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  Cincinnati OH (SPX) May 21, 2018 A study of drinking water in Appalachian Ohio found no evidence of natural gas contamination from recent oil and gas drilling. Geologists with the University of Cincinnati examined drinking water in Carroll, Stark and Harrison counties, a rural region in northeast Ohio where many residents rely on water from private underground wells. The time-series study was the first of its kind in Ohio to examine methane in groundwater in relation to natural gas drilling. The results were published in th ... read more |
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China's CEFC threatens to sue Czech firm amid debt debaclePrague (AFP) May 18, 2018 The Prague-based European unit of Chinese private energy group CEFC on Friday threatened to sue a Czech firm that took it over citing CEFC's failure to pay debts. ... more 
Oil prices losing grip on $80 ceilingWashington (UPI) May 18, 2018 After making a run at $80 per barrel this week, crude oil prices were mixed early Friday amid concerns about the economic consequences of the bull market. ... more 
API: Economics, not necessarily risk, are driving oil pricesWashington (UPI) May 18, 2018 Its economic fundamentals rather than geopolitical currents that are driving the global energy market, the American Petroleum Institute said. ... more 
Contract sets clock running for new Norwegian productionWashington (UPI) May 18, 2018 A contract for a part of the platform that will be used at the Gjøa field in the North Sea puts it closer to a 2021 start date, Neptune Energy said Friday. ... more |
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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 
Split verdict on Iranian oil tanker disaster off ChinaBeijing (AFP) May 17, 2018 A multinational committee probing a collision between an Iranian oil tanker and a freighter off China has come to differing conclusions over the causes of the accident that led to one of the worst oil spills in decades, according to an investigation report seen by AFP. ... more 
U.S. ports may be limiting export potentialWashington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 There may be limitations for U.S. crude oil exports to long-distant economies because of limited port access for large-scale carriers, the government said. ... more |
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 Tapping shale gas is in the national interest, British government says 
U.S. LNG export reshaping global markets, government findsWashington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 Exports of liquefied natural gas from the United States are expected to break the isolation of the North American market, a government report read. ... more  |
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British Columbia stands firm in Trans Mountain fightWashington DC (SPX) May 17, 2018 The federal Canadian government is putting investor interests above provincial issues with its support for the Trans Mountain pipeline, British Columbia said. ... more 
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 |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) May 18, 2018 
Second-generation ethanol (also called cellulosic ethanol) open perspectives for optimizing alcohol production. Since 2G ethanol is obtained from from sugarcane straw and bagasse, it basically makes it possible converting waste into energy.
Holder of the world's best biomass and boasting the installed industrial capacity, the requisite specialized engineers and the right yeast, Brazil perf ... more |
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 Guelph, Canada (SPX) May 18, 2018 
Recurrent Energyhas closed on debt financing and tax equity investment commitment for the 74.8 MWac/102 MWp NC 102 solar photovoltaic project, located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Prudential Capital Group will provide a $106.7 million debt facility for the project, including a tax equity bridge loan, term loan and revolving loan to the project. U.S. Bancorp Community Development Cor ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) May 21, 2018 
The UK and large parts of northern Europe could become windier if global temperatures reach 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new study.
This has implications for wind energy generation among other things. The results suggest that wind could be a more important source of energy generation than previously thought, with stronger winds across the UK. The research team ... 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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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 21, 2018 
A team of researchers believe that, paradoxically, climate change may result in Quebec's national and provincial parks becoming biodiversity refuges of continental importance as the variety of species present there increases.
They used ecological niche modeling to calculate potential changes in the presence of 529 species in about 1/3 of the protected areas in southern Quebec almost all of ... 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 DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for Trident ballistic missiles.
The contract, from Strategic Systems Programs and announced by the Defense Department on Wednesday, enables Lockheed Martin for Trident II D5 ballistic missile production and deployed system support under a contract worth more than $40.7 million.
Under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fix ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 19, 2018 
The Chinese archaeologist credited with discovering the emblematic ancient Terracotta Warriors, Zhao Kangmin, has died aged 82, state media said.
Zhao was the first archaeologist to identify fragments of terracotta found by local farmers digging a well in 1974 as relics dating back to the Qin dynasty and the first to excavate the site.
The 8,000-man clay army, crafted around 250 BC for t ... 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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 Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2018
A Chinese bank has been offering its clients the chance to buy tickets to a dinner with US President Donald Trump for $150,000, Bloomberg News reported Friday.
A Chinese-language invitation to the event seen by AFP, which did not include the hefty price tag, said the chair and finance chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) were "inviting you for dinner with President Trump" on M ... 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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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 20, 2018  Brazilian fishermen rescued two dozen migrants from Africa and Guyana found drifting near the northeast coast of Brazil after 35 days at sea, officials and local media said Sunday.
The migrants came from the small South American country of Guyana and from Nigeria and Senegal on the other side of the Atlantic, the human rights department for Brazil's state of Maranhao said in a statement.
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