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  Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 At least 25 million barrels of oil were uncovered while drilling into the British waters of the North Sea, Norwegian energy company Statoil said Monday. The company said it made a new oil discovery while drilling into Verbier basin in British waters. Preliminary data show the field contains between 25 million and 130 million barrels of recoverable oil. Statoil said the discovery solidified the future for a maturing basin in the North Sea, where it believes significant potential remains. ... read more |
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Flagship Wheatstone LNG project in Australia startedWashington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 The first cargo of liquefied natural gas from the flagship Wheatstone project in Australia is imminent now that production started, operators said. ... more 
French supermajor Total places bet on offshore GuineaWashington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 French energy company Total said Monday it was expecting a big oil pay off from the under-explored deep waters off the coast of the Republic of Guinea. ... more 
Brent crude oil prices lower despite Gulf of Mexico idlingWashington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 Crude oil prices were drifting into negative territory early Monday on suggestions that more U.S. shale oil could move into the global marketplace. ... more 
New drilling begins in Barents SeaWashington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 New drilling has started in a prospect in the Norwegian waters of the Barents Sea near one of the region's larger discoveries, Lundin Petroleum said. ... more |
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Gulf of Mexico energy operations pick up pieces after NateWashington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 With the remnants of Nate making its way Monday up the northeastern U.S. border, energy companies said they've started the process of manning offshore rigs. ... more 
Liquefied natural gas may carve out a niche in IndiaWashington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 Liquefied natural gas could help satisfy growing energy demands in India, especially if commodity prices continue to improve, Wood Mackenzie found. ... more 
New tool for oil and gas exploration beats all competitionMoscow, 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 struct ... more 
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 |
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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 |
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  Berlin (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 
Nearly 100 environmental and poverty fighting groups jointly released a letter Tuesday slamming a UN proposal that backs large-scale use of biofuels in commercial planes.
Extensive burning of biofuels would vastly expand the production of palm oil, which critics say drives deforestation, higher CO2 emissions and conflicts with indigenous peoples displaced from their land.
The UN's Intern ... 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 09, 2017A key step in synthetic fuel production from seawater patented by NRL |
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 Riyadh (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 
Saudi Arabia invited bids on Tuesday for a "utility-scale" 300-megawatt solar project, a first for the world's top oil exporter.
"Today's bid opening represents a significant milestone for the National Renewable Energy Programme, and an important step on the way to diversifying Saudi Arabia's domestic energy mix and building a cutting edge domestic renewable energy sector," Energy Minister K ... more 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  Upton, NY (SPX) Oct 06, 2017New efficient catalyst for key step in artificial photosynthesis |
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 Miami (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 
Wind farms in the open ocean can generate far more renewable energy than those on land, possibly enough to power the whole world, said a US study on Monday.
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science found that higher wind speeds over the open seas could produce five times as much energy as wind turbines over land.
While no commercial-scale deep water wind farms exist at present ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 22, 2017Germany gets economic lift with wind energy  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 |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 10, 2017 
Japan could have foreseen and avoided the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, a court ruled on Tuesday, ordering the government and the power plant operator to pay damages to local residents.
The Fukushima district court's verdict was the second time the government has been ruled liable for the meltdown in eastern Japan, the world's most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986.
The ... more Winston Salem NC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017New 'molecular trap' cleans more radioactive waste from nuclear fuel rods  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 |
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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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 Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 
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  Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Battery technology keeping electric car adoption in the slow lane  London (AFP) Oct 5, 2017UK car sales skid lower in September on poor consumer confidence |
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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  Paris (AFP) Oct 10, 2017Shock Iraq torture photos raise ethical dilemmas  Karbala, Iraq (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Young Iraqi given shot at governor's job after internet challenge |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 
Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins are to upgrade a system enabling aircraft to control the ground launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Air Force announced this week.
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command said the two contacts are for three years and worth $81 million each.
"The Airborne Launch Control System provides the strategic capability of survivable airborne ... more Seoul (AFP) Oct 10, 2017The rise of Kim Jong-Un's sister and image maker  Washington (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Nobel Prize sends a nuclear message to Trump  United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Nobel winning anti-nuclear group urges Trump not to quit Iran deal |
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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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 Kigali (AFP) Oct 10, 2017 
Rwanda's military has used asphyxiation, electric shock and mock executions to torture confessions out of detainees, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Tuesday.
The rights watchdog confirmed 104 cases of people being illegally detained and tortured in Rwandan military detention centres between 2010 and 2016, according to the 91-page report, which estimates the true figure is much ... more Niamey (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Three US Green Berets killed in Niger  Monrovia (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Liberian women hold mass fast for peaceful elections  Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2017New witness emerges over Rwandan genocide: French legal source |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Oct 6, 2017 
An Indian military helicopter crashed in a disputed area near the border with China on Friday, killing five troops and injuring a sixth, an Air Force officer said.
The Russian-made MI-17 helicopter was on a training sortie in the mountainous district of Tawang near the border with Tibet when it crashed, the officer said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the collision.
"Five p ... more Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Metal with Memory: Shaping the Future of Aviation  New York (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Boeing-backed startup eyes hybrid electric plane in 2022  Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Navy T-45 crash renews concerns about the trainer aircraft |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 
A team of researchers from the University of Toronto are retracing the paths of Bronze Age Mediterranean traders by studying ancient anchorages along the coast of Cyprus.
Over the past summer, U of T archaeologist Carrie Fulton led daily dives to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea in search of insights into the economic and cultural relations among ancient peoples of the Mediterranean. ... more Stockholm (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Outsiders challenge Chicago school for Nobel economics prize  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 |
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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 10, 2017 
Moscow on Tuesday accused the United States of reducing its air strikes on the Islamic State group in Iraq to allow jihadists to enter Syria and fight the Russian-backed Syrian army.
Military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the Syrian regime was attempting to push the jihadists out of eastern Deir Ezzor province, but that arrivals from Iraq were boosting their numbers.
"The US-led coalit ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Trump makes cryptic 'calm before the storm' remark  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 |
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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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 New Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 
India's top court ordered a temporary ban on the sale of firecrackers in New Delhi on Monday, ahead of the Diwali festival that leaves the city shrouded in toxic smog.
The decision comes a little over a week before Diwali - the Hindu festival of lights - when Delhi fills with acrid smoke from celebratory firecrackers set off day and night.
The onset of winter usually worsens the situat ... more Preston, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 7, 2017Hurricane survivors swap Caribbean seas for English peas  Tunis (AFP) Oct 9, 2017At least 8 migrants drown as boat collides with navy vessel: Tunisia  New Orleans (AFP) Oct 8, 2017US Gulf Coast begins cleanup after Nate proves weaker than expected |
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