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Iraq's oil minister is calling on international oil companies that won contracts to develop 11 oil and gas fields to show they are able to meet their obligations. The oil companies will have Iraq's full backing in overcoming the numerous obstacles th

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FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17 (UPI) -- An unmanned solar-powered plane has set a record by remaining aloft for seven straight days, flying day and night, its designers say. The "Zephyr" drone, developed by British defense technology company Qinet

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Boing Boing

Obviously, our bodies generate heat—thermal energy. They also produce vibrations when we move—kinetic energy. Both forms of energy can be converted into electricity.

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Marin Katusa

The White House might be gaping in shock that the U.S. federal court overturned the six-month drilling moratorium, but it really isn’t all that surprising. Amid the finger pointing and political posturing, the Obama administration seems to have misse

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arclein

The Saudis have three generations of tip-top, Texas A&M educated oil men. And they don’t ask for help unless they desperately need it. The key here is the water injection. You do that to maintain pressure in a declining well. Buy BP The second ite

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A loss expected to happen next year looks smaller than that same loss happening next week.  Worse yet, a loss or catastrophe that may happen (indeed, is highly likely to happen) decades away is essentially invisible, unthinka

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The short answer is that every agency — each with its own particular bureaucratic agenda — was able to veto each aspect of any plan to fight the spill with the unintended consequence that nothing stopped the oil from destroying hundreds of miles of w

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arclein

“Net energy” itself awaits Phase II, the prototype reactor phase, in which a team of engineers determines how to recover energy and crank up the efficiency. And of course, this all depends on the success of this Phase I – proof of concept. Stay tun

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The USA is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the State Dept. said. The State Dept. said in a news release that the USA is working out the particulars of the h

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