ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Philippine group says China firm vital for gas project

Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)

A Philippine consortium insisted Thursday a gas project in the disputed South China Sea could only work with the involvement of a Chinese firm, otherwise Beijin...

S. Korea sets $694 mln payout for 2007 oil spill

Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)

A South Korean court has ordered a $694-million compensation payout to victims of the country's worst oil spill, which fouled miles of coastland in 2007, decima...

China to survey disputed Diaoyu Islands

Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)

China said it will survey the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea to "safeguard China's marine rights," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. The survey ...

Islamists seize 41 hostages at Algeria gas plant

Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)

Algeria, which has opened its airspace to French warplanes hitting Islamists in northern Mali, was targeted Wednesday in a deadly revenge attack in which milita...

Chavez aides assure citizens of continuity

Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)

Senior aides of ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reassured citizens of business as usual in the oil-rich Latin American country as they staged a Cabinet ...

Four Chinese abducted in Sudan's Darfur freed: UNAMID

Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)

Four Chinese workers abducted by Darfur rebels on January 12 have been freed, a spokeswoman for the joint UN-African Union peace keeping force in the troubled w...

Syrian energy deal puts Russia in gas-rich Med

Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)

Syria's new 25-year energy deal with Russia, a key ally of embattled President Bashar Assad, could open the way for Moscow's eventual move into the gas-rich eas...

North Sea oil pipeline system shut after platform leak: operator

Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)

A pipeline system servicing up to 27 oil fields has been shut following a platform leak in the North Sea, its Middle East operator said on Wednesday. "Abu Dhabi...

Iraq oil cut fuels Jordan political unrest

Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)

Political unrest in Jordan, a key U.S. ally and Israeli peace partner, has been heightened by Iraq's closure of its border with the Hashemite Kingdom. That thre...

Fusion helped by collision science

Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)

An international team of physicists has calculated the efficiency of a reaction involving an incoming electron kicking out an electron from the metal beryllium ...

Polish auditors slam government for slow pace of shale gas development

Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)

Poland's national auditing agency this week criticized the slow place of developing the country's shale gas industry, blaming government inefficiency. The Supre...

Hollande calls for more investments in clean energy

Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)

French President Francois Hollande called on Tuesday for pumping more investment into renewable energy projects to prepare for the post-oil era and to avoid glo...

Iraq: Maliki threatens Kurds if they export oil to Turkey

Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)

As if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki didn't have enough problems battling city-grabbing al-Qaida insurgents in western Iraq, his simmering faceoff with independ...

Chilean methanol plant idled by gas cuts

Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)

Southern Chile's flagship industrial project is facing closure because of natural gas shortages, made worse over the years by Argentina allegedly reneging on su...

Fracking: A Boom or Bust Decision for New York

Jan 15, 2013 (SPX)

Debate over whether New York should allow hydraulic fracturing has heated up in the past month, fueled by a 30-day public comment period before Governor Andrew ...

4 Chinese workers among 9 abducted in Sudan's Darfur: SUNA

Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)

Armed men have kidnapped four Chinese nationals and five Sudanese workers engaged in road construction in Sudan's strife-ridden Darfur region, the official SUNA...

New material harvests energy from water vapor

Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)

MIT engineers have created a new polymer film that can generate electricity by drawing on a ubiquitous source: water vapor. The new material changes its shape a...

Angola grants 116 visas a day to Chinese citizens

Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)

Angola granted more than 116 visas a day to Chinese citizens in the last six months of 2012, the vast majority linked to Chinese investment into the country, An...

Brunei to seek S. China Sea code of conduct

Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)

Brunei will pursue a binding code of conduct among competing South China Sea claimants as a top priority during its ASEAN chairmanship, officials said Monday. T...

Outside View: Asia's growing coal markets

Jan 13, 2013 (UPI)

In most countries, coal-fired power plants are the main source of electricity due to their safety, reliability and cheaper operating cost and my home country of...