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  Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2018 French energy company Total said Monday it has expanded its footprint off the South African coast by taking exploration rights offshore Guyana. Total signed contracts to take non-controlling interests in the Canje and Kanuku block offshore Guyana, expanding its exploration rights beyond holdings in the Orinduik block. "Total is very pleased with this significant entry in the prolific Guyana basin," Arnaud Breuillac, the president of exploration and production at Total, said in a statemen ... read more |
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US restricts arms transfers to bloodied South SudanWashington (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 Appalled by ongoing violence in South Sudan, Washington on Friday restricted arms transfers to the African country where tens of thousands have died in civil war. ... more 
Russian GDP growth still forecast below 2 percentWashington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 Though oil prices are flirting with historic highs, growth in Russia's gross domestic product won't reach 2 percent in the near term, the Central Bank said. ... more 
Oil prices follow broader markets lowerWashington (UPI) Feb 5, 2018 Crude oil prices followed broader stock market indices Monday, trending lower on rising U.S. output and fears of increasing inflationary pressures. ... more 
Aker BP continues to probe December rig fatalityWashington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 Norwegian oil and gas producer said in announcing its fourth quarter results it was still looking into what led to a fatal accident on a rig in December. ... more |
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Method of petroleum extraction based on injections of nanosized metal oxide colloidsKazan, Russia (SPX) Feb 05, 2018 Sergey Sitnov, Senior Research Associate of the Laboratory, is one of the seven 2017 Russian Presidential Grant winners from KFU. His work at the laboratory focuses on finding ways to increase effic ... more 
Royal Dutch Shell sees big profits, but lower cash flowWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Looking ahead to first quarter 2018 performance, Royal Dutch Shell said exploration and production earnings may be impacted by divestments. ... more 
Offshore Asia-Pacific not prepared for decommissioningWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Hundreds of Asia-Pacific fields could stop production in the next decade and the industry is unprepared to handle the decommissioning task, analysis finds. ... more 
Oil prices shrug off U.S. recordWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Crude oil prices shot back toward the $70 mark early Thursday after reports of a drain in gasoline inventories as traders shrugged off big U.S. oil gains. ... more 
Lundin Petroleum posts income and production gainsWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Already expecting gains from one of Norway's biggest offshore fields, Lundin Petroleum said its full-year production last year improved by nearly 50 percent. ... more |
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Mexico draws nearly $100 billion from offshore auctionWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 The Mexican government said it estimated the reserve potential for the 19 contracts awarded in its latest auction approach 3 billion barrels. ... more  |
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Weakened Japan takes on more Kuwaiti oilWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Kuwait, the fourth-largest crude oil exporter to Japan, said Thursday that December levels were more than 30 percent higher than at the same time in 2016. ... more 
Cuban oil drilling one step closer to realityWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 Cuban authorities have issued the local consent necessary to move forward with plans for oil drilling onshore, Australia's Melbana Energy said Wednesday. ... more 
BP makes two North Sea oil discoveriesWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 With the announcement of two new discoveries in the North Sea, British energy company BP said Wednesday it could double its production there by 2020. ... more 
Alberta cries foul over proposed limit on oil transitWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 A proposal to limit the movement of heavy oil through British Columbia is a political ploy that borders on a constitutional violation, oil-rich Alberta said. ... more
U.S. shale gains pushing oil prices lowerWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 Emerging supply-side strains from the United States, and the announcement Wednesday of new discoveries, sent oil prices lower in early Wednesday trading. ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 
When John Wesley Hyatt patented the first industrial plastic in 1869, his intention was to create an alternative to the elephant tusk ivory used to make piano keys. But this early plastic also sparked a revolution in the way people thought about manufacturing: What if we weren't limited to the materials nature had to offer?
Over a century later, plastics are an abundant part of daily life. ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 02, 2018 
Kyocera Corporation and Tokyo Century Corporation report that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC has completed construction of a 21.1 megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar power plant in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. 78,144 Kyocera solar modules were installed on approximately 1km2 of land originally planned for the construction of an industrial waste disposal facility which was abandoned, then repurpo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 
The Irish government, despite what happens for Great Britain, is committed to the European Union's energy and renewable policies, the environment minister said.
"Ireland is now a world leader in integrating renewables onto the electricity grid," Irish Environment Minister Denis Naughten said in comments emailed Wednesday from a renewable energy conference in Dublin. "Whatever the final ... more |
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 Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 
Scientists from the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering of Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a technology enabling the creation of high-temperature gas-cool low-power reactors with thorium fuel.
TPU scientists propose to burn weapons-grade plutonium in these units, converting it into power and thermal energy. Thermal energy generated at thorium reactors may be used in hydro ... more |
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 Laramie WY (SPX) Feb 01, 2018 
University of Wyoming researchers led a climate study that determined recent temperatures across Europe and North America appear to have few, if any, precedent in the past 11,000 years.
The study revealed important natural fluctuations in climate have occurred over past millennia, which would have naturally led to climatic cooling today in the absence of human activity.
Bryan Shuman, ... more |
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 Golden CO (SPX) Feb 05, 2018 
An influx of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) charging without coordination could prove challenging to the nation's electric grid, according to research conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Matteo Muratori, a transportation and energy systems engineer at NREL and author of the new Nature Energy paper, "Impact of Uncoordinated Plug-in Ele ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 
The US-led coalition said Monday it is "adjusting" its force levels in Iraq downward as it shifts away from combat operations against the Islamic State group.
In a statement, it gave no specifics but made clear that the focus now will be on consolidating military gains made against IS after more than three years of fighting in Iraq and Syria.
"2018 will be a critical year in adjusting co ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory was awarded a contract for submarine-launched Trident nuclear missile guidance systems.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $65.5 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, which is a modification on a previous contract award.
The agreement between Charles Stark ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 5, 2018  The daughter of missing Swedish publisher Gui Minhai who was snatched in China last month says she fears she may never see him again and has urged the international community to take action.
Gui was arrested on a train to Beijing just over two weeks ago while accompanied by two Swedish diplomats - the second time he has disappeared in murky circumstances into Chinese custody.
His daught ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 4, 2018  France has frozen the financial assets of a Congolese general placed on the UN's sanctions list for supporting a massacre of civilians by a suspected militia in 2014 and 2015, according to a notice published Sunday.
The government will freeze the "funds and financial resources" in France belonging to General Muhindo Akili Mundos, an ally of President Joseph Kabila, as well as those of three ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2018 
EFW Inc. has been awarded a contract for Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets and associated spare parts for the U.S. Army.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $12.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract agreement.
The Apache Aviator Integrated Helmet is a critical piece of hardware for pilots of the AH-64 Apache helicopt ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 1, 2018  Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that their countries should take trade ties to "a new level" as London scouts the globe for fresh partnerships after its contentious EU exit.
Hounded by Brexit rows at home, May is seeking to deepen trade relations with the world's second largest economy as Britain prepares to leave the European Union next year. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 
Beijing criticised the "outdated Cold War mentality" of the United States Wednesday after President Donald Trump named China among threats to American values in his State of the Union address.
In recent weeks, US officials have laid the groundwork for a strategic pivot that envisions a world of renewed great power competition with the likes of Russia and China.
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2018 
Tiny plastic particles also present a threat to creatures on land and may have damaging effects similar or even more problematic than in our oceans. Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and their Berlin colleagues warn: the impact of microplastics in soils, sediments and the freshwaters could have a long-term negative effect on terrestrial ecosy ... more |
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 Cape Town (AFP) Feb 5, 2018  Officials in Cape Town appealed on Monday for residents to be vigilant against health risks caused by efforts to save or reuse water as the South African city's drought worsens.
The city is grappling with a listeriosis outbreak and a doubling of typhoid cases in the past year.
It has now urged residents to continue hand washing to maintain hygiene standards - despite water shortages. ... more |
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