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Anti-Japan protests erupt in China over island row

Aug 19, 2012 (AFP)

Anti-Japan protests broke out in more than a dozen Chinese cities including Beijing and Hong Kong on Sunday as authorities allowed thousands of people to vent a...

Japan should fortify islets defence: senior politician

Aug 18, 2012 (AFP)

Japan should strengthen its coast guard to defend disputed islands, the ruling party policy chief said Saturday, a day after Tokyo deported pro-Beijing activist...

'Endless' pipe seen for oil, gas industry

Aug 17, 2012 (UPI)

Aerospace materials and a process to make endless pipelines for the oil and gas industry could transform pipeline construction, a U.S. researcher says. Civil en...

SOCAR talks energy with Kyrgyz leaders

Aug 17, 2012 (UPI)

Azerbaijan state energy company SOCAR revealed this week it recently hosted top-level energy discussions with Kyrgyzstan officials on economic development. The ...

India to get coal from Kentucky

Aug 17, 2012 (UPI)

New Jersey company FJS Energy LLC signed a $7 million deal with India's Abhijeet Group to purchase coal from Kentucky and West Virginia, Kentucky Gov. Steve Bes...

Nigeria to expand natural gas production

Aug 17, 2012 (UPI)

The Nigerian government said it will greatly expand the country's natural gas production. Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke said t...

Shell shuts oil station in Nigeria, activists report spill

Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)

Shell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied reports that a significant amount of oil had...

Japan to deport pro-China island activists: reports

Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)

Japan was readying to deport 14 people it arrested after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island, reports said Thursday, in what was being seen as an at...

KIT Controls Fluctuation of Renewable Energies by Using Modern Storage Systems

Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)

Energy storage systems are one of the key technologies for the energy turnaround. With their help, the fluctuating supply of electricity based on photovoltaics ...

Japan arrests 14 pro-China activists over island landing

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Japan arrested 14 people after pro-China activists landed Wednesday on an island at the centre of a bitter territorial row in an episode that threatens to furth...

Japan arrests five men on disputed island: police

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Japanese police on Wednesday arrested five men, a spokesman said, after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island in the East China Sea. "The Okinawa pref...

Wireless power for the price of a penny

Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)

The newspaper-style printing of electronic equipment has led to a cost-effective device that could change the way we interact with everyday objects. For a price...

Venezuelan petrol to China up 60% since February: officials

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Venezuelan oil sales to China have jumped by 60 percent since the start of the year, the country's oil minister said in an interview published Wednesday. The st...

US warns against 'divide and conquer' in China sea

Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)

The United States on Tuesday warned against any attempt to "divide and conquer" in the tense South China Sea, and voiced hope that Beijing and Southeast Asian n...

Ban calls for South China Sea dialogue

Aug 14, 2012 (UPI)

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on South Korea and Japan to begin constructive talks to resolve their competing claims to the Dokdo Islands. "I am wel...

Penn team and colleagues create a cheaper and cleaner catalyst for burning methane

Aug 14, 2012 (SPX)

As the world's accessible oil reserves dwindle, natural gas has become an increasing important energy source. The primary component of natural gas is methane, w...

Iraq oil and gas law is UN 'priority': special envoy

Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)

Passing a much-delayed oil and gas law in the Iraqi parliament is a top priority, and the UN has put together an internal taskforce to tackle the issue, special...

Oil spill detected near Exxon operations in Nigeria

Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)

An oil spill has been detected along the coast of southern Nigeria near operations for US giant ExxonMobil, the company said Monday, but the cause and size of t...

Oil higher in Asian trade on hopes of stimulus

Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)

Crude prices rose in Asian trade Monday on expectations of stimulus measures to boost economic growth in the United States, China and Europe, analysts said. A c...

Malaysia urges ASEAN to unite over South China Sea

Aug 12, 2012 (AFP)

Malaysia's foreign minister urged Southeast Asian countries on Sunday to settle their overlapping claims in the South China Sea before bringing them up with Bei...