After spending two years on Beijing's monthly ballot for car license plates, seen as the best way of curbing traffic congestion in the capital, my neighbor Jiao Wen finally decided to go electric to avoid what was starting to look like long ...
Tags: EV Sector, electric vehicle
HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced an agreement as part of a Federal District court order today with the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) and the Commonwealth of ...
The US extended the delivery window on its sale Friday of 5 million barrels of Strategic Petroleum Reserve sour crude to May 10 from the original April 1-30, according to an amendment to the sale posted on the SPR website. A second ...
Tags: imported oil, SPR crude
A new report released by NRMA Motoring & Services has shown Australia’s reliance on imported transport fuel has risen from 60 per cent in 2000 to 91 per cent in 2013, putting immense pressure on Australia’s liquid fuel security ...
Tags: imported transport fuel, medicine supplies, electric vehicles
The US Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is set to offer nearly $8m in grants under the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program for the purchase or conversion of alternative fuel vehicles. School districts, municipal ...
As China's economy increase slows, the United States' demand growth for oil outstripped China's last year for the first time since 1999, according to the Paris-based International Energy Agency. According to an IEA report, US oil demand ...
Tags: Oil Demand, Mineral
US crude oil production will come close to its record high by 2016 as the energy boom continues to reshape the US economy, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday in a new report. Domestic crude oil production will grow ...
U.S. crude oil production will come close to its record high by 2016 as the energy boom continues to reshape the U.S. economy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday in a new report. Domestic crude oil production ...
Tags: Oil Production, Energy
U.S. crude-oil futures dropped to a four-month low Wednesday after government data showed inventories rose more than expected last week. The Energy Information Administration said crude oil stocks rose by 4.1 million barrels, compared ...
Tags: crude oil, Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
A ban on State purchases of vegetable oil processed from imported rapeseeds is to protect domestic farmers' economic interests and does not mean the government is concerned about the safety of genetically modified food, an industry insider ...
Tags: Oil, Agriculture, Food, vegetable oil
Media reports of China surpassing the United States as the world's biggest oil importer as shown by data from a U.S. government agency were somewhat overrated, experts said. Recently published data by the U.S. Energy Information ...
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology will participate in a three-year, $6 million National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored consortium to address strategic national security priorities. The goal of the collaborative effort is ...
Tags: Renewable Chemicals, Mines
China's biggest energy firm PetroChina (0857.HK) will join Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) in developing Iraq's giant West Qurna oilfield and is in talks with Russia's Lukoil (LKOH.MM) to buy into a second project at the field, industry sources said. ...
Tags: PetroChina, Iraqi Oilfield
China's net oil imports are very likely to exceed those of the US by October this year on a monthly basis and by 2014 on an annual basis, making China the largest net oil importer in the world, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) ...
Tags: Net Oil Importer, imported oil
Canadian distributor Market Solutions International, which services the oil sands region of Canada, recently purchased 100% recycled STRUXURE® Construction Mats from AXION. The 16 ft long mats are to be used in Northern Alberta as a ...