ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Australian state extends moratorium on fracking

Nov 21, 2013 (UPI)

The Australian state of Victoria has extended its moratorium on onshore coal seam gas production and ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, until at least Ju...

Saudis launch major gas drilling in Red Sea

Nov 21, 2013 (UPI)

Saudi Arabia is fast-tracking its first major offshore natural gas fields in the Red Sea, a high-priority project that's seen as the start of a massive new ener...

Outside View: The strange debate over LNG exports

Nov 21, 2013 (UPI)

The debate over exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas is exceedingly strange. In Washington one sometimes hears calls to limit imports of given goods or service...

Oil prices firm ahead of Iran nuclear talks

Nov 20, 2013 (AFP)

Oil prices rose in Asia Wednesday after US President Barack Obama said he was not sure a deal could be reached this week on Iran's disputed nuclear programme. N...

A Superconductor-Surrogate Earns Its Stripes

Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)

Understanding superconductivity - whereby certain materials can conduct electricity without any loss of energy - has proved to be one of the most persistent pro...

Scaling theory better predicts gas production in Barnett shale wells

Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a simple scaling theory to estimate gas production from hydraulically fractured wells in the Bar...

India, Vietnam agree on more South China Sea oil development

Nov 20, 2013 (UPI)

India and Vietnam have agreed to expand oil exploration projects in the disputed South China Sea. A total of eight agreements -- covering areas including energy...

Britain to join US in ending coal power support abroad

Nov 20, 2013 (AFP)

Britain said Wednesday it would join the United States in a charge to curb financial aid for building coal-fired power plants abroad. The announcement was made ...

Persian Gulf oil industry 'vulnerable to cyberattacks'

Nov 20, 2013 (UPI)

Middle East oil and gas companies need to beef up their defenses against cyberattacks, security specialists say, with the Persian Gulf particularly vulnerable b...

Coal Drives China Emissions Growth

Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)

Emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and cement production reached a new high in 2012, rising 2.2 percent over 2011 due chiefly to an increase in coal-...

Arab gulf states build up strike capabilities as U.S. relaxes rules

Nov 19, 2013 (UPI)

Amid mounting Arab concerns about a rapprochement between the United States and Iran, the Persian Gulf petro-monarchies that are Tehran's greatest opponents are...

Botswana says no fracking in premier wildlife park

Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)

Botswana's government Tuesday said environmental protection was key in its search for natural gas, rejecting claims that fracking was already under way in the c...

Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening a new and potentially commercially viable path for making the next generation of li...

Pressure Cooking to Improve Electric Car Batteries

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

Batteries that power electric cars have problems. They take a long time to charge. The charge doesn't hold long enough to drive long distances. They don't allow...

Spain to appeal for damages over Prestige oil spill

Nov 18, 2013 (AFP)

Spain will appeal for damages over the Prestige tanker disaster which choked its northwest coast in oil, the government said Monday, after a court acquitted all...

Egypt Marches to a Saudi Drummer

Nov 18, 2013 (SPX)

General El-Sisi may have found the solution to Egypt's economic woes. It is called war. During the weeks up to the coup, General El-Sisi had much to consider. W...

Coal sector must 'change dramatically': climate chief

Nov 18, 2013 (AFP)

The United Nations' climate chief urged the coal industry on Monday to make dramatic changes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions amid protests at a coal summ...

Greenpeace protests coal summit in Warsaw amid UN climate talks

Nov 18, 2013 (AFP)

Greenpeace activists on Monday hoisted banners protesting against coal use atop Poland's economy ministry in Warsaw, as a global coal conference got underway an...

Sectarian fury could threaten Iraq's push for record oil output

Nov 17, 2013 (UPI)

The Iraqi government is seeking to restore calm in the southern province of Basra, the country's main oil production center, after hundreds of foreign oilmen we...

Monitoring material changes in the hostile environment of a fusion reactor

Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)

Materials are widely recognized as one of the critical remaining challenges for making fusion a commercially viable energy source. In a future fusion power plan...