ONGC Videsh Eyes Energy Assets In US; Oil India Close To Buying Africa Asset
MUMBAI: After Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Mozambique, ONGC Videsh (OVL) and Oil India ( OIL ) have set their sights on acquiring new oil and gas assets in the US and Africa. OVL is evaluating Chesapeake...
View ArticleShell Commits $5m To NCDMB Pipemill
Local content initiative received a boost from Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, which reconfirmed its commitment to build a $5m jetty in support of the pilot pipemill being promoted by...
View ArticleDeadly Firefight Reported Near PEMEX Plant In Reynosa
Authorities have confirmed that three gunmen and one soldier are dead following a gun battle near an oil company facility in Reynosa.
View ArticleShale Oil Is Evolution Not Revolution
Shale oil and gas has had a positive impact on the US, although this is being spread increasingly thinly across the economy. The potential of shale reserves elsewhere in the world has yet to be...
View ArticleWe Need More Information On Proposed Pipeline For Ottawa, Politicians Say
Area politicians are taking a "wait and see" approach before passing judgment on TransCanada Corp.'s plans to run a major oil pipeline through the nation's capital.
View ArticleGov't Policy Crucial To Solar Energy Conversion
EnergyTrend, a research arm of TrendForce, has revealed that although market issues related to the anti-dumping and countervailing policy have been put to rest, the industry's attention should be on...
View ArticleDNV Responds To Offshore Wind Farm Trends
Wind turbine tcm4-554139 Classification society DNV is responding to developments that see offshore wind farms move further offshore and into deeper waters. It has DNV launched a significant revision...
View ArticleGazprom In Talks With KRG To Expand Operations In Kurdistan
Russian energy firm Gazprom has said it's interested in working further in the oil and natural gas sector in the Kurdish north of Iraq, UPI has reported. The company discussed with the government of...
View ArticleVermont AG Asks For Status In California Nuke Case
The attorneys general of Vermont and New York have joined a national environmental group, the Friends of the Earth, in criticizing the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission's response to a nuclear...
View ArticleRio Tinto Halts Exports Over Renamo Threats
Although no attacks have been reported on the line, which snakes through 600 km (375 miles) of jungle from the coal fields in Tete province to the port of Beira, gunmen killed at least two people in...
View ArticleFracking's Threats To Drinking Water Call For A Precautionary Approach
Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is the process of blasting water mixed with sand and chemicals deep underground at high pressure so as to fracture shale rock and release the gas it holds....
View ArticleReady For New Executive Carbon Regulations
Duluth-based Minnesota Power, which has dropped their coal-based power production from 95 percent to 80 percent since 2000, says it's too soon to determine the extent of how President Obama's new rules...
View ArticleWEX Teams With CITGO To Provide Private-Label Fleet Card Services
WEX Inc. signs a long-term agreement with CITGO Petroleum Corp. to provide private-label fleet card services.
View ArticleHow To Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
Drive for Innovation Chapter 239: How to boost solar cell efficiency. Professor Yang Yang at UCLA describes his work with using organic polymers to boost solar cell efficiency. NO RATINGS. Login to...
View ArticleSyed Mokhtar's Malakoff Buys 50% Of Aussie Wind Farm
Under the share purchase agreement, Malakoff will acquire the entire share capital of Meridian Wind Macarthur (MWM) Holdings, which operates Macarthur Wind Farm under a joint-venture agreement with...
View ArticleCommittee Passes Resolution On Pipeline
The Township Committee followed through with its promise and passed a resolution last week, requesting that natural gas company Transco do an environmental impact study and uphold its restoration...
View ArticleDOE Launches 'EGallon' Electric Vehicle Charge Cost Calculator
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) created a new online calculator called the "eGallon" that's designed to give users a simple way to compare the cost of charging an electric vehicle with the cost of...
View ArticleLANL Puts Nuke Work On Hold Amid Safety Review
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charles McMillan has halted a number of activities at PF-4, the lab's main plutonium facility, pending a thorough verification of safety procedures. All areas of...
View ArticleCebuanos Invent Energy Self-Reliant Vehicle
It's a bike, it's a cart, it's train, but its inventors call it Secret. Environmental lawyer Antonio Oposa Jr. teamed-up with mechanic Brian Yuson of Compostela town to come up with the Self-contained...
View ArticleEH Tests Readiness To Be One Of Five Shelters In Event Of Millstone Leak
Should a radiation leak occur at Waterford's Millstone Nuclear Power Station, state emergency response plans call for East Hartford to receive and treat evacuees from Waterford and Montville....
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