VICTORIA, British Columbia, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The government of British Columbia said it will launch a study to determine emissions in Kitimat, the hub of the province's proposed liquefied natural sector.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Middle East is losing its long-held dominance of the global oil market as vast shale oil reserves open up in the United States and elsewhere, and non-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries production grows to cushion the market against output cuts in the region.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Argentina is taking Uruguay to the International Court of Justice at The Hague over its claim a border pulp mill affects its "environmental sovereignty."
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The provincial government in British Columbia said it's concerned about any potential oil spills from Enbridge Energy's planned Northern Gateway pipeline.
LONDON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A move by British energy company Cuadrilla Resources to back off plans for a hydraulic fracturing campaign doesn't eliminate the threat, an advocacy group said.
DENVER, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A sale of oil and natural gas assets in the Texas Panhandle means Forest Oil can focus more on developing shale reserves in the state, the company's CEO said.
HOUSTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Noble Energy announced it discovered a deposit of natural gas while drilling in the Levant basin off the coast of Cyprus.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Economic and social reviews of a potential independent Scotland find it may have a hard time capitalizing on any offshore oil reserves.
HOUSTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- British energy company BP said it was keeping close tabs on Tropical Storm Karen moving through the Gulf of Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The government shutdown in the United States means reviews of everything from pipelines to oil and gas exploration have been suspended, agencies said.
LVIV, Ukraine, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Members of a regional council in Ukraine said Friday they approved a draft production agreement for shale natural gas with U.S. energy company Chevron.
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Funding is in place to complete a liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea after Exxon came up with more financing, a partner said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Delivery of petroleum and petroleum products on U.S. rail systems helped make September one of the busiest months on record, an industry trade group said.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Libya's interim government is struggling to crank up oil production again after weeks of shutdowns enforced by armed militias and protesting oil workers slashed output from 1.4 million barrels per day to below 200,000 bpd, virtually zero, in September.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Bangladesh's prime minister inaugurated construction for the country's first nuclear power plant.
