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Sri Lanka navy plugs fuel leak on fire-stricken tanker
Sep 12, 2020 (AFP)
While the navy says no crude oil has escaped the cargo of the New Diamond, leaked diesel fuel had created a two-kilometre-long slick in the Indian Ocean that wa...
Activists block Swedish refinery to protest expansion
Sep 11, 2020 (AFP)
Greenpeace's ship Rainbow Warrior anchored in Brofjorden outside the Preemraff refinery north of Gothenburg on Thursday evening and stopped a tanker from gettin...
ENGIE and ArianeGroup team up to develop renewable liquid hydrogen
Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)
Renewable liquid hydrogen is a zero-emissions alternative to fossil fuels and an answer to the specific storage and endurance requirements of sectors such as ma...
UK to invest 23.8m pounds in strategic Omani port
Sep 11, 2020 (AFP)
The expansion of the "logistics hub" at Duqm will "facilitate Royal Navy deployments to the Indian Ocean" and "further support British Army training in Oman," t...
NGOs say African oil project threatens population, ecosystem
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
The project focuses on oilfields in Uganda and is led by French oil group Total, with work scheduled to be launched by the end of the year. But a report by the ...
EU warships stop tanker suspected of breaking Libya embargo
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
A security team boarded the Marshall Islands-flagged Royal Diamond 7 in international waters about 150 kilometres (93 miles) north of the Libyan city of Derna, ...
Iran holds naval exercise near sensitive Strait of Hormuz
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
One of the exercise's objectives is to devise "tactical offensive and defensive strategies for safeguarding the country's territorial waters and shipping lanes,...
Kilometre-long slick left by burning oil tanker off Sri Lanka
Sep 09, 2020 (AFP)
The blaze was finally brought under control on Wednesday but a trail of diesel has been spilled across the sea. A fire first erupted on board last Thursday and ...
Will Sudan's peace deal with rebels work?
Sep 09, 2020 (AFP)
After an initialling ceremony on August 31, rebel commanders and the transitional government, which took power after the toppling of hardline ruler Omar al-Bash...
Despite issues, NATO military chief calls Turkey a valuable ally
Sep 09, 2020 (UPI)
"Turkey makes essential contributions to NATO operations and activities," Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach said before departing Istanbul on Tuesday. "NATO is...
Trump extends oil drilling moratorium off Florida coast
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
"In a few moments I will sign a presidential order extending the moratorium on offshore drilling on Florida's Gulf Coast and expanding it to Florida's Atlantic ...
Guaido urges Venezuela military to back poll boycott
Sep 07, 2020 (AFP)
In an address on social media, Guaido urged the military high command to join a "unity pact" of opposition forces to block the holding of the December 6 polls. ...
Fresh blaze on stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka: navy
Sep 07, 2020 (AFP)
The Panamanian-registered New Diamond, carrying over 270,000 tonnes of crude and diesel, was en-route from Kuwait to the Indian port of Paradip when it issued a...
Turkey begins military exercises in north Cyprus
Sep 06, 2020 (AFP)
Turkey's hunt for gas and oil reserves in waters claimed by Greece has put huge strain on the relationship between the two NATO members. Turkish President Recep...
Turkey makes new Greece threat ahead of military drill
Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)
Turkey and Greece, both NATO members, have been embroiled in an increasingly heated dispute over gas and oil in the region since Turkey deployed an exploration ...
Turkey must drop 'threats' for talks to begin: Greek PM
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
"Let threats go away so that the contacts can begin," Mitsotakis said as he met a visiting senior member of the Chinese Communist party. Mitsotakis said that Gr...
Sudan signs peace with holdout rebel group
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and rebel chief Abdelaziz al-Hilu signed the peace deal in neighbouring Ethiopia, Sudan's official news agency SUNA said, which po...
Canada backs opposition to Alaska oil drilling threatening caribou
Sep 03, 2020 (AFP)
The US Department of the Interior in August approved plans for drilling in the remote Arctic region. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in an interview wit...
Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics: report
Sep 03, 2020 (AFP)
The industry has faced increasingly urgent questions in recent months about whether "peak" oil demand has been reached, with the coronavirus pandemic leading to...
UN laments 'blatant' violations of Libya arms embargo
Sep 03, 2020 (AFP)
Since UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last briefed the Security Council on July 8, "some 70 resupply flights landed in eastern airports" in support of str...
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