ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Tokyo govt surveys disputed isles in row with China

Sep 02, 2012 (AFP)

A team of Japanese surveyors Sunday sailed to a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea that the nationalistic governor of Tokyo wants to buy, with Beij...

Kurds to continue Iraq oil exports until Sep 15

Sep 01, 2012 (AFP)

Iraqi Kurdistan will export oil via federal pipelines until September 15, an official said on Saturday, extending a one-month confidence-building measure amid a...

Iraq oil exports highest in more than 30 years

Sep 01, 2012 (AFP)

Iraq's oil exports reached their highest level in more than three decades last month as the country's output has continued to increase, oil ministry officials s...

Fire points to Venezuela oil industry woes

Aug 31, 2012 (UPI)

Venezuela's biggest oil refinery remained closed Friday after firefighters put out a fire that raged for more three days following an explosion that killed at l...

Shell's arctic plans get limited go-ahead

Aug 31, 2012 (UPI)

The U.S. Interior Department has granted Shell permission to start limited drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's coast. Shell has spent nearly $5 billion and...

Barclays Capital bullish on Israeli natgas

Aug 31, 2012 (UPI)

Israel has long been a major importer of energy supplies, including oil and natural gas, but recent discoveries have drawn positive outlook for the Israeli ener...

U.S. diplomat claims he was misquoted

Aug 30, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Sudan Joseph Stafford says he was misquoted by a Sudanese newspaper regarding "regime change" in Sudan. Stafford says that the Al-Suda...

Oil mixed as US facilities avoid hurricane's fury

Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)

Crude oil prices traded mixed Thursday as supply concerns eased after Hurricane Isaac left production facilities in the US Gulf of Mexico relatively unscathed, ...

China can 'safeguard' territory amid dispute: Xinhua

Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)

The Chinese armed forces are capable of "safeguarding" the country's territory, a military spokesman was quoted as saying by state media on Thursday, amid a ter...

Thai firm pleads guilty over Australian oil spill

Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)

A Thai state-owned firm on Thursday admitted four charges over a huge oil spill off northwestern Australia, the country's worst ever offshore drilling accident....

IBN Develops Superior Fuel Cell Material

Aug 29, 2012 (SPX)

Using a mixture of gold, copper and platinum nanoparticles, IBN researchers have developed a more powerful and longer lasting fuel cell material. This breakthro...

Tanzania wants LNG production

Aug 29, 2012 (UPI)

Tanzania has begun to develop its liquefied natural gas facilities. Tanzania Deputy Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Masele has been in discussions wit...

Oil prices drop as G7 call offsets hurricane impact

Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)

Global oil prices sank Wednesday as a call by the Group of Seven nations for oil producers to increase output offset Gulf Coast supply disruptions due to Hurric...

Yoko Ono leads stars against 'fracking'

Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and their son Sean Lennon on Wednesday launched "Artists Against Fracking" to oppose the technique for natural gas extraction in an...

Sea row set aside as China, ASEAN seek trade boost

Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)

China and Southeast Asian nations pledged Wednesday to strive for closer economic ties, setting aside regional tensions over a territorial row in the resource-r...

CNOOC adds offshore oil blocks

Aug 29, 2012 (UPI)

State-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp. is offering 26 offshore blocks, 22 of which are in the South China Sea, for joint development with foreign compani...

Statoil steps up Arctic energy exploration

Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)

Norway's Statoil on Tuesday said it would vastly expand its prospecting efforts in the Arctic, thought to hold one of the world's largest untouched deposits of ...

Mexico OKs non-hydraulic oil extraction

Aug 28, 2012 (UPI)

Mexico is giving the go-ahead to U.S. Chimera Energy Corp. to deploy its new non-hydraulic shale oil extraction technology in its Chicontepec Basin. The technol...

Oil flow from Turkish-Iraqi pipeline resumes: minister

Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)

Oil flow in the Turkish-Iraqi pipeline resumed Tuesday following the blast that damaged one of the two lines, Turkey's energy minister said Tuesday. "Oil has st...

Russia to boost investment in premium diesel production two-fold next year

Aug 28, 2012 (Voice of Russia)

Returning to post-Soviet level of crude production this year, Russia now strives to secure its position on the European energy market. The government is pinning...