Energy & Fuels

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (UPI) — U.N. inspectors Thursday visited an Iranian nuclear power plant that Tehran didn’t disclosed until September, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
The visit to the facility near Qom was the second for IAEA inspectors, coming a day after Iran’s foreign minister rejected a critical portion of a draft agreement to allay [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) — U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 0.9 million barrels in the week ending Nov. 13, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday.
Crude inventories fell to 336.8 million barrels during the week with levels slightly above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year.
Gasoline inventories decreased by [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 17 (UPI) — A natural gas shortage could be in the offing for European Union countries, despite a deal with Russia to prevent sudden energy cutoffs, a Slovak official says.
At a bilateral meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said he couldn’t get assurances that a gas crisis [...]

BEIJING, Nov. 17 (UPI) — U.S. and Chinese Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao announced Tuesday a package of measures designed to strengthen U.S.-Chinese cooperation on clean energy.
Hu said the two countries’ corresponding officials signed agreements to enhance “cooperation on climate change, energy and environment.”
First, a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center will be established, the [...]

Sen. Jim Webb, D-VA, speaks to the America Nuclear Society about the future of nuclear energy in the U.S. during a conference in Washington on November 16, 2009. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
Date Taken: November 16, 2009