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Study suggests hydraulic fracturing can impact surface water quality
Aug 20, 2021 (SPX)
The study, released in the journal Science, finds hydraulic fracturing is associated with small increases in salt concentrations in surface waters for several s...
DLR and Siemens conduct research into turbines for the energy transition
Aug 19, 2021 (SPX)
There is a dual focus to these efforts, with both parts closely connected to the sustainable reconfiguration of the energy system. Firstly, how can power plant ...
Using aluminum and water to make clean hydrogen fuel - when and where it's needed
Aug 16, 2021 (SPX)
But while using hydrogen doesn't generate carbon emissions, making it typically does. Today, almost all hydrogen is produced using fossil fuel-based processes t...
Hydrogen fuelled fire engines are focus of latest funded project at ULEMCo
Aug 16, 2021 (SPX)
Named HySPERT - for HYdrogen Special Purpose Electric vehicle platform for Refuse collection and fire Trucks - the work is planned to take eight months. The fun...
Study says 'blue hydrogen' likely bad for climate
Aug 12, 2021 (AFP)
The study takes aim at an energy source touted by President Joe Biden's administration, the International Energy Agency, and some major energy companies. The au...
Shell agrees 95mn euro payment over 1970 Nigeria spills
Aug 12, 2021 (AFP)
The decision is the latest involving OPEC-member Nigeria's oil-producing south where local communities have long fought legal battles over oil spills and enviro...
WWF sounds alarm over 'colossal' Black Sea oil slick
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
After it emerged that the slick was much larger than initially reported, investigators launched a pollution probe and the General Prosecutor's Office said offic...
New mechanistic model uncovers earthquake processes at Colorado oil field
Aug 11, 2021 (SPX)
The Rangely experiment, conducted from 1969 to 1973, is one of the oldest studies of recorded seismicity due to subsurface fluid injection, and is considered to...
The hydrogen economy needs a 10-year plan, researchers argue
Aug 11, 2021 (UPI)
The paper, a scientific commentary, lays out the necessities for a sustainable hydrogen economy, including development details related to infrastructure, transp...
Russia's economy is performing well, OPEC economists find
Aug 10, 2021 (UPI)
Russian Central Bank President Elvira Nabiullina said inflationary risks have increased dramatically, which is influencing the price of Russian exports of every...
European natural gas prices spike in response to strikes in energy-rich Australia
Aug 10, 2021 (UPI)
The Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), a European benchmark for the price of natural gas, finished the trading day Wednesday up 28% to reach $12 per million B...
World has decade to move away from fossil fuels: France
Aug 09, 2021 (AFP)
"The challenge is immense because it involves emerging within a decade from a civilisation that has been based on fossil fuels for several centuries," French En...
Saudi Aramco Q2 profits bounce back to pre-pandemic levels
Aug 08, 2021 (AFP)
The company's success comes after its debts climbed last year, when Saudi Arabia was hammered by the double whammy of low prices and sharp cuts in production tr...
US extends Iraq's sanction waiver for four months
Aug 04, 2021 (AFP)
Iraq buys gas and electricity from neighbouring Iran to supply about a third of its power sector, which has been worn down by years of conflict and poor mainten...
NATO warns Iran to respect shipping after tanker attack
Aug 03, 2021 (AFP)
Separately, the European Union also condemned the "unacceptable" attack and "any action that would be detrimental to peace and stability in this area". The Unit...
US subsidies boost the expected profits and development of new oil and gas fields
Aug 03, 2021 (SPX)
Despite repeated pledges to phase out "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidies, the United States - the world's largest current oil and gas producer - continues to p...
Stocks rebound, but oil drops on Chinese PMI data
Aug 02, 2021 (AFP)
Oil prices fell meanwhile on weak manufacturing growth from China, the world's biggest importer of crude. Signs that US lawmakers were edging towards agreement ...
Israel pushes for UN action against Iran over deadly ship attack
Jul 31, 2021 (AFP)
The MT Mercer Street tanker was struck Thursday in the northern Indian Ocean, killing two crew members, in what the United States said was a drone-style attack....
Israel blames Iran over lethal attack on oil tanker off Oman
Jul 31, 2021 (AFP)
Tehran is "sowing violence and destruction," an Israeli official said. The Islamic Republic "is not only Israel's problem, but it is the world's problem. Its be...
Key factors for estimating costs to plug abandoned oil and gas wells
Jul 28, 2021 (SPX)
The paper was published earlier this month in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science and Technology. To the research team's knowledge, the orphaned oil...
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