ENERGY TECH - SKY NIGHTLY

Feb 27, 2012 (UPI)

Fewer emissions from U.S. power plants in 2009 were the result of cheaper prices of natural gas, reducing the industry's reliance on coal, researchers say. As t...

TransCanada in new push for US pipeline

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

TransCanada Corp announced Monday it would go ahead with construction of part of its Keystone XL oil pipeline that does not require US presidential approval, a ...

Oil prices lower in Asian trade

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices were lower in Asian trade Monday as traders took profits from last week's gains, while concerns over crude producer Iran's nuclear programme remain, ...

Microbes may be engineered to help trap excess CO2 underground

Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)

In H.G. Wells' classic science-fiction novel, The War of the Worlds, bacteria save the Earth from destruction when the Martian invaders succumb to infections to...

Breakthrough in designing cheaper, more efficient catalysts for fuel cells

Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)

University of California, Berkeley, chemists are reimagining catalysts in ways that could have a profound impact on the chemical industry as well as on the grow...

'Xena' actress arrested in New Zealand oil protest

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

"Xena: Warrior Princess" actress Lucy Lawless was arrested in New Zealand Monday after occupying an oil-drilling ship for three days to protest plans to search ...

BP oil spill trial delayed for settlement talks

Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)

A blockbuster trial to determine how much BP and its subcontractors owe for the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was delayed a week to allow for more settl...

BP oil spill trial delayed a week

Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)

The BP trial in New Orleans to determine how much the British energy giant owes for the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been delayed a week to allow f...

New study shows no evidence of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas has no direct connection to reports of groundwater contamination, based on evidence reviewed in ...

Oil rises on rosy economic data, Iran concerns

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices were higher in Asian trade Friday, supported by buoyant economic data from the United States and Germany as well as concerns over Iran's nuclear prog...

Angola's Sonangol pulling out of Iran

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

Angola's state oil company Sonangol announced Friday it is withdrawing from a natural gas project in Iran because of international sanctions over Tehran's nucle...

Mn-doped ZnS is unsuitable to act as a dilute magnetic semiconductor

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

Dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) have recently been a major focus of magnetic semiconductor research. A laboratory from the University of Science and Techno...

US bolsters defenses in Strait of Hormuz: report

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

The Pentagon has notified US lawmakers of plans to bolster US defenses in and around the Strait of Hormuz to be prepared for a military response against Iran, a...

Only the lowest CO2 emitting technologies can avoid a hot end-of-century

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

Could replacing coal-fired electricity plants with generators fueled by natural gas bring global warming to a halt in this century? What about rapid constructio...

Offshore Oil and Gas Development in APAC

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

Global Information would like to present a new market research report, "Offshore Oil and Gas Developments in Asia Pacific - Burgeoning Energy Demand Drives Expl...

'Xena' actress storms ship in New Zealand oil drill protest

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

"Xena: Warrior Princess" actress Lucy Lawless and a group of Greenpeace activists boarded an oil-drilling ship in New Zealand Friday in a bid to disrupt plans t...

Japan pledges loans to Iraq amid Iran squeeze

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

Japan is to offer $530 million in loans to Iraq, in part to help rebuild oil refineries, an official said Friday, as Tokyo seeks to diversify fuel supplies afte...

Sudan accuses South Sudan of plot

Feb 23, 2012 (UPI)

Sudanese presidential assistant Nafie Ali Nafie has accused South Sudan's negotiators of scheming to overthrow Sudan's government. Nafie made the allegation fol...

Arctic micro-organisms may hold key to dealing with oil spills in the North

Feb 23, 2012 (SPX)

Marcel Babin, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Canada's New Arctic Frontier at the Universite Laval, will be discussing his research on the...

Oil prices lower on weak Europe, China data

Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices were lower in Asian trade Thursday, weighed by weak economic data from Europe and China, as well as an increase in US crude stockpiles indicating fal...