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  San Francisco CA (SPX) May 18, 2018 Can altering the amount or rate of fluid injection and production in an oil and gas field or carbon storage site affect induced earthquakes in that field? A physics-based simulation presented at the 2018 SSA Annual Meeting suggests that this type of "active pressure management" can be useful in controlling induced seismicity at certain wells. The experiments conducted by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher Kayla Kroll and her colleagues were prompted by a recent spike in induced eart ... read more |
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Iran says China group ready to replace Total on gas dealTehran (AFP) May 17, 2018 Chinese state-owned oil company CNPC will replace Total on a major gas field project in Iran if the French energy giant pulls out over renewed US sanctions against Tehran, Iran's oil minister has said. ... more 
Russia moves on counter-sanctions on the United StatesWashington DC (SPX) May 17, 2018 Legislation enacted Thursday in the Russian parliament is designed to protect the oil-rich economy from "unfriendly" U.S. actions, the entity announced. ... more 
Stars align for accelerating crude oil pricesWashington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 A bullish report on U.S. crude oil inventories and lingering sentiments on geopolitical risks left Brent crude oil prices hovering near $80 per barrel Thursday. ... more 
North African production could double by year's endWashington DC (SPX) May 17, 2018 North African oil and gas production has enough momentum that production could double by the end of the year, SDX Energy said Thursday. ... more |
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Total says it will have to leave Iran without sanctions waiversWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 French energy company Total said Wednesday it may have to leave an Iranian gas project unless it gets concessions from the U.S. government. ... more 
Equinor, formally Statoil, opens trading on the Oslo exchangeWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 Shares in Equinor, the company formally known as Statoil, started trading Wednesday for the first time on the Oslo stock exchange, it announced. ... more 
A downturn in demand forecasts sends oil prices lowerWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 Crude oil prices turned lower in early Wednesday trading after the International Energy Agency said the market was creating economic headwinds. ... more 
Maintenance drags oil output lower for NorwayWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 Oil production from Norway, one of the main suppliers to the European economy, turned lower last month on maintenance issues, the government said. ... more 
North Sea oil field reaches peak production rateWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 Expect strong returns now that production from the Catcher oil field in the British waters of the North Sea has accelerated, Premiere Oil said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Russia, Austria review fate of Nord Stream 2 pipeline 
For oil, the next concerns are geopolitical, the IEA saysWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 Geopolitical issues are drawing the market focus away from more fundamental issues like supply and demand metrics, the International Energy Agency said. ... more  |
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Enbridge: Michigan oil pipeline needs reinforcementWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 A pipeline system running through northern Michigan waters was dented by an April maritime incident and requires reinforcement, pipeline company Enbridge said. ... more 
Canada says ready to compensate pipeline builder for lossesOttawa (AFP) May 16, 2018 Canada pledged Wednesday to compensate the builder of a controversial oil pipeline in British Columbia for any losses that may result from political delays. ... more
'Call me Equinor': Statoil changes nameOslo (AFP) May 16, 2018 Norway's largest oil company Statoil officially changed its name to Equinor on Wednesday as it forges ahead with its drive into renewable energy. ... more 
MENA mixed on hydrocarbons and renewablesWashington (UPI) May 15, 2018 Middle East economies are advancing on the renewable energy front as costs decline, but are balanced by a thirst for fossil fuels, a development bank said. ... more 
Cairn moving toward first barrels of oil from SenegalWashington (UPI) May 15, 2018 Tenders for the floating infrastructure that will help add new barrels of oil to the market from Senegal are expected by month's end, Cairn Energy said. ... more |
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 Hamburg, Germany (SPX) May 17, 2018 
At DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III, a team led by Swedish researchers has produced the strongest bio-material that has ever been made. The artifical, but bio-degradable cellulose fibres are stronger than steel and even than dragline spider silk, which is usually considered the strongest bio-based material.
The team headed by Daniel Soderberg from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology i ... more |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) May 17, 2018 
Scientists are one step closer to building a carbon-recycling system that can harvest solar energy to efficiently convert CO2 and water into liquid fuels. By optimizing many parts of the system, the researchers say, they can now drive two-electron chemical reactions, a substantial advance over one-electron reactions, which are energy inefficient.
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 Albany NY (SPX) May 18, 2018 
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Normandeau Associates announced that the halfway point has been reached in a comprehensive three-year study of wildlife resources being conducted off the Atlantic Coast. The data is helping promote environmentally responsible development of the state's offshore wind resource while advancing New York's development of 2,400 ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 18, 2018 
Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has signed or renewed co-operation agreements with counterparts from five countries: Belgium, France, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The NWMO is committed to international knowledge sharing, and these agreements join accords already in place with nuclear waste organizations in Finland, South Korea and Japan.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 15, 2018 
You may not notice water in the ground under your feet, but it plays an important role in keeping you alive. Plants draw water from soil into their roots and use it to grow. If there's not enough, the resulting drought may have impacts that spread across local water supplies, regional agriculture and even international food prices.
NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mis ... more |
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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 15, 2018 
Connected cruise control uses vehicle-to-vehicle communication to let automated vehicles respond to multiple cars at a time in an effort to save energy and improve safety.
University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated its effectiveness on public roads, even when just one automated vehicle is moving among human-driven cars.
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication, or V2V, refers to th ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 17, 2018  Khulud yearns to be swept away by a "prince charming", but like many young Iraqis in the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul she worries she may never marry.
"I haven't found a husband or a job - my life consists of household chores," says the 24-year-old university graduate, who feels increasingly trapped in her parents' home.
"My older sister, who is 37, already has four children... I ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 18, 2018  Washington wants to build a global "coalition" against the Tehran regime and its "destabilizing activities," the State Department said on Thursday, after pulling out from the Iran nuclear accord to the anger of US allies.
The plan is to be detailed on Monday by the top United States diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in his first major foreign policy address since taking office in Apr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2018 
A North Korean delegation has visited Beijing to learn about China's experience in economic reform and opening up, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, the latest diplomatic outreach by the isolated regime.
The Cold War-era allies have stepped up contacts in recent weeks as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepares for a historic summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12. ... more |
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 Lagos (AFP) May 17, 2018 
Its nickname is the "Venice of Africa" but, other than its maze of narrow waterways where wooden boats glide, Makoko offers little similarity with the fabled canal city of Europe.
Makoko, to be blunt, is an environmental eyesore. It is a vast slum of wooden shacks built on stilts in the brackish, blackish, thickly-polluted lagoon in the heart of Lagos, Africa's biggest megapolis.
The spr ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2018 
There was a time when people and goods were moved through the crowded city on the ground, restricted to the busy street surfaces by necessity and gravity.
So, inspired visionaries considered new ways to get about town and dreamt of innovative flying machines that could safely transport passengers and ship cargo within the urban jungle by rising above the congestion below.
No, we're n ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 18, 2018  US and Chinese officials face a new round of tough trade talks on Friday as President Donald Trump discounted chances of a deal, but Beijing extended a potential olive branch.
Trump met with a Chinese delegation headed by Vice Premier Liu He on Thursday as talks aimed at easing frictions between the economic powers got underway.
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 Sofia (AFP) May 16, 2018 
EU chief Donald Tusk hit out at US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, accusing Washington of "capricious assertiveness" in abandoning the Iran nuclear deal and imposing trade tariffs on Europe.
"Looking at the latest decisions of President Trump, someone could even think with friends like that who needs enemies," Tusk told reporters in the Bulgarian capital Sofia before EU leaders met to d ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) May 17, 2018 
Highways are being paved, oil is being drilled and entire cities are sprouting up inside many of the world's nature preserves, imperiling the very creatures they are meant to protect, researchers said Thursday.
The vast harm being wreaked by people inside protected areas that are home to endangered animals like the eastern black rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger and spectacled hare-wallaby was deta ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 16, 2018  The role of US National Guard troops sent to the Mexican border is being expanded, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said on Tuesday.
Nielsen told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that 1,600 Guard members are currently on the frontier, a number that will next rise to 2,200 as their duties expand.
"Originally we were focused on border patrol support but now we've extended it," with ... more |
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