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.
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.
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.
GALWAY, Ireland, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The Irish government said Thursday it was trying to get ahead of widespread concerns over the country's wind energy objectives.
SINGAPORE, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Interra Resources Ltd., a company based in Singapore, said Thursday it completed development at the Yenangyaung oil field in Myanmar.
NOTTINGHAM, England, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Summer protests against British energy company Cuadrilla Resources left the public wary of hydraulic fracturing, polling data show.
PARIS, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The board of directors managing the planned South Stream gas pipeline for Europe is committed to starting the project in 2015, Gazprom said from France.
HOUSTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Mexico may be ignoring some of the natural gas deposits thought to exist in shale by a lack of investments, a financial review said.
LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron is keeping the country focused on oil and natural gas to the detriment of the environment, an advocacy group said.
HOUSTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- British energy company BP said it was evacuating some of its non-essential personnel from rigs in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a developing storm.
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The European Commission said Thursday is suspects Russian energy company Gazprom abused its position in the European natural gas sector.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- British energy company Spectrum said it aims to survey parts of onshore Lebanon through November to examine its oil and natural gas potential.
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Pipeline company TransCanada said it expects to finish construction of the Gulf Coast oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas by the end of the month.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush (C) points to the crowd as he stands on the first tee box at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on October 3, 2013. UPI/Brian Kersey
