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Biden to scrap Keystone XL pipeline permit: Canadian media
Jan 18, 2021 (AFP)
CBC and CTV cited sources and notes from Biden's transition team that indicate he will rescind the permit via executive order following his inauguration on Wedn...
Turkmenistan opens gas pumping station with eye on China
Jan 15, 2021 (AFP)
Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said this week during a meeting with China's ambassador that the new pumping station could more than double volumes of...
Oil major Total quits US lobby group over climate
Jan 15, 2021 (AFP)
The decision came after an annual review of its API membership focusing on six points, with "our science-based position that the link between human activity and...
US clamps down on China tech, blacklists CNOOC
Jan 14, 2021 (AFP)
In a wide ranging series of steps unveiled in the waning days of President Donald Trump's administration, Washington targeted state oil giant CNOOC and announce...
Researchers take key step toward cleaner, more sustainable production of hydrogen
Jan 11, 2021 (SPX)
The scientists used advanced experimental tools to forge a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that's cleaner and more sustainable tha...
Second Australian charged over Iraqi oil bribes scandal
Jan 11, 2021 (AFP)
The man, who was not named by police, was identified in media reports as former Leighton Holdings executive David Savage. Police said a 60-year-old was charged ...
Top global oil exporter Saudi Arabia launches car-free city
Jan 10, 2021 (AFP)
The $500 billion NEOM project, set to be built from scratch along the kingdom's picturesque Red Sea coast, is billed as a development evocative of a sci-fi bloc...
Venezuela's new taxi drivers: moonlighting soldiers
Jan 08, 2021 (AFP)
Some have taken to sneaking out of their barracks to pick up customers needing a lift -- a job that can earn them 60 times their monthly salary with just one tr...
US leases long-sought Alaska oil rights in Trump's final days
Jan 07, 2021 (AFP)
Major oil companies however sat out bidding for tracts in the environmentally sensitive area, and nine of the leases went to the Alaska Industrial Development a...
Gas pressure depletion and seismicity
Jan 05, 2021 (SPX)
Whether compaction is elastic or partly inelastic, as implied by recent experiments, is key to forecasting system behavior and seismic hazard. Bart Verberne and...
Iran steps up nuclear programme, holds South Korean tanker
Jan 05, 2021 (AFP)
Tehran said it was now refining uranium to 20 percent purity -- far above the level permitted under its 2015 agreement with world powers, but far below the 90 p...
US aircraft carrier to stay in Gulf: Pentagon
Jan 04, 2021 (AFP)
The Nimitz has been patrolling Gulf waters since late November, but in a statement issued on December 31, acting US defense secretary Christopher C. Miller orde...
US extends Iraq sanctions waiver for further 3 months
Jan 04, 2021 (AFP)
The move represents a welcome reprieve for a country that relies heavily on its neighbour for energy supplies. Iraq buys gas and electricity from Iran to supply...
Iran energy minister in Baghdad over trade dispute
Dec 29, 2020 (AFP)
The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said in a statement that the Iraqi electricity ministry owed it "more than six billion dollars in arrears". After years ...
Turkish defence minister in Libya to discuss cooperation
Dec 26, 2020 (AFP)
The Turkish defence ministry said Akar would inspect Turkish forces in Libya during the visit, while Libyan officials said talks would focus on military coopera...
Nanoparticles could improve oil production
Dec 23, 2020 (SPX)
The work received a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, and an article about it was published in the Journal of Molecular Liquids. The oil and gas indust...
Norway's top court rejects climate challenge to Arctic oil exploration
Dec 22, 2020 (AFP)
By a vote of 11 to four, the top court rejected the argument of two organisations -- Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth Norway -- which said that the gra...
Speeding toward improved hydrogen fuel production
Dec 22, 2020 (SPX)
But traditional means of storage and transportation are expensive and susceptible to contamination. As a result, researchers are searching for alternative techn...
Hydrogen power plants with no carbon dioxide emissions
Dec 22, 2020 (SPX)
The Federal Government's decision to phase out the generation of electricity from nuclear power and coal (decarbonisation) has led to an emerging need to find w...
U.S. submarine transits Strait of Hormuz as Middle East tensions rise
Dec 21, 2020 (UPI)
The submarine, which can carry up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, was escorted by the guided missile cruisers USS Port Royal and USS Philippine Sea through the...
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