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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Business Day Energy & Environment

Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

Pemex hopes to shed its reputation as a lumbering oil monopoly and to remake itself into a modern company that can compete with the world’s biggest firms.

Economic Pain Looms Large for Iranians in Nuclear Negotiations

President Hassan Rouhani has pledged a bright economic future to follow the lifting of sanctions, but his promises are starting to ring hollow as talks stall.

Clock Is Ticking for Oil and Gas Industry in Britain

After nearly 50 years of production, time is running out to fix and upgrade operations in the North Sea, industry executives and analysts say.

As Abu Dhabi Sizes Up Oil Partners, Western Firms Risk Being Left Out

The emirate has allowed longstanding concessions to major global oil companies to expire, and is considering replacing some of them with partners from Asia and elsewhere.

Biogas, a Low-Tech Fuel With a Big Payoff

Whether at household operations or at industrial facilities, a centuries-old technology is increasingly being used to extract energy from crop waste, kitchen scraps and sewage.

The ‘Russification’ of Oil Exploration

Despite the imposition of sanctions against Russia by the United States and the European Union, Moscow has vowed that drilling will continue.

Beijing Zeroes In on Energy Potential of South China Sea

Much of the muscle-flexing over disputed waters in the region is political. But China is also interested in the oil and natural gas that might lie below the waters.

Generating Power From Tidal Lagoons

Supporters of a proposed facility in Wales say that sea-based arrays could provide as much as 10 percent of Britain’s power within a decade.

Europe Strives to Overcome Its Reliance on Russian Gas

Much of Eastern Europe is vulnerable to cutoffs of gas, oil or coal by Moscow, a situation that has become more urgent with the crisis in Ukraine.

BP Earnings Fall 18% on Lower Oil Prices

The weak results at the Russian state-owned company Rosneft, in which BP holds a 20 percent stake, also contributed to the third-quarter decline.

Lithuania Offers Example of How to Break Russia’s Grip on Energy

A floating factory for converting liquefied natural gas into the burnable variety represents a direct challenge to the Russian way of doing business.

Oil Gives Kurds a Path to Independence, and Conflict With Baghdad

Kurdish officials are desperately trying to sell oil abroad, even as the Iraqi government and the United States are blocking their attempts.

E.U. Greenhouse Gas Deal Falls Short of Expectations

The varied energy needs and capacity of member nations led to concessions and compromises that experts say watered down an agreement meant to pressure other countries at climate talks in 2015.

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The tanker BW Zambesi before sailing to South Korea from Galveston, Tex., in July. The crude aboard was the first unrestricted export of American oil to a country outside of North America in nearly four decades.
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The tanker BW Zambesi before sailing to South Korea from Galveston, Tex., in July. The crude aboard was the first unrestricted export of American oil to a country outside of North America in nearly four decades.

Reversing the Flow of Oil

As production innovations produce a glut, America moves to the once-unthinkable; exporting petroleum.

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