Chevron Corp. says its third-quarter profit more than doubled on the back of record crude prices this summer. The San Ramon, Calif.-based company, the second-largest U.S. oil company, said Friday it made $7.89 billion, or $3.85 a share, in the three months ended Sept. 30, versus $3.72 billion, or $1.75 per share, at the same [...]
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, is encouraging employees to help the environment as part of its Planet Petrofac campaign.
The price of OPEC crude oil basket rose on Thursday USD 12.79 settling at USD 56.80 per barrel compared to USD 58.31 pb the day before.
How to best recycle electronics is a problem I’ve had to deal with more than a few times at CNET. I have to be honest, during busy work cycles, the garbage bin has looked very appealing as an easy out when an obsolete laptop or graphics card needs discarding. …
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Ford's SmartGauge lets you view a variety of fuel economy information.
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Earlier we reported on the 2010 Ford Fusion, with photos of the model update. Today we have news of the hybrid version of the Fusion and the 2010 Mercury Milan, due to hit dealers in the first quarter of 2009. Both cars get a [...]
The headlong rush to create electric cars for green-minded consumers may come with a significant economic and environmental cost.
Lithium ion batteries–the same used in electronic gadgets and laptops–have become the preferred battery type for plug-in hybrids and electric cars now starting to come to market.
That swelling demand has …
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday said the price of petrol at the pumps in the UK should be coming down faster.
European markets were modestly lower Friday ahead of Wall Street’s open with investors continuing to worry about the global economic outlook despite another interest rate reduction, this time from the Bank of Japan.
World oil prices extended gains on Thursday after an overnight cut in US interest rates lifted expectations of higher energy demand, traders said.
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Click above to watch the latest Paris for President video
Perhaps the Paris for President stunt is getting to be past its sell-by date, but the latest video from the series has made it out to the interwebs anyway. It seems that the heiress got her wish for a [...]