ENERGY TECH - SKY NIGHTLY

Philippines, China make progress in standoff

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

The Philippines said Friday it had made progress in efforts to end a tense standoff with China in the South China Sea, but each side was still refusing to remov...

Oil prices drop on slower Chinese growth

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices fell on Friday, dragged down by prospects of weaker crude demand from China as data showed the country's economy grew at the slowest rate for nearly ...

Quake impact on Japan oil demand less than expected: IEA

Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)

The Fukushima disaster which closed down Japan's nuclear power system and knocked the economy off track did not increase its demand for oil so much as expected,...

Philippines deploys second ship in China standoff

Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)

The Philippines deployed a second vessel to tiny islands in the South China Sea on Thursday in a bid to assert its sovereignty in a territorial standoff with Ch...

East Africa is world's new energy frontier

Apr 12, 2012 (UPI)

Not long ago the ramshackle former Portuguese colony of Mozambique on the east coast of Africa was written off as a basket case. Now it's on the cusp of energy ...

Search is on for source of US Gulf of Mexico oil sheen

Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)

The US Coast Guard and oil company experts on Thursday used aircraft and undersea probes to monitor and search for the source of a 10-mile long oil sheen in the...

Philippines pulls warship from China standoff

Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)

The Philippines pulled its biggest warship away from a standoff with Chinese vessels Thursday, but said the dispute was far from over with both nations deployin...

South Sudan's Kiir rejects calls to withdraw troops

Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir rejected calls Thursday to pull out from contested border regions, but said he did not want war with Khartoum, whose warplane...

Forced recruitment on South Sudan's border with rival Sudan

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

Staring into the distance of South Sudan's volatile and sun-blasted borderlands with foe Sudan, Nyrop Nyol recounts the day soldiers came to her home and took h...

US grabs lead over China in clean energy race

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

The United States has regained the lead in the clean energy race, investing $48 billion last year to surpass China, which held the world's top spending spot sin...

Simulation software optimizes networks

Apr 11, 2012 (SPX)

By the year 2020, thousands of kilometers of new grids will be operating in Germany to permit even more extensive use of power from renewable sources. However, ...

Sudan oil war heats up, north mobilizes

Apr 11, 2012 (UPI)

The oil conflict between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan is flaring dangerously after the infant state accused the Khartoum regime of building an illega...

Australia posed to be LNG leader

Apr 11, 2012 (UPI)

Australia could surpass Qatar as the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas by the end of the decade, experts say. Australian oil and gas major Woods...

Sulfur in every pore

Apr 11, 2012 (SPX)

From smartphones to e-bikes, the number of mobile electronic devices is steadily growing around the world. As a result, there is an increased need for batteries...

Eyeing nuclear talks, Iran plays hard ball over oil

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

Just days before crucial talks with world powers on its disputed nuclear programme, Iran was presenting a defiant face on Wednesday, announcing the halt of oil ...

SOCAR: Turkey pipeline under way in fall

Apr 11, 2012 (UPI)

Azerbaijan's state-owned oil and gas company said this week work on the proposed Trans-Anatolian Pipeline across Turkey will begin this year. Vagif Aliyev, head...

Hitachi unveils motor without 'rare earths'

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

Japanese high-tech firm Hitachi Wednesday unveiled an electric motor that does not use "rare earths", aiming to cut costs and reduce dependence on imports of th...

Iran says not selling any more oil to Greece

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said on Tuesday that his country was no longer supplying any oil to Greece, which is observing an EU embargo on Iranian oil t...

Airstrikes, artillery shelling on Sudan-S.Sudan border

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

Sudan on Tuesday carried out new airstrikes inside South Sudan, as rival armies exchanged artillery fire in the latest round of fierce fighting in contested bor...

Israel mulls missile defense for gas rigs

Apr 10, 2012 (UPI)

Israel is considering basing the David's Sling counter-missile system on offshore gas installations amid concerns they could be attacked with anti-ship missiles...