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Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature makes new military offer

Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)

The announcement marked the latest offer from the National Assembly, headed by opposition leader and self-declared interim president Juan Guaido, to try to conv...

Researchers find cost-effective method for hydrogen fuel production process

Mar 20, 2019 (SPX)

The discovery was made by University of Arkansas researchers Jingyi Chen, associate professor of physical chemistry, and Lauren Greenlee, assistant professor of...

Researchers create hydrogen fuel from seawater

Mar 19, 2019 (SPX)

The findings, published March 18 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate a new way of separating hydrogen and oxygen gas from seawater v...

Sri Lanka wins record foreign investment in oil project

Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)

The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka said construction would begin this weekend on the refinery and storage facility jointly financed by Oman's Ministry of Oil ...

US extends Iraq waiver over Iran sanctions

Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)

The State Department issued a second three-month exemption from Iran sanctions for Iraq, mindful not to destabilize the war-torn country increasingly reliant on...

Venezuela's oil production plunged in February, OPEC says

Mar 15, 2019 (UPI)

In its February report, OPEC said it produced combined production of 30.5 million barrels per day, which is 221,000 less than in January, according to secondary...

U.S. gasoline prices rise 5 cents on higher demand

Mar 15, 2019 (UPI)

The national average has been steadily increasing for the last three weeks. "During that time, gasoline stocks have gradually decreased while demand has started...

Eni eyes turning non-recyclable waste to hydrogen

Mar 15, 2019 (UPI)

The agreement with the National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging, known as Corepla, aims "to launch research projects ...

New York State Govt Announces $250M Westchester Clean Energy Action Plan

Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)

As DPS independently reviews Con Edison's claims of a shortage in natural gas supply, the State is advancing a $250 million Westchester Clean Energy Investment ...

From rockets to every day life the hydrogen economy is getting closer

Mar 15, 2019 (UPI)

Hydrogen also holds potential as a source of energy for our daily activities - driving, heating our houses, and maybe more. This month the federal coalition gov...

Oil slick heading to French coast after cargo ship sinks

Mar 14, 2019 (AFP)

The sheet of oil, 10 kilometres (six miles) long and one km wide, could hit parts of the country's southwest region near the port city of Bordeaux this weekend....

Underwater mudslides remain major threat to offshore drilling

Mar 13, 2019 (The Conversation)

In fact, however, the worst-case scenario for an oil spill catastrophe is not losing control of a single well, as occurred in the BP disaster. Much more damage ...

China offers to help Venezuela restore power after vast blackout

Mar 13, 2019 (AFP)

A vast blackout that struck Venezuela nearly a week ago -- the worst in its history -- has deepened the South American country's already grave economic crisis, ...

Oil tanker and fishing boat collide off Hong Kong

Mar 12, 2019 (AFP)

Thirteen people on the oil tanker -- thought to be everyone on board -- were found safe, a police spokeswoman told AFP. Police said they were still looking for ...

Pemex inks deal for future Japanese financing

Mar 11, 2019 (UPI)

Octavio Romero, CEO of Pemex, signed an accord with Nobumitsu Hayashi of the Japanese International Cooperation Bank that "strengthens the relationship between ...

Chemical hydrogen storage system

Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)

Hydrogen carries a lot of energy, which can be converted into electricity or power, and the only byproduct from combustion is water. However, as hydrogen is a g...

In Nigeria's polluted Ogoniland, signs of a cleanup

Mar 08, 2019 (AFP)

Decades of oil spills left their region an environmental disaster zone -- but now hopes are high of a rebirth of farming, fishing and clean water. Alode-Eleme, ...

Australia blames firms for slow response to Solomons oil spill

Mar 08, 2019 (AFP)

MV Solomon Trader ran aground during high winds on February 5 while loading bauxite at remote Rennell Island. More than a month later, the 225-metre (740-foot) ...

Venezuela struggles with blackout as government claims sabotage

Mar 08, 2019 (AFP)

Even by the standards of crisis-weary Venezuelans, the blackout -- which began late Thursday -- was one of the longest and most widespread in memory, heightenin...

World's biggest sovereign wealth fund to decide on dumping oil

Mar 08, 2019 (AFP)

While the decision is said to be based solely on financial considerations and not on the environment or climate change, a divestment by an investor worth more t...