ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Venezuela faces new era after death of Chavez

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

Venezuela was plunged into uncertainty Wednesday after the death of President Hugo Chavez, who dominated the oil-rich country for 14 years and came to embody a ...

CNOOC defends Nexen acquisition

Mar 06, 2013 (UPI)

China National Offshore Oil Corp.'s chief executive officer defended his country's global energy acquisitions. The state-owned company last month completed its ...

World allies mourn Chavez, US urges improved ties

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

Condolences poured in Wednesday from world leaders who had found common cause with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in his 14-year campaign to galvanize the Latin Americ...

Turning Trash into Cash and Saving Energy

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

Suppose you could replace "Made in China" with "Made in my garage." Suppose also that every time you polished off a jug of two percent, you would be stocking up...

'Couch potato' rowing chair energises tech fair

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

It looks like an ordinary black, comfy chair, perfect for a relaxing hour or two in front of the television. But things are rarely as they seem at the CeBIT, th...

Clever battery completes stretchable electronics package

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

Northwestern University's Yonggang Huang and the University of Illinois' John A. Rogers are the first to demonstrate a stretchable lithium-ion battery - a flexi...

Improved synchronicity: Preventive care for the power grid

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

President Obama in this year's State of the Union address talked about the future of energy and mentioned "self-healing power grids" -- a grid that is able to k...

Unlocking fuel cell conductivity

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

Yttria stabilized zirconia, also known as YSZ, is a material of great interest because of its relatively high oxygen-ion based conductivity. In particular, it f...

Russia's Rusal posts $55 mn net loss in 2012

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

Russian aluminium giant Rusal on Monday reported a net loss of $55 million for 2012, as the firm said it would cut production following lacklustre demand for th...

Browse LNG to be processed onshore?

Mar 04, 2013 (UPI)

Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett said he intends to lobby Chinese and Japanese customers and investors to drum up backing for the onshore site for the $...

Second leak at North Sea oil platform forces evacuation

Mar 02, 2013 (AFP)

An oil leak at a North Sea platform caused it to be partially evacuated on Saturday, its Middle East operator said, the second such incident at the installation...

Shell report shows decreasing role for oil

Mar 01, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. oil giant Shell in a new report said solar could eclipse oil to become the dominant energy source by 2060. As part of its "New Lens Scenarios" forecast, Sh...

US suggests Keystone pipeline won't harm environment

Mar 01, 2013 (AFP)

The US State Department suggested Friday that a $5.3 billion Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline would have no major impact on the environment, but stopped short of re...

Seismic testing for Atlantic oil and gas?

Feb 28, 2013 (UPI)

The Obama administration has unveiled an environmental analysis that could pave the way for seismic testing for oil and gas in the Atlantic. The U.S. Interior D...

Iran's oil output faces long-term decline

Feb 28, 2013 (UPI)

Sanctions-battered Iran's oil production has fallen to its lowest level in 23 years and Tehran plans to reduce the proportion of oil revenues in the next budget...

China has no need for U.S. coal?

Feb 28, 2013 (UPI)

A new Greenpeace report suggests that U.S. coal producers have missed a window of opportunity to export coal to China. China accounts for 47 percent of global c...

Iraq: 'This is war,' say Kurds in oil fight with Baghdad

Feb 28, 2013 (UPI)

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's dispute with Iraq's Kurdish minority over its independent oil exports has escalated with the central government blocking Kurdis...

U.S. oil needs should keep it in Mideast

Feb 27, 2013 (UPI)

The United States was more reliant on Middle East oil imports in 2012 than in previous years, U.S. Energy Department figures indicate, emphasizing how important...

New trouble sends Libya's oil production nosediving again

Feb 27, 2013 (UPI)

Libya's oil production has tumbled to about 230,000 barrels per day after armed groups shut down the el-Sharara oil field in the Murzuq desert in the southwest,...

Australia's LNG exports face competition from U.S.

Feb 27, 2013 (UPI)

The United States is emerging as a major competitor to Australia's gas export market, says a former U.S. Department of Energy official. Speaking at the Australi...