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  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 A chemist from RUDN was the first to use catalysts with ruthenium nanoparticles to obtain hydrogen under the influence of visible light and UV radiation. In the future, such catalysts may be used for large-scale production of hydrogen fuel under the influence of sunlight. The results of the study were published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. Photochemical reactions are one of the most eco-friendly ways of producing "green fuel". They don't consume a lot of energy for heating the raw materi ... read more |
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Most states see first gas price drop in weeks as demand declinesWashington (UPI) Oct 16, 2018 The average price of a gallon of gasoline in U.S. service stations fell in mid-October by an average of two cents on-week amid declines in demand - the first such drop in three weeks. ... more 
Oil prices steady but analysts wary of Saudi reaction to Khashoggi allegationsWashington (UPI) Oct 16, 2018 The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has created a diplomatic crisis for the United States and Saudi Arabia, which typically means crude oil prices will go up. ... more 
Saint-Tropez beaches hit by Mediterranean oil spillMarseille (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 Some of the oil that leaked from ships involved in an accident in the Mediterranean earlier this month has washed up on the white-sand beaches of the glitzy French resort of Saint-Tropez, local authorities said Tuesday. ... more 
Some Gulf oil output still shut-in following Hurricane MichaelWashington (UPI) Oct 16, 2018 Three offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have reported grating damage while 7.7 percent of the area's oil production remained shut-in on Tuesday nearly a week after Hurricane Michael made landfall on the northern Florida coast. ... more |
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Protests as fracking begins in UKPreston, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 Anti-fracking protesters took to the streets on Monday as work began on Britain's first horizontal shale-gas well after the High Court in London dismissed a last-minute request for an injunction. ... more
Crude oil creeps up after losing $5 a barrel in Wall Street selloffWashington (UPI) Oct 12, 2018 Brent prices fell nearly $5 a barrel in two days as oil prices recoil from a Wall Street selloff. ... more 
Pemex: Shallow water discovery may add 180 million barrels in reservesWashington (UPI) Oct 10, 2018 Mexican state oil company Pemex has confirmed discoveries of light crude oil in the country's southeast basin that could add up to 180 million barrels to its proven, probable and possible reserves of barrels of oil equivalent. ... more 
Mexican legislators question top energy officials over corruption, reformWashington (UPI) Oct 12, 2018 Representatives of diverse political groups in the Mexican Congress questioned the top energy officials in Mexico over corruption linked to alleged Odebrecht bribing, organized fuel theft, declining investment, as well as about potential loss of sovereignity related to the energy reform. ... more 
High energy prices threaten economic damage, but likely to continue: IEAWashington (UPI) Oct 12, 2018 Expensive energy, including the prices of oil, gas and coal at "multi-year" highs, pose a threat to economic growth worldwide, particularly to emerging market economies that are also seeing depreciations of their currencies, the International Energy Agency said Friday. ... more |
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Fracking to begin in Britain after court rulingLondon (AFP) Oct 12, 2018 Energy company Cuadrilla will begin fracking Britain's first horizontal shale-gas well on Saturday after the High Court in London dismissed a last-minute request for an injunction by environmentalists. ... more  |
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US should brace for higher heating bills, potential supply issuesWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2018 The U.S. Energy Information Administration said most heating bills will be higher this winter season, as much as 20 percent over last year in the case of heating oil, while the weather may also be on average about one percent colder than last year - with potential fuel "supply issues" in cases of severe weather. ... more 
Trump not keen to limit Saudi arms sales amid Khashoggi probeWashington (AFP) Oct 11, 2018 US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was not yet prepared to limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, but he faced mounting pressure from concerned American lawmakers. ... more 
OPEC: Venezuelan, Iranian monthly oil production down in SeptemberWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2018 Oil production in Venezuela, a country with the world's biggest reserves, reached a new low in September as it goes through political and economic instability, declining 3.4 percent in September from August. ... more 
Oil prices plummet with stock market; Trump doubles down on Iran oil sanctionsWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2018 Crude oil prices continued to fall along with the stock market Thursday while President Donald Trump had strong words for countries that ignore U.S. oil sanctions. ... more
Murphy takes over Petrobras Gulf of Mexico assets in $1.1B JV dealWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2018 Murphy Oil has taken over Petrobras's Gulf of Mexico assets in a joint-venture accord that included $1.1 billion in payments for an 80 percent participation. ... more |
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 Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 15, 2018 
World energy consumption projections expect coal to stay one of the world's main energy sources in the coming decades, and a growing share of it will be used in CTL, the conversion of coal to liquid fuels.
Researchers from the National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy in Beijing and Eindhoven University of Technology have developed iron-based catalysts that substantially reduce ope ... more |
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 Daegu, South Korea (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 
A research team led by DGIST Professor Jong-Sung Yu's team at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering has successfully developed a new catalyst synthesis method that can efficiently decompose water into oxygen and hydrogen using solar light. It is expected that this method will facilitate hydrogen mass production due to higher efficiency than the existing photocatalyst method.
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 
Ingeteam reports it has opened a new facility in the vicinity of Chennai to satisfy the demand for wind power converters and control cabinets by both local and international OEMs with operations in India.
Located in the Tamil Nadu region, Ingeteam's new 3,500m2 facility is equipped with state-of-the-art production technology. The production plant in India will manufacture electrical compon ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 16, 2018 
Scientists from Russia, China, and the United States predicted and experimentally identified new uranium hydrides, predicting superconductivity for some of them. The results of their study were published in Science Advances.
The phenomenon of superconductivity was discovered in 1911 by a group of scientists led by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. Superconductivity means complete dis ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 12, 2018 
As Earth gets hotter, century-to-century climate variability increases, according to a new study.
When scientists compared the century-scale climate variability during the last interglacial period, between 130,000 and 115,000 years ago, with variability during the last 11,700 years, they found a significant correlation between warming and variability.
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 New York (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 
Uber is eyeing a valuation above $100 billion for its much-anticipated share offering due in 2019, which would be the biggest-ever in the tech sector, sources familiar with the plan said Tuesday.
The sources told AFP the global ridesharing giant is considering speeding up its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) to the first half of 2019, rather than the second half of the year.
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 Damascus (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 
A border crossing between Syria and Iraq is to re-open soon, Damascus and Baghdad's top diplomats said Monday, hours after other Syrian frontier posts reopened with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan.
"We are now looking at the interest of the Syrian and Iraqi people in opening up the Albu Kamal crossing... as soon as possible," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said at a press confer ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that world powers needed to reassure North Korea's Kim Jong Un that he had taken the right decision in committing to scrap his nuclear weapons programme.
Moon, who has met Kim three times this year, is on a seven-day tour of Europe where he is expected to update leaders in Paris, Rome and Brussels on the rapidly thawing relations between Seoul a ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 
A popular Chinese live-streamer has been sentenced to five days detention for "insulting" China's national anthem by waving her arms and mimicking a conductor as she sung the song during a broadcast to millions of her followers.
The woman, Yang Kaili, was detained by authorities in Shanghai Saturday for violating a national anthem law that was enacted last year.
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 Niamey (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 
At least 30 "bandits" have been killed during a crackdown by the armies of Niger and Nigeria in their troubled frontier where kidnappings and cattle rustling are rife, Niger's interior minister said Tuesday.
Criminal gangs had been operating in a "sanctuary" of dense forest between the Maradi area of southern Niger and the Nigerian border, Bazoum Mohamed said.
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 Denver CO (SPX) Oct 16, 2018 
Bye Aerospace, the developer of the "Sun Flyer 2" and "Sun Flyer 4" family of electric aircraft, is having discussions with on-demand charter services about using its Sun Flyer 4 aircraft to provide on-demand air taxi service.
"Given the level of interest in more-efficient and more-affordable short-range air taxi service, we are being contacted by proactive, forward-thinking companies," sa ... more |
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 Hanoi (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 
The United States is alarmed by China's increasingly muscular military presence and "predatory economic practices" towards smaller countries in Asia, defence chief James Mattis has said on his way to the region.
Speaking as he flew out for a diplomatic tour that will take him to Vietnam and Singapore, the US Defense Secretary said Washington was not trying to hold back its Pacific rival. ... more |
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 Thimphu, Bhutan (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 
A peep into a Thimphu toy shop shows stacks of Pokemons, all made in China, a testimony to the quiet overtures Beijing is making in Bhutan at rival India's expense.
China's annexation of Tibet in 1951 and an unresolved border dispute have long been irritants in ties with Bhutan, and India would prefer they remain estranged.
India jumped to Bhutan's defence last year when Chinese troops s ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 
Delhi's biggest coal power plant was set to shut down Monday as a new emergency plan to improve air quality in one of the world's most polluted cities came into force, Indian officials said.
Under the new strategy, restrictions on construction sites and traffic will be imposed depending on the air quality in the megacity of some 20 million people.
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 Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 14, 2018 
The World Bank on Sunday announced funding of up to $1 billion for Indonesia after it was rocked by a string of recent disasters, including a deadly earthquake-tsunami that killed thousands.
CEO Kristalina Georgieva unveiled the funds at Indonesian holiday island Bali, where the Bank and the International Monetary Fund have been holding their annual meetings.
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