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U.S. company Noble Energy is to begin exploring Cyprus' offshore Mediterranean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by the end of this year. Addressing reporters after a meeting with President of the…
Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry reported that Russia and Norway will start issuing licenses to oil and gas fields in the so-called former Barents Sea “gray zone” in 2013-2014.The area…
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is paying a working visit to France, where scheduled talks in Paris include discussions with Prime Minister Francois Fillon. Putin met members of the Franco-Russian…
On Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency proposed mandating the blending of 15.2 billion gallons of renewable fuel into the U.S. fuel supply, upping the proposed mandate for advanced biofuels by…
Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has threatened to shut down the pipelines from the landlocked Southern Sudan to Port Sudan on the Red Sea unless a revenue sharing deal is…
Over the past few years Russia-China energy cooperation has expanded greatly.East China Pedagogical University Russia Studies Center director Feng Shaolei enthusiastically noted, "Cooperation on pipelines with Russia Is a…
Australia’s Gemcom Software International Inc., which provides mining software, is opening an office in Kazakhstan’s Almaty. Gemcom AustralAsia senior vice president Andrew Pyne said, "Gemcom has long been involved in…
Nigeria’s ongoing energy shortages have attracted promises from the federal government to address the issue. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan directly addressed the issue during the 27th convocation ceremony of the…
The Russian Federal Nuclear Center in Sarov has completed successful tests of the world's first aerial transport container for spent nuclear fuel from research reactors. The Russian Federal Nuclear Center…
Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour has sent an official letter of protest to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressing Lebanon's objection to a bilateral Israeli-Cypriot agreement delineating an…
A joint consortium between Italian oil company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (ENI) and Portugal’s Galp-Energia expects to start exploring for oil and natural gas in Mocambique offshore Rovuma Basin off Cabo…
Russia’s Rosatom atomic state corporation director-general Sergei Kirienko told reporters that he and Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office head Robert Floyd have exchanged letters that effectively constitute a memorandum of…
Analysts warn that South Korea might face a diplomatic backlash from placing its top foreign policy focus on securing energy resources from developing nations. So far this year South Korea’s…
Gazprom head Aleksei Miller has said that its unlikely that Russia will join the International Energy Agency anytime soon. Speaking on the sidelines of the St Petersburg economic forum Miller…
Colombia’s Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo, more commonly known by the acronym FARC, is the western hemisphere’s longest running guerrilla insurgency, dating from 1964. In its…
Pakistan’s endemic power crisis has reached a new level, with ongoing fuel scarcities and unpaid bills leading to the temporary closure of 12 of the country’s power plants. During the…
Victoria state’s troubled Wonthaggi desalination project in Melbourne has undergone its most bitter industrial dispute yet, with a proposal for forced lay-offs sparking an unlawful sudden strike this past weekend…
The Ogaden National Liberation Front has warned Chinese energy exploration companies against operating in the Ogaden ethnic Somali regions currently under Ethiopian control. In an interview with Shabelle Media Network,…
In Argentina Mandarin Chinese is now the main language in use in local petroleum companies, which are dominated by Chinese buyers. During the period June 2010 through May 2011 Argentina…
Lucrative China-backed hydropower projects are raising tensions along Burma’s northern border with China. Environmental groups claim that the Burmese government's against armed ethnic groups along its northern frontier is intended…