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Editorial Team

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 say goodbye to $50

New York (UPI) Oct 26, 2016 - With OPEC sending messages lacking details, markets reacted to data showing a sizeable build in supplies and sent oil prices in retreat early Wednesday.

Oct 26, 2016

Oil and Gas

Russia expecting more oil investments

Moscow (UPI) Oct 26, 2016 - Investments in the Russian oil sector are expected to expand in comparison to last year, though nothing is certain for 2017, a deputy energy minister said.

Oct 26, 2016

Oil and Gas

SAIC to supply U.S. military with petroleum products

Mclean, Va. (UPI) Oct 26, 2016 - SAIC is to supply chemicals, packaged petroleum and other products to the U.S. military under a contract from the Defense Logistics Agency.

Oct 26, 2016

Bio Fuel

Turning biofuel waste into wealth in a single step

Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 26, 2016 - Lignin is a bulky chain of molecules found in wood and is usually discarded during biofuel production. But in a new method by EPFL chemists, the simple addition of formaldehyde could turn it into th

Oct 26, 2016

Energy Tech

Ultralow power transistors could function for years without a battery

Cambridge, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2016 - A newly-developed form of transistor opens up a range of new electronic applications including wearable or implantable devices by drastically reducing the amount of power used. Devices based on this

Oct 26, 2016

Oil and Gas

Violence apparently escalating on both sides of Dakota Access protests

Mandan, N.D. (UPI) Oct 26, 2016 - A U.S. group advocating for the rights of women said the federal government should intervene in Dakota oil pipeline protests in order to halt the violence.

Oct 26, 2016

Oil and Gas

Weatherford: The worst is over

Baar, Switzerland (UPI) Oct 26, 2016 - Even though it reported a steep loss for the third quarter, oilfield services company Weatherford International said the worst of the downturn was over.

Oct 26, 2016

Oil and Gas

Baker Hughes sees recovery on the horizon

Houston (UPI) Oct 25, 2016 - Results for the third quarter were indicative of a market under pressure, though oilfield services company Baker Hughes said recovery was on the horizon.

Oct 25, 2016

Bio Fuel

Biomass heating could get a ‘green’ boost with the help of fungi

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2016 - In colder weather, people have long been warming up around campfires and woodstoves. Lately, this idea of burning wood or other biomass for heat has surged in popularity as an alternative to using f

Oct 25, 2016

Oil and Gas

Blame OPEC for the price at the pump

Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2016 - Coordinated efforts from OPEC are partially behind what would otherwise be a period of historically lower U.S. gasoline prices, market analyses find.

Oct 25, 2016

Oil and Gas

Eagle Ford shale exchange looks like net win

Houston (UPI) Oct 25, 2016 - U.S. shale player Sanchez Energy said it was optimizing its balance sheet by unloading non-core assets in one of the premier basins in Texas.

Oct 25, 2016

Oil and Gas

Nigerian oil export pipeline attacked

Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Oct 25, 2016 - The group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers said its fighters on Tuesday took out an oil export pipeline in Nigeria operated by Chevron.

Oct 25, 2016

Oil and Gas

Oil prices turn lower on supply prospects

New York (UPI) Oct 25, 2016 - Crude oil prices moved lower at the start of trading Tuesday as supply-side pressures endured, even after a U.S. crude oil pipeline returned to service.

Oct 25, 2016

Energy Tech

Self-healable battery

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2016 - Electronics that can be embedded in clothing are a growing trend. However, power sources remain a problem. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have now introduced thin, flexible, lithium io

Oct 25, 2016

Energy Tech

A window into battery life for next-gen lithium cells

Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 24, 2016 - Dendrites, whiskers of lithium that grow inside batteries and can cause fires like those in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, are the bane of next-generation lithium batteries. While they usually spr

Oct 24, 2016

Bio Fuel

Algae discovery offers potential for sustainable biofuels

St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 24, 2016 - James Umen, Ph.D., associate member at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and colleagues have discovered a way to make algae better oil producers without sacrificing growth. The findings were pub

Oct 24, 2016