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  Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 The surge in gas prices coming from higher crude oil prices means OPEC is cancelling out the gains of U.S. consumers from a tax break, GasBuddy said Friday. U.S. retail gasoline prices are the highest they've been in more than three years. Motor club AAA reports a national average retail price of $2.75 for a gallon of regular unleaded, up 2 cents from Thursday, 20 cents higher than one month ago and more than 30 cents higher than this time last year. Patrick DeHaan, the senior analyst at ... read more |
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Arctic wilderness area in Alaska to be opened to drillingWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 An initial step toward opening up an Arctic wilderness area in Alaska to oil and gas development unveils a revenue stream for the state, the governor said. ... more 
Iraq pays first war reparations to Kuwait since 2014Geneva (AFP) April 20, 2018 Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been dead for more than a decade but Kuwait is still receiving reparations for his 1990 invasion, with the latest tranche of $90 million approved on Friday. ... more 
Maritime shippers need more LNGWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 The maritime fleet industry needs to use more liquefied natural gas as a fuel in order to lower its emissions, a Finnish company said Friday. ... more 
Tremor reported in shale-rich OklahomaWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 A small tremor was recorded early Friday in the shale heartland of Oklahoma, one day after state regulators limited work because of seismic activity. ... more |
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Norway's oil and gas production declinesWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 Technical problems were to blame for a drop in average daily oil production from Norway, one of Europe's main suppliers, the government said. ... more 
Amid trade tensions, Alaska's governor plans Chinese trade missionWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 A trade mission to China will showcase the prospects for investment opportunities in Alaska, the governor of the northern U.S. state said. ... more 
Funding emerges for company with a Cuban energy footprintWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 Melbana Energy, an Australian company with operations in Cuba and New Zealand, said it secured a $2.5 million loan to help finance its operations. ... more 
BP sees $6 billion in gas investments in IndiaWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 British energy company BP said Thursday it signed off on the development of deepwater gas projects in India for a total investment of $6 billion. ... more 
In Iraq's oil-rich Basra, shanty towns flourishBasra, Iraq (AFP) April 19, 2018 From his small home nestled alongside train tracks in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, Sultan Nayef looks out at plumes of smoke billowing across an expanse of oil fields. ... more |
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 Alberta stands up to British Columbia over Trans Mountain 
No luck in latest North Sea oil and gas searchWashington (UPI) Apr 17, 2018 A drilling facility in the Norwegian waters of the North Sea is moving on to frontier territory after coming up empty handed, a partner in the effort said. ... more  |
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Oil and gas company Total makes utility sector splashWashington (UPI) Apr 17, 2018 A "friendly takeover" of a French power company gives oil and gas supermajor Total a bigger footprint in the region's utility sector, its CEO said Wednesday. ... more 
U.S. offshore policy draws industry criticismWashington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 The United States can't stay competitive in the offshore oil and gas market without incentives like reduced royalty rates, an industry trade group said. ... more 
Iran sees Russia as natural energy sector partnerWashington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 Iran and Russia, two oil producers that are the target of U.S. sanctions, could establish a solid partnership in the energy sector, Iran's oil minister said. ... more 
Saxo Bank: Geopolitical risk in the driver's seat for oil pricesWashington (UPI) Apr 17, 2018 While trade tensions between the United States and China could throttle momentum, geopolitical risk is supporting crude oil prices, Saxo Bank said Wednesday. ... more 
China shale gas progressing, but work remainsWashington (UPI) Apr 17, 2018 China's shale natural gas production is accelerating fast, costs are moving lower, but the situation is still not comparable to the U.S. boom, analysis finds. ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Apr 17, 2018 
Production of second-generation (2G) ethanol from sugarcane requires enzymatic hydrolysis, in which enzymes from microorganisms act together to break down and convert the carbohydrates in sugarcane straw and bagasse into sugars capable of undergoing fermentation.
Understanding the genetic mechanisms that regulate the control and production of hydrolytic enzymes by microorganisms is conside ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 
Sunrun Inc., the nation's largest residential solar, storage and energy services company, is expanding its home solar service to Illinois. Illinois residents will be able to generate their own electricity year-round with rooftop solar, benefitting from cleaner air, monthly savings, and freedom from rising utility bills.
Long considered to be one of the most industrious and productive state ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2018 
Giving municipal leaders the ability to make it easier for home and business owners to take greener decisions will diversify the economy, Alberta said.
Alberta is the top oil producer in Canada, but has taken steps to add layers of diversity to an economy that was left exposed to the decline in crude oil prices two years ago. The provincial government last month launched a challenge to ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) April 19, 2018 
A moderately strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake Thursday hit Iran's southern region of Bushehr, home to the country's only nuclear power plant, without causing casualties or damage, media reported.
"The earthquake had no effect on the activity of the plant," Mahmoud Jafari, project manager at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear plant, said according to the Telegram news channel of Iran's state te ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 23, 2018  Former New York City mayor and billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg on Sunday promised $4.5 million to fulfill the United States's commitment to the Paris climate agreement.
"America made a commitment and as an American if the government's not going to do it we all have responsibility," he told CBS's Face the Nation.
Last June, US President Donald Trump announced the US would wit ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 22, 2018  Global carmakers will show off their latest models at the Beijing Auto Show this week, days after China unveiled plans to shift gears in the world's biggest car market by lifting foreign ownership restrictions.
Industry giants such as Volkswagen, Daimler, Toyota, Nissan and Ford will be among the companies seeking the limelight in a country where 28.9 million vehicles were sold in 2017, a th ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 22, 2018 
Iraq said Sunday its forces had killed "36 terrorists" belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group, including senior members, in air raids this past week in Syria.
A video of Thursday's operation showed two F-16 fighter jets destroying a house in eastern Syria.
"The Iraqi air raids, carried out by several F-16s in Syria on April 19, targeted IS terrorists who represented a danger to Ir ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 19, 2018  A recent shift in nuclear weapons policies in the United States and Russia, involving upgrades, modernisation and growing arsenals is as dangerous as North Korea's nuclear threat, campaigners warned Thursday.
Beatrice Fihn, who heads the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), hailed an upcoming summit between the United States and North Korean in what Washington hopes will ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2018 
A Chinese doctor held without charge for three months for calling a popular brand of traditional medicine "poison" has been released on bail following a public outcry, reports said.
Tan Qindong was detained by police after the maker of the popular "Hongmao Medicinal Liquor" said he had made "malicious claims" online that "tarnished its name".
The doctor was released on bail on Tuesday ev ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
REDD+ (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) is an UN-led programme aiming to increase carbon sequestration in tropical forests. REDD+ is included among technologies for negative emissions, which stand for a large share of the emission reductions in the climate models internationally agreed on to keep global warming below 2C.
But increasing forest cover in developin ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2018  Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for repairs on multiple E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $22.8 million under the terms of a ceiling-priced, undefinitized contract action delivery order contract, which is a modification to a previous agreement.
The contract awarded from Nav ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 21, 2018 
World Bank shareholders approved a "historic" increase in the bank's lending capacity Saturday after the United States backed a reform package that curbs loans and charges more for higher income countries like China.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said neither China nor any middle income countries was happy about the prospect of paying more for loans, but they agreed because of the overal ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) April 19, 2018 
With its futuristic curved roof, gleaming walls of glass and steel and host of eco-friendly features, NATO's new billion-euro Brussels headquarters is a world away from the drab, low-slung warren of offices reeking of Cold War intrigue that it replaces.
The alliance is almost halfway through its move into the new building, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expected to shift to his new ... more |
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 Portsmouth UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly polluting plastics, providing a potential solution to one of the world's biggest environmental problems.
The discovery could result in a recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, which currently persists for hundreds of years in the environment. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 21, 2018 
Seventeen people were killed Saturday after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, state-run Xinhua news agency said.
Rowers on board the two long, narrow kayak-like boats were practising for a race in Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident occurred Saturday afternoon, tipping some 60 people into the water.
Around 40 people were pulled out of the water alive with resc ... more |
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