Bangkok PostOversupply saps sales of palm oil fruitBangkok PostA decline in the price of palm oil fruit was not caused by market manipulation but an oversupply, the Commerce Ministry says. Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, chief of the Department of Internal Trade, sa …

Iraqi firefighters battle to tame IS oil well firesBangkok PostAlong with oil engineers and police officers, firefighters have been working around-the-clock to extinguish more than a dozen wells lit by Islamic State group jihadists in August. IS fighters s …

Oil taking on green sheenBangkok PostWith the price of crude in the doldrums, "the priority for oil companies is creating value" said Jerome Sabathier, head of the economics department at IFPEN, a French government body that supports research int …

OPEC says climate effort won't quench oil thirstBangkok PostEach year OPEC releases a report that looks at how the energy market will evolve in the coming two decades, and Tuesday's report slashed estimates of coal and gas use due to efforts to lim …

Deal with oil giant helps near-extinct whale recoverBangkok PostSoon after, a deal was struck, whereby loans to Russia's Sakhalin Energy were restricted unless the oil company paid for a panel of marine scientists to advise its offshore operations. The …

Bangkok PostCheap oil means fewer nose jobsBangkok PostOil slumps. Middle Eastern patients cancel treatments abroad. Thai hospital stocks slide. It's the butterfly effect in action. Weak growth outlooks in the Gulf states are prompting greater competit …

wwlp.comMiddle schooler gets more mobility thanks to engineering studentswwlp.comWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – An East Tipp Middle School student who has used a prosthetic leg almost all his life has more mobility thanks to some Purdue University engineeri …

Palm oil giants lose rights to forest landBangkok PostLarge palm oil companies will lose their lucrative access to forest areas after the Royal Forest Department announced it would not renew plantation concessions. Deputy director-general Somchai Masathian …

wwlp.comUMass receiving grant for transfer engineering studentswwlp.comAMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to support students transferring from community college …

The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)Uganda's farmers battle palm oil Goliaths for land | Bangkok Post: newsBangkok PostThe palm oil project is being carried out by Oil Palm Uganda, a subsidiary of local food producer Bidco Uganda. Bidco …