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  (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 The U.S. energy market was dealt a significant blow by Chinese tariffs because it has few other outlets as big as China for oil exports, analysts said Monday. China last week responded to U.S. trade decisions by saying it would strike back with duties on U.S. exports, including oil. Commentary published Sunday in the official Xinhua News Agency criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for trade action it said would isolate the world's largest economy. "If Washington is unable to stop its c ... read more |
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OPEC questions, Libyan tensions push oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 Middle East tensions, heightened by militant activity in OPEC-member Libya, and guesses over what's next for the producer group sent oil prices higher Monday. ... more 
Barents Sea opened to drillers(UPI) Jun 18, 2018 Opening up more areas in the Barents Sea for drillers is expected to deliver in terms of future production, the Norwegian government said Monday. ... more 
Nord Stream is a commercial pipeline, Russia saysWashington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 Expanding the capacity of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea is a purely commercial ambition, a Kremlin spokesman said Monday. ... more 
Libyan oil depots suffer catastrophic blowWashington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 Damage from militant attacks on a crude oil terminal on the Libyan coast was described by a national oil company Monday as catastrophic. ... more |
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Trade tensions push the price of oil lowerWashington (UPI) Jun 15, 2018 Global trade tensions and signs of more oil supply coming in the second half of the year helped push crude oil prices lower in early Friday trading. ... more 
Libya strongman's jets strike rivals - targeting oil terminalsBenghazi, Libya (AFP) June 15, 2018 Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces on Friday launched air strikes against a rival militia targeting key oil facilities in the east of the country, a spokesman for his group said. ... more 
Equinor seals the deal offshore BrazilWashington (UPI) Jun 15, 2018 Equity production from offshore Brazil more than doubles after the completion of an acquisition in the Campos oil basin, Norwegian company Equinor said. ... more 
Gazprom mulls gas pipeline through North KoreaWashington (UPI) Jun 15, 2018 Russia could be collaborating with Seoul on the construction of a natural gas pipeline through North Korean territory, a Gazprom official said Friday. ... more 
Uncertainty surrounds ANWR oil prospectsWashington (UPI) Jun 15, 2018 Oil production from an Alaskan wildlife refuge won't take place for another decade at least and domestic needs by then are uncertain, a federal report found. ... more |
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Pipelay vessel arrives for oil basins offshore BrazilWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 A marine vessel designed to lay pipelines in the submarine environment arrived in the oil-rich waters off the coast of Brazil, joint venture partners said. ... more  |
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30 percent of the UK's natural gas could be replaced by hydrogenSwansea UK (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 Almost a third of the natural gas fuelling UK homes and businesses could be replaced by hydrogen, a carbon free fuel, without requiring any changes to the nation's boilers and ovens, a pioneering st ... more 
OPEC divisions on whether to increase production run deepWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 Divisions among key OPEC producers run deep, with competing perspectives emerging in statements Thursday on whether or not to increase oil production. ... more 
Armed clashes costing Libya 240k barrels of oil per dayWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 Libyan oil production is down by about a quarter million barrels per day because of clashes at two export terminals, the national oil company said Thursday. ... more 
Determinations expected soon on Egyptian oilWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 Results from a drilling operation announced Thursday in the Gulf of Suez could dictate the next steps for oil exploitation, regionally-focused SDX Energy said. ... more
US air strike in Libya kills Qaeda operative: militaryWashington (AFP) June 14, 2018 The US military has conducted an air strike in Libya targeting an Al-Qaeda affiliate, killing one "terrorist," the US military said Thursday. ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
QUT PhD researcher Ashrafur Rahman tested each of the waste oils for performance and emissions as a 10 per cent oil/90per cent diesel blend in a 6-cylinder, 5.9l diesel engine.
"As only therapeutic grade oil can be used, there is a substantial volume of low-value waste oil that currently is stored, awaiting a use," Mr Rahman said.
"Our tests found essential oil blends produced almost ... more |
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 Youngstown OH (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 
Steve Daniel, Executive Vice President of Solar FlexRack said, "We are extremely pleased to have been selected to supply this project. Cypress Creek Renewables has been instrumental in supporting the growth of the solar industry in North Carolina, generating jobs for communities, and providing passive income opportunities for landowners.
"As long-term solar project owners and operators, th ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
VTT Research Centre of Technology (VTT) has explored the potential and economic benefits of new wind power technology. The technology would greatly increase the benefits of wind energy and enable the competitive utilisation of wind power in Finland.
Heavy investments are being made in wind power, which highlights the importance of this new and competitive technology. Wind power accounts fo ... more |
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 Sequim WA (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
For the first time, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and LCW Supercritical Technologies have created five grams of yellowcake - a powdered form of uranium used to produce fuel for nuclear power production - using acrylic fibers to extract it from seawater.
"This is a significant milestone," said Gary Gill, a researcher at PNNL, a Department of Energy national laboratory ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 18, 2018 
An unusually bad drought has forced Iraq to suspend the cultivation of rice, corn and other cereals that demand large amounts of water, the agriculture ministry said Monday.
"The agricultural plan for the summer" was modified "because the quantities of water needed for these cereals are not available", spokesman Hamid al-Nayef said.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 12, 2018 
The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice - where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges - may include autonomous boats that ferry goods and people, helping clear up road congestion.
Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Senseable City Lab in the Department of Urb ... more |
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 Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) June 18, 2018 
Three truck drivers were killed by the Islamic State group in a nighttime attack on a key Iraqi highway linking Baghdad to oil-rich Kirkuk, an official told AFP on Monday.
The victims were "killed in an ambush by the jihadists" overnight Sunday to Monday, the security source said on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, the same night six shepherds in the neighbouring province of Saladin w ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 19, 2018  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a two-day visit to Beijing, Chinese state media reported Tuesday, a week after his unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump.
The outing comes as China has sought to strengthen its role as a mediator between the US and North Korea, where Beijing claims compelling security and economic interests.
Dozens of security vans, police cars and ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 17, 2018 
Malaysia was once a loyal partner in China's globe-spanning infrastructure drive but a new government is now pledging to review Beijing-backed projects, threatening key links in the much-vaunted initiative.
Kuala Lumpur's previous regime, led by scandal-mired Najib Razak, had warm ties with China and signed a string of deals for Beijing-funded projects, including a major rail link and a deep ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) June 15, 2018  France, Britain and the United States on Thursday put a hold on a request from the Central African Republic for UN Security Council approval of Chinese weapons deliveries for its national forces.
CAR's defense minister asked a UN sanctions committee on June 5 to grant an exemption to an arms embargo and allow the shipments of Chinese-made armored vehicles, machine guns, tear gas grenades an ... more |
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 London (AFP) June 14, 2018 
British police confirmed Thursday they had arrested a man under the Official Secrets Act amid reports of a feared Chinese plot against F-35B stealth fighter jets.
Bryn Jones, 73, a former Rolls-Royce chief combustion technologist, was arrested after the security services received intelligence that classified information may have been passed to Beijing, The Sun newspaper reported.
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 Washington (AFP) June 19, 2018 
US President Donald Trump escalated a growing trade war with China by unveiling plans Monday to impose 10 percent tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
With the world's two largest economies already engaged in a confrontation long feared by markets and industry, Trump said he was pushing forward with fresh punitive measures over Beijing's "unacceptable" move to raise ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) June 14, 2018  Moscow on Thursday criticised Norway's plans to ask Washington to double the number of US troops stationed in the Scandinavian country and deploy them nearer the border with Russia.
The plans "cause us serious concern," Russia's embassy in Norway wrote on its Facebook page.
Before joining NATO in 1949, Norway allayed Russian fears by pledging not to open its territory to foreign combat t ... more |
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 Leeds UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Water samples from UK rivers contained significantly higher concentrations of microplastics downstream from wastewater treatment plants, according to one of the first studies to determine potential sources of microplastics pollution.
Scientists from the University of Leeds measured microplastics concentrations up and downstream of six wastewater treatment plants and found that all of the p ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 
Optimizing economic welfare without constraints might put human well-being at risk, a new climate study argues. While being successful in bringing down costs of greenhouse gas reductions for instance, the concept of profit maximization alone does not suffice to avoid the tipping of critical elements in the Earth system which could lead to dramatic changes of our lifelihood.
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