(EnergyAsia, December 5, Friday) — Following recent high-profile incidences of piracy, Intertanko said it will support the decision of tanker operators to avoid sailing in the waters off Somalia’s coasts and in the Gulf of Aden, and to sail instead via the Cape of Good Hope and East of Madagascar. The association has issued a (more…)

(EnergyAsia, December 3, Wednesday) — The US has postponed a planned joint commercial nuclear mission to India on December 2 to 9 following last month’s terror attacks in Mumbai killing 195 people including several terrorists. GSE Systems Inc (GSE), a leading global provider of real-time simulation and training solutions to the power, process, manufacturing and (more…)

(EnergyAsia, December 1, Monday) — Sri Lanka’s government has targeted to develop the country’s hydro-power potential to help meet its growing energy demand. The government of President Mahinda Rajapaks has appointed a task force to study and help implement projects, as well as lend support to hydropower project developers.   The country has identified some (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 28, Friday) — EnergyAsia recently interviewed executives from renewable energy solutions company Conergy, project management company Epeus Asia Pacific, financial institutions Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Fortis Bank and Superfund, and the Malaysian Energy Centre (PTM). These interviews were filmed and can be found on www.EnergyAsia.com. Epeus Asia Pacific, an international project management company, (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 28, Friday) — Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will launch the country’s first fully integrated plastics park to be built under the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) master plan on December 2. Sited on a 140-hectare plot, the Kertih Plastics Park (KPP) will be a hub for plastics manufacturers and service providers. (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 27, Thursday) — ‘Understanding Today’s Electricity Business’ presents the ‘big picture’ for those who wish to understand the industry’s operations. It provides an insight into the key players, deregulation models, electricity supply systems, profit making and risk management systems. This 216-page book details the structure of the North American electricity industry and how (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 26, Wednesday) — The ‘Asia Power – Financing Power Projects’ conference will be held at the Royal Plaza hotel on Scotts in Singapore on January 20 and 21. Energy demand in Asia has reached record highs especially in major economies like China and India. The conference will discuss how the region can meet (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 26, Wednesday) — Thanks to growing demand around the world, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business is poised to become a major global industry. ‘Understanding the Global LNG Business’ provides an understanding of the industry’s fundamentals in particular supply-demand issues. The 124-page book is equipped with facts, figures and illustrations to cover all (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 26, Wednesday) — ‘Arctic Oil and Gas – Sustainability at Risk?’, written by Aslaug Mikkelsen and Oluf Langhelle, analyses the expanding oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. The book focuses on the territories of the Arctic Rim where current and future oil (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 25, Tuesday) — ‘Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering’ incorporates an update of some of the most recent technological advances and research developments in photovoltaics (PV) by international experts. Each chapter provides detailed information of the physics and technology for experts and includes a review of past work and the fundamentals in solar (more…)

a compilation of information and analysis of a range of sustainability assessment methods and their uses. Sustainability is a key driving force for industries in the chemical, food, packaging, agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors, and quantitative sustainability indicators are being incorporated into company reports. This is driving the uptake of renewable resources and the adoption of (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 2, Monday) — ‘Understanding Today’s Natural Gas Business’, the latest addition to Enerdynamics’ line of energy business education products, looks at how the North American natural gas industry operates. The 150-page book, loaded with charts and illustrations, provides an overview of the natural gas industry in US. It examines the major players in (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 24, Monday) — ‘Petrochemicals in Nontechnical Language’ is an authoritative text that has been re-written and expanded to include extra chapters on methyl tertiary butyl ether and higher alcohols. Packed with diagrams and tables, the book will provide a clear understanding of this topic.  Topics include organic chemistry, benzene, toluene and xylenes, cyclohexane, (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 19, Wednesday) —- ‘Visions for a Sustainable Energy Future’ by Mark Gabriel offers a unique insight into the corporate health of energy companies in an evolving landscape of deregulation. The book overviews important elements vital to the success of energy companies coming out of a safe regulated structure and dealing with a new (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 18, Tuesday) — More than 200 delegates, including ship-owners and operators, are expected to attend the International Symposium on Safety and Protection of the Marine Environment in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 24. The symposium is being organised by The Nippon Foundation and the Round Table (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 17, Monday) — This is an edited version of the minister’s speech delivered at the Carbon Forum Asia 2008 in Singapore. “Climate change is one of the biggest global challenges we face this millennium. The UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has assessed that global warming is “unequivocal”, and that it will (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 17, Monday) — Production Services Network (PSN), the international energy services company based in Aberdeen, Scotland, said it has secured a four-year multi-million US dollar contract extension to provide operation and maintenance services for a gas field project in Vietnam. The contract was awarded by operator KNOC of South Korea for development work (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 14, Friday) — ‘Synthetic Fuels Handbook’ provides a comprehensive guide to the benefits and trade-offs of numerous alternative fuels, presenting expert analyses of the different properties, processes  and performance characteristics of each fuel. It discusses the concept systems and technology involved in the production of fuels on both industrial and individual scales. Written (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 14, Friday) — Argus, the international energy price reporting agency, has launched daily price assessments for Vityaz and Sokol crude oil from Russia’s Sakhalin Island. These price assessments are available in the Argus Crude report which provides daily information on the global crude markets. Argus said it is the first price reporting service (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 14, Friday) — Asia is fast becoming the driving force behind the rise of the world’s carbon market. To date, 65% or 774 out of a total of 1,186 clean development mechanism (CDM) projects registered with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) originated from the Asia Pacific region. This represents over (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 13, Thursday) — More than 300 companies representing some of the world’s leading names in the composites industry displayed their technologies and innovations at Asia Pacific’s first international composites show at the Suntec Exhibition Centre in Singapore from October 22 to October 24. More than 8,000 visitors attended the exhibition while the conference (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — Australia’s Mission NewEnergy Limited said its first pilot plant using patent-pending technologies has successfully produced ethanol from agricultural waste material. The pilot plant was set up in a joint venture with a scientific team in India. The breakthrough development means that Mission will be able to produce bio-ethanol from a (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 11, Tuesday ) — The Oxford Princeton Programme will be holding a residual and bunker fuel markets workshop in Singapore from December 1 to 3. ‘Global Drivers of Price and Quality in Residual/Bunker Fuel Markets: Investigating the Value Chain and Structural Changes’ is designed to provide delegates with an understanding of the supply (more…)

released a new book, ‘Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius’, which shows readers how to build practical, environmentally conscious projects using the three most popular and widely accessible fuel cells. The author, Gavin Harper, provides easy-to-follow plans that feature clear diagrams and schematics that would help readers conduct practical experiments and build energising fuel (more…)

(EnergyAsia, November 10, Monday) — Nearly 6,000 industry professionals from more than 55 countries attended POWER-GEN Asia at the KLCC Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 21 to 23. This represented a record 12% increase from the previous edition in Thailand last year. More than 150 exhibitors participated, including some of the world’s (more…)