Evanston IL (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 For decades, researchers around the world have searched for alternatives to iridium, an extremely rare, incredibly expensive metal used in the production of clean hydrogen fuels. Now, a powerful new tool has found one - within a single afternoon. Invented and developed at Northwestern University, that tool is called a megalibrary. The world's first nanomaterial "data factory," each m| Oil and Gas News
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 A joint research team from POSTECH and Seoul National University has identified a novel oxide that produces large amounts of hydrogen using only heat, eliminating carbon emissions. The discovery, achieved through advanced computational screening, was recently reported in Advanced Science. Led by Professor Hyungyu Jin and Dr. Dongkyu Lee of POSTECH with Professor In-Ho Jung and Dr. Joonhyun| Oil and Gas News
Beijing (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 China said Tuesday it had rejected a protest lodged by Japan over the development of gas fields in disputed waters of the East China Sea. Tokyo's foreign ministry said late Monday it had confirmed that Beijing was setting up drilling rigs in the area - where the two countries' exclusive economic zones (EEZ) claims overlap. It said it had "issued a strong protest" to the Chinese emba| Oil and Gas News
Oslo (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Climate and pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, on Friday temporarily blocked access to Norway's central bank and occupied the headquarters of the country's largest bank in protest at their Israeli and fossil fuel investments. The actions in Oslo were part of a civil disobedience campaign intended to last around 10 days, with the aim of influencing parliamentary election| Oil and Gas News
Oslo (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 - Greta Thunberg and more than 100 more climate activists blocked Oslo's main avenue and a bank branch on Thursday to demand Norway shutter its oil industry, police and organisers said. The ac| Oil and Gas Daily
Oslo (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 - The Norwegian state and environmental groups face off in court again Thursday over three oil fields ruled illegal last year due to insufficient environmental impact studies.| Oil and Gas Daily
Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 - /> A South African court has refused environmental authorisation for planned offshore drilling by French energy giant TotalEnergies near the foot of Africa, in a ruling seen by AFP Thursday. T| Oil and Gas Daily
Frankfurt, Germany Aug 13, 2025 Germany's conservative-led government has launched a drive to rapidly build more gas-fired power plants, fuelling fears about climate policy backsliding and sparking unease even within its own ranks. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition has made reviving Europe's struggling top economy a priority and argues that reliable and affordable energy supplies are crucial for the country's manufactu| Oil and Gas News
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 7, 2025 The United States on Thursday doubled its bounty for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million, ramping up pressure on the authoritarian leader that began during the first Trump administration. The U.S. Departments of State and Justice announced the increased reward, stating that the fortune will go to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and/or conviction of Maduro| Oil and Gas News
Geneva (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 - Environmental NGOs are raising concerns about the growing presence of petrochemical industry lobbyists at talks to forge a global treaty to combat plastic pollution.| Oil and Gas Daily
Maputo (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have multiplied their attacks in the past weeks, causing mass displacements ahead of the possible resumption of construction on TotalEnergies' huge natural gas project in the region.| Oil and Gas Daily
Darvaza, Turkmenistan (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - People go to the Gateway to Hell gas crater in the middle of the Turkmenistan desert expecting an angry cauldron but are now coming away unimpressed.| Oil and Gas Daily
Wellington (AFP) July 31, 2025 - New Zealand's government voted Thursday to open the country for new oil and gas exploration, reversing a ban put in place under former prime minister Jacinda Ardern.| Oil and Gas Daily
Oslo (AFP) July 30, 2025 - As teenagers in Norway, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen and his younger cousin Vebjorn Bjelland Berg survived a mass shooting together - a trauma that united them.| Oil and Gas Daily
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 5, 2025 - Eight OPEC+ nations on Saturday agreed to increase their crude oil production by 548,000 barrels per day starting in August.| Oil and Gas Daily
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Brussels, Belgium (AFP) July 29, 2025 - The EU is promising colossal new US fossil fuel purchases under its trade deal with President Donald Trump, raising concerns for the bloc's climate fight - should the mammoth pledges come true.| Oil and Gas Daily
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 - A Ukrainian drone attack killed a mother and her toddler in a Russian border region on Wednesday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv launched a major overnight barrage that set an oil refinery ablaze and targeted a nuclear facility.| Oil and Gas Daily