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The Energy Daily Editorial Team produces Energy Daily's coverage of the global energy industry. We report on oil and gas, power grids and utilities, energy markets and policy, and the renewables and storage reshaping how the world is powered. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Energy Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Oil and Gas

Chevron leaves Lithuanian shale venture behind

Vilnius, Lithuania (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 - U.S. supermajor Chevron announced it has shut down its offices in Lithuania and sold off half of its interests in the country.

Jul 9, 2013

Energy Tech

Gabon makes rare challenge to China over oil practices

Libreville (AFP) July 09, 2013 - Gabon has taken the exceptional step of withdrawing the right of Addax Petroleum, a subsidiary of Chinese oil giant Sinopec, to exploit an oilfield, raising concerns over possible repercussions on the business climate.

Jul 9, 2013

Oil and Gas

Gazprom subsidiary Centrgaz will build pipeline through Serbia

Belgrade, Serbia (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 - Russian natural gas company Gazprom announced a Serbian subsidiary will be tasked with building the South Stream natural gas pipeline in the country.

Jul 9, 2013

Oil and Gas

Industrial groups call on Kerry to consent to Keystone XL

Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 - Keystone XL has been studied longer than any other project of its kind and it's time to start construction, advocates told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Jul 9, 2013

Oil and Gas

Industry says it’s premature to declare Libyan oil victory

Houston (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 - Energy industry watchers said Wednesday optimism over the rebound of Libyan oil production should be tempered.

Jul 9, 2013

Oil and Gas

Iran expecting Russian investments in gas sector

Tehran (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 - Iran's deputy minister for gas affairs said Wednesday he was expecting Russia to start investing in the Iranian natural gas industry.

Jul 9, 2013

Energy Tech

Quebec train disaster highlights pipeline shortage

Montreal July 09, 2013 - Death and destruction unleashed on a Quebec town when a runaway oil tanker train derailed and exploded put a spotlight Monday on the challenges of transporting oil by rail, versus pipelines.

Jul 9, 2013

Energy News

Toronto struggles to regain power after storm

Toronto, Canada (AFP) July 09, 2013 - Thousands of Toronto residents were without power Tuesday after torrential rains caused widespread outages in Canada's largest city, prompting the mayor to call for energy conservation.

Jul 9, 2013

Energy Tech

Treating oil spills with chemical dispersants: Is the cure worse than the ailment?

London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2013 - Treating oil spills at sea with chemical dispersants is detrimental to European sea bass. A new study, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Valencia on July 6, suggests

Jul 9, 2013

Wind Daily

U.S., German companies to operate Texas Panhandle wind farm

Amarillo, Texas (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 - Subsidiaries of GE and German energy company E.ON announced a joint partnership to operate a 211-megawatt wind farm in the Texas Panhandle.

Jul 9, 2013

Oil and Gas

U.S. on pace to break 40-year oil production record

Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 - Expectations about total U.S. crude oil production for next year are the highest they've been in more than 40 years, the U.S. Energy Department said.

Jul 9, 2013

Oil and Gas

Algeria envisions joint energy efforts with Tanzania

Algiers, Algeria (UPI) Jul 8, 2013 - Algeria and Tanzania are in the advanced stage of talks regarding three separate energy projects, Algerian Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi said.

Jul 8, 2013

Energy Tech

BP fights ‘feeding frenzy’ of US oil spill claims

Washington (AFP) July 08, 2013 - BP asked a US appeals court on Monday to scuttle a feeding frenzy of fictitious compensation claims stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Jul 8, 2013

Energy Tech

China ‘free coal’ policy shaves years off life: study

Washington (AFP) July 08, 2013 - A decades-old Chinese policy of giving free coal for winter heating to residents in the north has shaved more than five years off life expectancy there, a study said Monday.

Jul 8, 2013

Oil and Gas

Energy sector reform in Ukraine needed for more aid, EU says

Brussels (UPI) Jul 8, 2013 - Energy sector reform in Ukraine is a condition for further financial support from the European Union, commissioner Stefan Fule said Tuesday from Brussels.

Jul 8, 2013

Oil and Gas

Federal and tribal energy sales on a steady decline, U.S. says

Washington (UPI) Jul 8, 2013 - A drop in offshore natural gas production is behind the decline in sales of fossil fuels derived from federal and tribal lands, the U.S. Energy Department said.

Jul 8, 2013