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Oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan votes, shadowed by economic struggles Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Oct 20, 2024 Iraq's Kurdistan voted on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the autonomous oil-rich region, where voters expressed concern over economic struggles and disenchantment with the political elite. Iraqi Kurdistan presents itself as a relative oasis of stability in the turbulent Middle East, attracting foreign investors due to its close ties with the United States and Europe. However, activists and opposition figures contend that the region, autonomous since 1991, faces the same issues affecting Ir ... read more |
Shell pipeline oil leak in Singapore contained Singapore (AFP) Oct 20, 2024 An oil pipeline belonging to British giant Shell began leaking into the sea on Sunday, Singaporean authorities and the company said, adding that the spill was stopped and cleanup crews deployed. ... more Washington DC (UPI) Oct 17, 2024 U.S. military forces hit Houthi weapons storage facilities in northwestern areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed rebels overnight, targeting their ability to attack American and international shipping transiting the Red Sea, the Pentagon said. ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 Approximately 1.1 billion years ago, the North American continent almost divided, leaving a 1,200-mile stretch of volcanic rock called the Midcontinent Rift. Scientists at the University of Nebraska ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 Baylor University researchers from the Cornerstone Atomization and Combustion Lab (CAC) have developed an advanced method for burning biofuels with minimal emissions. Using a new Swirl Burst (SB) in ... more |
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Available on Amazon Books Tehran (AFP) Oct 6, 2024 Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad visited an oil facility on Kharg Island on Sunday amid growing concerns over potential Israeli air strikes targeting such vital sites. ... more |
Construction of largest research facility for e-fuel production begins in Germany Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has begun construction of the world's largest facility for research into electricity-based fuels, also known as e-fuels or electrofuels. The Technology Platform for ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 Researchers from the University of Bonn and University of Montreal have developed a highly efficient catalyst capable of converting carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) into methane (CH4) using elec ... more Bogota (AFP) Oct 3, 2024 Petroleum giant Petrobras announced Thursday the discovery of natural gas deposits in Colombia that could double the South American country's known reserves even as it seeks to transition away from hydrocarbons. ... more Paris (AFP) Oct 3, 2024 French energy giant TotalEnergies has announced plans to increase its oil and gas production until 2030, as it seeks to reassure investors about its fundamentals. ... more |
New process converts plant waste into sustainable jet fuel Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2024 Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) have developed a new method to convert lignin-based agricultural waste into sustainable aviation fuel. The breakthrough, published in 'Fuel Process ... more Available on Amazon Books |
No peak oil demand 'on the horizon', phaseout a 'fantasy': OPEC Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2024 OPEC said Tuesday that phasing out oil was a "fantasy", as the Saudi-led cartel forecast that demand would keep growing until at least 2050, a key year in the battle against climate change. ... more Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2024 California began legal action Monday against oil giant ExxonMobil over a "decades-long campaign of deception" about plastics recycling that has worsened a global pollution crisis. ... more Washington DC (UPI) Sep 23, 2024 United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with President Joe Biden on Monday at the White House for the first visit by an Emirati leader to the United States since the UAE was founded in 1971. ... more Washington DC (UPI) Sep 19, 2024 Deer Park, Texas, police on Thursday confirmed human remains were found in an SUV that caused a days-long raging pipeline fire Monday. ... more |
Electrochemical cell converts captured carbon to green fuel with high efficiency Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 18, 2024 Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed an innovative electrochemical cell that efficiently converts bicarbonate solution, derived from captured carbon, into formate fuel. This ... more Baku (AFP) Sept 17, 2024 Flames soar into the air from a sandstone outcrop on a hillside of the Absheron peninsula near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, as it prepares to host the COP29 climate conference. ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2024 Researchers at McGill University have developed a sunlight-driven method to convert two of the most harmful greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals. This breakthrough could offer both environmental ... more Canonsburg, United States (AFP) Sept 15, 2024 Pennsylvanians working in the controversial fracking industry are confident that the sector will endure, whoever wins the White House in November's presidential election. ... more |
New study highlights improved ethanol production method using CO2 and Nanocatalysts Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 15, 2024 A recent study titled 'Time-Resolved Operando Insights into the Tunable Selectivity of Cu-Zn Nanocubes during Pulsed CO2 Electroreduction' has revealed a more efficient method for converting carbon ... more Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2024 The 2024 Global Methane Budget offers a sobering look at current global methane emissions. The report reveals that human activities are responsible for more than two-thirds of all methane emissions ... more The Hague (AFP) Sept 13, 2024 The Dutch city of The Hague has become the first in the world to pass local laws banning advertisements for fossil fuels, petrol cars and long-distance air travel, officials said Friday. ... more West Bethlehem Township, United States (AFP) Sept 13, 2024 For Pennsylvania farmer George Wherry, 85, fracking for natural gas under his otherwise bucolic fields means greater economic "freedom" - one of the many reasons he'll be voting for Donald Trump in November. ... more |
Available on Amazon Books Athens (AFP) Sept 14, 2024 An operation to tow an abandoned tanker struck by Yemen's Huthi rebels in August, threatening environmental disaster, began Saturday and is ongoing, a Greek defence ministry source told AFP. ... more |
Philippines recovers oil from sunken tanker, avoids disaster Manila (AFP) Sept 12, 2024 The Philippine government said it had completed on Thursday the recovery of fuel cargo from a sunken oil tanker on Manila Bay, avoiding an "environmental catastrophe". ... more Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2024 Global oil demand grew at its slowest pace since 2020 in the first half of 2024 due to China's economic slump, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, prompting the IEA to lower its full-year forecast. ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 11, 2024 A rapid expansion in the cultivation of crops like maize to generate biomethane-a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels-is inadvertently causing significant carbon emissions. A new study by the UK Cen ... more Baghdad (AFP) Sept 11, 2024 Iran and Iraq on Wednesday signed more than a dozen agreements to deepen already strong ties as Masoud Pezeshkian visited Baghdad on his first foreign trip as president of the Islamic republic. ... more |
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