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  Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 An executive from German energy company Wintershall said rifts in trade policy are leading to a lack of trust in the United States as an energy supplier. Washington D.C. hosts this year's regular World Gas Conference at a time when the United States is developing as a lead oil and natural gas producer and exporter. U.S. President Donald Trump has said natural gas in particular could extend U.S. leverage over the horizon into the Asian and European markets. A third-part survey of 1,001 ad ... read more |
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Oil takes center stage in Libyan conflictWashington (UPI) Jun 26, 2018 The Libyan army lacks authority to take control over oil exports, the national oil company said in response to what could be a major blow to the OPEC member. ... more 
Natural gas is giving oil a run for its moneyWashington (UPI) Jun 26, 2018 Natural gas is on pace to eat away at the edge for oil as a primary energy source and most sector leaders expect to spend money there, an industry poll found. ... more 
More oil found off the coast of OPEC-member AngolaWashington (UPI) Jun 26, 2018 The latest discovery of oil in the deep waters of OPEC-member Angola could hold as much as 300 million barrels of oil, Italian energy company Eni said. ... more 
After OPEC decision, Russia expresses economic optimismWashington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 A few days after Russia backed OPEC pledges on oil production, a Russian finance minister said Wednesday the pace of economic growth is accelerating. ... more |
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French energy company ENGIE sidesteps takeover questionsWashington (UPI) Jun 26, 2018 French energy company ENGIE said Tuesday it was addressing a Portuguese request by saying it wasn't bidding for a regional renewable unit of EDPR. ... more 
GE split isn't about Baker HughesWashington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 General Electric's divestment from Baker Hughes shouldn't be seen as a reflection of the health of the exploration and production sector, an analyst said. ... more 
Russian, U.S. energy leaders to meetWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 Energy department heads from two of the world's leading natural gas producers, Russia and the United States, meet this week in Washington, the Kremlin said. ... more 
Arbitration sought over access to Senegal's oilWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 Disputes with Senegal's government over oil and gas exploration rights offshore may head to an international panel for arbitration, African Petroleum said. ... more 
Russia sees oil leverage with Saudi partnershipWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 The head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund said Monday that coordinating with Saudi Arabia consolidated its leadership position in the global oil market. ... more |
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Dutch govt seals gas deal once quake-hit field closesThe Hague (AFP) June 25, 2018 The Dutch government announced Monday it has made a deal with the country's largest gas extractor not to lay claim to residual gas reserves once it shuts down output from the quake-hit Groningen field. ... more  |
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Fires from militant attacks put out at Libyan oil depots Washington DC (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 A Libyan oil company announced that blazes at oil storage tanks at a depot in eastern Libya have been safely extinguished following mid-June militant attacks. ... more 
Drilling plans outlined for Israeli offshore natural gasWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 A floating production facility is slated to start drilling for natural gas off the coast of Israel by early next year, Energean Oil and Gas said Monday. ... more 
Hundreds of birds stricken after Rotterdam oil spillThe Hague (AFP) June 25, 2018 Animal rescue workers on Monday were frantically cleaning hundreds of birds after an oil spill in the Rotterdam harbour at the weekend, when an oil tanker hit a jetty dumping some 200 tonnes of bunker fuel. ... more 
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 
Oil potential in West Africa buildingWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Oil prospects from frontier basins in West Africa could unlock reserves in excess of 30 million barrels, Savannah Petroleum announced Friday. ... 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.
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
The small private island Jumby Bay, located in the north of Antigua, will soon reach almost complete autarky in terms of power supply. After the installation of eleven sun2live and sun2roof solar installations with a total capacity of 404 kWp last year, the clean energy provider PV Energy now expands this solar energy project and is about to implement a sun2safe xl managed micro grid.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 
The first battery used to store energy from wind power from a facility offshore Scotland was installed Wednesday, Norwegian energy company Equnior said.
Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, started handing out contracts to deliver a 1 megawatt Lithium battery storage system for the Hywind wind farm off the Scottish coast last year. The company said Wednesday the system was connected so t ... more |
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 Paris (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
New technology has the power to improve competitiveness in nuclear power plant (NPP) maintenance, says Gilles Perrier, Head of Operational Excellence and Digital Transformation at Framatome's* Installed Base (IB) Business Unit.New technology has the power to improve competitiveness in nuclear power plant (NPP) maintenance, says Gilles Perrier, Head of Operational Excellence and Digital Transform ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 
Guidelines published by the leading party in China during the weekend outline efforts to cut emissions by at least 15 percent by the end of the decade.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China outlined goals for air quality and the broader environment from 2020, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has put health at the forefront of ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) June 7, 2018 
German auto giant Volkswagen has warned it will have to halt production at its main Wolfsburg plant for several days next quarter as it adapts to rigorous new EU emissions tests.
"We must plan for interruptions to production in the third quarter," VW chief executive Herbert Diess told workers Wednesday.
He told staff to expect "closure days" in late summer and September.
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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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 Tehran (AFP) June 24, 2018  Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Sunday that failure to save the nuclear deal after the exit of the United States would be "very dangerous" for Tehran.
The United States announced in May that it was withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions that would hit international businesses working in the Islamic republic.
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 Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2018 
Police have dispersed military veterans who had demonstrated in an eastern Chinese city to protest the alleged beating of elderly ex-soldiers demanding better pensions, witnesses told AFP on Monday.
The demonstrations highlighted the years-long struggle among former soldiers of the world's biggest standing army to get better benefits, posing a headache for the country's Communist leadership. ... more |
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 Banjul, Gambia (AFP) June 22, 2018 
Gambian president Adama Barrow paid tribute on Friday to three young protesters killed by police in an anti-pollution rally, urging witnesses to come forward to a commission of inquiry set up by his government.
"You are the people that witnessed what happened here that day," Barrow told his audience in the village of Faraba Banta, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital, Banjul.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for F-16 production for the kingdom of Bahrain.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $1.124 billion under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive-firm contract that enables Lockheed Martin to provide 16 F-16 V Block 70 aircraft, according to the Pentagon.
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 Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2018 
The European Union and China pledged on Monday to strengthen a rules-based international trading system amid US protectionism, although the EU highlighted its concerns about Beijing's own restrictive market practices.
Officials on both sides pledged to strengthen the World Trade Organization, announcing a plan to cooperate on updating the body which has come under blistering criticism from ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2018 
US Defense Secretary James Mattis met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday, aiming to find areas of cooperation despite a mounting military rivalry between the two superpowers.
On his first ever visit to China, the Pentagon chief was greeted at the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army by an honour guard and marching band playing the US and Chinese anthems.
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 Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2018 
Mining giants BHP and Vale, co-owners of Samarco, Tuesday reached agreement with Brazilian public authorities to settle a 20 billion real (US$5.3 billion) civil suit over a mine collapse that left 19 people dead.
The companies also established a framework to progress a second 155 billion real claim brought by federal prosecutors in the next two years, Australia's BHP said in a statement.
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 Rome (AFP) June 24, 2018  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday the alliance was prepared to help out in troubled Libya as it grapples with a migrant crisis but warned there were no military solutions.
Speaking to Italian daily La Repubblica, Stoltenberg said: "NATO is ready to help Libya construct its security institutions".
NATO experts were already "in contact with Libya authorities to see how to assist them ... more |
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