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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

Pain at the pump to continue, AAA says

Washington (UPI) Mar 3, 2015 - While U.S. gasoline prices remain relatively low, the recent trend in increases is the longest in more than two years, motor club AAA reports.

Mar 3, 2015

Oil and Gas

Philippines halts exploration in ‘disputed’ sea: contractor

Manila (AFP) March 3, 2015 - The Philippines has suspended operations at a South China Sea natural gas project because it is also claimed by China and the dispute is before a UN tribunal, its contractor said Tuesday.

Mar 3, 2015

Oil and Gas

Plans evolving for Norway’s major oil and gas field

Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Mar 3, 2015 - Norwegian energy company Statoil said it signed a deal with a Swiss services company to build a platform for one of the region's largest oil and gas fields.

Mar 3, 2015

Oil and Gas

Algeria: 40 police wounded in anti-shale gas protest

Algiers (AFP) March 2, 2015 - Forty police officers were wounded Sunday in clashes with demonstrators opposed to shale gas exploration in the Algerian Sahara, the Interior Ministry announced.

Mar 2, 2015

Energy Tech

CWRU researchers bring clean energy a step closer

Cleveland OH (SPX) Mar 02, 2015 - For nearly half a century, scientists have been trying to replace precious metal catalysts in fuel cells. Now, for the first time, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have shown that an i

Mar 2, 2015

Oil and Gas

Crude oil markets limp into spring

New York (UPI) Mar 2, 2015 - Positive economic news from Europe wasn't enough to give oil prices a lift in Monday trading as last week's slump bleeds over into March.

Mar 2, 2015

Energy News

Europe still off mark on sustainability goals: report

Paris (AFP) March 2, 2015 - Europe could miss several key targets for safeguarding its species, water, air and land, said a study Tuesday that warned economic recovery would add to the pressure on natural resources.

Mar 2, 2015

Oil and Gas

Gazprom Neft gets good grade from China

Moscow (UPI) Mar 2, 2015 - China's Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. gave Gazprom Neft a AA credit rating, denoting a stable outlook for its debt portfolio and long-term production potential.

Mar 2, 2015

Oil and Gas

JXK returns to shale work in Ukraine

London (UPI) Mar 2, 2015 - Ukrainian shale pioneer JXK Oil & Gas said Monday it returned to full-scale operations in the country after receiving approval from the state gas distributor.

Mar 2, 2015

Energy Tech

Saving energy: Increasing oil flow in the keystone pipeline with electric fields

Washington DC (SPX) Mar 02, 2015 - Researchers have shown that a strong electric field applied to a section of the Keystone pipeline can smooth oil flow and yield significant pump energy savings. Traditionally, pipeline oil is

Mar 2, 2015

Oil and Gas

Turkey eyes oil in northern Iraq

Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Mar 2, 2015 - Agreements with Iraqi administrations open the door for Turkish oil exploration in the Kurdish north, the Turkish energy minister said Monday.

Mar 2, 2015

Oil and Gas

Iraq predicts oil will rise to $64-65 per barrel

Baghdad (AFP) March 1, 2015 - Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi said Sunday he expects the price of crude oil, which dropped to a six-year low in January, to continue recovering to reach $64 or $65 per barrel.

Mar 1, 2015

Oil and Gas

China opposes UN sanctions on South Sudan

United Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 27, 2015 - China on Friday voiced opposition to a UN draft resolution on imposing sanctions on South Sudan, saying the measure would be unhelpful at a time when the warring factions are negotiating.

Feb 27, 2015

Energy Tech

‘Ecosystem services’ help assess ocean energy development

Providence RI (SPX) Feb 27, 2015 - With many projects under development in coastal regions such as New England, tidal power - which extracts hydrokinetic energy from marine environments - seems poised to join other U.S. commercia

Feb 27, 2015

Oil and Gas

Kremlin: Ukraine has natural gas until Tuesday

Moscow (UPI) Feb 27, 2015 - The natural gas spigot could be closed for Ukraine as early as Tuesday unless it pays for more deliveries in advance, Russia's energy minister said Friday.

Feb 27, 2015

Energy Tech

Lithium from the coal in China

Handan, China (SPX) Feb 27, 2015 - Coal from China could become a major source of the metal lithium, according to a review of the geochemistry by scientists published in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology.

Feb 27, 2015