ENERGY TECH

News About Energy Technology

5,073 articles

Technip to lay world's deepest gas pipeline in Gulf of Mexico
Aug 23, 2013 (AFP)
French firm Technip will lay the world's deepest gas pipeline for energy giant Shell in the US Gulf of Mexico, the oil services company said in a statement on F...
PetroChina says H1 profit up 5.6 percent
Aug 22, 2013 (AFP)
PetroChina on Thursday said first-half net profit increased 5.6 percent for 2013, citing a boost from policy reforms, which helped narrow losses for its refinin...
1920s building transforms to top green event venue
Aug 22, 2013 (SPX)
Since the initial certification in 2011, Green Globe member, the Lokhalle Goettingen in Germany, has integrated the philosophy of sustainability at all levels, ...
Indian oil tanker still being detained by Iran
Aug 22, 2013 (UPI)
India said Thursday there have been "intensive discussions" but no progress toward gaining the release of an Indian oil tanker detained by Iran for the past wee...
Low-temperature combustion enables cleaner, more efficient engines
Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)
As demand climbs for more fuel-efficient vehicles, knowledge compiled over several years about diesel engines and a new strategy known as "low-temperature combu...
How shale fracking led to an Ohio town's first 100 earthquakes
Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)
Since records began in 1776, the people of Youngstown, Ohio had never experienced an earthquake. However, from January 2011, 109 tremors were recorded and new r...
Belarus, Ukraine begin joint geological surveys for oil and gas
Aug 21, 2013 (UPI)
The USSR collapse in 1991, left many post-Soviet states, including Belarus and Ukraine, bereft of energy supplies. Accordingly, energy poor Belarus and Ukraine ...
Chinese oil imports to reach record $500 bn by 2020: study
Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)
Seventy percent of China's oil needs will come from imports by 2020, with the bill expected to land at a record $500 billion (375 billion euros) as rapid econom...
India's OVL may block Chinese bid to buy into Brazil oilfield
Aug 20, 2013 (UPI)
Both China and India have both been scouring the globe for reliable energy resources. One of the latest battlegrounds between the two Asian competing energy gia...
New rechargeable flow battery enables cheaper, large-scale energy storage
Aug 20, 2013 (SPX)
MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn't rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. The device, they say...
Libya navy stops tanker entering oil terminal
Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)
Libya's navy has prevented a tanker from "illegally entering" Al-Sedra oil terminal in the east of the country, the army's general staff said Tuesday, as protes...
Lawmaker arrested at British fracking site protest
Aug 19, 2013 (AFP)
A prominent lawmaker from Britain's Green Party was among some 30 demonstrators arrested at anti-fracking protests outside a drilling site in southeast England ...
Electrochemical step towards a better hydrogen storage
Aug 19, 2013 (SPX)
Good metal-based systems for hydrogen storage cannot be developed without knowing how this element permeates through metals. Researchers at the Institute of Phy...
Since 25 July, Libya loses nearly $1.6 billion in oil ports shutdown
Aug 18, 2013 (UPI)
Libya's oil and gas minister says the closure of the country's oil ports has resulted in massive economic losses. During a press conference Saturday in the Liby...
US energy companies eye Brazil shale gas: US official
Aug 17, 2013 (AFP)
US energy companies want to use their experience to help Brazil tap into its vast shale gas reserves, US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said on a visit to the Br...
Energy company scales back UK drilling over protests
Aug 16, 2013 (AFP)
British energy firm Cuadrilla scaled back its operations at a rural site in southern England on Friday as more than 1,000 protesters prepare a six-day "action c...
Ecuador drops hold on Amazon oil drilling
Aug 16, 2013 (UPI)
Ecuador plans to open up an area of the Amazon rainforest to oil drilling. In a nationally televised address Thursday, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announ...
Nigeria navy chief says oil law will curb theft, sabotage
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
Nigeria's navy chief said Thursday that a controversial bill to overhaul the country's energy sector would help curb criminality in the oil-rich Niger Delta and...
BP sues US over contract ban after 2010 Gulf spill
Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)
British energy giant BP is suing the US government for banning it from federal contracts after the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico,...
New Technology Could Transform the Pipeline Sector
Aug 14, 2013 (SPX)
The 2010 Kalamazoo spill and the 2013 Exxon leak in Arkansas are the most glaring incidents, but these are just the big leaks that are found right away and repo...
Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.