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  Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2018 Motorists in the United States are enjoying a period of relative calm at the gas pump, but sentiment is mixed over what happens ahead of the next major holiday. Motor club AAA reported a national average retail price for regular unleaded gasoline at $2.86 per gallon on Tuesday, relatively unchanged for two weeks in a row. That's more or less in line with federal estimates through September. In its weekly market report, AAA said there were signs that gasoline demand was relatively matchin ... read more |
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U.S. offshore lease a barometer for market recoveryWashington (UPI) Aug 14, 2018 Ahead of the next U.S. offshore lease for oil and gas drilling rights, a trade group was mixed on the Trump administration's support for the sector. ... more 
Oil prices rise on Turkish relief, Saudi oil slowdownWashington (UPI) Aug 14, 2018 Crude oil prices jumped ahead of the start of U.S. trading on Tuesday on signs of easing Turkish economic strain and supply-side drainage. ... more 
Venezuelan general arrested over 'attack' on MaduroCaracas (AFP) Aug 14, 2018 Venezuela has arrested a general as part of a continuing probe into the alleged attempt to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro, the attorney general said Tuesday. ... more 
LNG next test for capital efficiencyWashington (UPI) Aug 14, 2018 The energy majors are getting more efficient with megaprojects offshore, but it will be planned LNG projects that test their mettle, Wood Mackenzie found. ... more |
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Effort to find new hydrocarbons in the Barents Sea failsWashington (UPI) Aug 13, 2018 There's been no luck in an effort to find new reserves near a multimillion-barrel prospect in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian government stated Monday. ... more 
North Sea player Neptune expanding its positionWashington (UPI) Aug 13, 2018 Claiming its second major win of the year, North Sea energy company Neptune announced Monday it built up its portfolio further through a deal with Apache Corp. ... more 
China committed to Iranian oil and gasWashington (UPI) Aug 13, 2018 According to state-run media in Iran, Chinese companies are keen on buying oil from Iran despite unilateral sanctions put in place by the United States. ... more 
Oil prices inch lower on Turkish correctionWashington (UPI) Aug 13, 2018 Global tensions that would be supportive of crude oil prices were offset by signs of economic slowdown to push the price of oil slightly lower early Monday. ... more 
Caspian states look to settle maritime issuesWashington (UPI) Aug 10, 2018 With offshore reserves on the line, the Kremlin said Friday that the five littoral states to the Caspian Sea will sign off on legal issues next week. ... more |
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Venezuela facing compounding oil woesWashington (UPI) Aug 10, 2018 Venezuelan plans to stabilize crude oil production do little to address bottlenecks and the shortage of investments, an analyst said Friday. ... more  |
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IEA: Supply-side concerns fade, effects of U.S. sanctions unknownWashington (UPI) Aug 10, 2018 Concerns about the lack of available oil on the market have faded, but it may be the calm before a storm triggered by U.S. sanctions, a market report found. ... more 
S. Sudan peace deal 'not realistic', international backers warnWashington (AFP) Aug 10, 2018 A power-sharing deal signed Sunday by South Sudan's leaders faces "considerable challenges" and agreements made may be "not realistic," key international backers of the young country's peace process cautioned Friday. ... more
Old fashioned supply and demand pushes oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Aug 10, 2018 Revision to global demand for oil overshadowed trade tensions, this time between the United States and Turkey, to push the price of oil higher early Friday. ... more 
Iraq PM cancels visit to sanctions-hit IranBaghdad (AFP) Aug 12, 2018 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has cancelled a visit to Iran, his press office said Sunday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against Tehran. ... more 
Fracking scheduled for British ColumbiaWashington (UPI) Aug 10, 2018 A review of operational plans for shale exploitation in British Columbia confirms the prospects for a pioneering fracking campaign, Calima Energy stated. ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Aug 08, 2018 
Despite international breeding efforts, advanced agronomy and effective management of pests and diseases, sugarcane yields have been static for decades owing to constraints on culm development.
The culm's sugar storage capacity is physically limited, restricting the volume of sucrose and biomass that can be obtained from the crop for sugar and second-generation (2G) ethanol production, acc ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2018  China has blasted US tariffs on solar panel imports, filing a complaint at the World Trade Organization in the latest salvo of the trade battle between the world's two economic giants.
US President Donald Trump approved steep tariffs on solar panel imports in January to protect US producers, triggering an outcry from China, South Korea and even protests from the US solar industry.
China' ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 
Using outputs from a high-resolution regional climate model, KAUST researchers have confirmed the potential for wind as a significant energy resource across the Arabian Peninsula. This is an important first step in developing a strategy for Saudi Arabia's wind energy sector.
As part of an ongoing collaboration with the University of Notre Dame in the United States, Marc Genton's research g ... more |
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 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 
Call it an extreme makeover: In Japan's Fukushima, officials are attempting what might seem impossible, an image overhaul at the site of the worst nuclear meltdown in decades.
At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, there's a flashy new administrative building, debris has been moved and covered, and officials tout the "light" radioactive security measures now possible.
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 Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan (AFP) Aug 12, 2018 
After his wheat crop failed and wells dried up, Ghulam Abbas sold his animals and joined thousands of other farmers migrating to cities as Afghanistan's worst drought in living memory ravages the war-torn country.
A huge shortfall in snow and rain across much of the country over the normally wet colder months decimated the winter harvest, threatening the already precarious livelihoods of mil ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2018 
Tesla's board of directors said Tuesday it formed a special committee to consider chief executive Elon Musk's proposal to take the electric auto giant private.
Musk disclosed on Monday that he had been in talks with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and other potential investors on a plan that would delist Tesla from the stock market.
By going private, Tesla could operate without requ ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 10, 2018  Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's alliance won Iraq's May parliamentary election according to a manual recount, the electoral commission said Friday, paving the way for a government to be formed nearly three months after the vote.
Allegations of fraud prompted the supreme court to order a partial manual recount, but Sadr's joint list with communists will retain all 54 seats it won to ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 11, 2018 
Pyongyang will suspend Chinese tour group visits to North Korea ahead of a high profile anniversary next month, according to news reports Saturday.
The North's Korea International Youth Travel Agency told a Chinese tourist agency that hotels in Pyongyang would be closed for renovations for 20 days starting Saturday, according to South Korean media reports.
Another North Korean travel age ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Aug 15, 2018 
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has urged China to "temper" its behaviour in the South China Sea in a rare criticism of the Asian superpower over its programme of island-building in disputed waters.
China has alarmed and angered its neighbours by claiming dominion over most of the South China Sea and building a string of artificial islands and military airbases.
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 14, 2018  Touting military cooperation and "instructors," arms deals and investment, Russia is making a comeback in Africa after years of inactivity and now aims to rival European countries and even China, analysts say.
Moscow has worked hard over the last three years to strengthen its position in Africa, a pace that seems to have accelerated in recent months, they say.
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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 14, 2018 
Two US military Osprey aircraft made separate emergency landings at airports on Japanese islands on Tuesday, with no injuries or damage reported, local media said.
One of the two MV-22 Ospreys landed at Amami Airport in southwestern Kagoshima prefecture Tuesday afternoon, according to the Kyodo and Jiji news agencies.
The tilt-rotor aircraft left the Japanese airport two hours later, int ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 8, 2018  China on Wednesday posted a forecast-busting surge in exports for July, but while its surplus with the US dipped slightly analysts warned that the full impact of US sanctions was yet to be felt.
The figures come as the world's two largest economies exchange threats of stiff duties on billions of dollars worth of goods, fuelling fears of a full-blown trade conflict that could hit global growt ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 14, 2018  US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged closer strategic ties with Brazil on Tuesday in what appeared to be part of a concerted pushback against growing Chinese influence in Latin America.
Mattis, who is starting a tour of the region, told military officers at Rio de Janeiro's war college that Brazil and the United States had interests built on shared geography, democracy and battlefield histo ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 
The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as U.S. manufacturers increased production, a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists has shown.
The study, forthcoming in the American Economic Review, found that polluting emissions from U.S. manufacturing fell by ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Aug 12, 2018 
A beaming bride defiantly marching up a flooded church aisle in the Philippines has won hearts as the country suffers a fresh bout of monsoonal rains.
Jobel Delos Angeles, 24, married the father of her two children on Saturday as Tropical Storm Yagi and the southwest monsoon brought heavy flooding to the capital Manila and nearby areas, including their home province of Bulacan.
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