ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

India to offer BHP Billiton incentives to keep oil and gas blocks?

Dec 11, 2013 (UPI)

India is trying to convince mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. to stay invested in the country, and may offer a partnership with state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Cor...

Showdown on Iraqi Kurds' oil, gas is looming

Dec 11, 2013 (UPI)

The thorny dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's oil riches is likely to heat up in the weeks ahead, aggravating tensions in a flashpoint region at a time when al-Qaid...

Isolux Corsan To Build 172 km of High Voltage Lines In Kuwait

Dec 10, 2013 (SPX)

Isolux Corsan has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of 172 km of 300 kV transmission lines in Kuwait. It will be the fir...

Canada to claim North Pole: minister

Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)

Canada signalled intentions to claim the North Pole and surrounding Arctic waters while announcing Monday the filing of a UN application seeking to vastly expan...

Putin orders military to boost Arctic presence

Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's military on Tuesday to step up its presence in the Arctic after Canada signalled it planned to claim the North Pole an...

Greensmith Energy offers Turn-key energy storage systems up to megawatt scale

Dec 10, 2013 (SPX)

Greensmith Energy Management Systems is a leading provider of energy storage technologies and solutions with over 30 systems deployed utilizing its advanced, ba...

Pentagon chief affirms Qatar, US defence ties

Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)

Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel reaffirmed US military ties with Qatar on Tuesday, during a regional tour aimed at shoring up Gulf alliances amid disagreements over ...

Oil explorer eyes Spain's pristine Canary Islands

Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)

Luring millions of tourists a year with its crystal-clear waters, warm winters and precious wildlife, Spain's Canary Islands may hold another treasure -- oil --...

Colombian oil pipeline changes hands in part acquisition

Dec 10, 2013 (UPI)

Colombia's largest crude oil transportation system is going through an ownership change after global investor Advent International led a partial buyout in a dea...

With US ties frayed, Saudi calls for Gulf union

Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)

With its decades-old US alliance strained over the Syria war and a nuclear deal with Iran, Saudi Arabia is calling on the Gulf monarchies to unite for their own...

Chevron resumes shale work in Romania despite protest

Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)

Chevron said Sunday it has restarted work on its first shale gas exploration well in Romania, a day after protests forced the US energy giant to suspend the ope...

Stationary Fuel Cell Market to Undergo Outstanding Growth by 2020

Dec 08, 2013 (SPX)

The stationary fuel cell market is forecast to show massive growth, climbing from $390m in 2012 to $7.52 billion by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR...

Chevron resumes shale work in Romania despite protests

Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)

Chevron on Sunday said it has resumed activities to build its first shale gas exploration well in Romania, a day after protests forced the US energy giant to su...

US to maintain 35,000 troops in Gulf region: Hagel

Dec 07, 2013 (AFP)

The United States is committed to maintaining a 35,000-strong force in the Gulf region regardless of a nuclear deal with Iran, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said S...

Virtual Wall Could Stop Spread Of Oil Spills

Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)

The outer shell of a droplet of oil on a surface has a thin skin which allows it to hold its shape like a small dome; this shell is referred to as the liquid's ...

New thermoelectronic generator

Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)

Through a process known as thermionic conversion, heat energy -- such as light from the sun or heat from burned fossil fuels -- can be converted into electricit...

EU, Gazprom to seek settlement in antitrust probe

Dec 06, 2013 (UPI)

The European Union and Gazprom say they have agreed to try to settle antitrust claims pending against the Russian energy supplier. European Commissioner for Com...

Shell scraps Gulf Coast gas-to-liquids project

Dec 06, 2013 (UPI)

Shell is scrapping its proposed massive gas-to-liquids project on the U.S. Gulf Coast, the company said. The Shell facility, to be located along the Mississippi...

KAIST developed the biotemplated design of piezoelectric energy harvesting device

Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)

A research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee and Professor Yoon Sung Nam from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed the bi...

Tracking fracking pollution

Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)

As a result of the fracking revolution, North America has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer of oil and gas. This, despite endless protests ...