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  Washington (UPI) May 18, 2017 Operators drilling for oil offshore Senegal said they have enough data to start preparations for submitting development plans to the government next year. Cairn Energy, which has a controlling interest in some of the operations in the oil basins off the coast of Senegal, said oil flowed from its SNE-6 appraisal well, which also proved it was connected to other wells in the series. "This is our ninth successful well in Senegal in three years," Cairn Energy Chief Executive Simon Thomson sa ... read more |
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Oil prices fall on slow drain of suppliesWashington (UPI) May 18, 2017 The lingering perception that the glut of crude oil on the global market has been persistent helped push crude oil prices sharply lower early Thursday. ... more 
More drilling on tap for North SeaWashington (UPI) May 18, 2017 The Norwegian government said it gave its consent for the drilling of more appraisal wells to see what's east of a producing field in the North Sea. ... more 
Offshore, not shale, driving U.S. oil exportsWashington (UPI) May 18, 2017 Asian markets are drawing more on U.S. crude oil to quench their appetites, but it's mostly coming from offshore, not shale, analysts said Thursday. ... more 
Italy, Russia energy companies firm up partnershipsWashington (UPI) May 17, 2017 Italian energy company Eni said Wednesday it signed an agreement with a Russian energy company to explore opportunities, including in Egyptian gas. ... more |
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AAA: 1M more people expected to travel for Memorial Day this yearWashington (UPI) May 17, 2017 Though gas prices are up about 5 percent from last year, motor club AAA finds U.S. road traffic during the Memorial Day weekend will be heavier than last year. ... more 
Support for OPEC production cut lifts oil prices early WednesdayWashington (UPI) May 17, 2017 Support for an extended OPEC-led effort to balance the market with production declines helped boost oil prices Wednesday despite a build in U.S. supplies. ... more 
Oil found in northern KenyaWashington (UPI) May 17, 2017 Africa-focused energy company Tullow Oil said Wednesday it made an oil discovery in a region of Kenya thought to contain at least 750 million barrels of oil. ... more 
Israeli partners report earnings after first gas shipments to JordanWashington (UPI) May 17, 2017 The draw on one of the largest natural gas fields offshore Israel should peak this year as Jordan takes its first deliveries, Delek Drilling and Avner Oil said. ... more 
German company says sanctions opened Iranian energy doorsWashington (UPI) May 17, 2017 A German industrial equipment company said it was set firmly in the Iranian oil and gas sector because of the easing of economic sanctions. ... more 
Diesel vehicles produce 50 percent more nitrogen oxide than originally thoughtYork, UK (SPX) May 18, 2017 A study, published in Nature, has shown that laboratory tests of nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles significantly underestimate the real-world emissions by as much as 50 percent. Th ... more |
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Ancient olive trees make way for pipelineRome (AFP) May 16, 2017 A batch of centuries-old olive trees in southern Italy have been moved out of the way of a controversial new pipeline in a dead-of-night operation that required the deployment of dozens of police. ... more 
Canada blocked climate change audit: officialOttawa (AFP) May 16, 2017 Canada's auditor general blasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government Tuesday for effectively blocking an audit of efforts to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies in the fight against climate change. ... more
RBC: Iran is the oil wild cardWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017 With presidential elections coming Friday, and an assertive U.S. president in play, Iran is the wild card in the global crude oil game, analysis found. ... more
Royal Dutch Shell starts taking down legacy operations in North SeaWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017 Royal Dutch Shell has started the process to take down legacy operations at the Bravo production platform in the North Sea, which supports the Brent oil field, Wood Group said. ... more |
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  University Park PA (SPX) May 19, 2017 
Transporting methane from gas wellheads to market provides multiple opportunities for this greenhouse gas to leak into the atmosphere. Now, an international team of researchers has taken the first step in converting methane directly to electricity using bacteria, in a way that could be done near the drilling sites.
"Currently, we have to ship methane via pipelines," said Thomas K. Wood, ho ... more College Station TX (SPX) May 15, 2017Genome sequence of fuel-producing alga announced  Lancaster, UK (SPX) May 11, 2017New breakthrough makes it easier to turn old coffee waste into cleaner biofuels  Hong Kong, China (SPX) May 11, 2017Enhancing the efficiency of cereal straw for biofuel production |
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 New Bedford MA (SPX) May 18, 2017 
Beaumont Solar has announced their Beaumont "Big C" Services Unit. The rush to meet certain tax incentives and regulatory deadlines demands such a process that delivers on-time, on-budget performance. Additionally, state electrical board regulations requiring 1:1 or 3:2 electrician licensing ratios and the pressure to build to exacting standards with low cost yet high quality resources creates a ... more Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) May 18, 2017A record year for Swedish leading solar energy technology provider Midsummer  London, UK (SPX) May 15, 2017Next-gen solar cells could be improved by atomic-scale redesign  Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2017Solar power not a favorite for New Zealand |
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 Solomons MD (SPX) May 10, 2017 
A new study by scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Cornell University and Duke University is the first in a series to understand how marine mammals like porpoises, whales, and dolphins may be impacted by the construction of wind farms off the coast of Maryland.
The new research offers insight into previously unknown ... more The Hague (AFP) May 8, 2017Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm  London, UK (SPX) May 09, 2017OX2 will manage a 45 MW wind farm owned by IKEA Group in Lithuania  Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2017Building Energy celebrates the beginning of operations and electricity generation of its first wind farm |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 17, 2017 
India on Wednesday said it will develop 10 domestically-built heavy water reactors to increase its nuclear power capacity, as it looks to ramp up clean energy generation.
The federal cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the plan to built the pressurised heavy water reactors with a combined capacity of 7,000 megawatts, more than double the country's current atomic power ge ... more Tokyo (AFP) May 17, 2017Japan restarts another reactor  Tomsk, Russia (SPX) May 18, 2017Coatings for nuclear fuel preventing explosions in reactors, developed at TPU  Johannesburg (AFP) May 13, 2017South Africa to restart nuclear power plans |
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 Ottawa (AFP) May 18, 2017 
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government said Thursday it will backstop regional measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions with a national carbon tax on fuels and a cap-and-trade system for heavy polluters.
Currently four provinces - Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec - representing more than 80 percent of the population have carbon pricing or cap-and-trade schemes. An ... more Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017India gets bonds to help tackle climate change  Luanda (AFP) May 17, 2017Drought affects 1.4 million in Angola: UNICEF Bonn (AFP) May 18, 2017UN climate talks wrap up under threat of US exodus |
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 Detroit (AFP) May 15, 2017 
General Motors said Monday it was moving toward sustainable rubber production for the cars and trucks it produces every year, reducing contributions to deforestation in Southeast Asia and South America.
Steven Kiefer, senior vice president for global purchasing and supply chain, said the move would push the auto industry and its supply chain towards "net-zero deforestation."
The new pol ... more San Francisco (AFP) May 15, 2017Judge curbs Uber engineer in trade secrets case  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) May 17, 2017Volvo says may pull brake on diesel engines San Francisco (AFP) May 12, 2017Judge seeks criminal review of Uber-Alphabet dispute |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 18, 2017  The black Humvee slaloming between car bomb carcasses and mortar craters stops to let fleeing civilians cross and then resumes its tooth-loosening ride down the churned up west Mosul street.
Other vehicles follow - they are from Iraq's elite Counter-Terrorism Service and are heading to the front line in Rifai, one of the last areas left to retake before a final assault on jihadists holed up ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 16, 2017Brisk business for Mosul's first post-IS liquor store  Hammam Al-Alil, Iraq (AFP) May 15, 2017Rescued 'human shields' tell of Mosul horror  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 16, 2017IS 'on brink of defeat' after losing 90% of west Mosul: officers |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017 
An ICBM launch facility has undergone its first comprehensive programmed depot maintenance since the facility's activation in 1962.
The maintenance of the launch facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana consisted of a complete overhaul of parts to ensure equipment meets military standards and requirements.
The work was conducted by the 583rd Missile Maintenance Squadron, w ... more Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2017China urges S.Korea to 'remove obstacles' to good ties  Tehran (AFP) May 18, 2017US sticking by Iran nuclear deal is good news for Rouhani  Seoul (AFP) May 16, 2017N. Korea takes leap with missile test: analysts |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2017 
China has freed a prominent human rights lawyer on bail, Amnesty International said Wednesday, after he admitted to his crimes in what critics called a show trial.
Xie Yang, who had worked on cases considered politically sensitive by China's ruling Communist Party, was among hundreds of legal staff and activists detained in the so-called "709 crackdown" in 2015.
He pleaded guilty Monday ... more Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2017China lawyer's wife seeks US asylum after brazen escape  Beijing (AFP) May 9, 2017China wants its anthem sung, but maybe not at parties  Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2017Chinese human rights lawyers seen as enemies of the state |
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 Bamako (AFP) May 18, 2017 
A rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali, which has seen an increase in jihadist attacks and communal violence since 2015, the new UN peacekeeping chief said.
"We are awaiting the upcoming deployment in the centre (of Mali), by Senegal, of a rapid intervention force to deal with the situation of insecurity," Jean-Pierre Lacroix, under secretary-ge ... more Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 16, 2017I.Coast rebel troops end mutiny as deal inked  Abuja (AFP) May 16, 2017Nigeria army chief warns troops about 'politicking'  Nairobi (AFP) May 12, 2017Wounded author Kuki Gallmann vows return to Kenyan ranch |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017 
The first models of the Eurofighter and Hawk trainer aircraft have been delivered to Oman in a formal ceremony. It was held by BAE Systems Air & Information division in the United Kingdom.
A delegation of more than 100 invited guests witnessed the ceremony in Warton, Lancashire. One of the key attendees was Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Saudi, Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs for the ... more Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017New ejection seat allows Air Force to lift F-35 pilot weight restriction  Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017A-29 chosen for USAF assessment  Palestine TX (SPX) May 11, 2017NASA Completes Balloon Technology Test Flight |
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 Mumbai (AFP) May 18, 2017 
Indian software trade body Nasscom on Thursday dismissed widespread media reports of mass layoffs in the country's hugely important information technology industry but warned that the sector must reinvent itself.
IT outsourcing has long been one of India's flagship industries but recent news reports have claimed that major companies, including Tech Mahindra and Wipro, are making thousands re ... more Hong Kong (AFP) May 17, 2017Hong Kong firm pays $3bn in record land sale  New Delhi (AFP) May 14, 2017Red tape and taxes put brakes on 'Make In India' push  Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2017China decries protectionism, but some raise concerns |
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 Washington (AFP) May 17, 2017 
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Wednesday there has been "no disruption" in relations with allies since reports emerged that President Donald Trump divulged classified intelligence to Russian officials.
"We always have safeguarded information from our allies and there's nothing that has caused them to, we've received no questions at all," Mattis said.
"We maintain steady military relatio ... more Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2017Putin the piano man plays Soviet-era tunes in Beijing  Ankara (AFP) May 18, 2017Turkey says will 'not beg' Germany to stay at NATO base  Davao, Philippines (AFP) May 16, 2017Philippines' Duterte open to South China Sea deals |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2017 
Toxic air pollution is a serious side effect of the rapid economic development in China. While it is widely recognized that air pollutants adversely affect human health and climate change, their impacts on the regional carbon balance are less well understood.
Ozone reduces plant photosynthesis directly through stomatal uptake. Atmospheric aerosols often benefit plant photosynthesis through ... more Surrey, UK (SPX) May 18, 2017Cities need to 'green up' to reduce the impact of air pollution  Hanoi (AFP) May 15, 2017Vietnam arrests activist as MP resigns over mass fish deaths  Miami (AFP) May 15, 2017Plastic trash chokes remote South Pacific island |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 15, 2017 
A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city's authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer said Monday.
The impoverished Philippine and Sri Lankan refugees helped the former National Security Agency contractor evade authorities in 2013 by hiding him in their cramped homes after he initiated one of t ... more Washington (UPI) May 14, 2017Healthcare bill inspires road rage: Tenn. woman tries to run Congressman off road  Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2017New fiber-based sensor could quickly detect structural problems in bridges and dams  Paris (AFP) May 7, 2017Marine Le Pen: far-right firebrand who has shaken up French politics |
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