PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Walking away from the climate summit in Denmark next week will harm countries that have done the least environmental damage, the U.N. secretary-general said.
TEHRAN, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Russian petrochemical companies could find development opportunities in the South Pars gas field of Iran, Russian energy officials said.
HOUSTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A deepwater gas discovery in the Gulf of Mexico could yield as much as 75 billion cubic feet equivalent of oil and gas, operators said.
RENO, Nev., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Nevada-based Eagle Oil Holding Co. Inc. announced it began a Texas pilot project to examine a way to pump more oil and less water from oil wells.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- British supermajor BP said it was working with Alaskan environmental officials to address concerns from an oil leak from a pipeline in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- India-based energy giant Reliance Industries Ltd. placed restrictions on its hydrocarbon exports to prevent products from entering the Iranian market.
LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The United Kingdom contracted gas purchases from the Russian-backed Nord Stream pipeline to meet more than 4 percent of its demand by 2012, officials said.
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An environmental impact assessment of the oil-rich Niger Delta region in Nigeria will outline steps needed to rehabilitate the land, the United Nations said.
KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Iranian gas from the South Pars field will be used by customers in Pakistan by as early as 2013, the Iranian consul general in Pakistan said.
STANLEY, Falkland Islands, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The Falkland Islands' quest for potentially vast quantities of hydrocarbons offshore has taken off with an exploratory drilling season after operators raised enough cash to lease a rig from Scotland.
BEIJING, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Four of the world's major developing countries, including China and India, have come up with a counter-draft listing their "non-negotiable" demands ahead of the U.N. climate summit that begins next week in Copenhagen, Denmark.
BALHAF, Yemen, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Energy giant GDF Suez announced its first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Yemen is on its way to a regasification terminal in the United Kingdom.
PARIS, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Officers from Russian energy giant Gazprom discussed developments in the Shtokman natural gas field with officers from French supermajor Total.
BEIJING, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Despite a reliance on carbon-based energy resources, China is leading the world in the development of wind and solar power, Swedish officials said.
HOUSTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The exploitation of millions of barrels of oil from the Permian Basin in east Texas could begin by the end of the year, energy executives said.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged more than $13 billion over three years toward an environmental fund for developing countries.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Indian energy executives are interested in providing funds to help Iran develop parts of the massive offshore Shah Deniz gas field, Tehran said.
MOSCOW, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Anglo-Russian energy venture TNK-BP signed a preliminary deal with banking giant BNP Paribas to sell emission reduction units from its Samotlor oil field.
TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The foreign and energy ministers from Iran and Russia agreed on a series of joint oil and gas projects during a bilateral economic summit in Tehran.
KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Russian energy giant Gazprom has not responded to a request to revise the pricing mechanism for Ukraine's gas, officials at Ukrainian utility Naftogaz said.
LONDON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Executives at supermajor Royal Dutch Shell are pulling back on their optimism for certain biofuels while others look to batteries as a way to cut emissions.
BONN, Germany, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The top U.N. climate official welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to attend the climate summit next month in Copenhagen, Denmark.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Mines Minister Obert Mpofu says security troops are being withdrawn from diamond fields they have occupied after the beleaguered government was threatened with expulsion from the global diamond market.
CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The Australian government struck a deal Tuesday with opposition leaders on a revised carbon emissions trading scheme, clearing the way for the Senate to approve legislation this week.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen decide who should control their umbrella as they wait for the arrival of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall for the Government of Canada concert and reception at the RCMP Depot in Regina, Saskatchewan on May 23, 2012 during the third leg of the 2012 Royal Tour to Canada part of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. UPI Photo /Heinz Ruckemann
