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  St. Petersburg FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 The University of South Florida continues to play an integral role in discovering the extent of damage caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Researchers just published results of a seven-year study, recording the most comprehensive data available of marine life throughout the entire Gulf of Mexico. This is significant, as lack of baseline data has limited researchers' abilities to fully understand the oil spill's impact. The new data will serve as a tremendous asset for future research. ... read more |
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Total working to sustain Angolan oil productionWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Energy services company TechnipFMC said it would work alongside Total at a prospect the French supermajor said marked a new chapter offshore Angola. ... more 
More Texas energy sector frustration with tariffs emergesWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Parts of the energy sector still in recovery mode will be hit by U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel and hurt the broader Texas economy, a trade group said. ... more 
Oil prices decline after Saudi support, trade concernsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Oil prices declined in early Monday trading after a weekend of energy security statements from Saudi Arabia and concerns about the fallout of trade tensions. ... more 
Venezuela promotes 16,900 'loyal' military personnelCaracas (AFP) July 2, 2018 The government of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro promoted 16,900 military personnel on Monday as reward for their "loyalty." ... more |
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North Sea strike threat could shut down three platformsWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2018 A British trade union said three platforms in the British waters of the North Sea could stop production if labor strikes go ahead as planned next week. ... more 
Oil-rich Alberta expecting strong economic momentumWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2018 The price for U.S. crude oil has been below the government estimates, though Alberta's economy could enjoy long-term growth, the finance minister said. ... more 
BP gets praise for smart bet on EVWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2018 BP's acquisition of Britain's largest electric vehicle charging company gives the supermajor an edge in a changing retail segment, an analytics company said. ... more 
Minnesota oil pipeline moving aheadWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2018 Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton called for calm after a regulator cleared the way for the start of the permitting process of a new Enbridge oil pipeline. ... more 
West African oil outlook is goodWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2018 African-focused explorer Tullow Oil said Thursday it was putting more rigs in place at its assets in Ghana with production trends testing in-place capacity. ... more |
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 Dallas Fed survey sees U.S. oil in the mid $60 per barrel range 
Russia a pivotal player in OPEC-led market stabilization effortWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2018 Following last week's pledge of more oil from OPEC, Russia is now standing next to Saudi Arabia as a major influence in the market, an analytics analyst said. ... more  |
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Spain's Repsol said it's now a major market playerWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2018 An investment bank said Thursday the decision by Spanish energy company Repsol to buy low-emissions assets supports growth in a market lauded for green goals. ... more 
Rally in oil prices loses steam after revision to U.S. GDPWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2018 Crude oil prices lost some ground in early Thursday trading after weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data offset looming supply-side pressures. ... more 
No issues found at one of Norway's biggest oil fieldsWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2018 An audit of the Johan Sverdrup oil field, which is expected to be the main contributor to Norwegian oil growth, revealed no issues, a safety regulator found. ... more 
U.N. concerned about control of Libyan oil assetsWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2018 Control over oil production in Libya and the revenues they generate needs to be in the appropriate hands, the U.N. Security Council said Thursday. ... more 
German poll reveals a trust deficit for U.S. energyWashington (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. ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
Researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology have reported an inexpensive hybrid catalyst capable of splitting water to produce hydrogen, suitable for large-scale commercialization.
Most systems to split water into its components - hydrogen and oxygen - require two catalysts, one to spur a reaction to separate the hydrogen and a second to produce ox ... more |
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 Surrey UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
The University of Surrey has helped to create a technique that has produced the highest performing inverted perovskite solar cell ever recorded.
Perovskite based cells are widely viewed as the next generation of solar cells, offering similar power conversion efficiency (PCE) performance, but at a much lower cost than the market dominant crystalline silicon based solar cells.
In a stu ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 
French energy company ENGIE said Monday it reached an agreement with Swiss asset manager SUSI to help develop what will be one of Norway's largest wind farms.
SUSI, through a renewable energy fund, takes an 80 percent stake in Project Tonstad, a planned 208 megawatt wind farm in southern Norway. The French energy company keeps a 20 percent stake in a 51-turbine facility.
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
Could nuclear power make a significant contribution to decarbonizing the U.S. energy system over the next three or four decades? That is the question asked by four current and former researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP). Their answer: probably not.
In a paper, "U.S. nuclear power: The vanishing low-carbon wedge," just published in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2018 
Increasingly, climate scientists are calling for climate models to focus more on CO2 levels and less on temperature.
In a new study, researchers from the University of Exeter contend warming could slow even as a rise in CO2 accelerates. Not only do current models mostly ignore this reality, study authors suggest they also fail to account for CO2's myriad impacts on biology - on life. / ... 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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 Baghdad (AFP) June 30, 2018  Iraq's parliament held its final session Saturday, leaving the country without a national assembly for the first time since 2013 as it awaits a vote recount from May parliamentary polls.
The manual recount was demanded by the supreme court in polling stations with contested results, in line with a decision by the outgoing parliament following allegations of fraud.
Parliament's deputy spe ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 2, 2018 
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads back to North Korea this week to flesh out the bare bones nuclear agreement between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un.
Pompeo will leave Washington on Thursday for Pyongyang at the start of a round-the-world diplomatic mission that will bring him to Brussels and a key NATO summit, officials said.
Trump has boasted that a statement he ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 1, 2018 
Protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday in one of the city's major annual pro-democracy rallies as organisers said the event was coming under unprecedented pressure from authorities.
Beijing has become increasingly intolerant of signs of dissent in semi-autonomous Hong Kong since massive pro-democracy rallies in 2014 brought parts of the city to a standstill and led to the eme ... more |
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 Kigali (AFP) July 1, 2018  Across Rwanda, markets selling piles of cast-off clothes once worn by Americans have become the unlikely centre of a trade war that vendors say is ruining their livelihoods.
Kigali, determined to boost its domestic textiles industry, in 2016 raised tariffs on the importation of secondhand clothes, disrupting a multi-million dollar industry and setting it on a collision course with the United ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
NASA's newest experimental aircraft, designed with quiet supersonic technology and intended to help open a new era in faster-than-sound air travel over land, will forever be known in the history books as the X-59 QueSST.
The U.S. Air Force, which is the government entity responsible for assigning X-number designations and the popular name associated with the aircraft, officially informed N ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2018 
China on Thursday insisted it has "carried out every promise" made in joining the World Trade Organization as Washington and Brussels push Beijing to do away with protectionist policies.
Hitting back at critics like US President Donald Trump, China published a white paper titled "China and the World Trade Organization" outlining reforms Beijing has undertaken since joining the agreement in 2 ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 29, 2018  New laws to curb meddling by foreign governments in Australia have been passed by parliament ahead of a raft of by-elections, amid heightened fears of Chinese interference in domestic politics.
Canberra last year announced plans to introduce sweeping reforms to espionage and foreign interference laws, with China singled out as a focus of concern.
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 Paris (AFP) June 30, 2018 
Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, according to a US study, which found even low levels raised the chances of developing the chronic disease.
Diabetes has primarily been associated with lifestyle factors like diet and a sedentary lifestyle, but research by the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis said pollution also plays a major role.
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 Mae Sai, Thailand (AFP) July 3, 2018  The rescuers dubbed it "mission impossible" but they defied the odds to locate the 12 boys and their football coach deep in a cave complex. However the hard part may yet be ahead: getting them out safely.
Here are a few ways the hungry and weak boys could get out, none easy options.
Could they dive out?
In theory yes: but it is an extremely difficult task. Cave diving is already ver ... more |
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