ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Synthetic fuels could eliminate entire U.S. need for crude oil, create 'new economy'

Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)

The United States could eliminate the need for crude oil by using a combination of coal, natural gas and non-food crops to make synthetic fuel, a team of Prince...

Numerical study suggests subsea injection of chemicals didn't prevent oil from rising to sea surface

Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)

The 2010 blowout of the Macondo well in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the region's largest oil spill in U.S. history. As the Deepwater Horizon (D...

Saudis seek oil in Red Sea 'safe zone'

Dec 06, 2012 (UPI)

Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aramco has launched major seismic studies in the Red Sea off the kingdom's west coast, 1,000 miles from the dangers of the Pers...

China demands Vietnam stop oil probe

Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)

China demanded Thursday that Vietnam end oil exploration and stop its navy harassing Chinese boats in disputed waters near the Gulf of Tonkin, in the latest tit...

China grabs Mideast oil as U.S. power dips

Dec 05, 2012 (UPI)

China is muscling into Iraq's oil sector as Baghdad grapples with defections by international majors like Exxon Mobil and Chevron of the United States and Franc...

Gazprom's LNG tanker pioneers Arctic crossing

Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)

Russian gas giant Gazprom announced Wednesday that one of its ships had transported liquified natural gas from Europe to Asia via the Arctic for the first time,...

Goodbye, fluorescent light bulbs! See your office in a new light

Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)

Say goodbye to that annoying buzz created by overhead fluorescent light bulbs in your office. Scientists at Wake Forest University have developed a flicker-free...

DNA Analysis of Microbes in a Fracking Site Yields Surprises

Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers have made a genetic analysis of the microbes living deep inside a deposit of Marcellus Shale at a hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," site, and unc...

Vietnam in sabotage claim against Chinese boats

Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)

Vietnam's state-run energy giant PetroVietnam accused Chinese fishing vessels of sabotaging one of its boats, state media said Tuesday, the latest clash in the ...

Chinese ship enters disputed waters: Japan

Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)

A Chinese government ship briefly sailed into the territorial waters of disputed islands controlled by Tokyo in the East China Sea on Tuesday, Japan's coastguar...

Gulf of Mexico Clean-Up Makes 2010 Spill 52-Times More Toxic

Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)

If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster, the two million gallo...

Iraq oil exports steady in November

Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)

Iraq's oil exports were steady in November while revenues were down compared to the month before, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Tuesday. Iraq expor...

Argonne National Lab Selected as DOE's Batteries and Energy Storage Hub

Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu was joined by Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to announce that a multi-part...

Geoscientists cite 'critical need' for basic research to unleash promising energy resources

Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)

Developers of renewable energy and shale gas must overcome fundamental geological and environmental challenges if these promising energy sources are to reach th...

Ecuador's Yasuni dilemma: a reserve full of life, and oil

Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)

The thumping whir of helicopters overhead sends a pack of terrified monkeys fleeing into the brush -- one clear sign of the impact of oil development in this in...

Eco campaigners bash Germany's gas-guzzling cars

Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)

Environmental campaigners have taken aim at famous German car brands like Porsche, Audi and BMW, criticising their high CO2 emissions as well as Germany's tax s...

Report decries Big Oil's 'oily grasp' on Canada

Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)

A left-leaning think tank on Tuesday decried Big Oil's rising influence on Canadian government policies, citing a whopping 2,733 meetings with public officials ...

China opposes US bill on island dispute

Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)

China on Monday branded a US-Japan security treaty "a product of the Cold War" after Washington reaffirmed its commitment to Japan in its territorial dispute wi...

Oil prices mixed after US, China data

Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)

Crude oil prices were mixed Monday as a weak reading in US manufacturing data for November offset an encouraging rebound in China's manufacturing sector. New Yo...

Britain denies report of big shale plans

Dec 03, 2012 (UPI)

British officials have denied a report indicating energy ministers are preparing to open 60 percent of the countryside to a shale natural gas exploration boom. ...