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A 2012 budget proposal unveiled by House Republicans Tuesday calls for cutting federal incentives for key energy technologies while expanding domestic oil and gas production. The budget blueprint, authored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), outlines House ...
Scope 1 to the open steel equipment or materials, concrete corrosion protection can also be used in chemical equipment, oil equipment, power equipment, railways, bridges, pipelines, automobiles, tractors, cranes, boilers, machine tools, steel plants, wood, hydraulic facilities, ...
Representatives from the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) met with congressional members and federal officials in Washington, DC, last week to warn against what CIPA calls the dire effects of higher taxes on domestic production. Proposed tax hikes on US oil and ...
Moody s analysts raised their credit rating on oil and gas explorers and integrated oil and gas companies to positive from stable today as they expect oil prices to stay high well into 2012, offsetting low natural gas prices. Oil rig counts are at 25-year highs, and producers ...
Gasoline prices have been steadily climbing for several months, and Americans are feeling the pain at the pump. The possible culprits (from greedy oil execs to Mideast turmoil) are as plentiful as the proposed solutions (more offshore drilling, green energy or government reserves...
President Obama yesterday gave a much-touted and much-discussed speech at Georgetown University yesterday about energy security in the United States and the move toward a low-carbon economy. The speech (which you can read the prepared marks of here) comes at a time when political ...
The government's approval to the $9.6-billion Cairn-Vedanta deal, expected on Wednesday, will be subject to the LSE-listed Vedanta passing the home ministry's security scanner, two officials with direct knowledge of the matter said. The cabinet note has said that the government's ...
Gov. Mary Fallin told oil and gas producers Tuesday that Environmental Protection Agency regulations are hurting the industry in Oklahoma and she would do everything she could to fight what many see as the agency's overbearing oversight of hydraulic fracturing of wells and ...
Gov. Mary Fallin told oil and gas producers Tuesday that Environmental Protection Agency regulations are hurting the industry in Oklahoma and she would do everything she could to fight what many see as the agency's overbearing oversight of hydraulic fracturing of wells and ...
An offshore oil and natural gas pipeline was ruptured late Wednesday during a dredging operation in the Calcasieu Ship Channel near Cameron, La., though no oil pollution has yet been observed, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday. The channel, which provides access to the port of ...
The U.S. Department of Interior announced Tuesday that more than half of all onshore federal leases granted in the United States have seen no drilling. The announcement comes from a review of U.S. oil and gas production requested by President Barack Obama. The president focused ...
President Barack Obama, under pressure to respond to rising gas prices, will outline Wednesday a series of initiatives to cut the nation's reliance on foreign oil, including new initiatives to expand oil production, increase the use of natural gas to power vehicles and increase ...
Severe labour shortages are expected to hit Canada's oil and gas industry, and experts say there's no way around it. The Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada released its findings Tuesday, projecting that over 30 per cent of the workplace will retire within 10 years. Some ...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Gov. Mary Fallin told oil and gas producers Tuesday that Environmental Protection Agency regulations are hurting the industry in Oklahoma and she would do everything she could to fight what many see as the agency's overbearing oversight of hydraulic fracturing ...
A new report by the U.S. Department of Interior shows that approximately 57 percent of onshore acres under lease by the oil and gas industry sit idle, lacking any production or exploration activities. The report issued Tuesday to President Barack Obama was in response to his mid...
Oil prices came under pressure Monday, tumbling below $104 a barrel, but gasoline prices continued to move higher nationwide. The main U.S. oil futures contract, West Texas Intermediate, for May delivery dropped $1.42 to settle at $103.98 a barrel. Brent crude, the European ...
Thinner, Stronger and More Flexible Research Scientists Experiment with Golf Balls and Condoms You wouldn't normally associate golf balls with condoms but for University of Queensland researcher Dr Darren Martin, it is all about covering things. Dr Martin, a materials scientist ...
Plant Power Converts CO2 to Energy Scientists at Strathclyde University are investigating the feasibility of converting CO2 into a fuel by mimicking the photosynthetic system of green plants. The project, supported by catalyst specialist Johnson Matthey, will look at creating a ...
Colour Change Trick of Hercules Beetle Inspires Design of Intelligent Materials The strongest creature in the world, the Hercules Beetle, has a colour-changing trick that scientists have long sought to understand. Research published today, Tuesday, 11 March, in the New Journal of ...
China Modernization Report Outlook(2001-2007) Abstract The national goal of China's modernization is to reach the level of the moderately developed countries in the world and basically realize modernization around 2050, and to reach the advanced level in the world and totally ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
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Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
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Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
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Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...