The U.S. is funding research to breed better sorghum plants using sensor-laden drones and data mining. Next month, a team of researchers will load one small aerial drone and two ground drones with sensors and release them on a field planted with hundreds of varieties of sorghum.
EMC has won a multi-year contract with a global oilfield services company to provide mission-critical satellite broadband communications for its vessels worldwide.
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico, April 22 (Reuters) - Mexican state
oil giant Pemex said on Friday that the death toll from a
petrochemical plant blast in the southeastern oil hub of
Coatzacoalcos had risen to 28, in the latest fatal accident to
befall the beleaguered company.
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 22 (Reuters) - Samarco Mineração SA
has not adopted measures to stop the leaking of mine tailings as
required by a court after a deadly dam burst, a prosecutor said
on Friday, an allegation that could delay the miner's return to
operations.
HOUSTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Harold Hamm, chief executive
of shale oil producer Continental Resources Inc and Mitt
Romney's 2012 energy adviser, endorsed U.S. presidential
candidate Donald Trump on Friday, saying he has the "fortitude
to make tough decisions."
NEW YORK, April 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on
Friday put off making a decision on SunEdison Inc's
request for an independent examiner at the company's first day
in court.
CALGARY, Alberta, April 22 (Reuters) - The Canadian province
of Quebec suspended its request for an injunction against
TransCanada Corp's Energy East pipeline on Friday after
the company agreed to undergo a provincial environmental
assessment.
TORONTO, April 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index
edged lower on Friday, slightly reducing this week's gains as
gold stocks dragged, while higher oil prices supported energy
stocks.
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