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China calls US outrage over Venezuela UN election 'unjustifiable'

Oct 18, 2019 (AFP)

The leftist government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has jailed opposition leaders and is accused of using torture and arbitrary arrests as it struggle...

Environmentalists slam banks over Aramco IPO support

Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)

Addressing directly chief executives of Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley -- all reportedly involved ...

Trial set in New York on Exxon's climate statements

Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)

The litigation dates to October of last year when the New York Attorney General filed suit against the oil giant on behalf of investors victimized by the allege...

Germany calls crisis meet over Shell North Sea platforms

Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)

An environment ministry spokesman said Berlin had convened signatory countries of the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East ...

Brazil probes whether 'ghost ship' carrying Venezuelan oil involved in spill

Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)

Brazil has accused its South American neighbor of responsibility for the leakage that began in early September and affects a 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) stretc...

New catalyst could generate hydrogen in a commercial device

Oct 15, 2019 (SPX)

The electrolyzer technology, which is based on a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM), has potential for large-scale hydrogen production powered by renewable ener...

French energy giant Total to buy 37% stake in India's Adani Gas

Oct 14, 2019 (AFP)

The Indian firm, part of the Adani Group conglomerate, is one of the four main distributors of city gas in the country, and plans to increase its coverage to si...

South Australia wants to be major supplier of certified green hydrogen

Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)

The South Australian Government has released its Hydrogen Action Plan in a bid to use that cheap renewable energy to generate hydrogen, which can be used as fue...

Greenpeace activists board Shell North Sea platforms

Oct 14, 2019 (AFP)

The campaign group said in a statement that activists have scaled Shell's Brent Alpha and Bravo platforms, which lie northeast of Scotland's Shetland Islands an...

With Billions at Play, Russia and China move into African Oil while US sits on side-lines

Oct 11, 2019 (SPX)

The clock is ticking, however, as other nations take advantage of a distracted US government and its skittish business investors. Ayuk is the Executive Chairman...

Iran tanker hit by suspected missile strikes off Saudi coast

Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)

The National Iranian Tanker Company, which owns the ship, said the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explosions off the Saudi port of Jeddah, saying th...

Oil prices spike after Iranian tanker blast

Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)

The National Iranian Tanker Company, which owns the ship, said the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explosions off the Saudi coast, saying they were "...

Iran tanker hit by suspected missile strikes near Saudi port: owner

Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)

The National Iranian Tanker Company said in a statement that the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explosions about 100 kilometres (60 miles) off the S...

US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia over Iran threat

Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that two fighter squadrons and additional missile defense batteries were being sent to Saudi Arabia, for a total of about 3,00...

IEA warns against complacency as blast hits Iran oil tanker

Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)

In its first monthly report following the attack last month on Saudi installations that caused the largest-ever loss in oil production from a single incident, t...

Venezuela rejects Brazil accusations over beach oil spills

Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)

Brazil's Environment Minister Ricardo Salles told a congressional commission on Wednesday that the oil "probably came from Venezuela," citing a report from Braz...

Italy's Eni says doesn't want 'gas well war' off Cyprus

Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)

"I am not worried... (but) if someone turns up with warships, I won't drill wells," Claudio Descalzi said. "I certainly don't want to start wars for wells," he ...

Mystery oil spills blot more than 130 Brazilian beaches

Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)

Tamar, a group dedicated to the protection of sea turtles, said the oil spills were "the worst environmental tragedy" it has encountered since its formation in ...

Saudi, UAE talk military cooperation after Yemen rebel truce offer

Oct 07, 2019 (AFP)

Saudi's deputy defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in the UAE capital to discuss "coor...

Iran says China's CNPC pulls out of gas project

Oct 06, 2019 (AFP)

The South Pars gas field was to be developed jointly by France's Total, China National Petroleum Corporation and Petropars under a $4.8-billion (4.1 billion-eur...