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  Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 Lower costs and improved market conditions led to more oil and gas investments, though spending last year was below the historic average, analysis found. Energy consultant group Wood Mackenzie found that average spending last year on major projects, those with commercial reserves of more than 50 million barrels of oil equivalent, was around $2.7 billion, the lowest in a decade. Average spending over the last decade was closer to $5.5 billion. Jessica Brewer, a principal analyst at Wood M ... read more |
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Statoil plops down another $1.4B on Johan Sverdrup agreementsWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 Norwegian energy major Statoil followed $1.5 billion in service contract commitments with $1.4 billion for its giant Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea. ... more 
CFO at Canada's Husky Energy resignsWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 While announcing that its chief financial officer has resigned, Canadian energy company Husky said it was committed to low-cost growth in production. ... more 
Ford Motor next to question U.S. trade responseWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 The interdependent trade relationship between the United States and China is a positive connection, not a weakness, Ford Motor Co. said. ... more 
Britain opens military base in BahrainManama (AFP) April 5, 2018 Britain on Thursday opened a new naval base in Bahrain, its first permanent military outpost in the Middle East in nearly half a century, London's defence ministry said. ... more |
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Saudi says oil unaffected by Yemen rebel attack on tankerRiyadh (AFP) April 4, 2018 Saudi Arabia on Wednesday shrugged off a Yemeni rebel missile attack on one of its oil tankers in the Red Sea saying it had zero impact on the kingdom's crude exports. ... more 
Fears of trade war send oil prices sharply lowerWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 Fears of a trade war between the largest economies in the world, China and the United States, sent crude oil prices following stock futures lower on Wednesday. ... more 
'Significant' gas discovery made offshore NorwayWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 New natural gas discoveries on the Norwegian continental shelf could hold "significant" quantities of reserves, a subsidiary of Austria's OMV said Wednesday. ... more 
Norway's DNO builds North Sea positionWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 Norwegian energy company DNO, which has focused on Iraq, said it paid nearly $100 million to take a stake in a petroleum company working in the North Sea. ... more 
States line up to oppose EPA actions on fuel and emissions standardsWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 With threats of legal action, if necessary, U.S. state attorneys general said they would oppose an EPA effort to weaken auto fuels and emissions standards. ... more |
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 Deadly Indonesia oil spill caused by burst pipe: company 
Bahrain estimates oil discovery has 80 billion barrelsWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 An oil and gas discovery announced during the weekend off the coast of Bahrain could hold at least 80 billion barrels, the government announced Wednesday. ... more  |
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Cuadrilla completes first shale well in the United KingdomWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 The first-ever hydraulic fracturing effort in the United Kingdom is set for the third quarter following well completion in Lancashire, Cuadrilla Resources said. ... more 
EPA says Obama-era fuel guidelines were politically chargedWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 While a trade group representing the U.S. auto industry said a review of fuel standards was the right move, critics said it would hurt the average consumer. ... more 
U.S. gas prices up, and expected to keep risingWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 Gas prices may continue to move higher in the United States as refineries start to shift to a summer-blend, which is more expensive to make, AAA reports. ... more 
Oil prices bounce back on signs of balanceWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 After posting steep declines in the previous session, crude oil prices moved higher in Tuesday trading on signs the U.S. market surplus has evaporated. ... more
More than $1 billion on contracts awarded offshore NorwayWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 More than $1.5 billion in contracts for drilling services were awarded to companies for work in Norwegian waters, energy major Statoil said. ... more |
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 South Bend IN (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing a renewable energy approach for synthesizing ammonia, an essential component of fertilizers that support the world's food production needs. The Haber-Bosch process developed in the early 1900s for producing ammonia relies on non-renewable fossil fuels and has limited applications for only large, centralized chemical plants.
The new ... more |
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 Sheffield UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have solved the structure of a photosynthetic protein to reveal how it converts near-infrared light into an electrical charge.
The new study gives a pioneering insight into the efficiency and limits of the life-giving process, photosynthesis.
Plants and algae use chlorophyll to absorb energy from the Sun to power photosynthesis at wavelengt ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2018 
In response to a potential mandate, a California-based energy company said it installed a battery storage system for wind power in the Chinese capital.
Primus Power announced Sunday it installed a battery component at the Beijing campus of Etechwin, a subsidiary of Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind.
When tied into variable energy resources like wind and solar, battery co ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
AREVA has developed a cutting-edge technology for nuclear reactor vessel inspections that optimizes both the safety and reliability of operations. The automated tool, known as Lower Girth Weld Inspection Tool (LGWIT), allows plant personnel to remotely perform inspections through narrow gaps of the reactor vessel internals.
The tool's remote operation replaces the need for direct human int ... more |
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 Berkeley UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 
Scientists have directly measured the increasing greenhouse effect of methane at the Earth's surface for the first time. A research team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) tracked a rise in the warming effect of methane - one of the most important greenhouse gases for the Earth's atmosphere - over a 10-year period at a DOE field observation ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 27, 2018 
US federal investigators said Tuesday they were examining a fatal crash last week involving a Tesla electric automobile in California.
The California Highway Patrol reported that a 38-year-old man died Friday after his 2017 Tesla Model X collided with a highway barrier near the town of Mountain View, according to The San Jose Mercury News.
The vehicle caught fire before two other approac ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 6, 2018 
On April 9, 2003, the US-led coalition overthrew Saddam Hussein. Fifteen years after the invasion, life in Iraq has been transformed.
Here is an overview of what has changed in Iraq's economy, politics, diplomacy, demographics and the Kurdish question.
- Embargo over -
The fall of Saddam's regime effectively ended a 12-year embargo imposed by the United Nations on Iraq after its in ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 3, 2018 
China's foreign minister told his North Korean counterpart on Tuesday that Beijing appreciates Pyongyang's efforts to ease nuclear tensions ahead of planned summits between the isolated country's leader Kim Jong Un and the South Korean and US presidents.
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho met China's chief diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing just a week after Kim made a surprise trip to the Ch ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2018 
The wife of a detained Chinese human rights lawyer who has embarked on a 100-kilometre (60-mile) march to highlight his plight said Thursday she did not even know if he was still alive.
Attorney Wang Quanzhang, who defended political activists and victims of land seizures, has had no contact with the outside world since he disappeared in a 2015 police sweep aimed at courtroom critics of Comm ... more |
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 Accra (AFP) April 5, 2018 
Ghana will not sign an agreement with Washington to set up a military base, President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Thursday.
The president confirmed in a television address that the two countries would ink a defence cooperation agreement, but was emphatic that "Ghana has not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America".
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 
The State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to Spain worth roughly $1.3 billion.
The pending deal includes the sale of 17 modified CH-47F cargo helicopters, 21 AN/AAR-57 common missile warning systems and 42 GPS inertial navigation systems, according to a news release from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Under the terms of the deal, Spain would als ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) April 5, 2018  China's foreign minister on Thursday called on the international community to oppose the United States' recent trade moves, saying they threatened global economic growth.
Addressing a news conference in Moscow, Wang Yi condemned a move by President Donald Trump's administration to slap tariffs on a list of Chinese goods and said the world should stand up to Washington over what he called its ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018  The Pentagon said Thursday it has established a new body to support President Donald Trump's order to send the military to the southern border, but questions remain about what the deployment will actually look like.
The so-called "border security support cell" will channel information between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for border security.
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 Manila (AFP) April 5, 2018 
The Philippines has announced its best-known holiday island Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a "cesspool" tainted by dumped sewage.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the shutdown to start April 26, his spokesman Harry Roque said late Wednesday on Twitter, without providing further detail.
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018  US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would send thousands of National Guard troops to the southern border, amid a widening spat with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto.
The anti-immigration president said the National Guard deployment would range from 2,000 to 4,000 troops, and he would "probably" keep many personnel on the border until his wall is built - spelling out a le ... more |
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