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  Guelph, Canada (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Potentially explosive methane gas leaking from energy wells may travel extensively through groundwater and pose a safety risk, according to a new study by University of Guelph researchers. Researchers at the U of G-based G360 Institute for Groundwater Research found the gas is highly mobile in groundwater, travelling far beyond the shale wells where it is drilled and changing the water chemistry. It will also escape into the atmosphere as a powerful greenhouse gas. The findings were publishe ... read more |
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Russia sees slow economic growth irrespective of oil pricesWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 Even if crude oil prices move above $60 per barrel, the Russian economy likely won't expand much more than 1 percent, the head of the central bank said. ... more 
Norway's Statoil does more with less with new oil projectWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 With plans for new oil development in the Norwegian Sea approved, Statoil said it's doing more with less because of cost-efficient measures from the industry. ... more 
Rosneft taps extreme north oil and gas basinWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 The drilling of a well in the northernmost oil and gas basin in Russian territory by oil company Rosneft is a sign of things to come, Russia's president said. ... more 
Energy sector a bright spot for OklahomaWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 Gains in exploration and production activity in shale-rich Oklahoma are pulling the economy out of a slump, though recovery is slow, the state treasury said. ... more |
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Another day, another rally in crude oil pricesWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 Crude oil prices extended their streak into Wednesday on signs that global markets were tightening, though some supply pressures could start to play a factor. ... more 
Pipeline unit of Hess to start IPO at $23 per shareWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 The pipeline unit of Hess Corp. said Wednesday it was expecting a share price for the initial public offering at $23 per common unit. ... more 
Exxon, Qatar Petroleum to tap Cypriot watersWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 An exploration campaign off the coast of Cyprus is planned by 2018 following a study of the reserve potential, a Qatari energy company said Wednesday. ... more 
U.S. gas prices begin slow seasonal trend upwardWashington (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. ... more 
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 |
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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 
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 |
  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  Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol  Bochum, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Hydrogen production: This is how green algae assemble their enzymes |
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 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 
After having developed various algorithms and control systems and having applied them in a whole range of fields, such as robotics, control of motors in electric machines, and in wind generators, the UPV/EHU's Advanced Control Group has proven that one of the methods, a sliding mode controller, offers good results in the control of photovoltaic generators, too.
"It's a kind of innovative, ... more Golden CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Report shines light on installed costs and deployment barriers for residential solar PV  Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017Report: Global renewable power capacity expanding  Pompano Beach FL (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Concept, SolarTech team up next-gen solar panels |
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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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017Westinghouse's woes spotlight US nuclear sector's decline  Chiba, Japan (AFP) March 30, 2017Toshiba execs under fire as loss forecast balloons  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  Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change  New York (AFP) March 31, 2017US will keep climate commitments despite Trump: ex-mayor of NY |
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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 5, 2017  Iraq's military on Wednesday urged residents to shelter in their homes in jihadist-held areas of Mosul, where its bid to oust the Islamic State group has taken a heavy toll on civilians.
Iraqi forces are battling to recapture west Mosul from IS, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians and pushing more than 200,000 to leave their homes.
The government has encouraged residents not to fl ... more Baghdad (AFP) April 3, 2017Trump son-in-law Kushner visits Iraq, meets PM  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 |
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 Washington (AFP) April 4, 2017 
The United States and its allies would have "no defense" against large numbers of ground-launched cruise missiles of the type recently deployed by Russia, a top US general warned Tuesday.
Washington has repeatedly accused Moscow of deploying a land-based cruise missile system in contravention of a 1987 US-Russia arms control deal, known as the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
Ge ... more Tehran (AFP) April 5, 2017Iran condemns 'all use of chemical weapons' in Syria  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Trump to Abe: US to boost military defense against NKorea  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017Pyongyang May Have Been Testing New Technology in Latest Launch |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) April 5, 2017 
Federal agents in California on Wednesday raided two homes and a business allegedly connected to a $50 million visa fraud scheme that benefited up to 100 Chinese nationals.
Authorities said the key suspects in the case helped wealthy Chinese obtain residency visas in the United States in exchange for bogus investments.
According to an affidavit by an FBI agent involved in the probe, Vict ... more Hong Kong (AFP) April 3, 2017Hong Kong anti-graft body arrests 72 over vote-rigging  Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2017Billionaire Warren Buffet becomes face of Coke in China  Hong Kong (AFP) April 2, 2017Warhol Mao portrait fetches $12.7m in Hong Kong auction |
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 Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) April 5, 2017 
With EU help, the Central African Republic is seeking to turn the page on years of bloodshed by retraining its army and by month's end a first battalion is to present arms.
The European Union last year unveiled the launch of a two-year military training mission for CAR troops in the capital Bangui, along the lines of similar assistance in conflict-hit Somalia and Mali.
Some 70 instructor ... more Bamako (AFP) April 2, 2017Mali peace conference calls for talks with jihadists 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) April 4, 2017China plan for new economic zone sparks real estate frenzy  Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2017China manufacturing expands in March |
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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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017U.S., Lithuanian troops conduct Savage Wolf exercise  Khan Sheikhun , Syria (AFP) April 5, 2017Russia defends Syria against 'chemical attack' outcry  Gibraltar (AFP) April 4, 2017Tensions as Spain ship enters disputed Gibraltar waters |
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 London (AFP) April 4, 2017  Drivers of the most polluting cars will be charged to travel into the centre of London from 2019, Mayor Sadiq Khan said Tuesday, describing his city's air as "lethal".
Khan hopes the move will halve harmful nitrogen oxide emissions in central London, where air pollution is thought to cost 9,000 premature deaths per year.
Under the scheme, vehicles will be charged 12.50 Pounds ... more Paris (AFP) April 3, 2017Surge in coal pollution led to smaller newborns: study  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 |
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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 5, 2017Colombia opens probe into deadly landslide Mocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 4, 2017More than 270 dead in Colombia mudslides |
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