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  Washington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 Growth in U.S. exploration and production activity is spreading outside the Permian shale to the rest of the country, monthly figures indicate. Commodity pricing group S&P Global Platts said its January land rig count, emailed to UPI, was up 4 percent from December and 40 percent higher than for January 2017. Rig counts serve as a loose indication of exploration and productivity in a particular region and could offer clues about actual output in the future. Platts counted rig activity in ... read more |
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Oklahoma's earthquakes strongly linked to wastewater injection depthBristol UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 Man-made earthquakes in Oklahoma, USA, are strongly linked to the depth at which wastewater from the oil and gas industry are injected into the ground, according to a new study led by the University ... more 
Russia to boost Sudan military: BashirKhartoum (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday said that Khartoum and Moscow have agreed on a programme to boost Sudan's military capabilities. ... more 
Uproar continues over Trump's offshore drilling plansWashington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 Democratic senators from U.S. coastal states said they're still waiting for clarification on a five-year drilling plan given the ambiguity over Florida. ... more 
Oil prices search for momentum on competing trendsWashington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 Crude oil prices moved moderately lower in early Thursday trading, though strong U.S. oil output was offset somewhat by good economic news. ... more |
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Shale drilling in British Columbia closer to realityWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018 A construction permit from the provincial government in British Columbia puts drilling in the emerging Montney shale closer to reality, Calima Energy said. ... more 
Axing fossil fuel subsidies scant help on climate: studyParis (AFP) Feb 7, 2018 Getting rid of massive subsidies for oil, gas and coal will not significantly curb carbon pollution or speed the transition to a greener global economy, researchers said Wednesday, challenging widely held assumptions. ... more 
Oil prices mixed post-selloffWashington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 Crude oil prices were mixed early Wednesday on signs that U.S. shale oil growth accelerated, but the downturn was moderated by a good EU economic outlook. ... more 
Oil production from Venezuela is at its lowest in decadesWashington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 Crude oil production from Venezuela in January was at its lowest point in more than 10 years and is likely to continue its decline, an industry report found. ... more 
Iranian energy trade with Iraq improvingWashington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 With Iraqi security forces clearing potential oil transit routes, the Iranian government said next on the trade list with its neighbor is liquefied natural gas. ... more |
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BP reports one its strongest quarters in yearsWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018 Besting its industry peers, British energy company BP said Tuesday that profits more than doubled in 2017 and production was its highest since 2010. ... more  |
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Fear and diplomacy fuel Qatar's military spendingDoha (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. ... more
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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 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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 Golden CO (SPX) Feb 08, 2018  Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created an environmentally stable, high-efficiency perovskite solar cell, bringing the emerging technology a step closer to commercial deployment.
Over the past decade, perovskites have rapidly evolved into a promising technology, now with the ability to convert about 23 percent of sunlight into elec ... 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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 Istanbul (AFP) Feb 6, 2018 
The Turkish consortium that was to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant in a joint venture with the Russian atomic energy agency has pulled out of the ambitious project, reports said on Tuesday.
The Cengiz-Kolin-Kalyon (CKK) consortium - made out of three major privately-owned Turkish industrial conglomerates - has left the project due to a failure to agree commercial terms, the state ... 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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 New York (AFP) Feb 7, 2018 
A day after launching one of its cars into space, Tesla moved Wednesday to ease concerns on earth over production delays for its Model 3, the key to future growth for the star electric carmaker.
In its quarterly earnings update, the carmaker led by entrepreneur Elon Musk said it is moving ahead toward its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 vehicles per week by the end of the second quarter.
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 Ramadi, Iraq (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 
A suicide bombing killed one person in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Thursday, the first such attack since government forces retook it from jihadists, police and medics said.
"A man driving a motorcycle blew himself up outside a police checkpoint," in Ramadi, a police captain said.
A hospital source said one person was killed and 10 others were wounded.
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018  Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for Trident II D5 missile deployed system support.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $28.7 million under a cost-plus-fixed-fee, which is a modification on a previous award.
The contract calls for support services for the Trident II D5 missile deployed system.
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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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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 8, 2018  The African Union's chairman dismissed during a visit to Beijing on Thursday a French newspaper report alleging that China had spied on the continental body as "lies" intended to derail cooperation.
The report published by Le Monde in January claimed technicians at the AU's Chinese-built headquarters in the Ethiopian capital discovered last year that the contents of their computers had been ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 
Malaysia Thursday quashed rumours swirling after a ship searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared from tracking screens, saying it had simply made a refuelling stop in Australia and would resume the hunt.
The Seabed Constructor, hired in January for a fresh search for the missing plane, turned off its location transponder for three days without explanation early this month, sp ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 8, 2018  China expressed concern on Thursday over the US ramping up trade investigations as official data showed its surplus with America narrowed in January after reaching record levels last year.
This week China announced an investigation into imports of a US agricultural product after President Donald Trump's administration launched a spate of new trade tariffs and probes into Chinese goods. ... 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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 Moscow (AFP) Feb 9, 2018 
Weary of local officials dismissing the deadly smog that covers their city, citizens of Siberia's industrial hub Krasnoyarsk decided to take action and monitor air quality themselves.
But they quickly came up against those same authorities in the remote region 4,200 kilometres (2,600 miles) east of Moscow.
Krasnoyarsk boasts dozens of factories as well as one of the world's biggest alum ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 
Eight people died and three were missing in southern China after a water leak inside a subway station construction site caused a major road to cave in, authorities said Thursday.
The sudden leak flooded the underground site and led to the multi-lane road's collapse in downtown Foshan, Guangdong province, on Wednesday night, the city government said in a statement.
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