Energy: Oil & Gas
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WWF Hails Passage of House Bill Responding to Gulf Oil Disaster
By passing the CLEAR Act, Congress has taken a critical step toward addressing the irresponsible policies, conflicts of interest and rampant corruption that led to...
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Royal Shell Announces New “Win a Week of Memories” Offer; 7 Nights On...
Royal Shell Vacations, Sanibel and Captiva Islands largest vacation rentals company, has announced a new sweepstakes offer of 7 nights free in a two-bedroom beach...
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Hyundai, Petrofac win Kuwait contracts
Kuwait Oil Co has said it has awarded Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co and Petrofac contracts worth KD520m to design and build pipelines, Reuters has...
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Oman plans $300m Sohar refinery expansion
Oman will spend $300 million on increasing capacity at its Sohar refinery in the northeast of the country, in line with expansion across its energy...
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APC launches new rack power units
APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, has launched the next generation rack power distribution (PDU) units. ...
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Shell sees Qatari LNG, GTL unit ramp up in 2011
Major construction work at the Qatargas 4 liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and Pearl, the world's largest gas to liquids (GTL) plant, will be completed...
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Opec 'meets only half July output curbs'
Opec is meeting only half its promised cuts in oil supply this month thanks to a big jump in exports from Nigeria and despite a...
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Alstom inks $2bn Iraq power plant deal
French engineering group Alstom signed an initial agreement with Iraq to build a power plant that could cost up to $2 billion in southern Iraq,...
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Iraq likely to delay gas fields auction
Iraq is considering postponing an auction for companies who want to develop its gas fields - Akkas in the western desert, Siba in the southern...
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ME under pressure over unsold Abu Dhabi cargoes
Sentiment for Middle East crudes remained weak as unsold Abu Dhabi grades were assessed at lower differentials by traders with the appetite for September spot...
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Island residents protest oil exploration in Gulf of Thailand
Bangkok - Thousands of Thais formed a human chain on Samui island over the weekend to protest a government concession to explore for oil 42...
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TriOil Announces closing of $15.0 million flow-through financing
/CNW/ - TriOil Resources Ltd. ("TriOil" or the "Company" - TSXV: TOL) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced offering (the...
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Ensign Energy Services Inc. - Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Conference Call
by dialing 1-800-642-1687 (local calls 1-416-849-0833) and entering reservation number 88393132. A live webcast of the conference call can be...
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BP chief executive ready to take some workers off Gulf beaches
Incoming BP chief executive Bob Dudley has made a commitment to tackling the environmental oil damage in the Gulf of Mexico, but has also said...
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Shell gains amid BP backlash
BP appears to have suffered a hit on its New Zealand market share due to a backlash over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...
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Vikram Mehta, Chairman, Shell India
One problem, and you highlighted this, is that even in our existing basins, the recovery rate is just about 30% where the global...
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BP shifts focus as Dudley takes helm
BP will begin scaling back its oil containment efforts, CEO-elect Robert Dudley told reporters on his first trip to the Gulf since the board vote.
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Sandra Bullock locked in battle over Gulf spill PSA video
Sandra Bullock's representative has asked for her part in a public service announcement video on Gulf spill to be edited, till it is confirmed that...
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Energy: Renewable
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ScienceDaily: Alternative Fuel News
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New tool for improving switchgrass
Scientists have developed a new tool for deciphering the genetics of a native prairie grass being widely studied for its potential as a biofuel. The...
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Waste fat from frying fuels hydrogen economy
Don't pour that dirty fat from the fryer down the sink -- it could be used to make the fuel of the future.
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Improving sensors that monitor diesel fuel quality
Sensors currently used to monitor the quality of diesel fuel and biodiesel blended fuels during engine operation are unable to adequately detect certain important fuel...
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Nanotech coatings produce 20 times more electricity from sewage
Engineers have made a significant advance toward producing electricity from sewage, by the use of new coatings on the anodes of microbial electrochemical cells that...
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New biofuels processing method for mobile facilities
Chemical engineers have developed a new method to process agricultural waste and other biomass into biofuels, and they are proposing the creation of mobile processing...
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Hydrogen distribution not an option in biomass gasification, researcher says
When using fuel cells to generate electricity from biomass, the best approach is to do so centrally, in combination with a gas turbine. The production...
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Turning off the air conditioning helps save fuel, Swiss study finds
Automobile air conditioning systems do not run “free of charge”. In fact in the hot parts of the world they can account for up to...
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Researcher develops green, bio-based process for producing fuel additive
A new green, bio-based method for producing a much-used fuel additive and industrial chemical that is currently made from petroleum products has been developed.
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New process is promising for hydrogen fuel cell cars
A new process for storing and generating hydrogen to run fuel cells in cars has been invented by chemical engineers.
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Using bacteria in oil wells to convert oil to natural gas
Some bacteria destroy oil. Might those bacteria lead oil companies to change their methods of harvesting the energy of the oil while at the same...
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Nano design, just like in nature
Researchers in Austria are sing biological principles as the inspiration to develop a new bionic fuel cell.
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New approach to finding and removing defects in graphene
Scientists have pinpointed the noncarbon atoms that create defects when graphene is produced through a technique called graphene-oxide reduction. The researchers have also proposed how...
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Microbe power as a green means to hydrogen production
Scientists have been hard at work harnessing the power of microbes as an attractive source of clean energy. Now, researchers have investigated a means for...
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New water-splitting catalyst: Researchers expand list of potential electrode materials that could be used to...
Researchers have found yet another formulation, based on inexpensive and widely available materials, that can efficiently catalyze the splitting of water molecules using electricity. This...
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Biofuel chemistry more complex than petroleum, say researchers
Understanding the key elements of biofuel combustion is an important step toward insightful selection of next-generation alternative fuels.
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Cellulosic ethanol: Expanding options, identifying obstacles
Scientists are figuring out how to turn wheat straw into ethanol "gold," and learning more about the bacteria that can "infect" ethanol plants and interfere...
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Storing green electricity as natural gas
Renewable electricity can be transformed into a substitute for natural gas. Until now, electricity was generated from gas. Now, a German-Austrian cooperation wants to go...
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Renewable Energy: Inexpensive metal catalyst can effectively generate hydrogen from water
Researchers have discovered an inexpensive metal that can generate hydrogen from neutral water, even if it is dirty, and can operate in sea water. Experts...
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Fuel cells get up to speed with a new kind of platinum
A new form of platinum that could be used to make cheaper, more efficient fuel cells has been created. The process could help enable broader...
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New electrolytic cells to play a role in tomorrow’s local energy supply
Lower carbon dioxide emissions demand more renewable energy in the energy system. This calls for new solutions that take account of the considerable variations in...
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