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  Doha (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 Since the Qatar diplomatic crisis started, one response by the emirate has become increasingly clear - Doha is using its extraordinary wealth to fund a massive push in defence spending. A flurry of military contracts have followed since Saudi Arabia and its allies dramatically cut all ties with Qatar last June, accusing the 2022 World Cup host of sponsoring terrorism and cosying up to Riyadh's bitter regional rival, Iran. Isolated by and increasingly vulnerable to its more powerful neighbours, ... read more |
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Oil prices lose ground after bank-fueled rallyWashington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 Crude oil prices dropped into negative territory in early Friday trading following solid gains backed by emerging bullish sentiments about the market so far. ... more 
U.S. mulls wide-ranging impacts of sanctioning Venezuelan oilWashington (UPI) Feb 5, 2018 A ban on the sale of oil from Venezuela to the United States is something that needs to be considered, the U.S. Secretary of State said. ... more 
Environmentalists appeal ruling over Norway's Arctic oil licencesOslo (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 Environmental groups on Monday said they were appealing to Norway's supreme court a ruling allowing the Nordic nation, western Europe's largest oil and gas producer, to grant exploration licenses in the Arctic. ... more 
Iran prioritizes focus on sunken oil tankerWashington (UPI) Feb 5, 2018 With pollution on the coast of Japan a concern, the Iranian government said Monday it was prioritizing its response to the sinking of the oil tanker, Sanchi. ... more |
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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 
Kashagan oil exports reach milestoneWashington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 By the end of January, the operator of the Kashagan oil field in the Kazakh waters of the Caspian Sea said it exported more than 70 million barrels of oil. ... more 
Oil from stricken Iranian vessel may have reached JapanWashington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 It's possible that oil from an Iranian tanker that sunk off the coast of China last month has reached the coast of Japan, maritime officials said. ... more |
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Fourth quarter production for Exxon turns southWashington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 While pledging to spend "billions of dollars" on U.S. production, Exxon Mobil said Friday its production was down about 3 percent from last year. ... more  |
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ANWR drilling a big deal, Trump saysWashington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 Opening up the potential for oil and gas in parts of an Alaskan wildlife refuge was one of the biggest components of the tax overhaul, the U.S. president said. ... 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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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 05, 2018 
"In my study, I wanted to show that calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels tells just half of the story. What we really need to do is quantify the emissions of each product coming out of biorefineries," says Edgard Gnansounou, professor at EPFL and head of the school's Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group. To that end, Gnansounou has developed a sophisticated computer model ... 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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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2018 
USC scientists have unlocked a new, more efficient pathway for converting methane - a potent gas contributing to climate change - directly into basic chemicals for manufacturing plastics, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.
In research published on Dec. 4 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, chemists at USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute say they have found a way to help t ... 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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 Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Feb 6, 2018  Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan said Tuesday they had detained some 4,000 suspected members of the Islamic State jihadist group, including foreigners, in recent years.
They include around 1,000 jihadists who surrendered during the battle for Hawija, the last IS urban stronghold in Iraq until its fall late last year, Iraqi Kurdish official Dindar Zibari told reporters.
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 
The Pentagon called for the United States to develop two new types of weapons in an update of its nuclear policy Friday.
The new policy - the first update of the Nuclear Posture Review since 2010 - pushes modernization of U.S. nuclear weapons, infrastructure and delivery systems. It overturns years of Obama-era policy that sought to reduce the size and power of the United States' nucl ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 6, 2018  China acknowledged Tuesday that Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai was in custody under criminal law, brushing aside Stockholm's protests after he was seized under the eyes of Swedish diplomats last month.
Gui, 53, was arrested on a train to Beijing just over two weeks ago while being assisted by two Swedish diplomats - the second time he has disappeared in murky circumstances into Chinese c ... 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 31, 2018 
Bell-Boeing JPO was awarded a contract for upgrades to three MV-22 Osprey aircraft.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $69.6 million and is a modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract classified under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed price contract.
The modified contract provides for the upgraded config ... 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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 Darwin, Australia (AFP) Feb 6, 2018  US commitment to the Asia-Pacific remains unwavering even though rivals falsely depict its influence as waning, the country's top general said Tuesday.
General Joe Dunford's remarks came weeks after the Pentagon unveiled a new national defence strategy labelling China as a "strategic competitor" that bullies its neighbours, and as America seeks to counter a narrative that President Donald T ... more |
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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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 Paris (AFP) Feb 6, 2018 
The radioactive cloud detected across Europe late last year may have been caused by an incident in Mayak nuclear facility, one of Russia's biggest, France's radioactivity surveillance institute said Tuesday.
"One possible hypothesis is that of a leak coming from an incident during an operation involving radioactive fuel cooled for around two years in Mayak complex, which is in the area betwe ... more |
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