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  Manila (AFP) Feb 16, 2018 China and the Philippines are discussing joint mineral exploration in the South China Sea despite an ongoing territorial conflict over the strategic waterway, Manila's foreign secretary said Friday. The two countries, long embroiled in a dispute over their competing claims to the area, are hoping talks will open the door for them to jointly tap its resources, Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said. "We are pushing it aggressively because we need it," Cayetano told reporters, adding the countries wo ... read more |
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Higher federal gasoline tax likely dead on arrivalWashington (UPI) Feb 16, 2018 Putting another 25 cents on the consumer price for gasoline, as proposed by the Trump administration, could be political suicide, a market analyst said. ... more 
U.S. oil exports could be driven by OPEC's balancing actWashington (UPI) Feb 16, 2018 U.S. shale oil barrels that find their way on the international market could have the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to thank, analysis suggests. ... more 
Study examines methane emissions reduction from oil and gas in North AmericaLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 Atmospheric methane concentrations continue to increase globally, despite a pledge in 2016 from the leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico to reduce methane emissions from each country's o ... more 
Oil prices search for momentum, though inflation loomsWashington (UPI) Feb 16, 2018 Crude oil prices were slightly lower in early Friday trading on competing narratives on global demand and inflationary pressures in the United States. ... more |
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Even though Texas improved, total U.S. proved oil reserves held steadyWashington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 Texas added almost 1 billion barrels of proved oil reserves at the end of 2016, but net proved reserves were unchanged from the prior year, new data show. ... more
IEA: U.S. oil production, exports means shift in trade patternsWashington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 A second wave of U.S. shale oil production, now a major exporter, means trade patterns are shifting to, not from, the Middle East, the IEA said. ... more 
Energy market balance still seems elusiveWashington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 The race toward energy market balance is getting closer to its goal, though U.S. data showed crude oil inventories "remain bloated," a Platts report found. ... more 
UN envoy sees possible South Sudan deal from talks in EthiopiaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 The latest round of Ethiopia-led peace talks on South Sudan will wrap up on Friday with a possible agreement that could pave the way to further negotiations on ending the war, the UN envoy said. ... more 
Norway to review oil and gas pension investmentsWashington (UPI) Feb 14, 2018 Following advice from its central bank, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance said it would consider whether oil and gas stocks should be in a pension fund. ... more |
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Oxy sees Permian production increase by 15 percentWashington (UPI) Feb 14, 2018 U.S. oil producer Occidental Petroleum Corp. said its production from one of the premiere shale basins in the country improved, but pre-tax income faltered. ... more  |
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Greek Cypriots link UN peace talks to Med energy searchNicosia (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 Cypriot officials said Thursday that stalled UN-backed peace talks to reunite the island cannot resume while Turkey blocks energy exploration off its coast. ... more 
Gas spill sparks highway inferno in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Feb 12, 2018 A Chinese highway transformed into a raging inferno after an overturned tanker coated the road in liquid natural gas, creating a potential deathtrap for unsuspecting motorists. ... more 
Egyptian gas momentum picks up with Atoll, Zohr fieldsWashington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 Egyptian natural gas prospects improved on Tuesday when British supermajor BP said its first startup of the year came from the Mediterranean Sea. ... more 
Clash with military in Venezuela mining town leaves 18 dead: reportCaracas (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. ... more 
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 |
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 York UK (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of York, has discovered a set of enzymes found in fungi that are capable of breaking down one of the main components of wood. The enzymes could now potentially be used to sustainably convert wood biomass into valuable chemical commodities such as biofuels.
As an alternative to coal and oil, wood is increasingly ... more |
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 Aiken, SC (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
United Sun Systems and the CEO Lars Jacobsson has signed an exclusive license agreement on a high-temperature, metal hydride-based thermal energy storage technology for concentrating solar power, with Savannah River National Laboratory.
The technology is based on metal hydride materials that efficiently store thermal energy in the form of chemical bonds and then release that energy when th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 
Put to the test with high winds and strong seas, Norway's Statoil said a floating wind farm in Scottish waters shows promise for deepwater installations.
During its first three months in service, the company's Hywind Scotland floating wind farm, the first of its kind, was put to the test and performed better than expected. Hurricane Ophelia in October pummeled the wind farm with 80 mile ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said on Wednesday it would swing into the black for the full fiscal year as it completes the multi-billion-dollar sale of its chip business to restore its balance sheet.
The Tokyo-based firm said it now expects a net profit of 520 billion yen ($4.9 billion) for the year to March, reversing a net loss of 966 billion yen a year earlier.
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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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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
The added weight, electricity demand and aerodynamic drag of the sensors and computers used in autonomous vehicles are significant contributors to their lifetime energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.
However, when savings from the driving efficiencies associated with self-driving vehicles are factored into the equation, the net result is a reduction in lifetime ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 14, 2018  The streets of Mosul have seen plenty of blood, but on Wednesday the Iraqi city's markets were red with Valentine's Day gifts instead - for the first time since the end of jihadist rule.
Shops did a brisk trade selling plastic roses and heart-shaped balloons, something that under their former jihadist rulers would have been a crime punishable by death.
Student Rafal Fathi donned a full- ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Feb 15, 2018  The son of an Iranian-Canadian environmentalist who died in prison has said that his family were threatened by authorities and that a video of his alleged suicide was inconclusive.
Iranian authorities accused Kavous Seyed Emami, 63, a renowned professor and founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, of being part of an espionage network set up by Mossad and the CIA.
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 Macau (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 
MGM China is opening its new multi-billion-dollar mega resort in Macau's glitzy Cotai strip on Tuesday following multiple delays and last-minute hiccups in the government approval process.
The launch of the $3.4-billion resort comes as Macau is undergoing something of a renaissance, with gaming revenues bouncing back after being hard hit by a corruption crackdown launched by China's Presiden ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 
South Africa has widened a corruption probe into allies of ex-president Jacob Zuma to other countries including India, China and Dubai, the police minister said Sunday.
Fikile Mbalula made the announcement days after South Africa issued an arrest warrant for one of the brothers of the Gupta business family, close associates of scandal-plagued Zuma who was forced from power on Wednesday.
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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 16, 2018  The US Commerce Department on Friday recommended imposing heavy tariffs on China, Russia and other countries to counter a global glut in steel and aluminum which it says threatens national security.
The move gives President Donald Trump the opportunity to strike a highly public blow for his "America first" trade policy, but raises the prospect of retaliation from countries targeted and was s ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 16, 2018  Europe must be able to stand on its own feet militarily, France and Germany said Friday as they made the case for a new EU defence pact that has rattled Washington.
In opening remarks at the Munich Security Conference, French Defence Minister Florence Parly and her German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen said the EU plan posed no threat to NATO.
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 Manila (AFP) Feb 14, 2018  Scores of holiday resorts on the Philippines' famous white-sand island Boracay have been given two months to clean up or face closure, officials said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte warned tourists were swimming in waters polluted by faeces.
The outspoken Philippine leader last week blasted the tiny island's hotels, restaurants and other businesses, accusing them of dumping sewage ... more |
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 Gloucester Point VA (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 
Bird-human actions can end in tragedy - for bird as well as human. John Swaddle believes technology and a solid understanding of bird behavior can make those tragedies less frequent. Swaddle is a behavioral biologist at William and Mary. He briefed attendees at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on developments in a pair of initiatives designed to minim ... more |
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