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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.

Energy Tech

Scientists simulate starting up tokamaks without using solenoid

Princeton NJ (SPX) Jan 07, 2016 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have produced self-consistent computer simulations that capture the evolution of an electric current inside f

Jan 7, 2016

Oil and Gas

Ukraine challenges Russian gas project

Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) Jan 7, 2016 - Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz said it filed an official complaint in Europe, arguing Russian gas pipeline expansion plans would limit competition.

Jan 7, 2016

Oil and Gas

Appetite for mergers in energy sector drying up

Houston (UPI) Jan 6, 2016 - Despite some planned mega-mergers, market uncertainty meant few companies were willing to join forces in last year's weakened energy economy, analysis finds.

Jan 6, 2016

Oil and Gas

Faroe Petroleum ups reserve estimate

London (UPI) Jan 6, 2016 - Riding on the potential of its Norwegian assets, mid-sized energy company Faroe Petroleum said its reserve holdings for 2015 nearly doubled.

Jan 6, 2016

Oil and Gas

Kurds make payments for oil exports

Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Jan 6, 2016 - Energy companies working in the Kurdish north of Iraq said they've received payments from the regional government for crude oil exports.

Jan 6, 2016

Oil and Gas

Market fundamentals driving oil for now, analysis finds

London (UPI) Jan 6, 2016 - The glut of oil on the global market is diminishing the prospects that tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia will cause a spike in oil prices, analysis finds.

Jan 6, 2016

Oil and Gas

Oil takes it on the chin with heavy losses

New York (UPI) Jan 6, 2016 - Crude oil prices suffered heavy losses in early Wednesday trading as macroeconomic concerns continued to trump worries over Middle East tensions.

Jan 6, 2016

Oil and Gas

Shale-rich Oklahoma facing budget crisis

Oklahoma City (UPI) Jan 6, 2016 - While emerging as a shale leader in the United States, the governor of Oklahoma said the state is facing 2016 with a major gap in its budget.

Jan 6, 2016

Oil and Gas

TransCanada to sue US for $15 bn over Keystone XL pipeline rejection

Montreal (AFP) Jan 6, 2016 - TransCanada said Wednesday it will sue the US government for US$15 billion for blocking its project for an oil pipeline linking Canada with the Gulf of Mexico.

Jan 6, 2016

Oil and Gas

TransCanada to sue US for $15 bn over pipeline rejection

Montreal (AFP) Jan 6, 2016 - TransCanada will sue the US government for US$15 billion for blocking its controversial project for an oil pipeline linking Canada with the Gulf of Mexico, the firm said on Wednesday.

Jan 6, 2016

Oil and Gas

U.S. shale player Pioneer expects higher output

Dallas (UPI) Jan 6, 2016 - U.S. shale player Pioneer Natural Resources said it aims to boost production by at least 10 percent and spend around $2.6 billion despite the weakened market.

Jan 6, 2016

Bio Fuel

EU probes UK aid to convert huge coal power plant to biomass

Brussels (AFP) Jan 5, 2016 - The EU launched an investigation Tuesday into whether British government aid to convert the giant Drax power station from coal to more environmentally friendly biomass breaches the bloc's state aid rules.

Jan 5, 2016

Oil and Gas

Gas prices stay below $2 per gallon

Washington (UPI) Jan 5, 2016 - An abundant supply of crude oil means U.S. motorists could continue to enjoy the economic benefits of lower retail gasoline prices, market analysis find.

Jan 5, 2016

Energy News

Global electricity production vulnerable to climate and water resource change

Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 05, 2016 - Climate change impacts and associated changes in water resources could lead to reductions in electricity production capacity for more than 60% of the power plants worldwide from 2040-2069, according

Jan 5, 2016

Energy Tech

Hoverboard sparks house fire in Australia

Sydney (AFP) Jan 5, 2016 - An Australian family home was gutted when a hoverboard caught fire as it was charging, officials said Tuesday.

Jan 5, 2016

Bio Fuel

IU scientists create ‘nano-reactor’ for the production of hydrogen biofuel

Bloomington IN (SPX) Jan 05, 2016 - Scientists at Indiana University have created a highly efficient biomaterial that catalyzes the formation of hydrogen - one half of the holy grail of splitting H2O to make hydrogen and oxygen for

Jan 5, 2016