SEOUL, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- South Korea's energy imports rose sharply last year due to higher fuel prices, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said Thursday.
PARIS, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Changes to the capacity of France's electricity interconnectors have led to an increase in the number of suppliers in recent weeks.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A deal has been brokered between Alaska and three of the world's largest energy companies for a natural gas pipeline.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Cooperation between energy-producing and consuming countries in Asia is key to overall growth on the continent, Indian energy analysts said Wednesday.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns will visit India Thursday to salvage the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal ahead of President Bush's arrival.
HONG KONG, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Pakistan wants to allow China to construct an oil pipeline from the Middle East and Africa through Pakistani territory, the energy journal Platts reported.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Israel has announced it won't pay any more for natural gas than it currently pays, forcing the state-owned Israel Electric Corp. to absorb the difference.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Shell has shut down nearly half of its Nigerian oil production following outbreaks of violence in the Niger Delta region.
RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The president of Brazil's government-controlled Petrobras has defended his company's plans for a $23 billion pipeline between Venezuela and Argentina.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- With its vast oil supply and Latin America's largest natural gas reserves, Venezuela has quickly become a major energy powerbroker in the region and globally.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- India will shortly see a rise in fuel prices, following talks between Oil Minister Murli Deora and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Up to 40 renewable energy scientists will have their jobs restored as the Energy Department transferred $5 million to the facility ahead of President Bush's vis
KATZRIN, Israel, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Israel's organic Golan Heights Winery has made the move over to wind-power, bringing drinkers a green glass of red or white.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Solar industry officials are looking to have a banner year with the advent of President Bush's Solar America Initiative, but more work needs to be done to make