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Buoyed by record world prices for rare earth elements (RREs), North Korea has begun seeking deposits on its territory to help with its chronic international…
Biofuels USA has opened its new biodiesel station at exit 175 in New Florence, Missouri. The new facility offers prospective drivers a variety of homegrown…
State-run Korea Electric Power Corp. subsidiary Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement with Sahara India Power Corp. Ltd. to collaborate in constructing…
According to Ghana’s Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), monopoly and nationalization in the country’s natural gas industry are responsible for the persistent shortages of liquefied…
A Chilean high-level government commission has given final approval to the first of five mines, Mina Invierno, at Isla Riesco in the extreme south of…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a new national Five-Year Plan emphasizing PetroVietnam increased production. The new governmental dictates provide for the state-owned…
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett stated that the territory’s proposed coal-seam natural gas mining will be one of Australia’s biggest environmental potential threats and supported…
Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy, the government entity setting energy policy, has announced that utility tariffs would remain at current levels for the next several…
Adelaide-based Beach Energy reported that, based on data from its first two shale gas wells in the onshore Cooper Basin, it had estimated its field…
Seeking to secure reliable supplies of rare earths for the country's growing industrial demand, South Korea is negotiating to open concessions in South African mines. South…
While China remains the dominant investor in acquiring Southeast Asian energy assets, Australia has begun to compete with Chinese dominance. Australia's Otto Energy Ltd. has…
On 10 August Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced the creation of a new Energy Initiatives Office Task Force, whose purpose is to assist…
Australia’s federal government is considering introducing, possibly next year, mandatory energy star ratings for homes being sold or rented. Under the proposed system as currently…
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola, E.P., or Sonangol, is the Angolan state oil company, with the sole concession for oil and gas exploration in…
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairman Sam Amadi stated during an interview that in order to stabilize and improve the nation’s power grid, Abuja will need…
Despite Nigeria being Africa’s leading exporter of crude oil, a lack of investments in the country’s refineries have left Africa’s most populous nation with chronic…
Shenhua Group Corp Ltd., China's biggest coal producer, will invest $8 billion in coal-to-oil conversion projects in the country’s western Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region. According…
Russia’s Itera and Zarubehzneft have signed a Caspian production sharing agreement with Turkmenistan for exploring the country’s offshore Caspian sector for oil and natural gas.…
BP has taken 25 percent equity in Chariot Oil & Gas' exploration license in Namibia’s Orange Basin.BP acquired its share through Enigma Oil and Gas…
Japan’s Forestry Agency is considering building biomass power plants that can use timber from the thousands of houses that were destroyed by the massive 11…