ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

China and Turkmenistan pledge energy cooperation

Sep 04, 2013 (UPI)

China and Turkmenistan have agreed to promote bilateral energy cooperation. Chinese President Xi Jinping, alongside his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukh...

Philippines says it finds more Chinese blocks on reef

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

The Philippines said Wednesday it had spotted more concrete blocks allegedly installed by China within Filipino territory in the South China Sea, raising concer...

India tells firms to be more adventurous in oil quest

Sep 03, 2013 (AFP)

India's foreign minister told energy firms Tuesday to be more adventurous in searching for global oil supplies as a report warned of a likely large rise in the ...

China graft probe to focus on oil firm: media

Sep 02, 2013 (AFP)

China's corruption inquiry into Jiang Jiemin, the highest-ranking official to be caught in a crackdown under the new leadership, will focus on a giant state oil...

Row between Portugal, Spain over Savage Islands

Sep 02, 2013 (AFP)

Portugal said Monday it will press the United Nations to let it expand its control over the waters around the uninhabited Savage Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, ...

Iraq oil exports rebound in August: ministry

Sep 01, 2013 (AFP)

Iraq's oil exports rebounded in August from a 16-month low, as increased sales and rising prices lifted revenues to their highest level this year, a spokesman s...

New fracking touted as Quebec eyes energy boom

Sep 01, 2013 (AFP)

Fresh moose tracks dot the ground where plans are afoot to dig for oil. Quebec's largest energy firm, Petrolia, is eyeing an estimated 40 billion barrels of oil...

Thousands protest in Romania against shale gas, gold mine

Sep 01, 2013 (AFP)

Thousands of people took to the streets of Romania on Sunday to protest against shale gas exploration and a controversial Canadian gold mine project using cyani...

Pakistan hoping that U.S. govt. figures on shale gas reserves accurate

Aug 30, 2013 (UPI)

Severe energy shortages have left Pakistan's private power companies with about 50 percent less electricity generation capability than normal demand, leading to...

Poll finds 70% of oil-rich Norwegians against EU membership

Aug 29, 2013 (UPI)

A new poll finds more than two-thirds of Norwegians opposed to the country's membership in the European Union. Sentio market research, which conducted the surve...

China halts environmental approvals for oil giants

Aug 29, 2013 (AFP)

China's environment ministry has suspended approvals of new projects by the country's two biggest oil firms for failing to achieve pollution reduction goals, it...

Japan's Abe visits gas-rich Qatar

Aug 28, 2013 (AFP)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed strengthening cooperation with gas-rich Qatar as he met emir Sheikh Tamim al-Thani in Doha on Wednesday as part of ...

Greenpeace report warns of pollution from Chinese coal power

Aug 28, 2013 (UPI)

A new Greenpeace report warns that pollution from new coal-fired plants planned in China's Guangdong province would cause 16,000 premature deaths in the provinc...

China probes three more oil executives for 'violations'

Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)

Three executives of the listed arm of China's biggest oil producer are being investigated for "violations of discipline", the government said Tuesday, a phrase ...

Greenpeace ship says leaving Arctic after Russia threatens force

Aug 26, 2013 (AFP)

A Greenpeace icebreaker protesting oil prospecting in the Arctic said it would leave after Russia threatened to use force against the Dutch-flagged vessel inclu...

Russian warship in Venezuela on friendly mission

Aug 26, 2013 (AFP)

A Russian navy fleet led by the "Moskva" missile cruiser docked Monday in Venezuela as part of a friendly visit to various Latin American countries, the Venezue...

India's new LNG import terminal receives first delivery

Aug 26, 2013 (UPI)

Petronet says its new import terminal in India for liquefied natural gas has received its first shipment of about 123,000 cubic meters of LNG from Qatar. The Ko...

Dutch back Greenpeace ship's Arctic oil-drilling protest

Aug 25, 2013 (AFP)

The Netherlands on Sunday said Greenpeace's right to peaceful protest was "indisputable" after the environmental group defied Russian authorities by deploying a...

Greenpeace ship defies Russia in Arctic oil-drilling protest

Aug 24, 2013 (AFP)

Greenpeace defied Russian authorities Saturday by deploying an icebreaker through an Arctic shipping route without permission to protest against oil drilling. T...

Canada at competitive disadvantage for LNG export?

Aug 23, 2013 (UPI)

Development costs for Canadian liquefied natural gas projects could make it more difficult for Canada to compete with the United States, a trade industry report...