ENERGY TECH - SKY NIGHTLY

Oil prices slide on eurozone worries, easing Iran tension

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices slid on Tuesday, mirroring heavy losses on European equity markets in the wake of weak eurozone economic data and amid an easing of tensions over the...

South Korea clinches Emirates oil deal

Mar 06, 2012 (UPI)

South Korea has signed a deal to develop three oil fields in the United Arab Emirates. Under the deal signed Monday, a consortium led by state-owned Korea Natio...

Use of microfluidic chips a first in bitumen-gas analysis

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

University of Toronto research team has developed a process to analyze the behavior of bitumen in reservoirs using a microfluidic chip, a tool commonly associat...

UK scientists develop optimum piezoelectric energy harvesters

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists working as part of the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project have developed a new model to deliver the maximum power output for piezoelectric energ...

Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution-secondary organic aerosols (SOA)-than those from ...

Listening for gas bubbles

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

What if we could cheaply and efficiently detect a potent new energy source, while also monitoring for environmental safety? Olivier Carriere, a physicist in the...

Iraq says oil output tops 3 million bpd

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Iraq's oil production is now over three million barrels per day (bpd), the country's deputy prime minister for energy affairs said in Baghdad on Monday. "Oil pr...

Former British defence chief blasts 'duplicitous' French

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Britain's defence chief during the Falklands War accused the French of being "duplicitous" after a BBC probe aired on Monday revealed that Paris knew a French t...

Oil prices up in Asian trade

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices rose in Asian trade Monday on prospects for stronger US economic growth and jitters sparked by sabre-rattling over crude producer Iran's nuclear prog...

Malaysia's Petronas denies South Sudan oil theft claim

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Malaysian state-owned oil giant Petronas Monday denied any knowledge of alleged oil theft by the consortium it belongs to which is in the middle of a bitter dis...

Oil prices drop as China cuts growth estimate

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

World oil prices retreated on Monday in line with most commodity markets as China, the world's biggest energy consumer, slashed its growth forecast, analysts sa...

Unique salt allows energy production to move inland

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

Production of energy from the difference between salt water and fresh water is most convenient near the oceans, but now, using an ammonium bicarbonate salt solu...

India business team to visit Iran next week: export group

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

An Indian trade delegation will travel to Iran next week to explore "huge opportunities" created by US-led sanctions over the Islamic republic's disputed nuclea...

BP settlement over US spill will not end legal drama

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

Oil giant BP's agreement of a $7.8 billion settlement for victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill will not end its legal headaches or erase the disaster fo...

China, Taiwan slam Japan over disputed islands

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

China and Taiwan on Saturday criticised Japan for giving Japanese names to disputed islands in the East China Sea claimed by all three parties in a long-running...

Reduction in U.S. carbon emissions attributed to cheaper natural gas

Mar 02, 2012 (SPX)

In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative to 2008. In the power sector, however...

Gazprom 'mulls joining Israel's gas boom'

Mar 02, 2012 (UPI)

Russia's Gazprom, the world's biggest energy conglomerate, is reportedly sending top executives to Israel to discuss a partnership in the country's offshore gas...

Pristine Norwegian fishing area divided on prospect of oil

Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)

Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect o...

Kenya launches huge port project

Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)

Kenya launched the construction of a massive port, railway and refinery Friday near a UNESCO-listed Indian Ocean island in a project it bills as the biggest eve...

Canadian oil sands majors form alliance

Mar 02, 2012 (UPI)

Major producers of Canada's controversial oil sands have formed an alliance aimed at addressing environmental challenges. Canada's oil sands, the second largest...