ERBIL, Iraq, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region is moving ever closer to declaring independence, thanks largely to its oil reserves of 45 billion barrels and increasingly close energy links with neighboring Turkey.
JAKARTA, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A new Greenpeace report says that by 2050 green energy could account for 70 percent of the electricity generation for the 10 countries comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. investor Carl Icahn said he wanted in on the "secular changes" in oil transport by wading into the U.S. railway systems.
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A discovery made off Canada's eastern coast in the Flemish Pass basin could hold as much as 600 million barrels of oil, Norwegian energy company Statoil said.
DENVER, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Much of Colorado's oil and natural gas production facilities remain closed because of flooding though environmental damage should be minimal, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Draft legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would facilitate the review of cross-border pipeline projects, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The shale natural gas potential in Argentina is good though the sector may be hampered by the lack of foreign investment, analysts said.
LONDON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Excellent quality reserves were encountered while drilling an appraisal well in the Uytas field in Kazakhstan, Max Petroleum announced.
LONDON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- British energy explorer Tullow Oil announced Thursday it made a new oil discovery while drilling in a reservoir in northern Kenya.
BISMARCK, N.D., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A so-called energy corridor from North Dakota to Minnesota would move oil, natural gas and other forms of energy to major markets, North Dakota's governor said.
TEHRAN, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The Iranian Oil Ministry estimates the country is on the verge of exporting 1.3 million barrels of oil per day, a member of a budget commission said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Manufacturers across the United States saved nearly $1 billion in energy costs under a federal energy-efficient scheme, the Energy Department said.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Israelis are still trying to figure out how to export natural gas from their big offshore fields under the eastern Mediterranean, and their thinking these days seems to be moving along radical lines -- like playing peacemaker.
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The World Bank has approved a $140 million interest-free loan to upgrade an existing power plant in Myanmar, the bank said.
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Provincial officials have called on Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. to stem the environmental impact from a heavy oil seep in Alberta.
ESSEN, Germany, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The sixth wind farm brought online in Poland shows the country is emerging as a success story for renewable energy, German company RWE Innogy said Wednesday.
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Russian energy company Gazprom is in a strategic position to capitalize on the growing natural gas demand from Asian economies, its deputy chairman said.
NIPTON, Calif., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Connecting part of a solar thermal power plant in the California desert to the grid shows how steam impacts renewable energy development, NRG Energy Inc. said.
KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Ukrainian energy sector has diversified to the point that recent spats with Russian suppliers likely won't be repeated, the government said.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Irish government announced it was looking for expert advice in how best to capitalize on its fledgling oil and natural gas sector.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Iranian and Pakistani heads of state discussed natural gas issues on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting, Iran's Oil Ministry said.
MOSCOW, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The acquisition of a stake in a Russian arctic natural gas project from European rivals will help with long-term strategic plans, oil company Rosneft said.
NEW DELHI, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Indian government announced it was taking preliminary steps to give state-run companies access to shale oil and natural gas reserves in the country.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- While parts of the Libyan oil system are returning to production, there are still pieces of the puzzle missing, a European crude oil trader said.
BERLIN, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The results of this week's German federal elections could pave the way for a fix of the European Union's carbon emissions trading scheme, analysts say.
World War II veteran Eugene Morgan of West Memphis, Arkansas, tours the World War II Memorial after members of congress took down barriers to let a group of veterans in to the closed memorial, on October 2, 2013 in Washington, D.C. All national parks and memorials are closed due to the ongoing government shutdown. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
