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  Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018 Crude oil prices were moving in positive territory ahead of the start of U.S. trading after major losses in the previous session, though concerns remain on the horizon. The price for Brent crude oil finished lower by 2.35 percent on Wednesday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported U.S. crude oil inventories swelled by 6.8 million barrels last week. Analysts surveyed by commodity pricing group S&P Global Platts had expected a draw of 1.7 million barrels. Broader markets ... read more |
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North Sea oil and gas find bigger than expectedWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018 The Norwegian government reported results Thursday from an appraisal well in the North Sea that were better than operator Equinor expected. ... more 
Court orders new review of Keystone XL pipelineWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018 A timeline for new environmental review is necessary for a revised leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline before construction begins next year, a court ordered. ... more 
DNO pays out first dividend in 13 yearsWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018 Pointing to a high level of success for its assets in the Kurdish north of Iraq, Norwegian company DNO said it was paying its first dividend in 13 years. ... more 
Cash flow soars for Russia's Gazprom NeftWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018 Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft said Thursday its free cash flow improved more than 70 percent from last year, though production increased by 2 percent. ... more |
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Four in a row for oil discoveries in Niger(UPI) Aug 15, 2018 The latest confirmed oil discovery in a basin in southeast Niger makes it four in a row for Savannah Petroleum's exploration campaign, the company stated. ... more 
We're hiring, Norwegian oilfield services company says(UPI) Aug 15, 2018 Norwegian oilfield services company Archer said new contracts from Equinor would help support a 2,000 person increase in payrolls by the end of the year. ... more 
Emissions from energy-rich Norway on the decline(UPI) Aug 15, 2018 The Norwegian government reported Wednesday that total greenhouse gas emissions were lower, with declines in pollution from road traffic leading the way. ... more 
U.S. gas prices stable ahead of Labor DayWashington (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. ... more 
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 |
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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  |
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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 
Eni building up its position in EgyptWashington (UPI) Aug 14, 2018 From an exploration license offshore to a contract extension near the Western Desert, Italian energy company Eni said it's strengthening is position in Egypt. ... more 
Survey completed at giant Australian oil and gas basinWashington (UPI) Aug 14, 2018 Australian energy company Melbana said Tuesday that a survey of the Beehive prospect, with more than 1 billion barrels of estimated reserves, is complete. ... more 
OPEC economists see bullish trends offset by trade disputesWashington (UPI) Aug 13, 2018 OPEC economists said there were bullish trends supporting the price of oil, but there were underlying concerns about political and economic disputes. ... more 
Caspian states make little energy headwayWashington (UPI) Aug 13, 2018 Parties to a summit of energy-rich countries bordering the Caspian Sea did little to settle simmering disputes over oil and gas fields, analysts said. ... 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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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Aug 17, 2018 
Details of a 280MW solar farm have been unveiled in South Australia as the first part of Sanjeev Gupta's global GFG Alliance US$1 billion, one-gigawatt dispatchable renewable energy program.
The Cultana Solar Project in South Australia's Upper Spencer Gulf will include 780,000 solar panels capable of generating 600GWh of energy generation per year, enough to power 96,000 homes while offset ... 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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 London (AFP) Aug 15, 2018 
Previously hidden archaeological sites have emerged in fields across Britain after the hot, dry summer exposed new cropmarks, the Historic England agency said Wednesday.
Aerial photographs have exposed patterns which reveal the sites of prehistoric settlements, burial mounds and Iron Age, Bronze Age and Roman farms.
Among the new discoveries are two Neolithic monuments near Milton Keynes ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Aug 12, 2018 
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk got into legal hot water this week after announcing on Twitter he had sufficient financing already in hand to take the electric automaker private.
Many in US financial circles are wondering where he will he get all this money, and have turned skeptical despite the reverence in which they normally hold Musk, who founded the company in 2003 to transform cars int ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 16, 2018  Six "criminals" were executed by hanging in Iraq this week, the justice ministry said on Thursday, without specifying if they were jihadists.
The ministry, in a statement, said they were put to death for having "shed the blood of Iraqis" after their appeals were rejected and the sentences ratified by the presidency.
It did not elaborate or identify any of the six who were hanged or say w ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 17, 2018 
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attacked "hostile forces" over "brigandish" sanctions, state media reported Friday, as Washington seeks to maintain pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear programme.
Kim and US President Donald Trump held a groundbreaking summit in Singapore in June, which the US leader touted as a historic breakthrough.
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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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 Bamako (AFP) Aug 16, 2018 
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been re-elected for a five-year term after winning a landslide in a runoff ballot, according to official figures Thursday.
The elections have been closely watched abroad, as Mali is a linchpin state in the jihadist insurgency raging in the Sahel.
Keita, 73, picked up 67.17 percent of the vote on Sunday against 32.83 for opposition challenger an ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018  L3 Technologies has received a $25.8 million modification to an existing U.S. Defense Department contract for an F-16 A/B Block 20 Mission Training Center.
Work will be performed in Arlington, Texas, and is expected to be completed by October 2024. The modification includes foreign military sales to Taiwan.
Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $25.8 million are being obl ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2018 
China will send a senior negotiator to the United States in late August to resume trade talks, its commerce ministry said Thursday, the first public meeting on the dispute in weeks as the trade conflict intensifies.
Beijing and Washington have slapped tariffs on tens of billions of dollars worth of each other's goods since they held their last high-level meeting in June, raising fears that t ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Aug 16, 2018 
The United States will be "a good ally" to the Philippines in responding to territorial conflicts in the South China Sea, a US defence official said Thursday.
Randall Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, gave the assurance as tensions rise over China's aggressive stance towards its claims to most of the strategic waterway.
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 Nabeul, Tunisia (AFP) Aug 14, 2018  Bin bags at the ready, "long-distance activist" Mohamed Oussama Houij moves methodically along a beach in Tunisia's Mediterranean town of Nabeul, scooping up all kinds of trash as he goes along.
The 27-year-old sanitary engineer set out in July to walk a 300-kilometre (185-mile) stretch of coastline in northern Tunisia and clean up 30 beaches along the way.
He hopes the two-month trek wi ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Aug 16, 2018 
Scientists have for the first time been able to estimate the amount of radioactive cesium-rich microparticles released by the disaster at the Fukushima power plant in 2011. This work, which will have significant health and environmental implications, is presented at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Boston*.
The flooding of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) after t ... more |
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