anti-graft body arrests 72 over vote-rigging  Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2017What's in a Chinese name? Ancient rites and growing business |
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 Bamako (AFP) April 2, 2017 
A national peace summit in Mali ended Sunday with a call for negotiations with jihadists in the country's north, according to a resolution seen by AFP.
The conference, enshrined in the country's 2015 peace deal, was intended to bring together the government, armed groups that support it, former rebels and the political opposition.
But an opposition boycott lasted until late Saturday, whi ... more Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) April 5, 2017European Union trains 'credible army' in C. Africa Banjul, Gambia (AFP) April 1, 2017'Executed' Gambian coup plotters exhumed  New York (AFP) March 31, 2017UN renews smaller DR Congo peacekeeping force |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 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 ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Super Pressure Balloon Flight Enables Pioneering Infrasound Study  Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Hornet, Growler foreign customers to receive data updates  Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Ukraine's AN-132D takes historic first flight |
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 Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017  The Trump administration has unveiled steps to limit an immigration visa program for skilled workers often used by Silicon Valley to attract tech workers.
The moves include new measures announced Monday to detect "fraud and abuse" in the H-1B visa program, and a warning by the Justice Department to companies not to discriminate against US workers.
Guidelines released last week will requi ... more Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2017China to create new economic zone outside Beijing  Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2017China manufacturing expands in March  Geneva (AFP) April 3, 2017WTO creates panel to decide on China, EU trade flap |
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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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 Beijing (AFP) April 3, 2017  The first summit between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be of "great significance" for global peace, the two countries' top diplomats agreed ahead of the meeting.
News of the telephone call between the US and Chinese top envoys came soon after the publication of an interview with Trump, in which he warned that America was prepared to act unilaterally to ... more Brussels (AFP) April 2, 2017On Russia, Trump administration hews closely to Obama playbook  Washington (AFP) April 5, 2017Mar-a-Lago hosts foreign leaders in Jazz Age opulence  Ottawa (AFP) April 3, 2017Canada, Ukraine formalize defense cooperation |
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 Paris (AFP) April 3, 2017  In fresh evidence about the dangers of coal pollution, a scientist on Monday said a switch to coal-fired power in a southern US state after a nuclear accident in 1979 led to a sharp fall in birthweight, a benchmark of health.
The study looked at the aftermath of the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania, which caused two nuclear plants to be shut down and their power to be replaced locally ... more San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017'Peeling the onion' to get rid of odors near wastewater treatment plants  Buenos Aires (AFP) March 30, 2017Argentina suspends Canada's Barrick mining over spill  Los Angeles (AFP) March 29, 2017California prepares for war with Trump over environment |
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 Paris (AFP) March 29, 2017 
What's the difference between birds that get killed by cars, and those that don't?
The dead ones tend to have smaller brains, scientists who performed 3,521 avian autopsies said Wednesday.
What might be called the "bird brain rule" applies to different species, depending on the ratio of grey matter to body mass, they reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Crows, for exa ... more Bogota (AFP) April 4, 2017Why is South America being hit by deadly landslides?  Mocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 4, 2017More than 270 dead in Colombia mudslides  Mocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 5, 2017Death toll hits 290 as Colombia probes cause of mudslides |
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