NEW DELHI, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- India expressed concern over mounting subsidies in the petroleum, food and fertilizer sectors as crude neared $100 per barrel.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The Energy Department is opting to fill the strategic oil reserve with oil pumped from U.S. reserves instead of collecting royalties on the oil sales.
BASRA, Iraq, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A new round of violence in and around Iraq’s two oil capitals, Basra and Kirkuk, highlights the threat of internal discord, not external threats.
BASRA, Iraq, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Iraq and Iran may be moving ahead on a cross-river oil pipeline, a move the Iraq ministry has talked about but was further down the road.
PARIS, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The Paris-based International Energy agency projects growth in global energy demand of more than 50 percent between 2005 and 2030.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Indian Railways signed a pact with state-run National Thermal Power Corp. to set up a 1,000 megawatt captive power plant in Bihar state.
IRBIL, Iraq, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Reliance Industries paid a signing bonus of between $15.5 million and $17.5 million for oil contracts to explore and develop two Iraqi Kurdish blocks.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- China's energy demand, already growing fast, may surpass expectations, increasing coal consumption and pollution as the country's national income grows.
MOSCOW, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Moscow and Tokyo are actively discussing collaboration in the economic development of Siberia and the Russian Far East. Russia is eager to involve Japanese companies in the construction of the East Siberia-Pacific oil pipeline network. The topic was on the agenda during Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Naryshkin's recent visit to Tokyo.
BEIJING, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Russia and China have signed a new deal on nuclear energy cooperation that will increase the number of Russian-built nuclear plants and fueling centers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Beijing’s efforts to meet clean air standards in time for the 2008 Olympics are drawing increased skepticism as the August deadline approaches. Worst case scenarios depict marathoners coughing their way through smog to the finish line, prompting the International Olympic Committee to suggest that some competitions may be delayed due to pollution. Yet even if Beijing fails to meet Olympic expectations on time, some analysts say that the attempt to do so will have at least one or two lasting benefits for Beijing and beyond.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government will announce two more oil deals in coming days as it develops its oil sector with state-owned and private oil firms.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The protest sign was plain enough, black ink on white poster board. But the message Jamel Numan was carrying amidst 200 of America’s Iraqi Kurds rallying outside the White House Monday was both simply blunt and highlighted the overlooked complexity of Turkey’s beef with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party guerillas: “Is this really about PKK? Or is this about Kirkuk?”
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
