12-05-11 A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up（吸收） oil in water with unparalleled（无比的） efficiency has been developed with help from computational simulations performed at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Carbon n...

12-05-07 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged India to buy less oil from sanctions-hit Iran. 美国国务卿希拉里克林顿敦促印度少从伊朗进口石油。 In a stop in Calcutta, she commended energy-starved India for working to lower purchases of Iranian oil a...

12-04-05 Defying thousands of years of conventional wisdom, scientists are reporting that it is possible for water to float on oil, a discovery they say has important potential applications in cleaning up oil spills that threaten seashores and fisheries. The...

12-03-27 Compelling（引人注目的） evidence of the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea corals will be published online in the Early Edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week beginning March 26. Th...

12-03-24 Hi, everybody. I'm speaking to you this week from a factory in Petersburg, Virginia, where they're bringing on more than 100 new workers to build parts for the next generation of jet engines. It's a story that's happening more frequently across the...

12-03-21 Since the explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, scientists have been working to understand the impact that this disaster has had on the environment. For months, crude oil gushed into the water at...

12-03-03 Hello, everybody. In the State of the Union, I laid out three areas we need to focus on if we're going to build an economy that lasts: new American manufacturing, new skills and education for American workers, and new sources of American-made energy...

12-03-02 Crude oil prices have hit a 43-month high after reports that a pipeline exploded in Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil producer. 世界上最大的石油生产国，沙特阿拉伯的一条输油管道发生爆炸，原油价格因此上升至近43个月以来最高点。 Brent crude jumped $...

12-02-21 The price of oil has reached its highest level since June last year due to rising tensions over Iran's nuclear programme. 受伊朗核计划局势持续紧张的影响，石油价格达到自去年六月以来最高点。 Benchmark US light crude rose 1.7% to $105.01 a barrel and b...

12-02-21 The US and Mexico have agreed to work together to develop deep-water oil and gas fields that straddle their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico. 美国与墨西哥同意共同开采墨西哥湾横跨双方海域边界地区的深水油气资源。 Both countries said the deal woul...