Energy Tech
China has no need for U.S. coal?
Beijing (UPI) Feb 28, 2013 - A new Greenpeace report suggests that U.S. coal producers have missed a window of opportunity to export coal to China.
Energy Tech
Iran’s oil output faces long-term decline
Abi Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Feb 28, 2013 - Sanctions-battered Iran's oil production has fallen to its lowest level in 23 years and Tehran plans to reduce the proportion of oil revenues in the next budget, international energy monitors say.
Energy Tech
Iraq: ‘This is war,’ say Kurds in oil fight with Baghdad
Baghdad (UPI) Feb 28, 2013 - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's dispute with Iraq's Kurdish minority over its independent oil exports has escalated with the central government blocking Kurdistan's share of the state budget and banning two airlines that operate between Europe and the Kurds' semiautonomous northern enclave.
Energy Tech
Seismic testing for Atlantic oil and gas?
Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2013 - The Obama administration has unveiled an environmental analysis that could pave the way for seismic testing for oil and gas in the Atlantic.
Energy Tech
Australia’s LNG exports face competition from U.S.
Sydney (UPI) Feb 27, 2013 - The United States is emerging as a major competitor to Australia's gas export market, says a former U.S. Department of Energy official.
Energy Tech
France seeks to boost marine energy
Cherbourg, France (UPI) Feb 27, 2013 - France moved this week to accelerate the development of its marine renewable energy sector, hoping to tap the promising potential of its tidal basins.
Energy Tech
New trouble sends Libya’s oil production nosediving again
Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Feb 27, 2013 - Libya's oil production has tumbled to about 230,000 barrels per day after armed groups shut down the el-Sharara oil field in the Murzuq desert in the southwest, adding to a crippling seven-month oil crisis centered in the rebellious east.
Energy News
S.Africa to introduce carbon tax from 2015
Cape Town (AFP) Feb 27, 2013 - South Africa will introduce a tax on carbon emissions in 2015 amid concerns of global warming, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced on Wednesday.
Energy Tech
Shell freezes Alaska drilling until 2014
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2013 - Oil giant Shell put its controversial oil drilling plans for the Alaskan Arctic on hold through 2013, following multiple embarrassing problems with its two drilling rigs.
Energy Tech
U.S. oil needs should keep it in Mideast
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Feb 27, 2013 - The United States was more reliant on Middle East oil imports in 2012 than in previous years, U.S. Energy Department figures indicate, emphasizing how important the volatile region remains for Washington.
Energy Tech
A new look at high-temperature superconductors
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 26, 2013 - While the phenomenon of superconductivity - in which some materials lose all resistance to electric currents at extremely low temperatures - has been known for more than a century, the temperature a
Energy Tech
Choosing the Right Oil Company to Own in 2013
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 26, 2013 - I have been making the point about crude oil production and capex absolutely CONTROLLING the energy space right now and through 2013 and this week's entry is perfect to point that out again through
Energy Tech
Germany lays down rules for ‘fracking’
Berlin (AFP) Feb 26, 2013 - The German government drew up Tuesday rules for the oil and gas technique of fracking to be carried out in Germany in a move slammed by opposition parties as opening the door to environmental dangers.
Energy Tech
IEA: Gas trading hubs needed for Asia
Tokyo (UPI) Feb 26, 2013 - Asia is on course to become the world's second largest gas market, after North America, by 2015, a new report from the International Energy Agency says.
Wind Daily
Rethinking wind power
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 26, 2013 - People have often thought there's no upper bound for wind power-that it's one of the most scalable power sources, says Harvard applied physicist David Keith. After all, gusts and breezes don't see
Bio Fuel
The impact of algae parasite on algae biofuel output
San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2013 - As part of an ongoing effort to improve commercial scale algae biofuel production, a group of scientists, led by crude oil producer Sapphire Energy, Inc., have announced the completion of a collabor