ENERGY TECH - INTERN DAILY

Nov 02, 2012 (UPI)

New Jersey residents are grappling with gasoline shortages in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg , D-N.J., and Robert Menendez, D-...

Anger mounts in US storm zone over fuel shortages

Nov 02, 2012 (AFP)

New York commuters fought for car fuel at gas station forecourts Friday while mayor Michael Bloomberg faced pressure to call off his city's famed marathon as it...

Rice team boosts silicon-based batteries

Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at Rice University have refined silicon-based lithium-ion technology by literally crushing their previous work to make a high-capacity, long-lived a...

Falklands oil quest draws hedge funds

Nov 02, 2012 (UPI)

The Falklands' bid to enter the big league of oil producers in the South Atlantic is drawing hedge funds to what promises to be a multibillion-dollar enterprise...

Maurel Prom reveals approach for Gabon oil assets, report names suitor Sinopec

Nov 01, 2012 (AFP)

French oil company Maurel et Prom, which operates mainly in Gabon, said on Thursday that it had received approaches for some of its activities but that no agree...

Iraqi Kurds defy Baghdad, export own oil

Nov 01, 2012 (UPI)

Iraq's independence-minded Kurds have started exporting oil independently of Baghdad, fueling a political battle that will undermine the central government's st...

The hunt for electron holes

Nov 01, 2012 (SPX)

Hydrogen production by solar water splitting in photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) has long been considered the holy grail of sustainable energy research. Iron ox...

BG Group says it sells Queensland gas interests to China's CNOOC

Oct 31, 2012 (AFP)

British energy producer BG Group said on Wednesday it will sell interests in its Queensland Curtis liquefied natural gas project in Australia to China's CNOOC f...

Iraq, Kuwait battle over gulf megaports

Oct 31, 2012 (UPI)

Iraq and southern neighbor Kuwait, at daggers drawn since the days of the Ottoman Empire, are again in dispute, this time over plans to build rival megaports in...

China completes shale bidding

Oct 30, 2012 (UPI)

The latest bidding round for exploration rights on 20 Chinese shale gas blocks attracted a record 83 companies, the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources said....

Crude down in Asia as hurricane threatens US

Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices fell in Asia Monday as US refineries cut crude production in anticipation of a plunge in energy demand as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the eastern Un...

Oil prices drop as hurricane blasts US East Coast

Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices dropped on Monday as refineries and oil terminals on the US East Coast shut down due to Hurricane Sandy, which bore down on the heavily industrial Ne...

Utah oil sands projects gets green light

Oct 26, 2012 (UPI)

The United States' first commercial oil sands mining project, in Utah, has been approved. Calgary company U.S. Oil Sands has been working since 2005 to get the ...

Obama shows support for natural gas

Oct 26, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. President Barack Obama, in a plan for his second term released this week, is touting the economic benefits of natural gas in a way he never did four years ...

Oil prices rise on US growth, Hurricane Sandy

Oct 26, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices closed higher Friday, lifted by better-than-expected US economic growth in the third quarter and worries about Hurricane Sandy churning toward the he...

Nigeria loses billions in oil, gas theft

Oct 25, 2012 (UPI)

Nigeria is losing an estimated $1 billion a month to oil theft while fraudulent natural gas deals with international oil companies have cost the West African co...

Kuwait gripped by growing political crisis

Oct 25, 2012 (UPI)

Kuwait, a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf, is gripped by a deepening political crisis over demands for reforms that the ruling family is doggedly resisting. T...

Crude higher in Asia on China manufacturing data

Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices climbed in Asian trade Thursday on data showing a slight pick-up in China's manufacturing sector, but weak US energy demand and eurozone worries capp...

All Canada to benefit from oil sands development: study

Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)

An influential Canadian business association on Wednesday sought to quell domestic objections over the development of Alberta's oil sands by releasing a study s...

Oil prices rebound on upbeat Chinese manufacturing data

Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices rebounded slightly on Wednesday, with sentiment boosted by upbeat data from top global energy consumer China, ahead of new economic figures from the ...