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US oil lobby moves towards supporting carbon tax
Mar 02, 2021 (AFP)
API has been working with scientists, geologists and others throughout the industry "to meet the world's energy demands and drive down US emissions, and our eff...
U.S. Navy destroyer arrives in Port Sudan, days after Russian frigate
Mar 01, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S. ship's visit to Port Sudan came a week after that of the fast transport ship USNS Carson City, the first port visit by a U.S. warship to Sudan and an a...
Facing pressure, ExxonMobil names 2 new board members
Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)
The oil giant named Jeffrey Ubben, cofounder of Inclusive Capital Partners and a leading proponent of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, and ...
Israel clears Greek tanker over Mediterranean oil spill
Feb 28, 2021 (AFP)
It is seen as Israel's worst maritime pollution incident in decades. Powerful winds and unusually high waves pummelled Israel's entire Mediterranean coastline o...
U.S. Coast Guard, Greek navy conduct Arabian Sea exercises
Feb 26, 2021 (UPI)
The Greek ship HS Hydra joined cutters and patrol boats of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia on Thursday for passing exercises between the two N...
British Gas owner accelerates shift to net zero
Feb 25, 2021 (AFP)
The energy group plans to hit its target partly through a "reduction in Centrica's own emissions", which includes gas production, it said in a statement. Centri...
Nigeria loses 200,000 bpd of crude oil daily to theft
Feb 25, 2021 (AFP)
Managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mele Kyari was quoted as making the disclosure on Wednesday during a meeting with the country's...
Drones used to locate dangerous, unplugged oil wells
Feb 24, 2021 (SPX)
New York State has an estimated 35,000 abandoned oil or gas wells, while Pennsylvania has more than 600,000 dating back to the early days of drilling. Overall, ...
Turkey accuses Greek jets of 'harassing' Turkish boat
Feb 23, 2021 (AFP)
Greece-Turkey ties are already strained over Ankara's gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, although they held direct talks last month for the first tim...
Investment firm plans hydrogen powered steel plant in Sweden
Feb 23, 2021 (AFP)
The new fossil fuel free steel plant will include "a giga-scale green hydrogen plant as an integrated part of the steel production facility," employ some 1,500 ...
Warmer winters threaten Canada's seasonal ice roads
Feb 21, 2021 (AFP)
"At some point, it is certain that we will no longer be able to open if these mild winters continue," he tells AFP. Since February 14, the 900-meter-long path, ...
UN report finds Trump ally violated Libya arms embargo: US media
Feb 20, 2021 (AFP)
The confidential report to the Security Council, obtained by the New York Times and the Washington Post, said that Prince deployed a force of foreign mercenarie...
US seeks fallback Saudi bases in case of Iran tensions
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
"We are not looking for new bases. I want to be clear on that," said General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the US Army Central Command (Centcom), during a tour of t...
Venezuela's Maduro vows tough response to Colombian commando unit
Feb 17, 2021 (AFP)
Addressing journalists in Caracas, Maduro said he had ordered the country's armed forces "to respond forcefully to (Colombian President) Ivan Duque's reckless s...
WTI crude breaks $60 a barrel on oil supply worries
Feb 15, 2021 (AFP)
West Texas Intermediate surged 2.19 percent to $60.77 in Asian trade, its highest since January last year before the oil market collapsed as the coronavirus pan...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen with composite polymer dots
Feb 15, 2021 (SPX)
How we are to meet future demand for sustainable energy is a much-debated question. One feasible way to go is hydrogen, which can be produced from renewable res...
Red Sea coral reefs 'under threat' from Israel-UAE oil deal
Feb 15, 2021 (AFP)
The agreement to bring Emirati crude oil by tanker to a pipeline in the Red Sea port of Eilat was signed after Israel normalised ties with the Gulf Arab nation ...
UK top court allows Nigeria spill claims against Shell
Feb 12, 2021 (AFP)
The ruling overturned a 2017 decision against the Ogale and Bille communities, who brought legal claims for clean-up and compensation following decades of repea...
U.S. Army, UAE armored divisions conclude Iron Union 14 exercise
Feb 12, 2021 (UPI)
The partner nations executed situational training exercises, largely concentrating on tank warfare proficiency, at the UAE's Al Hamra Training Center in a recur...
Oil states face $9 tn shortfall as demand falters: analysis
Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)
Over 400 million people live in the worst affected countries, where declining fossil fuel revenues could see government income fall by at least 20 percent, lead...
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