Shell, Mitsubishi start work on gas JV
Source: Times of Oman
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-05-24 06:01:39 -0700 | green-news
11 am Baghdad : Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi started operations at a $17-billion joint venture to capture gas from some of Iraq's largest oil fields. The Basrah Gas project, the biggest of its kind, captures so-called associated gas flared...
Iraqi immigrant wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Source: Los Angeles Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-15 14:55:15 -0700 | green-news
During his 30-year reign in Iraq , Saddam Hussein repeatedly plunged the country into war, even transforming an ancestral marshland some say is the "historical" Garden of Eden into a battleground. To punish political enemies, Hussein built canals with names...
Iraqi Kurds urge US neutrality in oil dispute
Source: Taiwan News
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-12 16:29:22 -0700 | green-news
Iraq's northern Kurdish region is pressing the Obama administration to remain neutral in a sensitive dispute with the Iraqi central government over whether the region can export oil and gas without Baghdad's approval.
Grappling with Iraq's electricity problems
Source: BBC
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-11 17:34:50 -0700 | green-news
But all of that will soon be history, according to the Ministry of Electricity. "Fourteen gas turbine stations are being built in addition to four new ones that are already generating power," said ministry spokesman Musaab Mudarres. "We will enter...
Turkish firms discover oil reserves in northern Iraq
Source: Turkish Press
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-10 22:17:36 -0700 | green-news
Genel Energy, one of the companies, said two Turkish firms operating in Iraq, Genel Energy and Petoil, have discovered oil reserves in Chia Surkh oil field of the northern Iraq. Preliminary drilling found out the potential of oil reserve quite...
Pipeline through Ancient Babylon
Posted by: Adrian Holman
al H̨illah :: Iraq | updated 2012-07-27 15:28:16 -0700 | green-news
The ancient Babylonian Empire once held one of the 'Seven Wonders of the World,' the Hanging Gardens of King Nebuchadnezzar during the 6th century BC. Over the centuries, the Iraqis have preserved the ancient city of Babylon as an archaeological...
Shell, Mitsubishi to sign Iraqi gas deal
Source: United Press International
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2012-01-22 21:41:59 -0800 | business-news
A spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry said a deal with Shell and Mitsubishi for natural gas development in the south of the country would be signed next week. Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi Corp....
Iraqi Cabinet Approves Royal Dutch Shell’s Natural Gas Contract
Source: Newyork Times
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-01-19 06:18:12 -0800 | business-news
Iraq 's cabinet approved a multibillion-dollar contract on Tuesday for Royal Dutch Shell , the Anglo-Dutch energy giant, to collect the vast amount of natural gas emitted, and currently burned off, as oil is pumped to the surface at three...
Huge solar power plants are blooming in California's southern deserts
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-12-27 00:23:11 -0800 | technology-news
At first glance, California's vast Mojave Desert seems barren: mile after mile of dust, sand and scrubby creosote bush under a blistering sun. But the huge desert, which spans an area larger than West Virginia, is becoming speckled with gigantic...
Heritage Oil starts drilling in Iraq
Source: United Press International
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-10-09 02:05:21 -0700 | political-news
Independent energy company Heritage Oil announced it started drilling its Miran West-3 well in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Heritage said operations at Marin West-3 were initiated with the goal of appraising reserves. The start of the drilling represents the...
Gisele Bundchen: Robin Hood Gala with Tom Brady!
Source: Just Jared
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-11-02 12:51:09 -0700 | entertainment-news
20 am Gisele Bundchen and husband Tom Brady come out to support the 2011 Robin Hood Foundation Annual Gala on Monday (May 9) at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in NYC. The soiree raised funds to benefit programs used to...
Solar Updates Marines' Arsenal
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-07-11 06:27:42 -0700 | business-news
Marines recently conducted a remarkable three-week patrol through southern Afghanistan, replacing hundreds of pounds of spare batteries in their packs with roll-up solar panels the size of placemats to power their battle gear...The Marine Corps is addressing a paradox confronting...
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