ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Shell to drill again off Alaska's Arctic coast

Nov 01, 2013 (UPI)

Oil giant Shell will make another attempt to drill for oil off Alaska's arctic coast. Simon Henry, Shell's chief financial officer, announced the decision Thurs...

Lockheed Martin and Reignwood Group Sign Contract To Develop Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Power Plant

Nov 01, 2013 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin and Reignwood Group have signed a contract to start design of a 10-megawatt Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant, which, when comp...

Petrobras mulls shedding energy assets in Peru

Oct 31, 2013 (UPI)

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras hopes to raise cash from the sale of its assets in Peru as part of a continuing effort to ease its debt burden. Petrobras ...

Lebanon's energy minister boasts gas reserves skyrocket, but ...

Oct 30, 2013 (UPI)

Energy Minister Gebran Bassil says natural gas reserves off Lebanon's Mediterranean coast are far greater than previously estimated, saying there may be 95.9 tr...

Singapore to seek more LNG suppliers

Oct 30, 2013 (UPI)

Singapore aims to increase liquefied natural gas imports as part of the expansion of its LNG terminal, said a government official. British-based BG Group curren...

OceanGate Dives On Oil Platform For Black Elk Energy

Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)

OceanGate has completed a series of dives in the Gulf of Mexico to observe the ecological impact of decommissioned oil platforms on ocean life using the 5-perso...

PHYCO2 Receives Patent for Cutting Edge CO2 Sequestration Process

Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)

PHYCO2 has announced its first patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the company's cutting edge technology that removes CO2 emissions to...

Scientists wary of shale oil and gas as U.S. energy salvation

Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)

After 10 years of production, shale gas in the United States cannot be considered commercially viable, according to several scientists presenting at the Geologi...

What do we know about fracking

Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)

Fracking is in the headlines a lot these days, and everyone has an opinion about it. But how much do we really know for certain about the oil and gas extraction...

Futuristic copper foam batteries get more bang for the buck

Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)

People use their GPS apps, cameras, and mobile internet to navigate strange cities in search of good coffee, record "selfie" commentary while they wait in line,...

Iraq oil exports plunge to 19-month low: ministry

Oct 27, 2013 (AFP)

Iraq's oil exports hit a 19-month low in September, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Sunday, attributing the decline to maintenance and improvement pr...

Thousands march in Romania against shale gas, gold mine

Oct 27, 2013 (AFP)

Thousands of Romanians rallied on Sunday against a controversial Canadian gold mine project and against shale gas exploration, in weekly demos that have turned ...

Team uses forest waste to develop cheaper, greener supercapacitors

Oct 25, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers report that wood-biochar supercapacitors can produce as much power as today's activated-carbon supercapacitors at a fraction of the cost - and with ...

Real wildcatters go to Ethiopia to hunt for oil

Oct 25, 2013 (UPI)

Amid East Africa's oil and gas boom, the more adventurous oilmen are starting to gravitate toward the vast Ogaden desert region of Ethiopia, where drilling acti...

For Pakistan, more twists and turns in long-running Iran gas saga

Oct 24, 2013 (UPI)

A $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan that supporters say would help the Islamabad government overcome crippling energy shortages, is under ...

Falklands oil prospecting firms near merger

Oct 24, 2013 (UPI)

Two of the companies drilling for oil in the Falkland Islands' South Atlantic waters are merging and further corporate patch-ups may not be far behind, industry...

Gore urges US to stop Keystone 'atrocity'

Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)

Former US vice president Al Gore on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, likening the carbon-intense project...

China media hail Russia ties after $85 bn oil deal

Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese state media hailed the "huge potential" of ties with Russia Wednesday after a $85 billion oil deal, with analysts saying the cooperation masks Moscow's ...

UMD Researchers Address Economic Dangers of 'Peak Oil'

Oct 23, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers from the University of Maryland and a leading university in Spain demonstrate in a new study which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy at risk...

Uniformity: the secret of better fusion ignition

Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)

One of the ways to achieve thermonuclear fusion is through a controlled reaction between two light variants of hydrogen, called deuterium and tritium. Mauro Tem...