Financial TimesHurricane Energy makes oil discovery west of Shetland IslandsFinancial TimesThe latest find adds to a series of successful wells drilled by Hurricane in a geological formation that analysts say looks likely to be the biggest new oil discover …

NewsweekOil Prices Plunge With US Production SoaringNewsweekAfter spending much of 2016 near multiyear lows, oil prices began to rally in late November as it became clear that OPEC would finally cut production to address a long-standing oil glut. On Nov. 3 …

Los Angeles TimesConstructing a successful oil train resistance movement, in three partsLos Angeles TimesIn December 2013, a couple of neighbors from an upscale residential development on the Central Coast attended a community meeting at a middle school in …

UCSB Designs Success Plan for Transfer Engineering StudentsNoozhawkCalled ESTEEM (Enhancing Success in Transfer Education for Engineering Majors), the program targets promising engineering transfer students, offering scholarship funding, outreach and acade …

Oil cleanup from sunken tug on BC central coast criticized as storm loomsThe Globe and MailWith a storm threatening to disrupt operations, oil-spill response crews have been busy around the clock pumping fuel out of a tug that ran aground on B.C.'s cen …

Engineering firm gets $1.9M for land mine-detecting robotsThe San Luis Obispo TribuneJACKSON, Wyo. — A Jackson Hole engineering firm has secured a $1.9 million federal contract to develop the next generation of land mine-detecting robots. The Jackson Hole …

The San Luis Obispo TribunePhillips 66 oil-by-rail proposal prompts a statewide outcryThe San Luis Obispo TribuneCities, school districts and public officials throughout California have signaled their opposition to a proposed project at the Nipomo Mesa ref …

Rockford Register StarByron Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering team captures state championshipRockford Register StarThe Byron High School WYSE team captured its first state title in the annual WYSE team competition April 15 at the University of Il …

Troy student competes in engineering eventTroy Daily NewsOne of Ohio State Lima's teams, “The Flying Squirrels,” placed first in the Best Engineering and Innovation category out of 35 teams from the Columbus and Lima campuses. In the Best Performance d …

ENGINEERING.comTesla's Powerwall by the NumbersENGINEERING.comWhen Tesla Motors allowed other companies to use its patented technology and later announced the building of the Gigafactory, I had a feeling that Elon Musk had his eye on more than just the …