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Climate groups take on Shell in landmark Dutch case
Dec 01, 2020 (AFP)
The "historic" case being heard in The Hague was launched in 2019 by the Netherlands branch of Friends of the Earth, backed by 17,300 Dutch citizens who have re...
U.S., British, Saudi navies train in mine countermeasures
Nov 30, 2020 (UPI)
The exercise was conducted earlier in November and involved the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Britain's Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy. It focused on enhancing the se...
US navy denies carrier group moved into Gulf after any 'threats'
Nov 28, 2020 (AFP)
Tensions in the region are extraordinarily high after the assassination Friday of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an act still unclaimed but which Iran has blamed on close ...
UK's sole hydrogen car maker bets on green revolution
Nov 28, 2020 (AFP)
While conventional battery-powered electric cars may be a few miles ahead in the zero-emission vehicle race, the company is betting that nascent hydrogen techno...
Huthis confirm green light for UN tanker repair mission
Nov 26, 2020 (AFP)
The UN has been trying to assess the "FSO Safer" for years, but the Iran-backed Huthis -- who control much of Yemen's north after a war that erupted in 2014 -- ...
Hydrogen-producing algae may fuel alternative energy economy
Nov 25, 2020 (UPI)
Hydrogen has been promised as the remedy for the world's addiction to fossil fuels. But the fuel isn't cheap or easy to make -- at least not cheap enough to mak...
Turkey warns Greece about Aegean island drills
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
The two uneasy NATO neighbours have spent much of the past year feuding over maritime borders and energy exploration rights in disputed parts of the Aegean and ...
Huthis give UN green light for tanker repair mission
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
The operation could begin by late January or early February, the UN spokesman said. The UN has been trying to assess and secure the ship for years, but the Iran...
EU defends German navy search of Turkish cargo ship
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
The boarding of the container ship, MV Roseline A, on Sunday by a team from a German frigate operating under the EU's Operation Irini, raised the hackles of Tur...
Oil, gas companies agree to track, report, reduce methane emissions
Nov 23, 2020 (UPI)
"To win the race to net zero emissions, we need everyone on board. We need ambitious action from the oil and gas industry," Inger Andersen, executive director o...
Greece, UAE agree to mutual defense pact
Nov 23, 2020 (UPI)
"I had the pleasure of meeting Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Prime Minister of Greece," UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed announced in a Twitter message after the ...
US extends Iraq sanctions waiver until before Biden inauguration
Nov 21, 2020 (AFP)
Baghdad buys gas and electricity from its neighbour Tehran to supply about a third of its power sector, worn down by years of conflict and poor maintenance. The...
Australian arrested over Iraqi oil bribes worth US$78m
Nov 18, 2020 (AFP)
Local media named the man as former Leighton Offshore managing director Russell Waugh. Police claim his company paid bribes through contractors including Unaoil...
Iraq, Saudi reopen land border after 30 years
Nov 18, 2020 (AFP)
Top officials including Iraq's interior minister and the head of its border commission travelled from Baghdad to formally open the Arar crossing. They met up wi...
Public money guarantees 'risky' fossil fuel projects: experts
Nov 17, 2020 (AFP)
As pressure from the public and investors to green their portfolios grows, and the cost of renewable energy continues to fall, oil and gas majors are finding it...
Trump administration to seek bids on Arctic oil leases
Nov 16, 2020 (AFP)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said it will on Tuesday officially open a 30-day period to accept nominations and comment on some 1.6 million acres (650,000...
Study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
"The most challenging issue facing the shale energy industry is the very low hydrocarbon recovery rates: less than 10 percent for oil and 20 percent for gas. Ou...
Researchers discover a new way to produce hydrogen using microwaves
Nov 12, 2020 (SPX)
This can represent a disruption in the field of energy research and a key development for the decarbonisation of process industry, as well as for the future of ...
Framatome's Covalion to design and build hydrogen refueling station for moBiel
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
Framatome's Covalion team will design, engineer, construct, commission and maintain the hydrogen refueling station, which will supply clean energy to power new ...
Catching the number 1: Aberdeen trials hydrogen buses
Nov 10, 2020 (AFP)
Now it's preparing to launch a fleet of the world's first hydrogen-powered double-decker buses, as it tries to reduce air pollution and transform itself into a ...
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