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  Caracas (AFP) Feb 11, 2018 A military raid against suspected criminals in a troubled mining area in southeastern Venezuela has left 18 people dead, human rights organizations and opposition leaders said Sunday. The incident took place Saturday at a mine in the town of Guasipati, in Bolivar state, when "an exchange of shots with several still-unidentified suspects left 18 dead," including a woman, according to an unofficial military report seen by AFP. Illegal gold mining is common in the area. Five military rifles, se ... read more |
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Statoil to lead North Sea spending, data showWashington (UPI) Feb 14, 2018 More than $58 billion in North Sea spending is expected over the next two years, and most of that is from the Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway, data show. ... more 
OPEC secretary general speaks of market patienceWashington (UPI) Feb 14, 2018 While pointing to emerging optimism in the energy markets, OPEC's secretary general said Wednesday that any focus on stability should be long-term. ... more 
Oil prices pointing toward correction territoryWashington (UPI) Feb 14, 2018 Supply-side pressures and broader signs that markets may have overheated earlier this year helped send crude oil prices lower in early Wednesday trading. ... more 
U.S. export vision extends into Iraqi energyWashington (UPI) Feb 14, 2018 The official U.S. export credit agency signed agreements with Iraq calling for improved economic cooperation, including in energy, the U.S. government said. ... more |
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Oil prices bounce back after rough week in equities Washington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018 Crude oil prices recovered lost ground in early Monday trading on expectations of strong global demand and a rebound in global stock markets. ... more 
SMU study finds earthquakes continue for years after gas field wastewater injection stopsDallas TX (SPX) Feb 14, 2018 Efforts to stop human-caused earthquakes by shutting down wastewater injection wells that serve adjacent oil and gas fields may oversimplify the challenge, according to a new study from seismologist ... more 
Canada's Suncor moves into Norwegian watersWashington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018 Independent Norwegian producer Faroe Petroleum said Monday it was bringing a regional subsidiary of Canada's Suncor into operations in the Norwegian Sea. ... more 
IEA coordinates multilateral strategic oil release drillWashington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018 More than three dozen countries participated in a broad-based global exercise meant to simulate a coordinated response to oil supply disruptions, the IEA said. ... more 
Bodies from Sanchi oil tanker returning homeWashington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018 The bodies of the sailors on the Sanchi oil tanker, which sank after colliding with a Chinese freighter, are on their way to Iran, Iran's news agency reported. ... more |
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Fiscal year 2019 budget said to bolster U.S. offshore strategyWashington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 The U.S. agency tasked with offshore energy said the 2019 budget plan helps ensure energy dominance, but its funding is only a small fraction of the outline. ... more  |
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Iraq seeks $88.2 bln for reconstruction: ministerKuwait City (AFP) Feb 12, 2018 Iraq needs $88.2 billion to rebuild after years of war against the Islamic State group, Planning Minister Salman al-Jumaili said Monday, as an international conference on the country's reconstruction opened in Kuwait. ... more 
Russia's Gazprom Neft makes new oil findWashington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018 Russian energy company Gazprom Neft said it made a new discovery in a territory north of Kazakhstan said to hold more than 80 million barrels of reserves. ... more 
Stalemate erupting offshore CyprusWashington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018 The Turkish government said its counterparts in Cyprus were over-reaching with their efforts to drill for oil and gas reserves in the Mediterranean Sea. ... more 
U.S. oil and gas improvements spreading out from TexasWashington (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. ... more 
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 |
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 Kaunas, Lithuania (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania are working on improving the efficiency of microbial fuel cells (MFC) by using modified graphite felt. Primary results show that the new MFC can generate 20 percent higher voltage than usual cells.
Over the past 20 years, nearly three-fourths of human-caused emissions came from the burning of fossil fuels. Increasing pollution ... more |
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 Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Feb 08, 2018  The ability to use cheap materials and simple manufacturing methods are two huge advantages of printed organic solar cells. Olle Inganas, professor at Linkoping University, is head of a research group that has now developed an even simpler method to manufacture solar cell modules. The results have been published in the scientific journal npj Flexible Electronics.
The energy efficiency of o ... 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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 Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2018  The top US intelligence official issued a warning on Tuesday about the dangers of climate change in testimony that was seemingly at odds with the skepticism of President Donald Trump and other members of his administration.
"The impacts of the long-term trends toward a warming climate, more air pollution, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity are likely to fuel economic and social discontent ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Feb 9, 2018  Waymo and Uber announced an agreement Friday in the blockbuster federal lawsuit over allegedly stolen trade secrets from the former Google self-driving car project.
The surprise agreement ends a trial between the two Silicon Valley rivals competing in a race to develop autonomous cars, after four days of testimony before a federal judge in San Francisco.
A source familiar with the confid ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Feb 12, 2018 
The weightlifters on Iraq's national women's team train hard every day, both to bring home the medals and to help ease the financial burden of running a home.
Jerking weights heavier than themselves at a rundown gym in Baghdad's conservative Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City, the young women and girls come together for three hours every day.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 
North Korea's nuclear program poses a potential "existential threat" to the United States, US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Tuesday.
"The decision time is becoming ever closer in terms of how we respond to this," Coats said in remarks to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
"Our goal is a peaceful settlement," he added. "We're using maximum pressure on North Korea in var ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 
China's former internet czar, who oversaw a tightening of online censorship during his tenure, has been expelled from the Communist Party for taking bribes, the top graft watchdog said Tuesday.
More than 20 allegations against Lu Wei, ranging from serious crimes to criticisms of his character, were listed on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which announced the ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) Feb 9, 2018  The Cameroonian army on Friday denied its troops were responsible for alleged atrocities against separatists in English-speaking regions after unverified footage apparently involving soldiers was posted online.
"These accusations of atrocities are dreamt up. We are victims of disinformation and fake news," army spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck told AFP, just days after the appearance of the ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force has rolled out plans to phase out the B-1B and B-2 bomber fleets as it makes way for the new B-21 Raider, which is currently under development by Northrop Grumman.
Air Force officials on Monday made public their bomber fleet plans during a Pentagon press briefing for the service's 2019 fiscal year budget request.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2018  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed Chinese state councillor Yang Jiechi to Washington on Thursday as the world's two most powerful diplomats talked trade, drugs and North Korea.
Yang is in Washington for two days at a time when relations between the top powers are dominated by the North Korean nuclear stand-off and President Donald Trump's concerns about their trade imbalance.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
China's military might is growing at such a pace that it could soon rival American power "across almost every domain," a top US military official said Wednesday.
Admiral Harry Harris, who heads up the military's enormous Pacific Command (PACOM), warned lawmakers they must be wary of Beijing's investments in traditional assets as well as its development of a new wave of technologies such as h ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Feb 13, 2018  "Car nation" Germany has surprised neighbours with a radical proposal to reduce road traffic by making public transport free, as Berlin scrambles to meet EU air pollution targets and avoid big fines.
The move comes just over two years after Volkswagen's devastating "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal unleashed a wave of anger at the auto industry, a keystone of German prosperity.
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 
A Tokyo court has ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay $10 million in fresh damages to residents who fled their homes after the disaster, the plaintiffs' attorney said Thursday.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) was instructed to pay a total of 1.1 billion yen to 318 former residents of the Odaka district in Fukushima, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the pl ... more |
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