Energy Tech
Norwegian pension fund divests from 27 coal companies
Oslo (AFP) Dec 01, 2014 - A major Norwegian pension fund said Monday it had sold all its shares in coal companies to join the fight against climate change.
Oil and Gas
Oil prices leave December gate steady
New York (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - Oil markets held their breath on Monday, the first trading day in December, despite signs of trouble in Asia and last week's static production signal from OPEC.
Oil and Gas
Oxy spin-off in California starts first trading day
Houston (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - California Resources Corp., a spin-off of Occidental Petroleum Corp., starts trading Monday as an independent entity, the parent company announced.
Oil and Gas
Russia revisits oil-for-goods deal with Iran
Moscow (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - Russia's minister of economic development said an oil-for-goods deal with Iran is on the cusp of realization.
Oil and Gas
Ukraine needs to court investors, EU says
Brussels (UPI) Dec 1, 2014 - Ukraine, an important energy transit nation for Europe, needs to rebrand itself as a safe haven for foreign investors, Europe's neighborhood commissioner said.
Oil and Gas
Spain’s Canary islanders protest against oil drilling
Corralejo, Spain (AFP) Nov 30, 2014 - About 200 people, including tourists, formed a giant SOS on a beach on Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to protest against drilling for oil off the archipelago.
Oil and Gas
China Strengthening Claim To South China Sea Oil And Gas
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - Not gone and not forgotten, China is ready to solidify its claim to the South China Sea (SCS). Recent satellite imagery confirms China is conducting significant land reclamation operations in the Sp
Oil and Gas
China hikes gasoline, diesel consumption tax
Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2014 - China on Friday announced a tax increase on gasoline and diesel fuel consumption in the first such hike since 2009, state media reported, amid a steep decline in crude oil prices.
Energy News
Matched hybrid systems may hold key to wider use of renewable energy
Corvallis OR (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - The use of renewable energy in the United States could take a significant leap forward with improved storage technologies or more efforts to match different forms of alternative energy systems tha
Energy Tech
Protons fuel graphene prospects
Manchester, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - Published in the journal Nature, the discovery could revolutionise fuel cells and other hydrogen-based technologies as they require a barrier that only allow protons - hydrogen atoms stripped off th
Energy News
Russia’s Gazprombank, South African PIC Sign Cooperation Deal
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2014 - Russia's Gazprombank and South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC) signed a cooperation agreement aimed at facilitating business cooperation between the two countries, Gazprombank said in a
Energy Tech
Shaping the future of energy storage with conductive clay
Philadelphia, PA (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - In the race to find materials of ever increasing thinness, surface area and conductivity to make better performing battery electrodes, a lump of clay might have just taken the lead. Materials scient
Energy Tech
Single-atom gold catalysts may enable cheap output of fuel and chemicals
Somerville MA (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - New catalysts designed and investigated by Tufts University School of Engineering researchers and collaborators from other university and national laboratories have the potential to greatly reduce p
Energy News
Using hitech mirrors to reflect heat away from buildings
Stanford CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - Stanford engineers have invented a revolutionary coating material that can help cool buildings, even on sunny days, by radiating heat away from the buildings and sending it directly into space. A te
Oil and Gas
WTI moves near price where it could hurt
New York (UPI) Nov 28, 2014 - The U.S. benchmark price for crude oil fell below what some analysts see as the break-even price for shale, one day after OPEC's decision to keep output steady.
Wind Daily
AREVA maintenance contract for five years renewed in the North Sea
Paris (SPX) Nov 26, 2014 - AREVA and the operating consortium DOTI (Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld und Infrastruktur GmbH and Co. KG) signed a five years contract for the service and maintenance of the AREVA turbines at the alpha