Publication: TCE Today

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Low-cost rotavirus vaccine trial successful

RotaVac is the first rotavirus vaccine to be developed and manufactured in IndiaEach dose costs just US$1Helen TunnicliffeINDIAN firm Bharat Biotech says that Phase III clinical trials of its own rotavirus vaccine, RotaVac, have been successful.Rotavirus ... [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]

Entities: Rotavirus, Vaccine, BHARAT Biotech International Ltd, diarrhea, India

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

United States Government

Japanese, French firms back US LNG plant

The US government will let Sempra export 12m t/y of LNGCameron project due to begin exports 2017Richard JansenA TRIO of Japanese and French companies have agreed to back Sempra Energy’s US$10bn LNG export plant on the coast of Louisiana, US.Mitsui, Mitsubishi ... [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]

Entities: Liquefied Natural Gas, United States Government, Natural Gas, Richard Jansen, Sempra Energy

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Aussie boom not over yet, says Wood Mackenzie

Most of the investment will be inWestern Australia and QueenslandResource companies to invest A$85bn this year aloneRichard JansenAUSTRALIA’S decade-long resources boom is set to last at least another three years, according to consulting firm Wood Ma ... [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]

Entities: Wood Mackenzie, Iron Ore, Australia

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

UK chemicals firms report a dip in confidence

Drop related to general malaise and high energy prices, CIA saysOptimism on sales and employment dropsAdam DuckettTHE UK’s chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors are less optimistic that sales will rise and expect to take on fewer staff in the coming 12 ... [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]

Entities: Chemical, CIA Central Intelligence Agency, United Kingdom

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Arkansas groundwater unaffected by fracking

Drinking water untainted, researcher saysDuke team says risks vary from region to regionRichard JansenA TEAM of US researchers says that is has found no evidence linking shale gas production in the state of Arkansas to groundwater pollution.Shale gas ... [Published TCE Today - May 16 2013]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Gas, Methane, Fayetteville Shale, Drinking Water

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

UK government handed CCS development plan

CCS will be key to maintaining the success of energy-intensive industrySeries of mechanisms needed for industry to succeedAdam DuckettTHE UK’s CCS Cost Reduction Taskforce has set out an action plan for government that it says will, by the end of the ... [Published TCE Today - May 16 2013]

Entities: Carbon Capture & Storage, UK Government, Low-carbon

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Sugar may be key to greener gold

Rising gold prices have made recycling consumer electronics lucrativeRemoves need for cyanide in processingRichard JansenRESEARCHERS at the US’ Northwestern University have uncovered a way to recover gold from raw materials using a simple sugar derived ... [Published TCE Today - May 16 2013]

Entities: Cyanide, Sugar, Inorganic, Precipitate

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

EU raids oil companies on price-fixing claims

The inspections "are a preliminary step” of an investigationBP, Shell and Statoil among those inspectedRichard JansenTHE European Commission has carried out unannounced inspections of offices belonging to oil companies including Shell, BP, Statoil and ... [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]

Entities: Price-Fixing, Platts, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, BP plc, Statoil ASA

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Resource regulation failing the world’s poor

"Improved governance is the development challenge of this decade"Calls to ensure multinationals don’t add to problemAdam DuckettTHE lives of more than a billion citizens could be improved if the governments of resource-rich nations managed their oil, ... [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]

Entities: Revenue Watch Institute, Daniel Kaufmann, Index, Equatorial Guinea, Turkmenistan

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Preventing coffee rings with bacteria

The effect is due to the faster drying time of a droplet of liquid on the edgeBiosurfactants ensure even distribution of particlesHelen TunnicliffeTHE ‘coffee-ring effect,’ seen when a dried stain such as wine or coffee has a thicker outer rim, could ... [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]

Entities: Bacteria, Coffee, Evaporation

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

IEA foresees ‘supply shock’ from US oil boom

The IEA says North America will be a net oil exported by 2030Rising output to have same impact as China growthRichard JansenTHE International Energy Agency (IEA) says that surging North American oil production is poised to shake up the global energy market ... [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]

Entities: International Energy Agency, OECD, Richard Jansen, Maria van der Hoeven

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Aussie budget harms CCS efforts

Depressed carbon price bites CCS funding effortsSwan seeks to boost education and skillsAdam DuckettTHE Australian government has backtracked on its commitment to invest in carbon capture and storage, as treasurer Wayne Swan seeks to boost economic growth ... [Published TCE Today - May 14 2013]

Entities: Carbon Capture & Storage, Wayne Swan, Carbon, Taxes, Australia

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"The outlook for the next three years confirms the strength of the Australian resource sector, as we see investments being made based on decisions taken during the boom years,” says Chris GrahamGraham WoodWood Mackenzie’s head of upstream research for the region, adding that the company expects gas investment to peak at A$50bn in 2014."

Aussie boom not over yet, says Wood Mackenzie [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]

...is very different from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale,” he says, explaining that far from contradicting the earlier studies, the Arkansas study "suggests that variations in local and regional geology play major roles in determining the possible risk of groundwater impacts from shale gas development."

Arkansas groundwater unaffected by fracking [Published TCE Today - May 16 2013]

The inspections "are a preliminary step” of an investigation"

EU raids oil companies on price-fixing claims [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]

"The other techniques people use require an HPLC on the order of US$50,000 and the yields are relatively low. Or an ultracentrifuge that takes 12–20 hours to separate out the different metals from semiconductors, and it's tricky and cumbersome" says NIST researcher Jeffrey Fagan...

A new old way to purify carbon nanotubes [Published TCE Today - May 02 2013]

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Japanese, French firms back US LNG plant [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]
Low-cost rotavirus vaccine trial successful [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]
Aussie boom not over yet, says Wood Mackenzie [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]
UK chemicals firms report a dip in confidence [Published TCE Today - May 17 2013]
UK government handed CCS development plan [Published TCE Today - May 16 2013]
Sugar may be key to greener gold [Published TCE Today - May 16 2013]
Arkansas groundwater unaffected by fracking [Published TCE Today - May 16 2013]
Resource regulation failing the world’s poor [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]
Preventing coffee rings with bacteria [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]
IEA foresees ‘supply shock’ from US oil boom [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]
EU raids oil companies on price-fixing claims [Published TCE Today - May 15 2013]
UK Radball enlisted in clean up of Fukushima [Published TCE Today - May 14 2013]
Japan-Taiwan JV wins Qatar refinery contract [Published TCE Today - May 14 2013]
Elan launches US$1bn pharma royalty deal [Published TCE Today - May 14 2013]
Aussie budget harms CCS efforts [Published TCE Today - May 14 2013]
Silver promises clean, safe water for US$2/y [Published TCE Today - May 13 2013]
Manchester scoops second Macnab-Lacey prize [Published TCE Today - May 13 2013]
Canada seeks profit from oil sands emissions [Published TCE Today - May 13 2013]
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GSK and Merck to provide cheap cancer vaccine [Published TCE Today - May 10 2013]
BASF licenses renewable butanediol technology [Published TCE Today - May 10 2013]
Petronas buys 40% share in Brazil oil blocks [Published TCE Today - May 09 2013]
Exxon and Statoil in US$4bn Gulf of Mexico JV [Published TCE Today - May 09 2013]
Blow to Polish shale as more firms pull out [Published TCE Today - May 09 2013]
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