ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Analysis of fracking wastewater yields some surprises

Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)

Hydraulically fractured natural gas wells are producing less wastewater per unit of gas recovered than conventional wells would. But the scale of fracking opera...

Philippines takes China to UN over sea row

Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)

The Philippines has taken China to a UN tribunal to challenge its claim to most of the South China Sea, including territory belonging to the archipelago, Foreig...

Doubling Down on Energy Efficiency

Jan 22, 2013 (SPX)

Spending on energy efficiency programs funded by electric and natural gas utility customers will double by 2025 to about $9.5 billion per year, according to pro...

Ecology minister rushes back to France over gas leak

Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)

France's ecology minister said Tuesday she was rushing back home from a trip to Germany after a gas leak at a chemical plant spread fumes over Paris and forced ...

Nebraska approves controversial Keystone pipeline

Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)

The controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a key hurdle Tuesday after the governor of the US state of Nebraska approved a new route that avoids an envir...

Controversial Keystone pipeline passes another hurdle

Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)

The controversial Keystone pipeline passed another hurdle Tuesday after the governor of Nebraska approved a new route that will avoid environmentally sensitive ...

Shell to further scale down Australian operations?

Jan 21, 2013 (UPI)

Shell's Australian investments are in the spotlight after the company offloaded its holdings in a major gas project in Western Australia. Shell announced Monday...

Will Russia's gas and oil giants sacrifice their monopoly?

Jan 21, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Russia's government wants the so-called Arctic Shelf to be more thoroughly and speedily explored and exploited. The Arctic Shelf is the bottom of the Arctic Oce...

Colombian oil pipeline bombed after rebels lift ceasefire

Jan 21, 2013 (AFP)

Suspected FARC rebels detonated explosives along a section of an oil pipeline near Colombia's border with Ecuador, the state oil company said Monday. The attack...

Iraq PM holds rare talks with Exxon chief

Jan 21, 2013 (AFP)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks with ExxonMobil's chief on Monday, a rare meeting with the US energy giant whose disputed deal with the autonomou...

Ukraine continuing gas imports via Poland

Jan 21, 2013 (UPI)

Ukraine continues to import European natural gas via Poland as it seeks to break the stranglehold of Russian supplies, Kiev's energy minister says. Ukrainian En...

After Amenas, risk of energy raids grows

Jan 21, 2013 (UPI)

The attack at a major natural gas complex in Algeria has raised concerns that other key energy centers across the Middle East could become targets for militants...

China-Myanmar pipelines to open in June: Xinhua

Jan 21, 2013 (AFP)

Oil and natural gas pipelines linking China and Myanmar -- Beijing's "new strategic channels" -- are expected to be finished by the end of May and could be oper...

Iraq finds extra billion barrels of oil: ministry

Jan 20, 2013 (AFP)

Iraq said on Sunday it has discovered deposits of crude equivalent to one billion barrels of oil after the first exploration work by state-owned firms in almost...

Russia eyes private boost for Arctic energy

Jan 20, 2013 (AFP)

Stalling production and global warming are seeing the Russian government mull breaking up its Arctic energy monopoly and allowing independents to survey some of...

South Sudan signs oil deal with Israel

Jan 18, 2013 (UPI)

South Sudan says it has signed an agreement with several Israeli oil companies, a potentially significant strategic move that will consolidate the Jewish state'...

Russia to build pipeline with Croatia

Jan 18, 2013 (UPI)

Gazprom and Croatia's Plinacro have agreed to build a natural gas pipeline to ship Gazprom gas to European markets. On Friday. Gazprom and Plinacro signed an ag...

Nigeria grapples with growing oil theft

Jan 17, 2013 (UPI)

Nigerian authorities have charged 23 people after the navy seized two ships carrying stolen crude oil in a major crackdown on an illegal trade in which official...

Suez Canal, energy lifeline, seen vulnerable to jihadist attack

Jan 17, 2013 (UPI)

Egypt's military has stepped up security along the Suez Canal, a vital oil shipping artery that's one of the world's most strategically important waterways, to ...

EU, Russia to discuss concerns over South Stream pipeline

Jan 17, 2013 (UPI)

EU objections to Russia's agreements with countries hosting the South Stream gas pipeline were expected to be on the agenda during a Friday meeting in Moscow. T...