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SO diverse are the Middle East’s oil and gas reservoirs and the environmental conditions encountered that companies focused on optimising exploration and production view the region as a giant laboratory for proving new technologies.

Its oil also varies hugely in viscosity, from the Arab Light crude of Saudi Arabia’s Al Khurais onshore field to the heavy crudes in Oman’s Mukhaizna onshore field.…

THE ENERGY sector has been left guessing whether there will be a robust future international climate change agreement after the latest global diplomatic meeting on the subject in Doha, Qatar. Delegates attending the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change were tasked from November 26 to December 7 with solving two key issues: devising a post-Kyoto Protocol agreement that will kick in from 2020; and also devising a holding agreement for countries wanting to reduce emissions from the expiry of the Kyoto Protocol this December until the new agreement comes into force.…

THE BRITISH government is creating a unique regime of energy price incentives to spur commercialisation of carbon capture and storage systems, yet significant barriers remain to unlocking the billions of Pounds Sterling needed to build a CCS industry of sufficient mass in the UK able to create economies of scale for investors.…

OVER the past 10 years, solar panels have become increasingly popular through growing demand for green energy. But with recent developments in ‘smart’ coatings that will make photovoltaic (PV) solar applications more efficient, their future is looking even brighter.

Despite continuous developments in their production, solar cells and other PV applications are not always efficient, as they often reflect too much sunlight and create high maintenance costs. …

CYPRUS is under intense pressure to clean up its act  – at least on the south of the island, controlled by the internationally recognised government- in battling what some foreign creditors, with Germany at the forefront, see as a widespread money laundering problem.…

DECLINING demand from the USA and European Union (EU) for Bangladesh knitwear has not dampened the world’s second largest clothing exporter from aiming high. Rather, Bangladesh is planning to more than double its current knitwear exports, to USD20 billion by 2020, seeking out new markets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL AND JOHN PAGNI, IN HELSINKI

THE DEVELOPMENT of nanotechnology, especially in commercial consumer products such as textiles and clothing, is being stunted by continuing concerns over health risks, an international conference has been told.

The International Congress on the Safety of Engineered Nanoparticles and Nanotechnologies (SENN2012), in Helsinki, staged by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) received a series of papers on the latest research into nano-silver, a key anti-bacterial input of known worth within the textile and clothing sector.…

BY BILL CORCORAN, IN CAPE TOWN

WHEN the South African government signed contracts in early November with 28 independent renewable energy providers, the moment marked a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to reduce its reliance on coal-fired plants for power.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

It was a tight call but the money came through in the end and students signed up for the European Union’s (EU) Erasmus student exchange programme will get funding after all next year.

The Erasmus cash had been caught up in a budget deadlock lasting months and the issue was only resolved this week, when the European Parliament rubber-stamped a deal agreed a few days earlier by EU ministers.…

BY CARMEN PAUN IN BRUSSELS

At a time when Europe needs smart grids and storage capacity for electricity produced by renewable energy sources, investors could be expected to sink money into the potential decarbonised future of utilities. Not so much, a Eurelectric report on investments in the liberalised electricity market has showed.…