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  Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2018 Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday hosts his Saudi counterpart to discuss, among other things, stability in the global oil market, state media reported. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to discuss conflicts in Syria and Yemen, as well as bilateral issues related to the energy sector. Russia sits on a committee monitoring compliance with a program led by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meant to keep supply on pace with demand through coordinated producti ... read more |
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Oil prices supported by strong U.S. GDPWashington (UPI) Aug 29, 2018 Crude oil prices staged a rally in early Wednesday trading as strong U.S. economic figures balanced against a build in national oil and gas inventories. ... more 
Conflict rocks OPEC member LibyaWashington (UPI) Aug 29, 2018 Political actors in Libya, a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, shouldn't settle scores through violence, the U.N. mission stated. ... more 
Iraq short on spare gas and diesel suppliesWashington (UPI) Aug 29, 2018 The federal Iraqi government can't distribute oil products to the Kurdish north of Iraq because it can barely satisfy its own demand, a ministry official said. ... more 
Equinor identifies Brazil as a core area of focusWashington (UPI) Aug 29, 2018 After expressing concern about the long-term future offshore Norway, energy major Equinor said Wednesday that Brazil's energy sector was now a core area. ... more |
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Equinor: We need big investments now offshore NorwayWashington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 Companies invested in the oil and gas sector offshore Norway said Tuesday that the time to invest is now as the region faces a period of field maturation. ... more 
Brazil deploys military to boost security at Venezuela borderBrasilia (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 Brazilian President Michel Temer signed a decree Tuesday to send the army to "guarantee law and order" on the border with crisis-hit Venezuela after recent violent clashes. ... more 
In India, Shell agrees to buy LNG from TotalWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 French supermajor Total stated Monday it could capture value from its assets in India with an LNG divestment and product sales agreement with Shell. ... more 
Oil prices flat on light trading and OPEC waitingWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 Oil prices were flat ahead of the start of U.S. trading on Monday as investors waited for word on output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. ... more 
Norwegian energy companies spar over board seatsWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 Norwegian energy company DNO lashed out Monday at regional counterpart Faroe Petroleum for brushing off a request for more board representation. ... more |
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 North Sea oil and gas appraisal results better than expected 
Johan Sverdrup reserve estimate revised higherWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 While submitting development plans to the government, Norwegian energy major Equinor said the oil potential from Johan Sverdrup was bigger than expected. ... more  |
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Iran urges UN court to halt 'economic strangulation' by USThe Hague (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 Iran on Monday demanded the UN's top court suspend US nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, accusing Washington of plotting its "economic strangulation". ... more 
India's oil appetite is growingWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 India passes China by the middle of the next decade as the country with the biggest appetite for oil and its refineries can't keep up, Wood Mackenzie found. ... more 
Noble shareholders back $3.5 bn deal in fight for survivalSingapore (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 Commodities trader Noble Group's shareholders backed a $3.5 billion restructuring deal on Monday, in a major boost for the embattled company's efforts to stay afloat. ... more 
Final assessment of Beaufort Sea oil project completedWashington (UPI) Aug 24, 2018 A U.S. offshore regulator published its final environmental impact statement on a planned oil development in the Beaufort Sea offshore Alaska. ... more 
Gas prices could jump ahead of Labor DayWashington (UPI) Aug 24, 2018 One week ahead of the last major summer holiday in the United States, motor club AAA said vacation demand could cause a brief jump in gas prices. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Imagine throwing your empty plastic water bottle into a household composting bin that breaks down the plastic and produces biogas to help power your home. Now, researchers have taken an early step toward this futuristic scenario by showing that certain blends of bioplastics can decompose under diverse conditions. They report their results in the ACS journal Environmental Science and Technology. ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Ian Marius Peters, now an MIT research scientist, was working on solar energy research in Singapore in 2013 when he encountered an extraordinary cloud of pollution. The city was suddenly engulfed in a foul-smelling cloud of haze so thick that from one side of a street you couldn't see the buildings on the other side, and the air had the acrid smell of burning. The event, triggered by forest fire ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 
Wind energy pricing remains attractive, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). At an average of around 2 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), prices offered by newly built wind projects in the United States are being driven lower by technology advancements and cost reductions.
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 
South Africa confirmed on Monday it had scrapped plans to build a series of nuclear power stations, burying one of former president Jacob Zuma's most controversial policies.
Zuma's nuclear expansion plan was a key battleground for control over South Africa's finances, with his opponents accusing him of seeking a deal that could have bankrupted the country to enrich his allies.
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 24, 2018  Once-a-century rains that have pounded the Indian state of Kerala and displaced 1.3 million people are in line with the predictions of climate scientists, who warn that worse is to come if global warming continues unabated.
The monsoon rains upon which farmers in the southwestern state depend for their food and livelihoods dumped two-and-a-half times the normal amount of water across the sta ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 28, 2018  Toyota will pump about $500 million into ride-share firm Uber as part of a deal to work together on mass-producing self-driving vehicles, the Japanese car giant said on Tuesday.
The deal, which reportedly values Uber at about $72 billion, aims at "advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale", Toyota said in a statement.
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 Ramadi, Iraq (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle in the town of Al-Qaim in western Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people, five of them security personnel, police said.
The 9 am (0600 GMT) bombing at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Al-Qaim also wounded 16 people - 11 civilians and five security personnel, police Captain Mahmud Jassem told AFP.
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 The Hague (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
Iran told the UN's top court Wednesday that "time is running out" for its people as they suffer economic turmoil that Tehran blames on renewed US sanctions.
Iran was making its closing arguments in a challenge to the sanctions at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
US President Donald Trump reimposed the sanctions after pulling out of a multilateral 2015 accord in May.
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 Edinburgh (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
Chinese author Yan Lianke, whose works are banned in his heavily censored homeland, has urged world leaders not to shy away from confronting China about its human rights record.
Yan, who offers frank portrayals of Chinese life prompting years of state censorship, said leaders flocking to China have become too focused on economic ties.
The 60-year-old novelist told AFP that Beijing needs ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
Five Kenyan soldiers were killed and 10 injured Wednesday when their vehicle hit a landmine on a road in a coastal area close to the Somali border.
"Soldiers operating in Lamu County, while on a humanitarian civil assignment to fetch and distribute water to the residents in the area, hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)," the military said in a statement.
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 
United Technologies Pratt & Whitney Military Engines has received a $14.5 million for a contract on Lot 11 F-35 Lightning II F-135 engine production tooling.
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, provides for engineering services on the F-135 engine, including tooling unique components and machines needed for production of the F135 engine.
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2018 
U.S. President Trump is admired for fulfilling campaign promises, but some of those actions are harming his own ambitions on energy, a trade group said.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to "use every tool under American and international law to end these (trade) abuses." Nearly two years into his term, he's made good on that pledge by targeting North American, European and Chinese ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 28, 2018 
Russia will next month hold its biggest war games since at least the 1980s, with around 300,000 troops and 1,000 aircraft, the defence minister said Tuesday.
The Vostok-2018 exercises will be carried out from September 11 to 15 in the country's east with the participation of China and Mongolia.
"This will be something of a repeat of Zapad-81, but in some senses even bigger," Sergei Shoi ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Harmful algae isn't just a problem for high-profile bodies of water - it poses serious, toxic threats in small ponds and lakes as well, new research has found.
A team of researchers from The Ohio State University examined water samples from two dozen ponds and small lakes in rural Ohio and found plenty of cause for concern, with particularly high levels of toxins at one lake.
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 Rome (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
Rome will on Thursday ask the European Union to rotate the ports where migrants rescued at sea disembark, Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta said, with France and Spain expected to top the list.
Trenta will put the plan to her European counterparts during an informal meeting in Vienna.
"Tomorrow ... I will carry in the name of the Italian government a proposal to modify the rules of the ... more |
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