The "most likely longer-term solution" to U.S. sugar surpluses could involve converting the sugar to ethanol in the United States and Mexico, a U.S. sugar industry group said yesterday. "The U.S.

In the largest agreement ever reached with oil refiners for clean air violations, BP Amoco and privately-held Koch Petroleum Group will pay $14.5 million in fines and spend $580 million in facility

The Thai-Malaysian joint venture gas development project will put Thailand at a disadvantage and expose local residents and their property to danger, according to a research study.Local people living

Turkey has decided to drop a controversial multibillion dollar project for the country's first nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit announced, citing financial

The Venezuelan government said Wednesdayit will allow private companies to drill for oil in the Essequibo territory-the latest move in an escalating dispute over the mineral-rich region claimed by

Almost one thousand Chana district (Thailand) residents yesterday gathered to show their support for the Thai-Malay gas pipeline and refinery project, which they believe will bring prosperity to this

Opponents of two coal-fired power plants in Prachuap Khiri Khan called on the Japan Bank for International Co-operation yesterday not to support the projects.Three representatives of the opponents,

Like their European counterparts, Indian scientists have also commenced work on a new way of tapping nuclear energy, terminating chain reaction at a sub-critical level, according to Dr. S.S. Kapoor,

Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc(TEPCO) said yesterday it has started to manually shut down a 1.1 gigawatt(gW) nuclear reactor after detecting an increase in iodine in water inside the

Russia flexed its muscles in the Caspian Sea as three of its largest oil and gas companies formed a consortium to explore for oil. A significant Caspian oil discovery was also