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  Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 The price for crude oil next year should be around the so-called Goldilocks number for shale oil drillers in the United States, OPEC economists said. The Goldilocks scenario refers to a price point that's not so high that it encourages a strong drive in crude oil exploration and production, but not low enough to curtail capital spending and operations. Economists with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said in their monthly market report for October that the price for West ... read more |
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Tullow sees quick path to production in Ivory CoastWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 If the commercial potential exists in oil basins inland in Ivory Coast, it won't take long to put them into production, British energy company Tullow Oil said. ... more 
Oil prices give tepid response to signs from OPEC on balanceWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 Crude oil prices were slow out of the gate Wednesday, posting only minor gains after OPEC economists pointed to tighter market conditions ahead. ... more 
House leadership supports U.S. offshore overhaulWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 An offshore drilling act critics said was "wish list" legislation for the oil and gas industry was hailed as a strategic win by House Republican leadership. ... more 
Oil prices move lower on ceiling warning from IEAWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 Indications from the International Energy Agency that the oil market is brushing up against a ceiling sent crude oil prices sharply lower early Thursday. ... more |
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Production lower for one Norwegian energy companyWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 Even though some of its assets posted new production, AkerBP said Thursday its third quarter production was lower than last year by 7.5 percent. ... more 
Iranian energy companies lay out investment options in AmsterdamWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 Iranian oil and natural gas companies said Wednesday they were among the hundreds on hand in the Netherlands to introduce investment opportunities to the world. ... more 
Kurdish oil export payments continue after referendumWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 Gulf Keystone became the second company in as many days to announce payments for oil exported from the Kurdish north of Iraq after its referendum. ... more 
BNP Paribas says it will no longer back oilWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 Paris-based global banker BNP Paribas said Wednesday it would no longer do business with companies tied to oil sands, shale development or Arctic campaigns. ... more 
Cuban oil work moves toward exploration phasew/Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 Geological surveys of an inland oil basin in Cuba are completed and work will now continue toward exploration drilling, an Australian energy company said. ... more 
Chevron abandons Great Australian Bight drill plansSydney (AFP) Oct 13, 2017 Energy giant Chevron Friday joined BP in ditching plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight citing weak oil prices, with environmentalists urging other major players to follow suit. ... more |
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Shell focusing elsewhere in Brazil after leaving gas distribution partnershipWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017 Royal Dutch Shell said it was selling its stake in a Brazilian gas distribution company so it could better focus on other parts of the country's energy sector. ... more 
Expect more U.S. oil on the global marketWashington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017 U.S. crude oil exports will likely increase in part because of the discount for the U.S. benchmark price for oil against other grades, an industry report found. ... more 
Gas prices inching lower after hurricanesWashington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017 Even though 90 percent of the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico was idled by Hurricane Nate, U.S. motorists will hardly notice, motor club AAA said. ... more
Oil market balance, IMF forecast drive crude oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017 Crude oil prices recovered from their October slump to jump higher in early Tuesday trading after OPEC's secretary general said markets were balancing. ... 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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 Ituxi Extractive Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Oct 11, 2017 
In the darkest reaches of Brazil's Amazon, solar panels are bringing light - and could help save the rainforest.
Aurelio Souza is working to install solar panels in villages along the remote Purus and Ituxi rivers in the western Amazonas state.
"The Amazon is the last big frontier for electricity in the country," says the consultant for a joint program of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) a ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017Total moves deeper into solar energy market  Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Oct 12, 2017Flying Dutch win world solar car race in Australia  Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Statoil taps solar market in Brazil |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 10, 2017 
In December 2015, IKEA Finland signed a purchase agreement with OX2 for 13 wind turbines in Kemi, northern Finland. All the terms of the agreement have now been met and IKEA Finland has taken ownership.
"The renewal of the Kemi Ajos wind farm has been an important project for us on our path to gain energy independence. The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 10, 2017Huge energy potential in open ocean wind farms in the North Atlantic  Miami (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Wind farms in Atlantic could power the world: study  Washington (UPI) Sep 22, 2017Germany gets economic lift with wind energy |
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 Metz, France (AFP) Oct 12, 2017 
Greenpeace activists set off fireworks inside a nuclear plant in eastern France early Thursday after breaking into the facility to underline its vulnerability to attack.
The anti-nuclear group, known for its daring and often spectacular publicity stunts, said the fireworks were set off at the foot of a spent fuel pool - where nuclear plants store highly radioactive fuel rods that are remove ... more Tokyo (AFP) Oct 10, 2017Japan government, TEPCO liable for Fukushima crisis: court  Winston Salem NC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017New 'molecular trap' cleans more radioactive waste from nuclear fuel rods  Paris (AFP) Oct 10, 2017French, Belgian nuke plants vulnerable to attack: Greenpeace |
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 Berlin (AFP) Oct 11, 2017 
Even if you are terrified of heights, jumping out of a plane with a makeshift parachute may begin to look like a good idea once you know the aircraft is running out of fuel.
That, arguably, is akin to the mindset of climate scientists and policymakers brainstorming in Berlin this week on how to compensate for humanity's collective failure to curb the greenhouse gases - caused mainly by burn ... more Berlin (AFP) Oct 11, 2017'Plan B': Seven ways to engineer the climate  Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017British government unveils green spending plans  Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017Cheaper to invest in climate change fight than to rebuild; EPA chief rolls back US plans |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Oct 12, 2017 
Tesla on Thursday said that it is recalling Model X sport utility vehicles to fix second-row seat-backs which might shift forward during crashes.
Internal testing revealed that cables in second-row fold-flat seats in 2016 and 2017 model year vehicles might need to be adjusted to "ensure the safety" of those riding inside, a Tesla spokesperson said in an email response to an AFP inquiry.
... more San Francisco (AFP) Oct 11, 2017California to allow autonomous cars without driver  Ljubljana (AFP) Oct 12, 2017Slovenia sets tough emissions limits for cars  Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017The U.S. needs at least twice as many charging points for EV |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 15, 2017 
Nearly 700,000 Iraqis from the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul and nearby areas are still displaced despite the city's recapture in July, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Sunday.
"One year since the start of the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group (IS), some 673,000 Iraqis from the city and its surroundings remain displaced and unable to go back to their destroyed neigh ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Oct 8, 2017Long-term truants make nervy school return in Iraq's Mosul  Hawija, Iraq (AFP) Oct 7, 2017Cinders and desolation in Iraq's Hawija after IS  Moscow (AFP) Oct 10, 2017Moscow says US 'pretending' to fight IS in Iraq |
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 Tehran (AFP) Oct 14, 2017  Iranians responded with anger and mockery on Saturday to the bellicose speech against their country by US President Donald Trump and his threats to tear up the landmark nuclear deal.
"I was so angry last night," said Layla, 42, who runs an artisan shop in Tehran.
"This person hates Iran so much that even if we don't support the ideas of the regime, we find ourselves supporting them and t ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2017Iran move won't weaken US hand with N.Korea: Tillerson  Geneva (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Nobel peace laureates denounce Trump's Iran move  Washington (AFP) Oct 16, 2017Gulf widens between Washington and UN partners |
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 Nanjie , China (AFP) Oct 13, 2017 
Disneyland has "Main Street, USA", a monorail and Mickey Mouse. China's Nanjie village has "East is Red Square", red trams and Mao Zedong.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the hamlet in central Henan province which has become an attraction with its idealised vision of village life right out of the Communist past.
While the Communist Party prepares to give a second t ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2017China's People's Daily launches English app in soft power push  Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2017Xi to tighten clutch on power at Communist conclave  Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2017Five things to know about China's Communist congress |
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 N'Djamena (AFP) Oct 11, 2017 
Chad is to boost protection for a key haven for endangered wildlife in the south of the country under an agreement with a conservation group.
African Parks is to take over management and protection of a territory of high ecological value that lies around the vast Zakouma National Park in southern Chad.
The programme will help beef up security at the Siniaka Minia and Bahr-Salamat reserv ... more Kigali (AFP) Oct 10, 2017Rwanda military uses torture to force confessions: HRW  Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2017New witness emerges over Rwandan genocide: French legal source  Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Nigeria: Cooperation 'key' to defeating jihadists |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2017  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday warned US President Donald Trump that Canada would not make military buys from Boeing while the United States was targeting Canada's Bombardier with heavy import duties.
The US aerospace firm, claiming its competitor received unfair state subsidies, successfully petitioned the Trump administration to impose financial penalties on Bombardier ... more Sydney (AFP) Oct 12, 2017F-35 stealth fighter data stolen in Australia defence hack  Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017Boeing KC-46A tankers exchange fuel mid-flight for first time  New Delhi (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Five killed as India military chopper crashes |
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 Thessaloniki, Greece (AFP) Oct 11, 2017  A tug-of-war between the US and Russia over the extradition of a Russian national suspected of bitcoin-related fraud went into a new round on Wednesday when a Greek court backed Russia's claim.
Alexander Vinnik, who headed BTC-e, an exchange he operated for the cyber currency, was indicted by a US court in July on 21 charges ranging from identity theft and facilitating drug trafficking to mo ... more Shanghai (AFP) Oct 12, 2017Evergrande boss is wealthiest as China's rich get richer  Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2017US, Turkish military relations good amid diplo spat: Mattis  New York (AFP) Oct 11, 2017With a gilded cage visible from Trump Tower, Ai Weiwei honors pro-migrant New York |
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 Vilnius (AFP) Oct 11, 2017 
Lithuania said Wednesday it would raise its defence spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) next year to meet a NATO target amid security concerns over neighbouring Russia.
The government of the Baltic state formally endorsed a rise from the current 1.8 percent of GDP to 2.006 percent for 2018.
"In the light of the current global security situation, it is important that eac ... more Moscow (AFP) Oct 12, 2017Moscow accuses US of 'quietly' adding troops in Eastern Europe  Brussels (AFP) Oct 11, 2017Ex-NATO chief urges allies to boost help for Ukraine  Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2017Trump puts America first, but more and more alone |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) Oct 11, 2017  Air pollution causes more than 500,000 premature deaths across Europe each year despite "slowly" improving air quality on the continent, the EU's environment authority said Wednesday.
Although data from the Copenhagen-based European Environment Agency (EEA) reveals some encouraging signs, in large part the result of new technologies, air pollution remains the leading environmental cause of ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017Scientists trace path of inland plastic pollution from rivers to oceanw/ll  Tipitapa, Nicaragua (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Polluted lake is poor Nicaraguans' lifeline  Tokyo (AFP) Oct 4, 2017Olympics: Tokyo 2020 water venue polluted |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2017  Donald Trump warned Thursday that his willingness to help hurricane-battered Puerto Rico was not unlimited, prompting a furious backlash, with the mayor of San Juan branding the president a "Hater in Chief."
Puerto Rico is struggling to recover after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island, leaving 44 people dead and cutting power and running water to much of its population, and its gover ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Branson calls for sustainable rebuilding of storm-battered Caribbean  New Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2017India's top court bans firecracker sales before Diwali  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 10, 2017New military op in gang-plagued Rio favela |
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