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Japan Commits to Cutting Iranian Oil Imports
Japan and South Korea are among the countries contemplating requests from the United States to reduce or cut ties with Iran’s banking and energy sectors. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner received a partial commitment Thursday in Tokyo from...
Analysts Say a Possible European Union Embargo on Iranian Oil May Contribute to a Potentially Dangerous Standoff
Analysts say a possible European Union embargo on Iranian oil may do little to get Tehran to cooperate on its nuclear program, and could possibly contribute to a potentially dangerous standoff with the Middle Eastern nation.
Sunlight And Bunker Oil a Fatal Combination for Pacific Herring
The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, devastating a commercially and ecologically important species for nearly two years, reports a new study...
Nigeria Loses Over $1b Monthly to Oil Theft
Nigeria loses more than $1 billion monthly to oil theft, Captain Warredi Enisuoh, the Director, Maritime Safety and Seafarers Standard, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) lamented during a lecture in Abuja on Wednesday.
Building a Full-scale Model of a Trapped Oil Reservoir in a Laboratory
Getting trapped oil out of porous layers of sandstone and limestone is a tricky and costly operation for energy exploration companies the world over. But now, University of Alberta researchers have developed a way to replicate oil-trapping rock layers...
What Next for Libya?
Libyan Colonel Gaddafi’s 42 year brutal reign is over, but the future looks murky for a country primarily known for exporting oil and terrorism. One thing is for certain – international oil companies will be packing out flights to Tripoli to cut deals...
Kenya And Saudi Arabia Deepen Energy Ties
Saudi Arabia is one of the leading oil exporters to Kenya and seemingly unconcerned about recent oil finds there.
Rocky Start for Uganda’s Oil Sector
Uganda has yet to produce a single barrel of oil, but with three senior ministers accused of accepting bribes from oil companies and the government seemingly ill-prepared for imminent large-scale oil production, the phrase “resource curse” is already...
