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Nigerian rebels threaten 'all-out oil war' Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Feb 4, 2009 
A 10-week-old leadership crisis that has paralyzed government lies behind a threat by southern rebels to not only resume their war against Africa's largest oil industry but expand it with an "all-out onslaught" in which "nothing will be spared."
Worse, the power vacuum caused by the absence of President Uramu Yar'Adua, who has been hospitalized in Saudi Arabia with heart problems since ... read moreArgentina warns of Falklands legal action 
Buenos Aires (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 Argentina has warned oil companies operating in the Falklands Islands they will face legal action unless they stop prospecting in sovereign Argentine territory. The Argentine threat of legal action against the oil companies was anticipated in both London and Stanley, seat of the British overseas territory's government in the Falklands, and signaled further heightening of tension between ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Iraq heads for OPEC clash over quota
Baghdad (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 The government seems set to clash with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries after declaring it will not participate in the cartel's production quota system as Iraq drives to quadruple its output. Falah al-Amiri, head of the State Oil Marketing Organization, said Thursday that Iraq was not interested in discussing quotas until its production has hit 4.5 million barrels per d ... more Photosynthesic Approach To Quantum Mechanics At Work 
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Feb 04, 2010A team of University of Toronto chemists have made a major contribution to the emerging field of quantum biology, observing quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis in marine algae. "There's been a lot of excitement and speculation that nature may be using quantum mechanical practices," says chemistry professor Greg Scholes, lead author of a new study published this week in Nature. "Our ... more Electric Field Could Improve Hydrogen Storage Systems 
Richmond VA (SPX) Feb 04, 2010An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility of the system. Many researchers have their sights set on hydrogen as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal that contain carbon, pollute ... more New Neutron Studies Support Magnetism'S Role In Superconductors 
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Feb 04, 2010Neutron scattering experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory give strong evidence that, if superconductivity is related to a material's magnetic properties, the same mechanisms are behind both copper-based high-temperature superconductors and the newly discovered iron-based superconductors. The work, published in a recent Nature Physics, was performe ... more |
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Natural Gas Supplies Could Be Augmented With Methane Hydrate
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2010Naturally occurring methane hydrate may represent an enormous source of methane, the main component of natural gas, and could ultimately augment conventional natural gas supplies, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. Although a number of challenges require attention before commercial production can be realized, no technical challenges have been ide ... more China cancels 80 percent of Iraq debt: finance ministry 
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 2, 2010China has agreed to cancel 80 percent of the 8.5-billion-dollar debt it is owed by Iraq, the finance ministry in Baghdad said in an official statement on Tuesday. It said a bilateral agreement was signed in Beijing, without specifying the date, and that China's ambassador to Iraq had met officials in Baghdad to confirm the agreement. The statement added that the two countries entered int ... more FirstEnergy To Transition To Dry Storage Of Coal Ash 
Akron OH (SPX) Feb 02, 2010FirstEnergy is planning to stop pumping coal ash into the 1,000-acre pond at its Bruce Mansfield Plant in Shippingport, PA and transition to a dry method of waste storage, according to investors withdrawing a shareholder proposal on coal ash from the company. "We commend FirstEnergy for taking action to mitigate the risks associated with wet storage of coal ash by transitioning to dry stor ... more Walker's World: Russia's 'fracked' future 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 1, 2009 For most of the past decade, Russian leaders and their top officials and businessmen have believed that their huge reserves of oil and gas would guarantee them prosperity and global influence for decades to come. But suddenly some cracks are emerging in that confidence. As often happens, technology is changing the conventional wisdom. Over the past five years the combination of two tech ... more |
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