ENERGY TECH - SKY NIGHTLY

Feb 17, 2012 (UPI)

Adding fuel-cell technology to power plants can nearly double a plant's efficiency and cut greenhouse-gas emissions, a U.S. materials-science professor says. Th...

Panel protects Chevron in Ecuador case

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

An arbitration panel in The Hague backed Chevron's bid for temporary protection from a $9.5 billion Ecuador court judgment against the oil giant, documents show...

A new class of bulk insulator but surface conductor material

Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)

As a result of a joint intensive work of several groups from five different countries, including Basque Country, a new wide class of topological insulators - ma...

South Sudan oil shutdown pushes up prices

Feb 17, 2012 (UPI)

South Sudan's 3-week-old shutdown of its oil industry in a dispute over oil revenues with the fledgling state's former leaders in Khartoum is likely to drag on ...

Gazprom: South Stream decision by November

Feb 17, 2012 (UPI)

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom says the company will make a "final" determination on whether to proceed with its long-planned South Stream pipeline in November. G...

Study addresses safety of fracking

Feb 17, 2012 (UPI)

The controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing used to release underground reserves of natural gas has no direct connection to groundwater contamination, a ...

Surface woes blamed for fracking flaws: study

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

Environmental contamination from operations to remove gas from deep within the Earth, known as hydraulic fracturing, often happens close to surface and not far ...

Territorial Disputes Hamper Offshore Exploration and Production Efforts in Far East

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

Efforts of countries in the Asia-Pacific region to boost their offshore exploration and production (E and P) activities and reduce their rising dependency on im...

Argentine Falklands surrender message up for auction

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

A copy of the original telex informing the British government of the Argentine military surrender in the Falklands War 30 years ago is going under the hammer, a...

Researchers develop method to examine batteries - from the inside

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

There is an ever-increasing need for advanced batteries for portable electronics, such as phones, cameras, and music players, but also to power electric vehicle...

Computer programs that think like humans

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

Intelligence - what does it really mean? In the 1800s, it meant that you were good at memorising things, and today intelligence is measured through IQ tests whe...

Iraq: U.S. influence on oil thwarts Iran

Feb 15, 2012 (UPI)

Iraq aims to boost oil exports by 200,000 barrels per day through a new terminal on the Persian Gulf coast but to do that it has to depend on U.S. and other for...

NEMA Welcomes Congressional Passage of Provision on Lithium Battery Air Shipments

Feb 15, 2012 (SPX)

NEMA has welcomed the passage by the U.S. Senate of legislation directing the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that most U.S. regulations gover...

Tens of billions at stake in BP oil spill trial

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

Tens of billions of dollars will be at stake when BP heads to a US court this month to determine how much it owes for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill and h...

Biological Computer Deciphers DNA

Feb 15, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a "biological computer" made entirely ...

New Institute to Build Low-Carbon Pathways to Prosperity

Feb 15, 2012 (SPX)

To some, the problems in developing countries may seem intractable: unsafe drinking water, subpar sanitation systems, limited access to electricity, low agricul...

Oil prices spike on Iran export warning to EU

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

World oil prices spiked on Wednesday after Iran warned that it may suspend crude exports to six European Union countries amid escalating tensions over Tehran's ...

Heat recovery and energy efficiency, improves profitability and reduces CO footprint

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

Using latest technology in combustion of oil and gas can provide significant savings in overall energy consumption. Modern oxygen control that compensates chang...

Dark plasmons transmit energy

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

Microscopic channels of gold nanoparticles have the ability to transmit electromagnetic energy that starts as light and propagates via "dark plasmons," accordin...

Iraq aims to more than double northern oil output

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

Iraq aims to more than double northern oil production from around 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) to about 1.3 million bpd by the end of 2014, executives from the...