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Germany calls crisis meet over Shell North Sea platforms
Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)
An environment ministry spokesman said Berlin had convened signatory countries of the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East ...
Brazil probes whether 'ghost ship' carrying Venezuelan oil involved in spill
Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)
Brazil has accused its South American neighbor of responsibility for the leakage that began in early September and affects a 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) stretc...
New catalyst could generate hydrogen in a commercial device
Oct 15, 2019 (SPX)
The electrolyzer technology, which is based on a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM), has potential for large-scale hydrogen production powered by renewable ener...
French energy giant Total to buy 37% stake in India's Adani Gas
Oct 14, 2019 (AFP)
The Indian firm, part of the Adani Group conglomerate, is one of the four main distributors of city gas in the country, and plans to increase its coverage to si...
South Australia wants to be major supplier of certified green hydrogen
Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)
The South Australian Government has released its Hydrogen Action Plan in a bid to use that cheap renewable energy to generate hydrogen, which can be used as fue...
Greenpeace activists board Shell North Sea platforms
Oct 14, 2019 (AFP)
The campaign group said in a statement that activists have scaled Shell's Brent Alpha and Bravo platforms, which lie northeast of Scotland's Shetland Islands an...
Iran tanker hit by suspected missile strikes near Saudi port: owner
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
The National Iranian Tanker Company said in a statement that the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explosions about 100 kilometres (60 miles) off the S...
With Billions at Play, Russia and China move into African Oil while US sits on side-lines
Oct 11, 2019 (SPX)
The clock is ticking, however, as other nations take advantage of a distracted US government and its skittish business investors. Ayuk is the Executive Chairman...
Oil prices spike after Iranian tanker blast
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
The National Iranian Tanker Company, which owns the ship, said the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explosions off the Saudi coast, saying they were "...
IEA warns against complacency as blast hits Iran oil tanker
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
In its first monthly report following the attack last month on Saudi installations that caused the largest-ever loss in oil production from a single incident, t...
Iran tanker hit by suspected missile strikes off Saudi coast
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
The National Iranian Tanker Company, which owns the ship, said the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explosions off the Saudi port of Jeddah, saying th...
US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia over Iran threat
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that two fighter squadrons and additional missile defense batteries were being sent to Saudi Arabia, for a total of about 3,00...
Venezuela rejects Brazil accusations over beach oil spills
Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)
Brazil's Environment Minister Ricardo Salles told a congressional commission on Wednesday that the oil "probably came from Venezuela," citing a report from Braz...
Italy's Eni says doesn't want 'gas well war' off Cyprus
Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)
"I am not worried... (but) if someone turns up with warships, I won't drill wells," Claudio Descalzi said. "I certainly don't want to start wars for wells," he ...
Mystery oil spills blot more than 130 Brazilian beaches
Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)
Tamar, a group dedicated to the protection of sea turtles, said the oil spills were "the worst environmental tragedy" it has encountered since its formation in ...
Saudi, UAE talk military cooperation after Yemen rebel truce offer
Oct 07, 2019 (AFP)
Saudi's deputy defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in the UAE capital to discuss "coor...
Iran says China's CNPC pulls out of gas project
Oct 06, 2019 (AFP)
The South Pars gas field was to be developed jointly by France's Total, China National Petroleum Corporation and Petropars under a $4.8-billion (4.1 billion-eur...
Alleged satellite images show Iranian tanker Adrian Darya anchored off Syrian coast
Oct 04, 2019 (Sputnik)
Alleged satellite images released by the US-headquartered space technology company Maxar Technologies on Thursday claim to show activity around an Iranian oil t...
BP chief executive Dudley stepping down
Oct 04, 2019 (AFP)
American Dudley, 64, will step down on February 4, 2020 and retire at the end March, the company said in a statement, adding he will be succeeded by upstream di...
Lake Maracaibo: polluted by a permanent black tide
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
This huge body of water, in the country's northwest, covers 13,200 square kilometers (5,000 square miles) and empties into the Caribbean, but it is covered by w...
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