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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.

Wind Daily

Wind turbine installation vessel launching and construction supervision contract

Jiangsu, China (SPX) Oct 11, 2018 - Ouyang Offshore Co., Ltd. has launched its new-build wind turbine installation vessel, OuYang 1, at Dayang Offshore Equipment Co., Ltd.'s yard in Jiangsu, China. Further, the Chinese shipowner has a

Oct 11, 2018

Oil and Gas

Crude oil prices slip as Hurricane Michael hits the Florida Panhandle

Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2018 - Crude oil prices plummeted again Wednesday morning despite Hurricane Michael lashing the Florida coast as a Category 4 storm.

Oct 10, 2018

Bio Fuel

In pre-vote boost for farmers, Trump to ease ethanol fuel rules

Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2018 - The United States will raise the ethanol content level in gasoline that can be sold year round, President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday, delivering a win for farmers ahead of hotly contested midterm elections.

Oct 10, 2018

Energy Tech

A new path to solving a longstanding fusion challenge

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 - A class exercise at MIT, aided by industry researchers, has led to an innovative solution to one of the longstanding challenges facing the development of practical fusion power plants: how to get ri

Oct 10, 2018

Energy Tech

Abrikosov vortices help scientists explain inconsistencies in ‘dirty’ superconductors theory

Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 - International team of physicists explained anomalous low temperature behavior of 'dirty' superconductors. These materials possess various non-trivial properties which make them necessary for quantum

Oct 10, 2018

Oil and Gas

BP expects 25 percent lower oil prices after period of volatility

Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2018 - BP plans on oil prices 25 percent below current levels after short volatility period, their CEO said on Wednesday.

Oct 10, 2018

Oil and Gas

Pemex: Shallow water discovery may add 180 million barrels in reserves

Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2018 - Mexican state oil company Pemex has confirmed discoveries of light crude oil in the country's southeast basin that could add up to 180 million barrels to its proven, probable and possible reserves of barrels of oil equivalent.

Oct 10, 2018

Oil and Gas

Bullish on natural gas, Shell announces new North Sea investment

Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2018 - Shell United Kingdom Ltd. announced on Wednesday an investment decision in the North Sea to develop a gas field, just a day after Royal Dutch Shell CEO said the group was bullish regarding expectations of natural gas demand growth.

Oct 10, 2018

Oil and Gas

Crude oil prices tick up as Hurricane Michael targets the Florida panhandle

Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2018 - Oil prices were up in mid-day trading Tuesday as Hurricane Michael barrels toward the Florida panhandle.

Oct 9, 2018

Energy Tech

New fuel cell concept brings biological design to better electricity generation

Madison WI (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 - Fuel cells have long been viewed as a promising power source. These devices, invented in the 1830s, generate electricity directly from chemicals, such as hydrogen and oxygen, and produce only water

Oct 9, 2018

Oil and Gas

Total, Saudi Aramco sign accord to build petrochemical complex

Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2018 - France's Total and Saudi Aramco inked an accord for the front-end engineering and design of a new petrochemical plant in an eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The agreement represents a $5 billion investment, and it is scheduled to start operating in 2024.

Oct 9, 2018

Oil and Gas

UN, AU ask S.Sudan’s warring sides to deliver on peace deal

Juba (AFP) Oct 9, 2018 - The United Nations and African Union on Tuesday called on South Sudan's warring parties to take concrete steps to implement the latest peace deal signed last month.

Oct 9, 2018

Oil and Gas

BP, Exxon, Equinor prep production platforms in Gulf ahead of Michael

Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2018 - BP has shut production at four platforms located near the potential path of Hurricane Michael, and Equinor and ExxonMobil cut staff to a minimum and evacuated rigs, as it moves into the northern Gulf of Mexico with an expected Wednesday landfall.

Oct 9, 2018

Oil and Gas

Russia minister considers joining OPEC unnecessary, unreasonable

Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2018 - Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak considers unnecessary for the country to join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, as the current relationship makes it possible to reach accords while avoiding legal obligations.

Oct 9, 2018

Oil and Gas

Exxon Mobil gives $1 mn to lobby for US carbon tax

New York (AFP) Oct 9, 2018 - Exxon Mobil said Tuesday it would spend $1 million to support a US lobbying campaign behind a carbon tax, boosting an initiative that faces long odds in Washington in the near-term

Oct 9, 2018

Wind Daily

UCSB mechanical engineer develops ways to improve windfarm productivity

Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 - You've probably seen them, perhaps on long roadtrips: wind turbines with enormous, hypnotic rolling blades, harnessing the clean power of wind for conversion into electric energy. What you may not k

Oct 9, 2018