Energy Resources

Shell has agreed to sell LNG to China; Turkey will ship oil to Israel, India; Ukraine's Naftogaz will repay Russia.

With the recent election coloring Congress an even darker shade of blue, the intensity of green legislation is expected to follow suit -- a projection Democratic lawmakers are eager to confirm.

BEIJING, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Officials with the Russian pipeline company Transneft arrived in China Monday to hold talks on billions of dollars in loans in exchange for crude supplies.

SANTA COLOMA DE GRAMENET, Spain, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The city of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, is now getting much of its power from solar panels set up in the graveyard.

TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Iran said Monday it would call for additional production cuts to control prices during the next meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

SYDNEY, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The minister for environment and climate change in the Australian state of New South Wales announced a new solar feed-in tariff.

PARIS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A French energy consulting firm said Monday the global financial meltdown may impact planned investments in the energy infrastructure in Europe.

BATAAN, Philippines, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The Philippine Senate is facing opposition from Greenpeace on its plans to recommission the Bataan nuclear plant.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A European plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewables and energy efficiency builds on a common plan, the European energy commissioner said.

BERLIN, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The German automobile industry has finally decided to push innovation regarding electric and hybrid cars.

Iraq's Oil Ministry made good on a pledge last month to turn around a four-month decline in oil exports as Iraqi oil starts fetching less than $60 a barrel.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Integrity Project released the names of the 50 facilities that release the most mercury emissions.

Two companies developing oil fields in Iraq's Kurdistan region received approval from Baghdad to tie in to the northern Iraq pipeline, a company official said.

MOSCOW, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The Russian shareholders behind the integrated oil firm TNK-BP may seize control of the firm amid the departure of scores of foreign staffers, officials said.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- With more U.S. offshore wind projects being approved, parts are putting some projects on hold.