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India warships sent to strategic Gulf waters: navy
Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)
"INS Chennai and INS Sunayna have been deployed in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to undertake maritime security operations," the navy said, quoted by PT...
Justin Trudeau approves expansion of Trans Mountain oil pipeline
Jun 19, 2019 (UPI)
Tuesday was the second time the project had been approved by Trudeau's government amid a history of delays and protests over plans to grant the extension that w...
Process to create low-cost LNG from stranded wells and flared gas launches in the US
Jun 19, 2019 (SPX)
EDGE began on-well-site LNG production operations on May 7 2019, accessing Marcellus gas in Pennsylvania, and making truck-delivered LNG sales to its first cust...
Canada PM approves controversial pipeline expansion
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's administration had given the project the go-ahead in 2016 on the grounds it was in Canada's "national interest." But it was stal...
Trump says attacks on oil tankers 'very minor'
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
"So far, it's been very minor," Trump told Time magazine in an interview released Monday. However, Trump said he accepts the US intelligence assessment that Ira...
Iran slams Saudi Arabia over tanker attack allegations
Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)
The allegations were "a continuation of the wrong path taken in the past and an attempt to escape all problems that Saudi Arabia's wrong policies have brought u...
Magnetism: An unexpected push for the hydrogen economy
Jun 17, 2019 (SPX)
In a paper published in Nature Energy, scientists from ICIQ's Galan-Mascaros and Lopez groups describe how, for the first time, a magnet has been used to direct...
Greenpeace claims forcing BP oil rig U-turn
Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)
The environmental pressure group's ship Arctic Sunrise has been shadowing BP's rig for nine days as it tries to reach its North Sea destination from Scotland. G...
Iraq looking at options in case Gulf oil route cut
Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)
The US has accused Iran of attacking two oil tankers last week in the Gulf of Oman, sparking concerns that global shipments through the key waterway could be th...
US grants energy-hungry Iraq new Iran sanctions waiver: source
Jun 15, 2019 (AFP)
The extension came after "long discussions" with Washington ahead of a looming deadline on a previous extension granted in December, the official, close to the ...
China calls for 'dialogue' after Gulf of Oman tanker attacks
Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)
"We hope that all the relevant sides can properly resolve their differences and resolve the conflict through dialogue and consultations," said foreign ministry ...
Tanker attacks require 'international' response: Pentagon
Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)
"We have an international situation there in the Middle East, it's not a US situation," Patrick Shanahan told reporters, referring to the attacks Thursday on tw...
Norway forces sovereign wealth fund to go greener
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
To comply with the new directive, the fund looks set to divest assets in mining giants working with coal, such as Glencore, BHP Billiton and Anglo American, and...
EU gas investment undermines bloc's climate goals: analysis
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
The European Investment Bank, the world's largest multilateral lender, provided 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) for fossil fuel projects in 2018, the bulk of w...
BP: Carbon emissions grew 2 percent in 2018
Jun 11, 2019 (UPI)
Emissions rose as a result of increased energy demands around the world. According to the survey of global energy use, China, India and the United States were r...
Gas surges globally as green groups cry foul
Jun 07, 2019 (AFP)
Demand for gas grew 4.6 percent last year -- the fastest rate since 2010 -- and gas accounted for nearly half of the total increase in worldwide energy consumpt...
Major step forward in the production of 'green' hydrogen
Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)
The novel reactor, described in the prestigious academic journal Nature Chemistry, avoids mixing reactant gases by transferring oxygen between reactant streams ...
Swapping water for CO2 could make fracking greener and more effective
Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)
Fracking is a technique used to extract resources from unconventional reservoirs in which fluid (usually water mixed with sand, foaming agents, biocides, and ot...
Aircraft from Lincoln CSG, B-52H conduct joint exercises in Arabian Sea
Jun 03, 2019 (UPI)
The Stratofortress, a long-range bomber assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and part of the U.S. Central Command Bomber Task Force, participated in...
ExxonMobil staff to return to work in Iraq: ministry
Jun 01, 2019 (AFP)
"ExxonMobil accepted that the 83 employees evacuated will resume their posts from Sunday," spokesman Assem Jihad told AFP. He said Iraqi authorities, which had ...
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