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ASU Scientists Have Reported Advances Toward Perfecting a Functional Artificial Leaf

Mar 3, 2014

In a recent early online edition of Nature Chemistry, ASU scientists, along with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory, have reported advances toward perfecting a functional artificial leaf. Designing an artificial leaf that uses ...

Tags: Chemicals, Nature Chemistry, Hydrogen

Carbon Dioxide, Heat and Odor-That Attract Mosquitoes to Humans

Mar 1, 2014

It may seem like mosquitoes will bite anything with a pulse, but they're actually quite strategic in picking their victims. A new study from The Rockefeller University looked at the interaction of different sensory cues—carbon ...

Tags: Electronics, CO2

Lye Acts as Strong Base Formed with Solution of Sodium Hydroxide in Water I.E. NaOH in H2O

Feb 28, 2014

Caustic soda or sodium hydroxide or lye is that chemical from which it is impossible to get rid of. May be only heard the name in your chemistry classes during experiments with bases, but just have a look on the labels of cleaning agents ...

Tags: Caustic soda, chlorine production, needs more precautions

South Texas' Giant Eagle Ford Shale Was The Best Asset for Big US Upstream Operator EOG

Feb 27, 2014

South Texas' giant Eagle Ford Shale was the best asset for big US upstream operator EOG Resources in 2013 and will again drive oil growth this year, the company's CEO said Tuesday. Last year Houston-based EOG focused on improving well ...

Tags: Eagle Ford, Oil Growth

UK Government:There Is Much Greater Opportunity in Developing The North Sea's Oil and Gas

Feb 26, 2014

The UK government believes there is much greater opportunity in developing the North Sea's remaining oil and gas resources than in the fledgling onshore shale gas sector, and plans to implement speedily recommendations laid out in a final ...

Tags: Shale Gas, North Sea Investment

Fuel Ethanol Fuel Ethanol Traders Swamped Freight Market with Inquiries

Feb 26, 2014

Fuel ethanol traders have swamped the freight market with inquiries for westbound transatlantic rates as multi-year low prices in Rotterdam have prompted interest in exports to Brazil, where stocks could fall to razor-thin levels before the ...

Tags: Ethanol Exports, Chemicals

Vivergo Fuels Has Steadily Increased Output in Recent Months

Feb 26, 2014

Vivergo Fuels, the biggest UK ethanol producer by capacity, said Monday it has steadily increased output in recent months, adding that a combination of oversupply in the European market and limited seasonal demand had led to lower prices. ...

Tags: Ethanol Production, EU Market

National Governments Have to Inform The EC Every Two Years of Energy Projects

Feb 25, 2014

The European Commission is to report by 2017 if governments should be required to notify it of planned gas, oil and coal extraction projects and small renewable energy projects under amended EU rules adopted late Thursday by EU ministers ...

Tags: EU Gas, Oil, Coal

Bangladesh Petroleum Corp Has Submitted a Formal Request to The National Board of Revenue

Feb 25, 2014

State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp has submitted a formal request to the National Board of Revenue seeking a waiver from local taxes, value added taxes and other duties imposed on refined oil product imports, in order to borrow less from ...

Tags: Petroleum, Tax Waivers, Oil Product

US Propane and Propylene Stocks Fell 1.2 Million Barrels to 26.71 Million Barrels

Feb 24, 2014

US propane and propylene stocks fell 1.2 million barrels to 26.71 million barrels for the reporting week ended February 14, Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. Gulf Coast stocks saw a draw of 533,000 barrels to fall to ...

Tags: Propane, Propylene

Spot Sales Amount to an Average of 25% of Australian Coal Majors' Books in 2013

Feb 24, 2014

Around a quarter of Australian metallurgical coal is sold on a spot basis following a significant increase in production and the fact that the primary buyer, China, prefers short-term pricing, an analysis of Platts data and a survey of ...

Tags: Coal Market, Spot Pricing

US Crude Stocks Rose 1 Million Barrels Last Week

Feb 24, 2014

US crude stocks rose 1 million barrels last week, just over half of what analysts were expecting, as a drop in refinery run rates was partly offset by a decrease in US imports, according to data released Thursday by the US Energy ...

Tags: Crude Stocks, Chemicals

A JYD Survey of 36 of The Refineries Found They Consumed 5.14 Million Mt of Merey Crude

Feb 24, 2014

China's recent move to digitally tag fuel cargoes to clamp down on the widespread practice of declaring crude purchases as fuel oil to evade taxes is already seen to be curbing demand for heavy Venezuelan Merey crude from teapot refiners in ...

Tags: Curbing Demand, Tax Change

The Australia Pacific LNG Project Is Currently Around 60% Complete

Feb 24, 2014

The Australia Pacific LNG project is currently around 60% complete and remains on track to deliver its first cargo in mid-2015, joint venture partner Origin Energy said Thursday. Origin is the upstream operator of the coalseam gas-based ...

Tags: Pacific LNG, Chemicals

The Second Regulatory Obstacle Encountered by Indonesian Coal Exporters This Year

Feb 24, 2014

Indonesian thermal coal exporters are now required to produce a certificate clearing the miner to produce coal before they ship material overseas, a government official said. The latest move is the second regulatory obstacle encountered ...

Tags: Coal Exporters, Regulatory Hurdle

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