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US lets some companies resume Gulf drillingWashington (AFP) Jan 3, 2011 Thirteen oil companies have been authorized to resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without submitting new plans for environmental review, the US Department of the Interior said Monday. But the companies will still have to comply with tougher safety rules on offshore drilling that were put in place last year to try to avoid a repeat of the April 2010 accident on a BP rig, which killed 11 workers and sparked a massive oil spill, the Interior Department said. Companies that were already ... read more |
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  Cleaning Up Nuclear-Contaminated Sites Faster And Cheaper Members of the engineering faculty at Oregon State University have invented a new type of radiation detection and measurement device that will be particularly useful for cleanup of sites with radioa ... more | .. |
  Impregnating Plastics With Carbon Dioxide Everyone has heard that carbon dioxide is responsible for global warming. But the gas also has some positive characteristics. Researchers are now impregnating plastics with compressed CO2 in a proce ... more | .. |
  China backs Spain to emerge from economic crisis China is confident Spain will recover from its economic crisis and will continue to buy Spanish government bonds despite market fears of an Irish-style debt bailout, a top Chinese official said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Algeria oil and gas revenues up 25 percent in 2010: minister Algeria saw oil and gas revenues rise 25 percent year-on-year in 2010 to 55.7 billion dollars (41.8 billion euros), Energy and Mines Minister Youcef Yousfi said Monday. ... more |
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  Macau gaming revenue hits record jackpot in 2010 Casinos in Macau cashed in a record 23.5 billion US dollars last year, according to official figures Monday which analysts said trumped the Las Vegas Strip by about four times. ... more | .. |
  Clariant resumes aircraft de-icer output after winter halt Swiss chemicals firm Clariant, one of the main suppliers of aircraft de-icing fluid in Europe, said on Monday that it was resuming production after a halt caused by shortage of a key ingredient. ... more | .. |
  French group in deal to boost Iraq power grid French group Schneider Electric has signed a contract with the local government in Basra to build eight electricity sub-stations in power-starved southern Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Another power outages threatens Moscow's main airport Weather-related power outages around Moscow threatened the operations Monday of Russia's busiest airport, which already experienced historic disruptions one week ago, news reports said. ... more |
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 China announces nuclear fuel breakthrough Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end any uranium supply concerns, state media reported on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Beijing traffic rules turn car showrooms into ghost towns For the past year, car showrooms in Beijing have been heaving with people keen to buy their slice of the country's new middle-class dream. But now they are deserted. ... more | .. |
  Solis Partners Participates In Distributed Solar Summit 2010 New Jersey's rapid emergence as a leader in the solar industry is due to aggressive state incentives and policies that have resulted in an increase from 7.5 kilowatts of installed capacity in 2001 t ... more | .. |
 China says it can reprocess spent nuclear fuel Chinese scientists say they have developed nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end uranium supply concerns, state media said Monday, as Beijing strives for energy security. ... more |
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 Italy slams Lula's extradition decision Italy's prime minister condemned Brazil's refusal to extradite a former left-wing Italian militant sentenced in absentia for killing a man in 1979. ... more | .. |
 New Zealand launches Hong Kong trade agreement New Zealand and Hong Kong launched a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) Monday which New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said was part of a regional drive towards trade growth through liberalisation. ... more | .. |
 Cathay makes pay offer to pilots: report Cathay Pacific has offered its pilots pay rises of up to 12 percent after they threatened to work to rule over Christmas, a report said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Pipeline begins supplying oil from Russia to China The first oil pipeline between Russia and China, feted as a mark of growing ties between the world's biggest oil producer and its biggest energy consumer, started operation Saturday, state media said. ... more |
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 Rain, floods disrupt Queensland's coal Torrential rain and flooding have nearly brought the coal industry in the Australian state of Queensland to a standstill. ... more | .. |
 US helps Ukraine get rid of enriched uranium The United States has helped Ukraine remove 50 kilos (111 pounds) of highly enriched uranium from three Ukrainian sites to be disposed of in Russia, US officials announced Friday. ... more | .. |
 How Will Energy Provision Change Over The Next Few Decades Several studies forecast that by 2050, it will be possible for Germany to obtain a high proportion of its energy from renewable sources. DLR also has significant involvement in the expansion of wind ... more | .. |
 Synthetic dyes could increase energy U.S. chemists say newly developed photosensitizing dyes could greatly increase the efficiency of light-driven systems that produce green energy. ... more |
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 EDF's role in US nuclear market is clouded Time may be running out for French energy giant EDF to gain a stronger foothold in the US nuclear sector, after it rejected a government loan deal for a new reactor and lost its local partner. ... more | .. |
 China's CNPC to invest in city hit by oil spill: report China National Petroleum Corp will invest in a northeastern port city hit by an oil spill last year at facilities it owned, averting paying direct compensation to local fishermen, state media said. ... more | .. |
 GM China sales hit record high in 2010 US auto giant General Motors said Tuesday that its sales in China, the world's largest car market, increased 28.8 percent year-on-year in 2010 to a new annual record of 2.35 million vehicles. ... more | .. |
 Australian floods to hurt production, growth: analysts Massive floods washing through northeast Australia, wiping out crops and swamping coal mines, are pushing up commodity prices and could shave national growth figures, economists said Tuesday. ... more |
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