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  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 The MIPT Center for Molecular Electronics (CME) has developed and tested a seismic station for hydrocarbon exploration. The new device has an unparalleled bandwidth, enabling it to reveal the structure of underground reservoirs at the depth of up to several tens of kilometers. The seismic station can be used for onshore, transition-zone, and marine exploration. It can be deployed at depths of up to 0.5 kilometers, both in the Arctic and in the South Seas. The test findings were published in the Journal ... read more |
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Canadian regulator closes books on TransCanada projectWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 A federal regulator in Canada confirmed it closed its files on the Energy East oil pipeline after planner TransCanada folded its tent on the project. ... more 
Time running out on closing budget gap in shale-rich OklahomaWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 The governor of shale-rich Oklahoma said time is running out to address budget problems, even as the state treasurer said oil market recovery has led to gains. ... more 
Oil prices take a hit on oversupply concernsWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 More signs of a short-term oversupply situation for the global oil market and U.S. economic challenges pushed the price of oil sharply lower on Friday. ... more 
Early pressure mounts on overhaul of U.S. offshore oil and gas rulesWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 Members of the U.S. House next week take up a measure on offshore drilling that advocates say checks off the wish-list for the oil and gas industry. ... more |
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Chevron may shed more of its portfolioWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 Anglo-Swiss multinational Glencore said Friday it was looking to spend close to $1 billion to buy most of U.S. supermajor Chevron's assets in South Africa. ... more
TransCanada abandons Canada east-west pipeline bidOttawa (AFP) Oct 5, 2017 TransCanada announced Thursday it was abandoning its bid to build an east-west pipeline that would have moved crude from Alberta's oil sands to refineries on Canada's Atlantic coast. ... more 
We're not satisfied yet with markets, Saudi oil minister saysWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 The move by OPEC and non-OPEC producers to balance the market is working, but the work is not yet finished, Saudi Arabia's oil minister said from Moscow. ... more
Oil market recovery means economic recovery for OklahomaWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 Recovery in the market for crude oil has led to sustained economic recovery for the shale-rich state of Oklahoma, the state treasurer said. ... more 
11 dead, one missing after Chinese boat, HK tanker collideTokyo (AFP) Oct 6, 2017 Japanese coastguards said Friday they had discovered 11 bodies inside a Chinese fishing boat that capsized after a collision with a Hong Kong oil tanker off Japan's western coast the previous day. ... more 
Global GDP gains and OPEC chatter lift oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 Signs of post-hurricane recovery and gains in global GDP helped add support to a market under U.S. supply-side threats and pushed oil prices higher Thursday. ... more |
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Western states to roll out EV highway initiativeWashington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017 A handful of governors from western U.S. states roll out plans Wednesday to expand access for electric vehicles along their highways, Colorado's governor said. ... more 
Exports could add a layer to OPEC, non-OPEC accountabilityWashington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017 Monitoring oil exports may add another layer of support to the OPEC-led effort to balance an oversupplied market, a director at a vessel tracking firm said. ... more 
Shell defends divestment efforts, but cancels sale in ThailandWashington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017 While defending a robust spending program, Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday it was canceling an agreement to sell off a stake of its assets in Thailand. ... more
Oil prices inch lower and move into wait-and-see modeWashington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017 Crude oil prices on Wednesday continued to drift away from recent highs on signs the U.S. energy sector was returning to normal following recent hurricanes. ... more |
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  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 
The world's oceans cover approximately 70 percent of Earth's surface and contain roughly 93 percent of the planet's carbon dioxide (CO2). With around 38,000 gigatons (Gt) of carbon, our world's oceans contain 16 times as much carbon as that found on land or in the atmosphere combined.
"With greater attention being directed at mitigating the effects CO2 can have on the environment, an inter ... more Liverpool UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Breakthrough in direct activation of CO2 and CH4 into liquid fuels and chemicals  Ames IA (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Surrounded by potential: New science in converting biomass  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Olive mill wastewater transformed: From pollutant to bio-fertilizer, biofuel |
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Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a new catalyst that speeds up the rate of a key step in "artificial photosynthesis" - an effort to mimic how plants, algae, and some bacteria harness sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich fuels. This step - called water oxidation - releases protons and electrons from water molecules, ... more Riyadh (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Saudi Arabia opens bid for 'utility scale' solar project  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Scientists propose new way of increasing the efficiency of solar batteries  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Governor Brown Sends SCE to CEC Investigation and ABC Solar Files CPUC Petition to Censor SCE |
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With the start of construction of a new wind farm off the coast of Germany, officials said the nation's economy was supported through low-carbon efforts.
German energy company E.ON, with support from Norway's Statoil, hosted a ceremony to mark the start of construction for the Arkona offshore wind farm, which formally started in late August.
Christian Pegel, a regional Germany en ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017French energy company to build wind power sector in India  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Finding better wind energy potential with the new European Wind Atlas  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Last of the 67 turbines for a British wind farm installed |
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 Winston Salem NC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 
A new method for capturing radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is cheaper and more effective than current methods, a potential boon for the energy industry, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications.
"Our capture method by far outperforms all current technologies and may change the landscape of energy production worldwide," said Timo Thonhauser, the ... more Normandy, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Largest Nuclear Training Center In France Opens Its Doors  Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2017BWXT awarded contract extension for nuclear waste facility operations  Abu Dhabi (AFP) Sept 25, 2017UAE to open Arab Gulf's first nuclear reactor in 2018 |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 
The consequences of a changing climate pose a threat to every single economy in the world, the head of the International Monetary Fund said from Massachusetts.
An annual report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF said global hunger is on the rise, affecting 11 percent of the world's population, in part because of climate change. The report found a link between conflict and cli ... more Montreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Ninety-eight scientists launch a 2,000-year global temperature database  Ottawa (AFP) Oct 4, 2017Auditor slams Canada on lack of climate actions  Sydney (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Drought not dingos behind mainland Australia tiger extinction: study |
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The number of plug-in ports for electric vehicles would need to increase more than 130 percent to meet future growth, a U.S. Energy Department study found.
The U.S. Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates there are 16,000 charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles nation-wide, with 43,000 actual plugs available as of June. That number supports the more th ... more Paris (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Uber competitor hits Paris roads with Chinese help  London (AFP) Oct 5, 2017UK car sales skid lower in September on poor consumer confidence  Paris (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Renault plans China growth, more electric vehicles |
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 Hawija, Iraq (AFP) Oct 7, 2017 
One side of the billboard calls for jihad, while the other warns of death for smokers. Iraq's Hawija still bears clear signs of its three years under jihadist rule.
Islamic State group jihadists set fire to everything they could before they fled an Iraqi government offensive on the northern town in oil-rich Kirkuk province.
Thick black smoke billows from burning oil wells around the tow ... more Hawija, Iraq (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Iraq forces retake IS bastion Hawija  Ranya, Irak (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Iraq flight ban halts dig for lost ancient city Hawija, Iraq (AFP) Oct 4, 2017Iraq forces retake centre of IS bastion Hawija: army |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 6, 2017  The Nobel committee spurned an opportunity to celebrate the Iran nuclear deal, but still found a way to send a message to US President Donald Trump.
Trump is a stern critic of the 2015 accord, and US officials say that he intends to tell the US Congress next week that Tehran is not honoring its side of the bargain.
He is also engaged in a perilous game of brinksmanship with nuclear-armed ... more The Hague (AFP) Oct 4, 2017N. Korea chemical arms a concern for peace  Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2017North Korea's Kim 'very rational': CIA  Tokyo (AFP) Oct 8, 2017Abe vows to tackle N. Korea threat ahead of Japan election |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 4, 2017 
Unpopular former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying testified Wednesday in a case involving a sandwich thrown at him by a pro-democracy activist.
The sandwich was aimed at Leung, the city's then leader, as he was on his way to vote in the September 2016 legislative election - but it missed and hit a police officer.
In court, a stern-looking Leung occasionally smiled as he was questioned b ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Hong Kong democracy activist in court for throwing 'smelly' sandwich  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 1, 2017Hong Kong migrant mothers sing for their distant children  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 4, 2017The making of Hong Kong's famous 'fire dragon' |
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 Niamey (AFP) Oct 5, 2017 
Three US Green Berets and four Nigerien soldiers were killed in a clash on the Niger-Mali border, where Islamic State fighters have established a presence, officials said Thursday.
A joint US-Niger patrol fell into an ambush on Wednesday in the Tillaberi region in the country's southwest, requiring French Mirage 2000 fighter jets to be called in for air support.
Niger's President Mahamad ... more Monrovia (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Liberian women hold mass fast for peaceful elections  Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Nigeria: Cooperation 'key' to defeating jihadists  Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017The link between drought and riots in sub-Saharan Africa |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 05, 2017 
While aeronautics researchers across the globe continue to develop technologies that will make air travel more efficient, more sustainable and safer, there is a group of NASA researchers who are altering the long-held view that wings have to stick straight out from an aircraft and stay that way.
Through NASA's Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS) Project, a team of engineers working with ... more New York (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Boeing-backed startup eyes hybrid electric plane in 2022  Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2017Germany, Norway join aerial tanker project  Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017Britain's RAF receives intelligence aircraft |
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 Stockholm (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 
The 2017 Nobel season wraps up Monday with the economics prize, which could this year honour fields rarely awarded by the committee, such as development economics or French economist Esther Duflo's research on poverty.
The Nobel Economics Prize was created by the Swedish central bank "in memory of Alfred Nobel" and first awarded in 1969, unlike the other prizes which were created in his last ... more Strasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 3, 2017EU targets China with tough rules on cheap imports  Beijing (AFP) Sept 30, 2017Chinese manufacturing accelerates for second straight month  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 3, 2017$37.7 million bowl sets Chinese ceramic auction record |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 6, 2017 
President Donald Trump made a cryptic remark Thursday about the present time possibly representing the "calm before the storm," but declined to specify what specific crisis - if any - he was referring to.
Trump made the remark during a photo opportunity at the White House as he and First Lady Melania prepared to have dinner with military leaders and their spouses, following a meeting with ... more Manila (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Philippines hails US as top ally, welcomes war games  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 29, 2017Hong Kong lawmaker guilty of desecrating Chinese flag  Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2017Trump accepts Duterte's ASEAN summit invite after all |
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 Tipitapa, Nicaragua (AFP) Oct 5, 2017 
Looking tired and haggard, William Coronado pulls up before dawn with a boat full of fish on the muddy shore of Nicaragua's Lake Managua, a dumping ground for trash and waste.
"The lake is so polluted. They throw all sorts of crap into it," said the 56-year-old. "Containers, old buckets, all sorts of bags - all the junk they throw away in Managua. It's a disgrace."
Coronado spent two da ... more Tokyo (AFP) Oct 4, 2017Olympics: Tokyo 2020 water venue polluted  Gonda City, India (AFP) Oct 2, 2017Mountains of garbage and despair in India's dirtiest city  Amsterdam (AFP) Sept 27, 2017I.Coast toxic spill victims launch new Dutch court bid |
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 Preston, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 7, 2017 
When they signed up to study in the Caribbean they thought they were heading for an island paradise. But when Hurricane Irma devastated Sint Maarten, they ended up being transferred to drizzly northern England instead.
When the Category Five storm destroyed the island's infrastructure last month, more than 700 students and staff at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC ... more New Orleans (AFP) Oct 8, 2017US Gulf Coast begins cleanup after Nate proves weaker than expected  Ottawa (AFP) Oct 5, 2017800 Yazidis refugees resettled in Canada: minister  Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 8, 2017Sandy Hook mother angry but hopeful after Las Vegas slaughter |
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