ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Ukrainians protest Chevron's shale gas plans

Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)

Hundreds of Ukrainians protested Thursday against US energy giant Chevron's plans to explore for shale gas, seen as vital to the ex-Soviet country's plans to ea...

Troubled Somalia hustles Big Oil to resume exploration

Oct 16, 2013 (UPI)

Somalia's Western-backed government is talking to major international oil companies like Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP about resuming exploration progra...

China and Russia to boost energy cooperation

Oct 16, 2013 (UPI)

China and Russia plan to expand cooperation on energy projects, including oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy, government officials said. "C...

Senior Dutch diplomat beaten up in Russia

Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)

A senior Dutch diplomat at The Netherlands embassy in Moscow was beaten up at his home in the Russian capital by unknown attackers who scrawled the letters "LGB...

Innovation in renewable-energy technologies is booming

Oct 16, 2013 (SPX)

The number of patents issued for renewable-energy technologies has risen sharply over the last decade, according to new research from MIT and the Santa Fe Insti...

Romanian villagers occupy site to prevent Chevron 'fracking'

Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)

Romanian police clashed with villagers on Wednesday as they tried in vain to force them off a field they have occupied for a third day to prevent US energy gian...

Clues to foam formation could help find oil

Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)

Blowing bubbles in the backyard is one thing and quite another when searching for oil. That distinction is at the root of new research by Rice University scient...

Don't Be Fooled by Libya - This is a Failed State

Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)

Gunmen have seized Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in central Tripoli, releasing him shortly afterwards, but making it clear that post-Gaddafi Lib...

Radioactive shale gas contaminants found at wastewater discharge site

Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)

Elevated levels of radioactivity, salts and metals have been found in river water and sediments at a site where treated water from oil and gas operations is dis...

Al Gore's London headquarters part of 'green' development

Oct 14, 2013 (UPI)

Fuel cell technology from NASA's space shuttle will provide light and heat for a complex that includes Al Gore's new London headquarters, its developers say. Th...

Global energy challenges under spotlight in South Korea

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

The world's leading energy officials will meet this week in South Korea to discuss the sector's major challenges, ranging from climate change to the rise of fra...

Russian journalists call for release of Greenpeace photographer

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

Several dozen journalists took to the streets of Saint Petersburg to demand the release of Denis Sinyakov, detained on piracy charges along with the crew of a G...

Shell warns on Nigerian exports after pipeline shutdown

Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)

Shell warned on Friday it may not meet production targets for crude exports in Nigeria after it shut down a major pipeline repeatedly hit by sabotage and theft....

France upholds fracking ban

Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)

France's Constitutional Council on Friday upheld a law banning fracking, the controversial process used to extract shale oil and gas from the ground. The use of...

Patents for renewable energy on the rise

Oct 11, 2013 (UPI)

New patents related to renewable energy technologies are on the rise, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study shows. The MIT study, in conjunction with th...

Russian court rules to keep more Greenpeace activists in jail

Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)

A Russian court on Friday rejected the bail requests of two British nationals remanded in custody along with the 28 other crew members of a Greenpeace ship that...

US shutdown delaying Keystone XL pipeline review

Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)

A dragging review into proposals to build a pipeline from Canada's oil sands to the US Gulf Coast may be further delayed due to the US government shutdown, an o...

Saudis drive to boost oil output, fast-track shale gas

Oct 11, 2013 (UPI)

Saudi Arabia is pushing to boost its oil production capacity by 1.75 million barrels per day by 2017 and is fast-tracking shale gas exploration, analysts say. T...

After years of blocking, Israel backs Gaza offshore gas

Oct 10, 2013 (UPI)

After decades of stifling Palestinian efforts to develop Mediterranean natural gas fields off the Gaza Strip, the Israeli government is reported to be supportin...

Shell shuts Nigerian pipeline again, loses 150,000 bpd

Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)

Shell said it has again shut down a key supply pipeline in southern Nigeria owing to leaks, reducing output by 150,000 barrels per day of crude, barely two week...