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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

Oil prices rally on geopolitical tensions

Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 - Geopolitical factors spilled over into the broader economic mood early Monday to send crude oil prices sharply higher in early trading.

Apr 10, 2017

Energy Tech

Physicists develop ultrathin superconducting film

Saarbrucken, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 - Experimental physicists in the research group led by Professor Uwe Hartmann at Saarland University have developed a thin nanomaterial with superconducting properties. Below about -200 C these mater

Apr 10, 2017

Oil and Gas

Russia takes conservative approach on the price of oil

Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 - Russia is taking a conservative approach to the price of oil, pegging its scenario for growth at $40 per barrel for the nation's benchmark Urals crude oil.

Apr 10, 2017

Oil and Gas

North American rig count increased in March

Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017 - Exploration and production activity in North America outpaced the rest of the world in terms of general gains, oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported.

Apr 7, 2017

Oil and Gas

Senegal oil efforts financed, FAR Ltd. says

Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017 - A cash infusion from the placement of shares in West African oil and gas explorer FAR Ltd. is testimony to the region's potential, its managing director said.

Apr 7, 2017

Oil and Gas

Kuwait seeks U.S. support for airbase makeover

Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017 - The U.S. State Department has approved Kuwait for a possible Foreign Military Sale of support for facilities and infrastructure construction.

Apr 7, 2017

Oil and Gas

Norway issues new drilling permits for North and Barents Seas

Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017 - The government of Norway, one of the largest oil and gas exporters to Europe, said Friday it signed off on new drilling permits in its territorial waters.

Apr 7, 2017

Bio Fuel

Gripen fighter completes test flights using 100 percent biofuel

Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017 - A Gripen fighter owned by Sweden's Ministry of Defense has successfully flown using a GKN RM12 engine completely powered by renewable biofuel.

Apr 7, 2017

Oil and Gas

Saudi ‘fully backs’ US strike on Syria base

Riyadh (AFP) April 7, 2017 - Saudi Arabia said Friday that it fully backs a US air strike on a Syrian government airbase in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town.

Apr 7, 2017

Oil and Gas

Conflict-surge in oil prices fades on rig, labor figures

Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017 - An overnight surge in crude oil prices moderated in the hour before the start of U.S. trading Friday with rig counts and labor figures putting a lid on the rally.

Apr 7, 2017

Oil and Gas

New Zealand defends energy sector in wake of Shell exit

Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017 - Shell's planned exit from a natural gas field in New Zealand doesn't indicate negativity in the country's natural reserves, a national petroleum manager said.

Apr 7, 2017

Bio Fuel

Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol

Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 - A multi-institutional team led by the University of Illinois have proven sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in its leaves and stems for biodiesel production. Surprisingly, the mo

Apr 6, 2017

Oil and Gas

BP revises pay, posts cut for CEO Dudley

Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 - British energy company BP said it cut the pay for CEO Bob Dudley as part of a measure that links salaries to the outcome and delivery of the corporate strategy.

Apr 6, 2017

Oil and Gas

Potentially explosive methane gas mobile in groundwater, poses safety risk

Guelph, Canada (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 - Potentially explosive methane gas leaking from energy wells may travel extensively through groundwater and pose a safety risk, according to a new study by University of Guelph researchers. Res

Apr 6, 2017

Oil and Gas

West African explorer FAR Ltd. gets cash injection

Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 - West African explorer FAR Ltd. said it raised substantial capital to fund its development programs in the emerging oil basin offshore Senegal.

Apr 6, 2017

Oil and Gas

Kurdish oil developer says it’s primed for growth

Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 - Gulf Keystone Petroleum, an operator in the Kurdish north of Iraq, said in a regular update to shareholders it's primed for future development.

Apr 6, 2017