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  Washington (UPI) May 1, 2018 Tectonic stress isn't the only cause of earthquakes. New research suggests small quakes can be triggered by natural gas rising underground. Researchers measured such an earthquake beneath the Maramara Sea, not far from Istanbul, Turkey. In the wake of an earthquake, the distribution of tectonic stress is altered. As a result, quakes are typically followed by a series of small quakes, or after-shocks. But when researchers analyzed seismic data from the 5.1 earthquake that shook the wester ... read more |
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Acquisition contributes to Transocean lossWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 A net loss for the first quarter was attributed in part to the acquisition of rival Songa Offshore, which Transocean said supported its rig fleet. ... more 
ISIL activity is not funded by oil, study suggestsOxford UK (SPX) May 01, 2018 Oil was never as important to ISIL terrorists as many thought, despite media reports of an oil-related income of as much as US $28 million a week, according to a new study in Energy Research and Soc ... more 
Gas prices could be testing a psychological tipping pointWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 The U.S. average retail price for a gallon of gas is approaching a point where at least one analyst said last year there may be economic consequences. ... more 
Crude oil prices threaten to erase the Netanyahu premiumWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 Anticipations of a build in U.S. crude oil inventories and reconsideration of an Iranian risk premium sent oil prices lower in early Tuesday trading. ... more |
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Gazprom completes section of TurkStream pipelineWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Components of a natural gas pipeline that will carry Russian reserves through Turkish waters are completed, Russian energy company Gazprom said. ... more 
Exxon: Papua New Guinea quake bruised quarterly figuresWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Dinged by a severe earthquake in Papua New Guinea, Exxon Mobil said Friday its production levels were down 6 percent when compared with last year. In its quarterly report, Exxon said Friday th ... more 
German utility EON makes Innogy offer publicWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 German energy company E.ON said Friday it was making its share offer for rival Innogy final, putting the utility on its way to a leadership position in Europe. E.ON, the German utility, publis ... more 
Norway's Statoil selling off assets in North SeaWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 After reporting first quarter earnings below analyst expectations, Norwegian major Statoil announced it was selling off non-core assets in the North Sea. ... more 
Eni feels confident as long as oil prices hold above $55 per barrelWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Italian energy company Eni said it would be cash neutral so long as oil prices hold above $55 per barrel, boasting its own net production was up from last year. I confirm the objective of cash ... more |
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Abu Dhabi wraps off offshore spreeWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Wrapping up its offshore licensing round with a deal with Austria's OMV, the Emirati government said it's shown its commitment to generating resource value. ... more  |
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Continental books room on shale gas networkWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 More shale natural gas from basins in Oklahoma can find its way to the market with increased network access, shale producer Continental Resources said. Continental secured a transportation agr ... more 
More heat on British Columbia over Trans Mountain pipelineWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 The provincial government of British Columbia is wasting its time with legal challenges that could target the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, a trade group said. The provincial government this we ... more 
Offshore safety rules gain clarity, supporters sayWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Despite some criticism, proposed revision to rules regarding offshore safety will add a level of clarity that should help with enforcement, a trade group said. ... more
Easing tensions, higher sector activity send oil prices lowerWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Easing in geopolitical risk, increased U.S. exploration activity and weaker gasoline demand in China all contributed to a drop in crude oil prices early Monday. ... more 
Cuba gives one of the permits needed for oil drillingWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 The Cuban government has signed off on an environment license that could pave the way to drilling for oil onshore, an Australian energy company said. ... more |
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 Kumamoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 
Taking measures against climate change and converting into societies that use significant amounts of renewable energy for power are two of the most important issues common to developed countries today. One promising technology in those efforts uses hydrogen (H2) as a renewable energy source.
Although it is a primary candidate for clean secondary energy, large amounts of H2 must be converte ... more |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  Harnessing energy from the sun, which emits immensely powerful energy from the center of the solar system, is one of the key targets for achieving a sustainable energy supply.
Light energy can be converted directly into electricity using electrical devices called solar cells. To date, most solar cells are made of silicon, a material that is very good at absorbing light. But silicon panels ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) April 24, 2018 
A US renewable energy group Invenergy said on Tuesday it had begun international arbitration against Poland, claiming it stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars (euros) after the EU country reneged on its commitments to build wind farms.
Between 2005 and 2015, Invenergy built 11 wind farms in Poland, investing "hundreds of millions of dollars of equity capital to develop and construc ... more |
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 Paris (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 
Framatome will deliver, between 2021 and 2024, 10 reloads of fuel assemblies to the Swedish nuclear power reactors Forsmark 3* and Ringhals 3 and 4*, operated by Vattenfall. The contracts include additional options for two reloads for each reactor after 2024.
Regarding the fuel reload of the Forsmark plant, the contract also provides, besides the use of the known ATRIUM 10 XM boiling water ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 30, 2018 
The world must redouble efforts to halt global warming before it is too late, the UN's climate chief said Monday as nearly 200 nations kicked off talks in Bonn.
"Our window of time for addressing climate change is closing very quickly," Patricia Espinosa told journalists. "We need to dramatically increase our ambition."
The 12-day technical talks are focused on hammering out an "operatin ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 02, 2018 
Electric vehicles play a key role in China's plan to improve air quality and reduce CO2 emissions but, with the majority of China's electricity still coming from coal-fired power plants, many question just how effective this strategy will be.
Now, researchers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University in Beijing found that private electric vehicles in China can have a positive effect ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) May 1, 2018  Carrying red flags and posters of Karl Marx, hundreds of Iraqi communists marched Tuesday in Baghdad for May Day, convinced their joint list with Shiite leader Muqtada Sadr can win this month's election.
In a joyful procession, demonstrators also waved the blue flags of their electoral list and chanted slogans like "Listen to the will of the people: reform and the end of corruption" and "The ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) April 27, 2018 
The leader of nuclear-armed North Korea Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in said they were committed to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula after a historic summit Friday.
"South and North Korea confirmed the common goal of realising, through complete denuclearisation, a nuclear-free Korean peninsula," they said in a joint statement.
They also agreed that they woul ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 2, 2018 
It was only two years ago that thousands gathered near government headquarters in the heart of Hong Kong for an energetic rally in support of independence from China.
Today such scenes are unthinkable in the semi-autonomous city as Beijing ramps up pressure on any challenge to its sovereignty.
The crackdown on independence campaigners has seen activists barred from standing for office an ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 30, 2018 
Three quarters of freshwater species endemic to East Africa's Lake Victoria basin face the threat of extinction, conservationists said Monday, warning the biodiversity there was being "decimated".
A fresh report backed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessed the extinction risk of 651 freshwater species like fish, molluscs, dragonflies, crabs and aquatic plants ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018  Northrop Grumman has been awarded a modification to a previous contract to provide the U.S. Air Force and foreign customers with Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure, or LAIRCM, equipment and support.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $209.7 million and increases the total value of the contract to $1.5 billion.
Northrop Grumman is to ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2018 
China warned the United States on Thursday against harming trade after a report that US authorities had opened an investigation into suspected violations of Iran sanctions by China's Huawei Technologies.
A US Justice Department probe would come on the back of subpoenas issued to the company by the US Commerce and Treasury Departments over sanctions-related issues, according to the Wall Stree ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) May 2, 2018 
Russia's military spending fell sharply in 2017 for the first time since 1998 as a slew of Western economic sanctions hit government coffers hard, a closely followed review said Wednesday.
Despite soaring tensions between Moscow and the West, Russia's military expense last year came in at $66.3 billion (54.9 billion euros), 20 percent lower than in 2016, the Stockholm International Peace Res ... more |
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 Betare Oya, Cameroon (AFP) April 30, 2018 
For a time, the land around the village of Longa Mali in eastern Cameroon was one of the most prized in Africa, and powerful machines gnawed greedily into its soil to extract precious gold.
Today, abandoned with almost the same speed as it was coveted, the landscape is as dangerous as it is damaged, say campaigners.
Around 100 deep holes lie around the village. Many of them are filled wi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2018 
River floods are one of the most common and devastating of Earth's natural disasters. In the past decade, deluges from rivers have killed thousands of people every year around the world and caused losses on the order of tens of billions of U.S. dollars annually. Climate change, which is projected to increase precipitation in certain areas of the planet, might make river floods in these places mo ... more |
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