India's new oil minister reiterated New Delhi's commitment to a multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline from Iran and said talks with Pakistan on the project would resume next week. "We are committed to making the project happen as we need the...

U.S. President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech commitments to making the R&D tax credit permanent, boosting federal R&D funding and improving math and science education are drawing applause from John Engler, president of the...

Italian energy giant ENI said it expected supplies of gas from Russia to return to normal on Jan. 30 after nearly two weeks of shortfalls which have forced Italy to dip into its gas stocks. ENI said in a statement that it expected all 74 million...

The world's biggest energy group, ExxonMobil Corp., said Jan. 30 it reaped record profits of $36.1 billion in 2005 due to sky-high oil and gas prices. Annual profit increase 43% from 2004, while in the last three months of 2005 its earnings surged...

Jim Womack, president of Brookline, Mass.-based Lean Enterprise Institute, wants to set the record straight about a recent Wall Street Journal report that stated, "Just-In-Time Inventories Make U.S. Vulnerable to a Pandemic." ...

Malaysia said Jan. 26 it aims to become the world's top producer of biodiesel amid an aggressive expansion in its palm oil production as demand soars for the alternative fuel...

Innovative auto-components manufacturer brings hope to a hurting industry.

China and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to expand energy cooperation Jan. 23 during a visit by Saudi King Abdullah to the world's fastest growing major oil market. The agreement on "cooperation in oil, natural gas and minerals" was signed...

Bowing to capital markets has made GM and Ford weak, while an internal focus on process improvement and customer satisfaction has made Toyota stronger.

Diesel and hybrid-electric engines are expected to continue their gain in market share through 2014 as fuel prices remain high, according to a study released by the Cleveland-based Freedonia Group Inc...