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  Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Crude oil prices moved deep into negative territory in early Thursday trading amid expectations of a consensus agreement from OPEC on future production. The International Energy Agency has said the oil market is close to even in terms of the balance between supply and demand. Oversupply during the middle of the decade helped push crude oil prices below $30 per barrel, handicapping the economies of oil-rich countries and dragging on investments in the energy sector. That balance, however, ... read more |
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US leaks 60 percent more methane than government says: studyTampa (AFP) June 21, 2018 The US oil and gas industry leaks 60 percent more methane than official government estimates, a report said Thursday, warning of this potent greenhouse gas's effect on the environment. ... more 
Oil depots in Libya recapturedWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 As the U.S. government weighs in on conflict in the OPEC member, military forces in Libya regained control over key oil installations, reports read Thursday. ... more 
Norway's oil and gas production could be decliningWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Beyond 2025, oil and gas production from offshore Norway will need to come from undiscovered resources if the trend line is to remain steady, a report said. ... more 
Iran: Less politics will help stabilize oil marketsWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 The political element of the oil market needs to be diminished in favor of market fundamentals, the Iranian oil minister said at OPEC's conference in Vienna. ... more |
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Moon suggests Russian gas be piped to Koreas, JapanSeoul (AFP) June 20, 2018 New pipelines could be laid to bring Russian gas through North Korea to the South and even on to Japan following the diplomatic thaw with Pyongyang, Seoul's leader suggested Wednesday. ... more 
Wood Mac: Expect moderate action from OPECWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Expect some sort of Goldilocks scenario from OPEC on future supplies, though talks under way in Vienna are increasingly contentious, a consultant group said. ... more 
Trump erases Obama-era offshore rulesWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Executive action from the U.S. president eases offshore energy planning burdens, an industry group said, though critics said it was a war on oceans. ... more 
Oil prices volatile amid OPEC guessingWashington (UPI) Jun 20, 2018 Questions over what happens next with OPEC, and threats of violence in member-state Nigeria, left crude oil prices swinging wildly in early Wednesday trading. ... more 
Shell dumps interest in two Norwegian fieldsWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Supermajor Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday it sold off its entire stake in two fields in production off the Norwegian coast for $556 million. ... more |
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Venezuela sends 'coup plotters' to jailCaracas (AFP) June 20, 2018 Five members of Venezuela's armed forces and three civilians were imprisoned Wednesday, convicted of taking part in a 2015 coup plot against President Nicolas Maduro, a prisoners' rights group said. ... more  |
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French energy company ENGIE disposes of Asia-Pacific coalWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 French energy company ENGIE said Wednesday it no longer has any coal-fired power assets in the Asia-Pacific after unloading shares in a Thai power producer. ... more
Iran may have to wait for OPEC considerationsWashington (UPI) Jun 19, 2018 Considerations at OPEC for the loss of Iranian barrels to unilateral U.S. sanctions might have to wait until the fourth quarter, an Oxford analysis read. ... more 
Trade jitters send the price of oil lowerWashington (UPI) Jun 19, 2018 Mounting trade pressures between the United States and China eroded confidence in the commodities markets, dragging the price of oil lower on Tuesday. ... more
Venezuelan oil output charting new lowsWashington (UPI) Jun 19, 2018 Ahead of what could be pivotal talks among OPEC members, production from founding member Venezuela could hit new lows soon, an industry report found. ... more 
Maintenance drags Norwegian oil production lowerWashington (UPI) Jun 19, 2018 Maintenance work at 10 different oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf meant output was more than 10 percent lower than expected, the government said. ... 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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
Kyocera has registered with the Sustainable open Innovation Initiative (SII) as a resource aggregator*1 for a new program to help control energy resources among Japanese consumers. This latest test project runs until February 2019, plans to expand the coverage area to Tohoku and Hokkaido and is designed to test the flexible response to changing energy supply and demand.
Part of a larger pr ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2018 
The completion of studies for the offshore wind energy potential in India expands the sector in a greening economy, the government said Tuesday.
Norwegian energy advisory group DNV GL announced Tuesday it completed a study, co-funded by the European Union and an offshore wind energy group in India, examining the offshore wind energy potential for two coastal states.
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 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
Joint research efforts of a team of scientists at Lobachevsky University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN) comprising chemists, physicists and engineers are currently focused on solving the problems of handling plutonium and minor actinides (MA) accumulated over many years.
To this end, they are studying composite ceramics-ceramics (Cer-Cer) and ceramics-metal (CerMet) materials on the basis of min ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
As humans continue to pump the atmosphere with carbon, it's crucial for scientists to understand how and where the planet absorbs and naturally emits carbon.
A recent study in the journal Nature Geosciences examined the global carbon cycle and suggests that existing studies may have misgauged how carbon is distributed around the world, particularly between the northern and southern hemisph ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
One of the leading challenges for autonomous vehicles is to ensure that they can detect and sense objects - even through dense fog. Compared to the current visible light-based cameras, infrared cameras can offer much better visibility through the fog, smoke or tiny particles that can scatter the visible light.
Within the air, infrared light - within a specific range called mid-wave infrare ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 22, 2018  During the Islamic State group's rule in Mosul, radio stations were banned and replaced with broadcasts of jihadist propaganda. Today, young Iraqis are filling the city's airwaves.
One budding presenter is Nour Tai, who at 16 years old faces the microphone with a confident tone and a professional style.
She hosts a weekly programme on One FM, a Mosul station launched in February that bro ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) June 21, 2018 
Japan has halted evacuation drills simulating a North Korean missile attack in the wake of historic talks between Washington and Pyongyang, local media reported Thursday.
Government officials did not immediately confirm the reports, but authorities in one town told AFP they were suspending a drill planned for next week on orders from Tokyo.
The decision comes after US President Donald Tr ... more |
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 Phnom Penh (AFP) June 19, 2018 
China has pledged around $100 million to help modernise Cambodia's military, the government said Tuesday, the latest largesse showered on the country amid a crackdown on dissent before national elections.
The pledge came from visiting Defence Minister Wei Fenghe, who arrived on Saturday for talks with his Cambodian counterpart and Prime Minister Hun Sen, said defence ministry spokesman Gener ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) June 22, 2018  "It's an environmental disaster," said Magloir-Desire Mounganga as he strode across the soggy, spongy soil where mangroves have been ripped up for development near the Gabonese capital Libreville, threatening its fragile ecosystem.
"Here the mangrove trees have been completely razed, you can even see the marks left by the bulldozer," said Mounganga, an expert from Gabon's National Agency fo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2018 
The Department of Defense announced it has awarded a contract to MACRO Industries for hardware in support of the V-22 aircraft.
The contract award, from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division and announced on Monday, is valued at more than $20.4 million under the terms of a fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. The deal enables MACRO Industries to provide 20 ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 20, 2018 
Indignant US lawmakers on Wednesday grilled Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on President Donald Trump's multi-front trade offensive, saying it risked spiraling out of control and damaging the American economy.
Pleading for an assortment of interests - from nail manufacturers in Missouri to cherry growers in Washington state - senators told Ross US trade policies are alienating allies and je ... more |
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 Rotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) June 21, 2018  The United States will continue to show its commitment to NATO, a senior US Army commander said Thursday as a fresh batch of military helicopters arrived in Europe's largest port to bolster ongoing operations.
Rotterdam harbour on Wednesday saw the offloading of some 60 US Army Black Hawk and Chinook troop transport helicopters, belonging to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade based out of Fort ... 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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 Washington (AFP) June 21, 2018 
The Pentagon will prepare to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on military bases, a US military spokesman said Thursday.
The decision follows a request from the US Department of Health and Human Services "to determine its capabilities to provide up to 20,000 temporary beds for unaccompanied alien children at DoD (Department of Defense) installations," Pentagon spokesman Jamie ... more |
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