Energy News
EU needs to recycle more to hit green energy goals: report
Europe must act fast to secure supplies of crucial metals required for a green energy transition and its best bet is to recycle, a report said Monday.
Oil and Gas
Development of magnetic cooling materials that enable efficient hydrogen liquefaction
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tohoku University and Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) have developed a series of…
Energy Tech
Sulfonamides make robust cathode material for proton batteries
Proton batteries are an innovative and environmentally friendly type of battery in which charge is carried by protons, which are positively charged hydrogen ions.
Energy Tech
Reversible fuel cells can support grid economically
A major challenge for producers of electricity from solar panels and wind turbines is akin to capturing lightning in a bottle.
Oil and Gas
Oil prices up as traders weigh demand and supply issues
Oil bounced back on Thursday after a day of losses over demand concerns linked to China's Covid-19 lockdowns as markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai fell sharply.
Oil and Gas
Oil stabilises after big drop on IMF growth cut
Asian markets were marginally higher on Wednesday while oil began recovering after a downgraded IMF global growth forecast for 2022 had sent crude prices plunging.
Oil and Gas
Study predicts thawing of gas-saturated permafrost around oil and gas wells of Russian Arctic
Skoltech scientists and their partners from Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience of RAS, with support from the R and D unit of TotalEnergies, have predicted how oil and gas wells heat up the permafrost around them.
Oil and Gas
Philippines halts oil and gas exploration in disputed South China Sea
Manila has suspended oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Wednesday, as it tries to strike a deal with Beijing on a joint energy project.
Bio Fuel
Dung power: India taps new energy cash cow
India is tapping a new energy source that promises to help clean up smog-choked cities and is already providing a vital revenue stream for poor Indian farmers: truckloads of bovine manure.
Energy Tech
Lithium’s narrow paths limit batteries
If you could shrink enough for a fantastic voyage across a lithium battery electrode, you'd see the level of charge at every scale is highly uneven.
Oil and Gas
Italian ship inspects tanker which capsized off Tunisia
An Italian naval vessel specialised in marine pollution clean-up arrived Tuesday in waters off Tunisia where a tanker laden with diesel fuel capsized at the weekend.
Oil and Gas
Divers find ‘no leaks’ from fuel-laden ship sunk off Tunisia
Divers who inspected the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tonnes of fuel that sank off southeast Tunisia detected no leaks on Sunday, officials said.
Oil and Gas
1 dead, 6 injured in oil tanker explosion east of Hong Kong
At least one person was killed and six wounded after an oil tanker exploded east of Hong Kong on Saturday, officials said.
Oil and Gas
Fuel-laden ship sinks off Tunisia coast
A tanker carrying 750 tonnes of diesel fuel from Egypt to Malta sank Saturday off Tunisia's southeast coast, but officials said a large spill would likely be avoided.
Oil and Gas
Washington resumes oil and gas drilling leases on federal land
The US government, under pressure to lower gas prices, announced Friday it will resume the sale of leases for oil and gas drilling on federal lands while imposing new conditions, including the first hike in royalties in more than 100 years.
Oil and Gas
Iraqis queue for fuel as stations protest government
Motorists in Iraq formed long queues for fuel Thursday after some owners of filling stations shut off their pumps to protest government policies on fuel distribution and pricing.