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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

Dakota Access pipeline delayed

Washington (UPI) Nov 15, 2016 - A federal decision on the Dakota Access pipeline shows Washington is listening, though parties to the debate differed on the wisdom of that attention.

Nov 15, 2016

Oil and Gas

Niger Delta Avengers strike again

Lagos, Portugal (UPI) Nov 15, 2016 - A group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers said it was the one responding to terrorism and tyranny with its latest attack on crude oil export pipeline.

Nov 15, 2016

Oil and Gas

Oil prices rise on latest verbal stimulus

New York (UPI) Nov 15, 2016 - A rally in crude oil prices was fed by the latest frenzy over OPEC production rhetoric, which overshadowed European reports Tuesday of stagnant economic growth.

Nov 15, 2016

Oil and Gas

Relief finally coming at the U.S. gas pump

Washington (UPI) Nov 15, 2016 - Seasonal trends are finally catching up with U.S. commuters who are starting to see a steady decline in gasoline prices, motor club AAA said in a market report.

Nov 15, 2016

Energy News

Study: LED lights draw fewer insects

Bristol, England (UPI) Nov 15, 2016 - A porch light and a crack in the screen door can make for an itchy evening. Lights are known to attract insects; some harmless, like moths, others bothersome, like biting midges. But not all lights are equally attractive.

Nov 15, 2016

Oil and Gas

UN chief calls for ‘elimination’ of fossil fuel subsidies

Marrakesh, Morocco (AFP) Nov 15, 2016 - UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies to accelerate the transition to clean energy for the sake of the planet.

Nov 15, 2016

Oil and Gas

U.S. drillers focus sights on Permian shale

Washington (UPI) Nov 15, 2016 - U.S. energy strategies are coalescing around the Permian shale basin in Texas and New

Nov 15, 2016

Oil and Gas

Australia’s LNG sector is booming

Adelaide, Australia (UPI) Nov 14, 2016 - Higher export volumes and energy market recovery means the liquefied natural gas sector in Australia is booming, consultant group EnergyQuest said.

Nov 14, 2016

Energy Tech

Bottlebrush polymers make dielectric elastomers viable for use in devices

Raleigh NC (SPX) Nov 14, 2016 - A multi-institutional research team has developed a new electroactive polymer material that can change shape and size when exposed to a relatively small electric field. The advance overcomes two lon

Nov 14, 2016

Oil and Gas

Can Oil Markets Survive An OPEC Implosion

London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2016 - A technical meeting that was supposed to iron out some wrinkles for a deal to cut oil production ended in acrimony over the weekend, and OPEC's effort at coordination could be at yet another impasse

Nov 14, 2016

Wind Daily

Interior set to rule on future of BLM’s Renewable Energy Program

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2016 - Advancing the President's Climate Action Plan to create jobs, cut carbon pollution and develop clean domestic energy, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has announced that the Bureau of Land Man

Nov 14, 2016

Wind Daily

Microsoft Corp. taps deeper into wind power

Redmond, Wash. (UPI) Nov 14, 2016 - Computing giant Microsoft Corp. said Monday it expanded its renewable energy footprint in the United States by adding more wind power to its portfolio.

Nov 14, 2016

Oil and Gas

Nearly two dozen tremors recorded in Oklahoma in a week

Oklahoma City (UPI) Nov 14, 2016 - Following a cluster of events near Oklahoma shale basins, data from the U.S. Geological Survey show nearly two dozen small tremors in the last week.

Nov 14, 2016

Oil and Gas

New maps created by Stanford scientists reveal safe locations for wastewater injection

Stanford CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2016 - Stanford geophysicists have compiled the most detailed maps yet of the geologic forces controlling the locations, types and magnitudes of earthquakes in Texas and Oklahoma. These new stress m

Nov 14, 2016

Oil and Gas

Oil prices inch lower as pessimism gains traction

New York (UPI) Nov 14, 2016 - Market pessimism spilled over into Monday as doubts over production arrangements and slight declines in exploration and production brought oil prices lower.

Nov 14, 2016

Oil and Gas

Oil trader Trafigura Group jockeys for more transparency

Amsterdam, Netherlands (UPI) Nov 14, 2016 - Oil trader Trafigura Group said it was leading the industry in transparency initiatives by disclosing how much money it paid to governments last year.

Nov 14, 2016