Lithium is a key component of rechargeable batteries, and developing domestic supply is seen as an important step in a broad push for the U.S. to transition to alternative energy sources. In February, ...

BOSTON – A major defense contractor is selling technology to a large oilfield services company that hopes microwaves will someday become a key tool in unlocking the vast but hard-to-extract oil ...

Oil is in the news again. Last week, oil prices touched all-time highs due to Iranian export declines; the chief economist of the International Energy Agency said that high oil prices could cause an ...

Big oil gave another nod to solar last week with GlassPoint Solar’s announcement of $26 million in funding. The Fremont, Calif.-based company, which develops solar technology for use in oil extraction ...

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Jan. 22, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) announced today that it has recently sold its technology for extracting heavy oil to Schlumberger. Details of the ...

The development allows calculating the ideal heating mode to melt oil still preserving the permafrost and protecting the well from destruction MOSCOW, November 20. /TASS/. Specialists of the Perm ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part four in a four-part series. Read part one here, part two here and part three here. Correction: This article has been updated ...