ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Libyan oil crisis swells as militias refuse to end shutdown

Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)

Libya's battered oil industry crisis appears to be escalating again, with armed separatist militants who have shut down vital facilities in the east since July ...

Encore Energy Increases Opportunity for Mineral Owners in the Utica Shale

Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)

Today, Encore Energy provided the following report for recent lease activity, available properties for lease and services available to mineral owners and operat...

Research update: Jumping droplets help heat transfer

Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)

Many industrial plants depend on water vapor condensing on metal plates: In power plants, the resulting water is then returned to a boiler to be vaporized again...

Iran oil exports down 40% in 9 months: minister

Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's oil exports have been slashed 40 percent in the past nine months because of tough Western sanctions, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was quoted as saying on M...

Research on liquid fuels from coal begins

Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)

A U.S. research institute says it is partnering with the Department of Energy to test a method for producing liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass. ...

Study: Oil sand production polluting lakes

Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)

Chemicals from 50 years of oil sands production are showing up in increasing amounts in lakes in northern Alberta, a study says, with far-reaching effects. Core...

Shell New Zealand to drill in Great South Basin

Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)

Shell New Zealand says it will drill an exploration well in the Great South Basin. OMV New Zealand Ltd and Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Limited are Shell's joint-ve...

Military on sidelines of Venezuela crisis

Jan 06, 2013 (AFP)

With Venezuela sliding into unknown territory over President Hugo Chavez's health, analysts say the normally quiescent military could be pulled in unpredictable...

India urges Asian unity for fair LNG pricing

Jan 06, 2013 (UPI)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged Asian buyers of imported liquefied natural gas to unite to demand fair pricing. LNG prices in Asia are higher than th...

New York to host Tesla conference

Jan 04, 2013 (UPI)

A memorial conference this weekend in New York will mark 70 years since the death of Serbian-American scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla, organizers said. The ...

Nationalized YPF draws more investors

Jan 04, 2013 (UPI)

Argentina has drawn more investors to YPF, the majority-owned subsidiary of Spanish oil major Repsol it nationalized last year. Argentine President Cristina Fer...

OPEC: Iran-Iraq alliance weakens Saudis

Jan 04, 2013 (UPI)

An emerging alliance between former foes Iran and Iraq in OPEC is expected to undermine Saudi Arabia, long the oil cartel's dominant force, and other moderate A...

Turkey to halt oil import data breakdown: official

Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)

Turkey, a major buyer of oil and gas from Iran, will no longer give a breakdown of where its energy imports come from, an official at the country's statistics o...

India to auction coal blocks

Jan 03, 2013 (UPI)

The Indian government for the first time is offering coal blocks for exploration by auction. The competitive bidding process for the 17 coal blocks will be open...

US salvage team boards grounded Alaska oil rig

Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)

A six-member salvage team was lowered Wednesday onto an oil rig that ran aground in Alaska to assess options as the US Coast Guard vowed to prevent any ecologic...

Lebanon opens bidding for East Med gas

Jan 02, 2013 (UPI)

As many as 40 international oil companies are expected to bid for offshore natural gas exploration blocks in Lebanon's sector of the eastern Mediterranean that ...

Conservation Not Technology will be our Saviour Says Chris Martenson

Jan 01, 2013 (SPX)

In the first part of this series Chris Martenson spoke about: Why we shouldn't be speaking about Energy Independence, why we could see $200 a barrel oil in the ...

Dominion To Develop Largest Fuel Cell Power Project In North America

Dec 31, 2012 (SPX)

Dominion has announced that it would grow its clean energy portfolio by developing a fuel cell power generating facility in Bridgeport, Conn. Dominion acquired ...

Don't Fall for the Shale Boom Hype - Chris Martenson Interview

Dec 31, 2012 (SPX)

We are in the midst of an amazing energy boom, but by sweeping the idea of peak oil under the rug we are ignoring a significant fact: the relationship between h...

Taiwan plans oil, gas exploration in South China Sea

Dec 28, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan plans to start exploring for oil and gas in the South China Sea from next year, an official and local media said Friday, in a development that could incr...