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  Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 The offshore Brazilian energy sector gets a vote of confidence and solidifies a position as a key focus for Norway's Statoil, the company said Wednesday. Statoil signed up with a regional partner to take a 10 percent stake in a license area in the lucrative Santos basin, bringing the hold for the Norwegian energy major up to 76 percent in the $379 million deal. "This acquisition is a further expression of our confidence in Brazil, a core area for Statoil," Anders Opedal, Statoil's countr ... read more |
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South Sudan to hold its first-ever oil and gas conferenceWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 South Sudan in October will highlight its potential for energy investments in its first-ever conference for potential investors, the organizer said. ... more 
Shell continues divestment streak with Irish shaleWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 The $1.23 billion gained from leaving parts of the Irish energy sector puts Shell past the halfway point for its total divestment goal, a company director said. ... more 
More oil discovered off the coast of SenegalWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Oil was discovered again off the coast of Senegal, which companies said Tuesday would be added to the reserve potential in the emerging basin. ... more 
Electric car boom won't spell 'end of oil': IEA chiefIstanbul (AFP) July 11, 2017 The use of electric cars is set to grow in the coming years, but this will not spell the end of demand for oil, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. ... more |
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Oklahoma says economic recovery under oil price pressureWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 The state economy in Oklahoma has recovered from recession, though momentum could be hindered by lower oil prices, the state treasurer said. ... more 
Energy jobs on the decline, but not production, IEA findsWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Technological advances have led to declines in labor tied to oil and gas with only small impacts on production, the International Energy Agency said. ... more 
Demand factors push gas prices higher in the U.S.Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Though regional markets are mixed, the rise in consumer demand has led to a slight increase in retail gasoline prices in the United States, AAA reported. ... more 
Fed report, lower U.S. oil production lift oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 A good report on U.S. economic potential and forecasts for dwindling production from American shale helped push oil prices higher in early Wednesday trading. ... more 
Norway's oil production higher year-over-yearWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Total oil production from Norway, one of the main suppliers to the European market, was lower than the government expected, but still higher year-over-year. ... more 
Major oil discovery heralded offshore MexicoWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 An energy company working off the eastern coast of Mexico said Wednesday it made a discovery that could hold as much as 2 billion barrels of oil. ... more |
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Oil-rich Alberta unveils investment tax credit programWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 The economy of oil-rich Alberta could experience economic growth once the impacts of a capital investment tax credit take hold, the provincial leader said. ... more 
Big Michigan business concerned by Enbridge oil pipelineWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Voices from the lucrative craft brewing industry in Michigan and the state cherry industry joined the chorus expressing concern about an Enbridge oil pipeline. ... more 
China, diplomacy and oil part of the mix in South SudanWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 Invested in the country's energy sector, China's emerging role as a peacemaker is being put to the test in South Sudan, the International Crisis Group said. ... more 
More jobs coming from British gas field developmentWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 Hundreds of new jobs are coming to the British offshore energy sector because of an agreement on services supporting a gas field, Wood Group said Monday. ... more |
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  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 
Biofuels like the ethanol in U.S. gasoline could get cheaper thanks to experts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University.
They've demonstrated how to design and genetically engineer enzyme surfaces so they bind less to corn stalks and other cellulosic biomass, reducing enzyme costs in biofuels production, according to a study published this month on the cover of the ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Solving a sweet problem for renewable biofuels and chemicals  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017A whole-genome sequenced rice mutant resource for the study of biofuel feedstocks  Okanagan, Canada (SPX) Jul 14, 2017New biofuel technology significantly cuts production time |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 
A new low-temperature solution printing technique allows fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with large crystals intended to minimize current-robbing grain boundaries. The meniscus-assisted solution printing (MASP) technique boosts power conversion efficiencies to nearly 20 percent by controlling crystal size and orientation.
The process, which uses parallel plates to cre ... more New Bedford MA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017There Will Always be Sun on this Horizon  San Francisco, CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017SolarEdge Launching First PV Inverter-Integrated Electric Vehicle Charger  Bristol, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Investors Generate 174,000,000 kWh of Renewable Electricity |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Owls' wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise
A new study has revealed how inspiration from owls' wings could allow aircraft and wind turbines to become quieter.
Researchers from Japan and China studied the serrations in the leading edge of owls' wings, gaining new insight into how they work to make the birds' flight silent.
Their results, published in the journa ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017Algeria seen as African leader for renewable energy  Bristol UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Thrive Renewables delivers mezzanine funded wind farms in Scotland  Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 12, 2017It's a breeze: How to harness the power of the wind |
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 Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017 
France's new environment minister said Monday that nearly a third of the country's nuclear reactors could be shut under plans to scale back the amount of electricity produced from atomic power.
In 2015, the previous Socialist-dominated parliament passed a law obliging the government to reduce the proportion of electricity generated from nuclear to 50 percent by 2025 compared with around 75 p ... more Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017Mitsubishi, Assystem take stakes in France's nuclear reactors firm  Brussels (AFP) July 12, 2017Britain must leave EU nuclear body: Verhofstadt  Cherbourg, France (AFP) July 5, 2017Sixth MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for Japan |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 
A consortium of international scientists led by a climate expert from USC have upgraded an open-source global database tracking the Earth's temperatures since 1 A.D. that further confirms that the Earth is warming at a rate unprecedented in recent geologic history. The database by the PAGES 2k Consortium relies on proxy data such as tree rings, corals, glacier ice, marine sediment and other such ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Two significant warming intervals in southern China since 1850  New York (AFP) July 12, 2017Bloomberg outlines plan to quantify US climate efforts Hamburg (AFP) July 9, 2017G20: Compromise on climate change, but at what cost? |
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 Osnabruck, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Can a self-driving vehicle be moral, act like humans do, or act like humans expect humans to? Contrary to previous thinking, a ground-breaking new study has found for the first time that human morality can be modelled meaning that machine based moral decisions are, in principle, possible.
The research, Virtual Reality experiments investigating human behavior and moral assessments, from The ... more Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 10, 2017German 'dieselgate' investigators target Porsche employees  Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Forget defrosting your car at a glacial pace  Paris (AFP) July 6, 2017France 'to end sales of petrol, diesel vehicles by 2040' |
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 Washington (AFP) July 11, 2017 
The United States and several coalition countries want to maintain a military footprint in Iraq after the eventual defeat of the Islamic State group, a top US general said Tuesday.
Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend said the Iraqi government had expressed an interest in having US and coalition troops stay in the country.
"Our government is equally interested in that, as are several coa ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 11, 2017Mosul's once-thriving Old City now a grey wasteland  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 14, 2017Iraq's Mosul residents search for their Old City dead  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 11, 2017Iraqi PM hails victory over 'brutality and terrorism' in Mosul |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) July 10, 2017 
Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu received Monday a suspended two-month prison sentence and community work after a Jerusalem court decided against imprisoning him for a misdemeanour from over four years ago.
The 62-year-old former nuclear technician was jailed in 1986 for disclosing the inner workings of Israel's Dimona nuclear plant to Britain's Sunday Times newspaper.
He s ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) July 7, 2017122 countries adopt global treaty banning nuclear weapons  Seoul (AFP) July 8, 2017US bombers drill near Korea DMZ in show of force  Washington (AFP) July 9, 2017US vows to press China to enforce NKorea sanctions |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017  China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said Monday, raising fears about his life after Western doctors said there was time to take him abroad.
The First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang said Liu's tumour has grown, his liver is bleeding and he has kidney problems.
The hospital said in a statement ... more Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017Chinese court jails author of Tiananmen report: lawyer  Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy  Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2017Chinese Nobel laureate too sick to travel abroad: hospital |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) July 5, 2017 
The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday questioned US commitment to fighting terrorism on the continent after it blocked efforts to get UN funding for an anti-jihadist force in the Sahel.
"This is a specific case of a certain number of African states taking the initiative to create a dedicated force to fight terrorism. So, we don't understand how the United States coul ... more Bamako (AFP) July 6, 20173 killed in north Mali clashes as UN condemns violence  Banjul, Gambia (AFP) July 7, 2017Gambian army 'hostile elements' working against government  Krakow, Poland (AFP) July 4, 2017I.Coast's Comoe park no longer endangered: UNESCO |
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 Singapore (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 
GomSpace together with The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the application and deployment of space-based Very High Frequency (VHF) communications for air traffic management (ATM) in and around the Singapore Flight Information Region (FIR).
The MOU was signed ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017Sikorsky receives CH-53D contract from Israel for parts, services  Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017Sikorsky awarded $3.8 billion contract for Saudi Arabian black hawks  Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017Boeing announces Rolls-Royce engine contract |
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 Hamburg (AFP) July 8, 2017 
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies.
In a departure from final summit declarations that tend to outline consensus on issues that range from fighting terrorism to financial governa ... more Hong Kong (AFP) July 10, 2017China's COSCO in multi-billion buyout of Hong Kong rival  Shanghai (AFP) July 10, 2017China's Wanda agrees to mammoth asset sale to slash debt  Berlin (AFP) July 12, 2017Germany toughens rules on foreign buyouts in strategic sectors |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 
Two guided-missile ships have arrived at the Ukrainian port city of Odessa July 10 to participate in the Sea Breeze 2017 maritime exercises, the U.S. Navy announced on Monday.
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Hue City and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carney will play active roles in the exercises, which involve air, naval and land forces from 17 nations.
Sea Breeze 2017 ... more Kiev (AFP) July 10, 2017NATO vows support for Ukraine against Russia's 'aggressive actions'  Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017US warplanes fly over disputed South China Sea  Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2017China ships troops to its first overseas base in Africa |
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 Lowell MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2017 
Vast amounts of toxic mercury are accumulating in the Arctic tundra, threatening the health and well-being of people, wildlife and waterways, according to a UMass Lowell scientist investigating the source of the pollution.
A research team led by Prof. Daniel Obrist, chairman of UMass Lowell's Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, found that airborne mercury is gather ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Human activities worsen air quality in Dunhuang, a desert basin in China  Paris (AFP) July 4, 2017Herbicide boost for tadpoles: study  Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2017Scientists probe role of sunscreen in accelerating coral reef decline |
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 Beirut (AFP) July 8, 2017 
Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group stronghold are forcing desperate civilians to risk their lives for water.
The northern city has been without steady running water for several weeks after damage to pipelines by heavy bombardment, including suspected strikes by the US-led coalition.
Civilians dehydrated by ... more Tallinn (AFP) July 6, 2017EU ministers pledge steps to tackle migrant flood  Washington (AFP) July 5, 2017Holiday weekend leaves more than 100 gunfire victims in Chicago  Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Ex-bosses stand trial over 2011 Fukushima crisis in Japan |
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