BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Argentina's record crops of soybean have caused dismay among corn and sunflower growers who see the government's emphasis on lucrative soybean exports as a potential blow to their agricultural crops, essential to food security.
MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Russia has served notice it may cut its crude oil supplies to Eastern Europe because of Ukrainian demands for higher transit fees, officials said.
MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The inauguration of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline eases the dependence on transit nations, the Russian prime minister said Tuesday.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Russian energy giant Gazprom signed a contract to increase the volume of gas it purchases from Uzbekistan starting in 2010, the company said.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Oklahoma's Chesapeake Energy Marketing announced it reached a deal with Spectra Energy Corp. to support a natural gas network for New York City consumers.
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Russian energy giant Gazprom reached agreements on the terms of natural gas supplies for China with a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corp.
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- South Korea's carbon dioxide emissions increased 2.9 percent -- totaling 620 million tons -- in 2007, the government announced Monday, Xinhua reports.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Iraq established a special committee to find a way forward to settle disputes following the Iranian seizure of an oil well in Maysan province, officials said.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The gross domestic product tied to oil production in Saudi Arabia dropped more than 6 percent in 2009 because of price and output strains, the government said.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Heritage Aviation announced it installed its first wind turbine and solar power system at Burlington International Airport in Vermont.
STAVANGER, Norway, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An $870 million investment in the infrastructure associated with the Snorre oil and gas field contributes to production goals in the North Sea, Statoil said.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. and Gas Authority of India Ltd. could take a 12.5-percent stake in a Chinese gas pipeline in the Bay of Bengal.
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Ukraine has the infrastructure in place to ensure the secure transport of crude oil to Eastern European states, a top Ukrainian adviser said.
MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Russia is planning to double its intake of natural gas from Azerbaijan in a potential challenge to European efforts to engage the Eurasian nation in the independent Nabucco gas pipeline network.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The days of the conventional electricity power grid are numbered and business opportunity, pragmatisim and the need to better monitor both use and users of electricity have combined to raise the prospect of a multibillion industry growing worldwide.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Pro-Kurdish demonstrators clashed with riot police in southeast Turkey following an uproar over the arrest of backers of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party.
BEIJING, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- China adopted an amendment to its renewable energy law Saturday that requires utilities to buy all the power produced by generators of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Bulgarian contracts for natural gas supplies from Russia should not be tied to deals with regional pipeline networks, the Bulgarian energy minister said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Turkish pipeline company BOTAS lost more than $200 million since the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline went into operation, reports said.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- New Delhi is backing away from embracing the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline because of differences with Pakistan, sources said.
HANOI, Vietnam, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Vietnamese officials called for an increase in the volume of trade with Iran as part of a bilateral trade agreement focusing on oil and gas.
MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Payouts from Russian energy giant Gazprom for 2009 are at historic lows, prompting analysts to warn against buying up corporate shares.
SARAKHS, Iran, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Iranian officials attended the launch for the connection of a natural gas pipeline in Iran to tap reserves in neighboring Turkmenistan.
TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Iraq does not intend to harm its relations with neighboring Iran as both sides move toward border talks following a well seizure, Iranian media says.
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Ukrainian government restructured embattled gas company Naftogaz from a state-owned company into a joint-stock company in public hands, Kiev announced.
A soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, places a flag at a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
