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European Commission Unveils Draft Energy Strategy

The European Commission has unveiled “A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy,” which is a key plank in the development of its plans for Europe’s energy sector through 2030.

CORRECTED-Oil tankers idle for months off Delaware waters, puzzling some

NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Late last November, the tanker Olympic Flag carrying 650,000 barrels of Angolan crude dropped anchor about 7 miles off the coast in Delaware Bay, a seemingly routine shipment destined for a nearby Philadelphia refinery.

UPDATE 1-Gazprom oil arm moves trading from Austria back to Russia

LONDON/MOSCOW, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Gas giant Gazprom's oil arm is shifting its trading operations from Austria back to Russia, it said on Wednesday, with industry sources saying the firm wanted to protect huge revenues from potential seizure as Moscow's relations with the West worsen.

ADM cuts biodiesel output as industry hit by weak margins

WINNIPEG/NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland , one of the world's top biofuels producers, has slowed North American biodiesel output, the latest sign the industry is battling uncertainty over U.S. renewable fuel policy while the oil rout curbs demand.

UPDATE 2-Brazil truck strike grinds into 2nd week, access to main port cleared

SAO PAULO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Truckers staged nearly 100 road blocks across Brazil's farm belt on Wednesday as protests stretched into their eighth day, though access to the country's biggest port was cleared after police clashed with protesters who had briefly halted traffic there.

In the Time It Takes to Read This Story, A Solar Array Will Go Up Somewhere

Solar is so cheap, the problem now is how to pay for it. Prices for panels are down more than 65 percent in five years, to less than 70 cents a watt. What's next? One word: financing.

Tanker crew members freed after kidnapping off Nigeria

ATHENS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Three crew members of a Maltese-flagged supertanker, who were kidnapped by pirates three weeks ago off Nigeria, have been released, Greece's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

UPDATE 9-Oil up on Saudi demand view even as U.S. crude stocks rise

* Stocks at Cushing up 2.4 mln barrels - EIA (Rewrites, adds analyst comment, updates prices, changes byline, moves dateline from previous LONDON)

UPDATE 2-Veteran Kazakh leader calls snap presidential poll on April 26

* "Leader of Nation" says people appealing to him to stay on (Adds Nazarbayev quotes, details, background)

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