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  Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2018 Australian energy company Santos announced Wednesday it completed a $2.15 billion acquisition of natural gas operator Quadrant Energy. "This acquisition delivers increased ownership and operatorship of a high quality portfolio of low cost, long-life conventional Western Australian natural gas assets which are well known to Santos, and importantly significantly strengthens Santos' offshore operating capability." Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher said in a state ... read more |
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U.S. piped gas displacing Mexican LNG importsWashington (UPI) Aug 22, 2018 Cross-border natural gas pipelines from the United States to Mexico could be displacing Mexican imports of liquefied natural gas, a government report found. ... more 
First oil well in 40 years scheduled for offshore GambiaWashington (UPI) Aug 22, 2018 FAR Ltd., a company focused on West Africa, said it plans to drill into a basin off the coast of Gambia that could hold hundreds of millions of barrels of oil. ... more 
U.S. punishes Russia for oil transfers to North Korean shipsWashington (UPI) Aug 22, 2018 The U.S. Treasury Department hit Russia with sanctions for transferring oil to North Korea, but stressed that sanctions aren't the only tool for diplomacy. ... more 
Supply pressures add up to rally in crude oil pricesWashington (UPI) Aug 22, 2018 Crude oil prices were in rally mode before the start of U.S. trading after signs of another drain on domestic oil and gasoline inventories. ... more |
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Alaska still has a long oil life aheadWashington (UPI) Aug 21, 2018 A market research report from consultant group IHS Markit found crude oil production from the late-stage Alaska North Slope could increase by 40 percent. ... more 
Ghana takes big step by tapping its own natural gasWashington (UPI) Aug 21, 2018 The power sector in Ghana for the first time is getting gas from its own offshore reserves, marking the start of 15 years of stability, a commodity group said. ... more 
Australian oil discovery holds 171 million barrelsWashington DC (UPI) Aug 20, 2018 An Australian energy company said Monday its Dorado oil discovery offshore Western Australia is the largest discovery made there in nearly three decades. ... more 
US hits Chinese pipes with 132% import dutiesWashington (AFP) Aug 21, 2018 On the eve of renewing talks to try to defuse the spiraling trade dispute with China, the US Commerce Department hit the country with import duties of 132 percent on metal pipe. ... more 
Industry defends controversial Michigan oil pipelineWashington DC (UPI) Aug 20, 2018 A pipeline spanning two of Michigan's peninsulas is a "vital link" to regional energy supplies, a trade group representative said in remarks to senate leaders. ... more |
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Crude oil prices rebound as market tensions easeWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2018 Fading global trade and geopolitical concerns brought the price of crude oil back into positive territory on Friday, but look to finish the week lower. ... more  |
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World's biggest shipper to spin off Maersk Drilling Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2018 The world's biggest shipping company, A.P. Moller-Maersk, said Friday it turned in a profit, but is now spinning off its drilling unit as a standalone company. ... more 
Australian minister pushes for offshore developmentWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2018 The Australian government is committed to exploiting its offshore natural gas deposits as soon as possible, a regional minister said Friday. ... more 
New cash will fund Canadian shale operationsWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2018 Australian energy company Calima said Friday that investment interest was strong enough to support a robust drilling campaign in a Canadian shale basin. ... more 
US condemns Venezuela 'arbitrary' arrests over alleged attackWashington (AFP) Aug 17, 2018 The United States on Friday condemned alleged arbitrary detentions and forced confessions by the Venezuelan government in its investigation into the failed August 4 drone "attack" on President Nicolas Maduro. ... more 
Trans Mountain pipeline construction progressingWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2018 The group building the Trans Mountain oil pipeline can proceed with construction of an expansion project through parts of British Columbia, a regulator said. ... more |
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 Nottingham UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2018 
Researchers have found that seawater can replace freshwater to produce the sustainable fuel Bioethanol, reducing the need to drain precious resources.
The study - 'The establishment of a marine focused biorefinery for bioethanol production using seawater and a novel marine yeast strain' - has been published in Scientific Reports and was carried out by researchers at the University of Notti ... more |
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 Ocean City, MD (SPX) Aug 21, 2018 
Constellation, an Exelon company, is breaking ground on a 10 megawatt (DC) solar energy project that will account for around 20 percent of the Town of Ocean City's annual energy use.
Sited near the intersection of Routes 50 and 90 (about 10 miles west of downtown Ocean City), the solar array will provide energy for several of the town's key buildings, including its city hall, convention ce ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2018 
Denmark, a holdout on Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas project, has consent to move forward with renewable energy strategies, the European Commission said.
The European Commission said Friday it approved of renewable energy schemes proposed by a Danish government looking to meet half of its energy needs from renewable resources by 2030 and make a complete break from fossil fuels by 2050.
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 Paris (SPX) Aug 22, 2018 
Over the last weeks, a heat wave has broken temperature records notably in Scandinavia and the British Isles. As a consequence, conventional and nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Europe have been forced to reduce electricity generation because of an increase in cooling water temperatures.
Nuclear power plants in France, Finland, Sweden and Germany have also been affected by this situation, wh ... more |
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 Fairbanks AK (SPX) Aug 22, 2018 
Methane released by thawing permafrost from some Arctic lakes could significantly accelerate climate change, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.
The study, which was published Aug. 15 in the journal Nature Communications, focuses on the carbon released by thawing permafrost beneath thermokarst lakes. Such lakes develop when warming soil melts ground ice, causing th ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Aug 17, 2018 
US electric automaker Tesla has sued the government of Ontario, Canada, after the province scrapped a rebate initiative for purchases of electric cars, Canadian media reported Thursday.
Upon assuming power last July, Premier Doug Ford's conservative government announced the end of several green energy programs, including several thousands of dollars in rebates for electric car buyers.
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 Ottawa (AFP) Aug 22, 2018 
Canadian Major General Dany Fortin was named on Wednesday to lead a new NATO training and capacity building mission in Iraq.
The former artillery officer and current commander of the 1st Canadian Division Headquarters - a high-readiness unit that is the first to be deployed in war zones, helps evacuate Canadians in danger and offers disaster assistance - brings decades of military planning ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 21, 2018 
North and South Korea have agreed to close some guard posts along their border on a trial basis, Seoul's defence minister told parliament Tuesday amid a rapid diplomatic thaw.
The Demilitarized Zone that has divided the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953 is, despite its name, one of the most fortified places on earth, with the areas on either side of it bristling with minefiel ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 23, 2018  An anaesthetist gassed his wife and daughter to death using a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide, a Hong Kong court has heard.
Prosecutors told the High Court that Khaw Kim-sun left the inflatable ball in the boot of a car where the gas leaked out and killed them, according to reports from court Wednesday.
His wife and 16-year-old daughter were found on a roadside in a locked yellow M ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 21, 2018 
Moscow and the Central African Republic signed a military cooperation agreement on Tuesday, less than a month after three Russian journalists were killed in the strife-torn CAR while probing alleged Russian mercenaries.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his CAR counterpart Marie-Noelle Koyara signed the document on the sidelines of defense expo Army-2018 outside Moscow, Russian agen ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 20, 2018 
Leonardo on Monday announced a contract for the delivery of 28 NH90 medium multi-role military helicopters to the Ministry of Defense of Qatar.
The order is part of a backlog production contract. Leonardo is the primary contractor for the Qatar NH90 program, which is valued at more than $3.4 billion. Leonardo is taking the lead as part of the NHI consortium.
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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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 Colombo (AFP) Aug 21, 2018 
Japan has pledged to help strengthen Sri Lanka's maritime security, authorities said Tuesday, in a new sign of efforts to counter China's strategic grip on the Indian Ocean island.
President Maithripala Sirisena thanked Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera for donating two coast guard patrol craft costing over $11 million in total, his office said in a statement after talks in Colombo. ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Aug 22, 2018 
In a small shop along one of Sydney's busiest streets, Sarah Freeman is encouraging Australians to slow down and break their addiction to fast fashion.
Shocked by the speed at which Australians buy and throw away cheap garments, she is trying to harness an ancient concept - libraries - to persuade shoppers to rent instead of purchase clothes.
"Today's society just seem to wear clothes ... more |
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 Sugian, Indonesia (AFP) Aug 21, 2018  Indonesian aid agencies and government officials rushed Tuesday to help survivors after another series of powerful quakes rattled Lombok island, killing at least 10 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
The picturesque island next to holiday hotspot Bali was hit by two deadly quakes on July 29 and August 5. On Sunday it was shaken again by a string of fresh tremors and aftershoc ... more |
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