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Fiery new Papua New Guinea PM questions vast Exxon, Total gas deal
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
The former finance minister threatened foreign logging companies and vowed to "tweak" resource laws that underpin a recently inked $13 billion gas deal with Tot...
Fracking with CO2 instead of water could be more efficient: study
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
Fracking is a process by which high-pressure fluids are injected into underground rock to create cracks to release oil and gas. In the United States, fracking h...
US-UAE defense agreement comes into force
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
"The DCA (Defense Cooperation Agreement) will enhance military coordination between the United States and the United Arab Emirates, further advancing an already...
In Houston, tech and health are cures for the oil 'curse'
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
But bit by bit America's fourth-largest city is weaning itself off its dependence on oil, betting instead on industries like healthcare and tech, even though bl...
Measuring methane from coal and gas in Pennsylvania informative
May 27, 2019 (SPX)
"At the rates we found for methane, natural gas in Pennsylvania is still much, much cleaner than coal," said Zachary Barkley research associate in meteorology, ...
Oil slick spotted after Saudi tanker sabotaged
May 24, 2019 (AFP)
Radar satellites operated by the Finnish company Iceye photographed the vessel Amjad on May 14, two days after it and three other ships, including another Saudi...
Police end Greenpeace blockade of BP HQ
May 20, 2019 (AFP)
The environmental organisation encased activists in five heavy containers that were manoeuvred into place during the night. Abseilers also set about installing ...
Iraq slams Exxon for evacuating staff amid Gulf tensions
May 19, 2019 (AFP)
"The temporary withdrawal of employees has nothing to do with security in southern Iraqi oil fields or any threats," Oil Minister Thamer al-Ghadban said. "The r...
Iran FM discounts prospect of war with US
May 18, 2019 (AFP)
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have been on the rise as the United States has deployed a carrier group and B-52 bombers over what it termed Iranian "thr...
Marine insurers hold emergency meeting on Gulf security
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
The meeting is of the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA) Joint War Committee, which normally gathers on a quarterly basis to assess security risks to shipping aro...
Saudi-led warplanes pound Yemen rebels after pipeline attack
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
The new bombardment came after the UN envoy, who has been spearheading efforts to end more than four years of conflict in the Arab world's poorest country, warn...
Canada's Tory leader vows environment protections rollback
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
In a speech in Toronto laying out his economic vision, Andrew Scheer lamented a lack of new pipeline capacity to get increased Canadian oil production to foreig...
Armed drones attack oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia
May 15, 2019 (UPI)
Armed drones attacked the stations for an east-west pipeline that carries oil from the Eastern Province to the port of Yanbu on the Saudi west coast. The attack...
Impact of CO2 leakage through North Sea wells
May 15, 2019 (SPX)
In Europe the largest potential to store CO2 is located offshore in deep saline aquifers and other sub-seabed geological formations of the North Sea. However, m...
Trump touts 'America First energy policy' at Louisiana natural gas facility
May 15, 2019 (UPI)
Trump touted his "America First energy policy" including efforts to boost exports of liquefied natural gas exports, as he delivered a speech to workers at Camer...
Saudi Arabia says oil facility attacks target world supplies
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
Drone attacks claimed by Iran-aligned Yemeni rebels shut down one of the kingdom's main oil pipelines on Tuesday, further ratcheting up Gulf tensions after the ...
Guaido blasts Venezuela regime after security forces block congress
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
Deputies said members of the National Guard, who provide security for the building, along with police and SEBIN intelligence agents blocked access to the opposi...
China sends 71 tons of medical aid to Venezuela
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
A Boeing 747 carrying 71 tons of medicines and surgical material arrived in the capital Caracas, the government said in a press statement. It included supplies ...
Venezuelan general calls for military uprising against Maduro
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
"It's time to rise up, it's time to fight ... it's time that the armed forces became aware," General Ramon Rangel said in a video appeal issued Sunday on social...
Togo says navy foiled oil tanker attack by pirates
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
"Pirates aboard a dugout canoe boarded the GDona1 tanker flying a Togolese flag and tried to divert it from its destination," Security Minister Yark Damehame sa...
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