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  Washington (UPI) Jan 15, 2018 Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could balance against some of the economic gains from the increase in crude oil prices, Moody's said Monday. Moody's Investors Service said it expected growth in the gross domestic product for the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - to be around 2 percent for 2018. That's compared with the aggregate growth rate average for GPD of around 5 percent per year in the five years endin ... read more |
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Oil prices flutter around even in light tradingWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2018 Light trading on the U.S. federal holiday left crude oil prices around neutral, but still marching closer to $70 per barrel, potentially on geopolitical risk. ... more 
Aker BP sees dividend and production gainsWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2018 Norwegian energy company Aker BP said its production levels could at least double within the next five years and dividends could grow by $100 million per year. ... more 
North Sea industries could adapt and thrive during oil field maturationWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2018 Tearing down the infrastructure from aging North Sea oil and gas fields could generate a stream of revenue for the industry as a whole, a consultant group said. ... more 
Shell makes first North Sea oil and gas commitment in decadesWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2018 As the industry focuses on decommissioning, Shell said Monday it made a final investment decision on the first manned installation for the North Sea in decades. ... more |
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China races to tackle expanding oil spill after tanker sinksBeijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2018 Chinese ships scrambled Monday to clean up a massive and expanding oil spill after an Iranian tanker sank off China, raising fears of devastating damage to marine life. ... more 
Total plants flag offshore BrazilWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2018 French energy company Total said it's now a premier player in the oil basins off the coast of Brazil after finalizing a partnership with a state energy company. ... more 
Iran's leading cleric extends sympathies on Sanchi tragedyWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2018 Iran's ruling cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, extended condolences to the members and family of the crew of the Sanchi oil tanker, which sank offshore China. ... more 
China may invest in Russian oil pipeline company TransneftWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 China could become one of the major shareholders in Transneft, the state-backed oil pipeline company in Russia, one of its directors said Friday. ... more 
At least four dead in Indian chopper crash: navyNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 13, 2018 India's navy said four bodies had been recovered on Saturday after search teams located the wreckage of a helicopter that went missing earlier in the day. ... more 
Production for Austrian major OMV up 20 percentWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 In a trading update ahead of the company's fourth quarter report, Austrian energy company OMV said output was up nearly 20 percent from last year. ... more |
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The oil trade is no longer intriguing, T. Boone Pickens saysWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 After a "roller coaster ride" that saw $100-per-barrel swings in crude oil prices, tycoon and former oil man T. Boone Pickens said he's bored with trading oil. ... more
Oil retreats from $70 ceiling on fading geopolitical risk premiumWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 Crude oil prices dipped into negative territory on Friday on signs Washington would indeed extend waivers that let Iranian oil flow on the global market. ... more 
Glimmers of hope in Iran economy despite TrumpTehran (AFP) Jan 13, 2018 Even with President Donald Trump continuing to waive nuclear sanctions, Iran's economy remains hobbled by US restrictions but some diplomats in Tehran remain quietly confident for the future. ... more 
Dutch to hasten plans to pay damages after gas field quakeThe Hague (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 The Dutch government plans to speed up moves to compensate people whose homes and buildings were damaged in a 3.4 magnitude quake, blamed on extraction at Europe's biggest gas field. ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
A team of Russian, Czech and German researchers gained a new perspective on the properties of three materials of biological origin. Besides two reference materials with well-studied properties - serum albumin and cytochrome C - the researchers looked at the extracellular matrix of the Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bacterium, which is used in biofuel cells.
The team measured the materials' dyn ... more Houston TX (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Rice U.'s one-step catalyst turns nitrates into water and air  Harpenden UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Less chewing the cud, more greening the fuel  Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jan 02, 2018A new strategy for efficient hydrogen production |
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 Bellaterra, Spain (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 
A team of researchers have disclosed in which location self-healing occurs for the future solar cells through the use of Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscope. The work entitles "Topological distribution of reversible and non-reversible degradation in perovskite solar cells" published in the prestigious scientific journal Nano Energy.
In this work the sample is illuminated from the back ... more Victoria, Canada (SPX) Jan 12, 2018Urban Solar installs solar LED lighting along Vancouver Island pathways  Golden CO (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Multi-model effort highlights progress, future needs in renewable energy modeling  Washington (UPI) Jan 10, 2018About half of new U.S. power came from renewables last year |
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 Bilbao, Spain (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 
The offshore power plant or wave farm at Mutriku is the only commercial facility (it is not a prototype) in the world that operates by regularly feeding the grid with electrical power produced by waves. It has been operating since 2011 and the study by the UPV/EHU's EOLO group analysed its behaviour during the 2014-2016 period.
"It is important to find out how the wave power farm is actual ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Turkey gets European loan for renewable energy  Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017Oil-rich Alberta sees momentum for wind energy  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Construction to start on $160 million Kennedy Energy Park in North Queensland |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 
Within the framework of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China in the company of a business delegation, Framatome's CEO Bernard Fontana signed a protocol for the development of a global strategic cooperation with CNNC's Chairman Wang Shoujun. This protocol is to set up basis for future strategy and long-term cooperation between the two companies.
Under the terms of this protocol ... more Paris (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Framatome pursues the industrial and technological adventure of the nuclear energy business  New York (AFP) Jan 4, 2018Struggling Westinghouse Electric sold to Brookfield for $4.6 bn  Moscow (AFP) Dec 22, 2017Russia to build nuclear power plant in Sudan |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 
The Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius will slip beyond reach unless nations act now to slash carbon pollution, curb energy demand, and suck CO2 from the air, according to a draft UN report.
Without such efforts, "holding warming to 1.5 C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the 21st century [is] extremely unlikely," said the 1,000-page report, prepared b ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) Jan 04, 2018Researchers use global thermometer to track temperature extremes, droughts  (UPI) Jan 12, 2018Colorado's governor sees climate efforts as an economic engine  Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Trump says US could 'conceivably' return to Paris climate deal |
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 Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 12, 2018  Carless commuting is cruising in the fast lane at the Consumer Electronics Show, with companies showing off electric bicycles, scooters, skateboards and more aimed at making the internal combustion engine a thing of the past.
As the ranks of people around the world living in cities has grown, so too has the cost of car ownership as well as traffic congestion.
Nowhere was this more appare ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2018Gas-powered vehicle about twice as costly to drive as an electric  New York (AFP) Jan 12, 2018GM seeks US approval for car with no steering wheel  Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 10, 2018With pricey electric car, Fisker eyes comeback |
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 Bashiqa, Irak (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 
Northern Iraq's Yazidi community that suffered so terribly under Islamic State group persecution celebrated on Friday as it inaugurated a restored temple to the sound of traditional drums and flutes.
Overlooked by conical domes of polished stone, hundreds of men in dishdasha robes and women veiled in white gathered at the site which was blown up by the rampaging jihadists in 2014.
The te ... more Baghdad (AFP) Jan 14, 2018Iraq PM heads for May elections after defeating IS  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 12, 2018A new life sprouts up around Mosul after scars of IS rule  Baghdad (AFP) Jan 15, 2018Baghdad twin suicide bombing kills 31 |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 
US President Donald Trump was set Friday to decide whether to jeopardize the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by re-imposing American sanctions on an agreement European leaders say is working just fine.
Washington agreed to sanctions relief under the terms of the landmark agreement reached between Tehran and six world powers - an accord Trump has denounced as one of the worst of all time.
US offi ... more Washington (AFP) Jan 12, 2018White House hails drop in Chinese trade with N.Korea  Aboard The Papal Plane (AFP) Jan 15, 2018Pope voices nuclear war concerns at outset of Latin America trip  Washington (AFP) Jan 13, 2018Trump issues stay of execution for Iran nuclear deal |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 
A former chief of staff of China's military is under investigation on "suspicion of bribery", state media said Tuesday, as Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-graft crackdown claimed another top general.
Fang Fenghui was appointed to the PLA's top post in 2012. But he was abruptly replaced in late August amid a stand-off with India over a territorial dispute and just days after he had met US top bras ... more Shanghai (AFP) Jan 12, 2018China shuts Marriott website over Tibet mistake  Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2018'Frost Boy' stirs poverty debate in China  Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2018China jails two for life for $2.4 bn pyramid scam |
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 Yaounde (AFP) Jan 10, 2018 
Forty-three gold diggers died in abandoned mines in Cameroon in the first 10 months of last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday.
"The toll of people who died in mining holes... reached 43 in the first 10 months" of 2017, said Foder, a local NGO whose full name in English means Forest and Rural Development.
The group said much of the blame lay with corporations, many of them Chinese, wh ... more Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 5, 2018IS-allied Boko Haram faction claims killing of Nigerian troops  Bamako (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Mali president names new govt after ex-PM's resignation  Conakry (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Guinea massacre suspects to go before criminal tribunal |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 
The U.S. Army has awarded Sikorsky a contract worth nearly $200 million for 17 unique UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters for Saudi Arabia.
The terms of the deal were announced Thursday by the Department of Defense. The agreement reached between the Army and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is worth more than $193.8 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price foreign military sale.
... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 10, 2018China orders 184 Airbus A320 planes: France  McLeanN, VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2018ASECNA to Deploy Space-Based ADS-B in Western and Central Africa  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Firm to receive up to $70 mn if MH370 found in new hunt |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Jan 13, 2018 
Canada hopes the upcoming G7 summit it is hosting will serve as a springboard for fresh ideas on key issues including climate change, the global economy and security, the lead organizer told AFP.
"The G7 serves well as a proving or testing ground for discussions that could eventually go into the G20 or the United Nations or international financial institutions," Peter Boehm, Canadian Prime M ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2018China's US surplus jumps as trade with world picks up  Beijing (AFP) Jan 10, 2018China factory gate inflation slows to 13-month low Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2018China's global trade surplus falls, but grows with US |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 
India will handle China's growing assertiveness and has stepped up patrols on their disputed border to head off more standoffs, the country's top army officer declared Friday.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have in the past gone to war over their border and last year were involved in a showdown over a Himalayan plateau claimed by China and Bhutan which is an ally of India.
"We understand C ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2018Japan says China sent nuclear-powered sub to disputed isles  New Delhi (AFP) Jan 12, 2018India vows to handle China's 'assertiveness' Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2018Key moments in year one of the Trump presidency |
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 Sofia (AFP) Jan 10, 2018 
Bulgaria's capital Sofia was all done-up to host incoming European Union officials for the opening of its EU Council presidency on Thursday, but it remained blanketed by smog.
The bloc's poorest but most euro-optimistic member state completed a costly refurbishment of its National Palace of Culture, built in 1981 during the country's communist era, to host meetings of the six-month revolving ... more London (AFP) Jan 11, 2018Campaigners slam UK plans on cutting plastic waste  Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2018Blue skies in China's capital spark joy, scepticism  London (AFP) Jan 10, 2018UK plans to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042 |
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 Musselburgh UK (SPX) Jan 16, 2018 
Astrosat, one of the leading businesses in Europe's space exploitation industry, has formed a partnership with Irish start-up DroneSAR- Search and Rescue, to incorporate drone software with Astrosat's Recovery and Protection in Disaster (RAPID) system.
The RAPID system is designed to provide intelligent situational awareness and support in the context of disaster scenarios to aid, inform a ... more London UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Tracing how disaster impacts escalate will improve emergency responses  Paris (AFP) Jan 10, 2018When humans wage war, animals suffer too: study  Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2018Hurricane-hit Puerto Rico launches new drive for US statehood |
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