ENERGY TECH - INTERN DAILY

Block on Keystone pipeline lifted in Texas

Dec 13, 2012 (AFP)

A Texas court has lifted a temporary restraining order on construction of a small portion of the controversial Keystone pipeline, operator TransCanada said Thur...

Ancient Red Dye Powers New Green Battery

Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)

Rose madder - a natural plant dye once prized throughout the Old World to make fiery red textiles - has found a second life as the basis for a new "green" batte...

Trio Merger Corp. and SAE agree to merge

Dec 13, 2012 (UPI)

Trio Merger Corp. and SAExploration have agreed to merge as part of a strategy to expand SAE's seismic data acquisition business worldwide. SAE was set up in Pe...

Turkey, Iraq Kurds near explosive oil deal

Dec 13, 2012 (UPI)

Turkey and Iraq's independence-minded Kurds are reported to be close to a potentially explosive deal on major investment by Ankara in the burgeoning energy indu...

Britain lifts gas 'fracking' ban despite tremors

Dec 13, 2012 (AFP)

The British government came out in favour of a controversial shale gas extraction method known as fracking, saying on Thursday that work should be resumed even ...

Rice cultivates green batteries from plant

Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)

Here's a reason to be glad about madder: The climbing plant has the potential to make a greener rechargeable battery. Scientists at Rice University and the City...

China's accelerating overseas buys raise fears

Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)

China's biggest overseas takeover, the $15 billion purchase of Canada's Nexen, is a huge step in Beijing's push for foreign acquisitions -- but its drive to sec...

BHP offloads Australia LNG interest to PetroChina

Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)

Global mining giant BHP Billiton said Wednesday it had agreed to sell its stake in the proposed Browse liquefied natural gas project in Australia to PetroChina ...

Wind, solar power paired with storage could be cost-effective way to power grid

Dec 12, 2012 (SPX)

Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today's electricity expenses, according to new ...

BHP Billiton sells stake in Australian LNG

Dec 12, 2012 (UPI)

Mining giant BHP Billiton said it would sell its interest in the Browse natural gas project offshore Western Australia to Chinese state-run oil producer PetroCh...

Texas landowner blocks Keystone pipeline building

Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)

A Texas judge temporarily blocked construction on a small portion of the controversial Keystone pipeline after a landowner sought relief, but operator TransCana...

Israel, Iran vie for control of Red Sea

Dec 11, 2012 (UPI)

The Red Sea, a key shipping route, is becoming an arena of confrontation between Israel and Iran, with Sudan and Eritrea key targets by both sides in a strategi...

Ukraine Crushed in $1.1bn Fake Gas Deal

Dec 11, 2012 (SPX)

Certainly the folks at Gazprom are having a good snicker, reveling in the mockery that has been made of what should have been a landmark Ukraine-Spain gas deal ...

Danish PM refuses to block Greenland mining law

Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)

Denmark's prime minister rejected Tuesday calls to block a Greenland law that will allow foreign mining companies to employ workers under conditions prevalent i...

Romania gas, gold referendums scrapped after low turnout

Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)

Romania's electoral office announced on Monday that two regional referendums on gold mine and shale gas projects were invalidated a day after too few people tur...

Oil market gains on China data

Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)

World oil prices rose on Monday as traders digested a raft of upbeat economic data in top energy consumer China, ahead of an OPEC oil output meeting later in th...

CNOOC-Nexen deal the last for Canada?

Dec 10, 2012 (UPI)

Canada has signaled it is putting the brakes on foreign state-owned companies investing in Canadian oil sands, following the government's approval of China Nati...

US greenlights CNOOC takeover of Nexen

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

Beijing-based energy giant CNOOC has received US approval for its takeover of Canadian oil producer Nexen, surmounting the last hurdle to closing the deal, Nexe...

Vietnam breaks up anti-China rally, arrests protesters

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

Vietnam broke up an anti-China rallies in its two main cities and arrested around 20 people Sunday, activists told AFP, in the latest protests against Beijing a...

China's CNOOC say Nexen staff will benefit from takeover

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

A Beijing-based energy giant which will take over a Canadian firm in what is reportedly China's biggest-ever foreign investment has said local employees will be...