Houston TX (SPX) Mar 04, 2014 - A tabletop device invented at Rice University can tell how efficiently a nanoparticle would travel through a well and may provide a wealth of information for oil and gas producers. The device
Newark DE (SPX) Mar 04, 2014 - Wind turbines placed in the ocean to generate electricity may have another major benefit: weakening hurricanes before the storms make landfall. New research by the University of Delaware and Stanfor
Paris (AFP) March 04, 2014 - Out at sea, gentle waves provide power for thousands of homes. In cities, dancefloor moves generate electricity for nightclubs. In the countryside, hikers use leg power to recharge their phones.
Cockeysville MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 - Saft has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Lockheed Martin to provide Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for Advanced Extremely High Frequency communication satellites to be used by the
Basra, Iraq (AFP) March 01, 2014 - Iraq exported 2.8 million barrels of oil per day in February, a top minister said Saturday, a sharp month-on-month gain and the highest such figure in at least a quarter-century.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2014 - The Energy Information Agency (EIA) has predicted that natural gas production in the US will continue to grow at an impressive pace. Right now output is close to 70 billion cubic feet a day and is e
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 28, 2014 - Cleaning up oil spills and metal contaminates in a low-impact, sustainable and inexpensive manner remains a challenge for companies and governments globally. But a group of researchers at the Univer
Oslo (AFP) Feb 28, 2014 - A bumper 2013 for Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which invests surplus oil revenue, has made every Norwegian a virtual millionaire in kroner.
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 27, 2014 - The release of the draft position statement on wind farms and health from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) was an important step in reassuring communities living near wind fa
New York (AFP) Feb 27, 2014 - ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson has been a zealous advocate of the US shale boom and the controversial use of fracking, but not when it hits too close to home.
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2014 - US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday refused to give away any hint on whether he will approve a controversial Canada to US oil pipeline, saying he was intensely studying the plan.
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 27, 2014 - Renewable generation was up 30% for the week ending 2/20/14, according to recent estimates from Genscape's Generation Fuel Monitor Report. The total weekly generation of 11,982 GWhs was the second h
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2014 - US lawmakers broke through a logjam Thursday on a plan to bring electricity to 50 million Africans, in what Washington hopes will be its next major initiative for the continent.
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 26, 2014 - University of Colorado Boulder scientists have found a creative way to radically improve thermoelectric materials, a finding that could one day lead to the development of improved solar panels, more
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Feb 26, 2014 - Porous films, which use similar properties to those seen in moth eyes in combination with nanoparticles, are being developed into robust, self-cleaning antireflective coatings for use on both plasti
Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 26, 2014 - A multi-institutional team reports that it can increase sugarcane's geographic range, boost its photosynthetic rate by 30 percent and turn it into an oil-producing crop for biodiesel production.
