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Oil & Gas Trade

Guyana Officially Becomes Oil Exporter

The world’s newest oil frontier, Guyana, has officially shipped its very first batch of crude oil on Monday, according to TankerTrackers.com—a major oil-first…

U.S. Presidential Election: Climate Is A Top Priority

Another climate action “first” this year will be the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Never before has climate change featured as a top priority for American …

Oil & Gas Trade

The Battle For Suriname’s Oil Is About To Begin

The discovery of a significant oil field off the coast of Suriname has grabbed headlines in the past few weeks. With less than a million inhabitants and a GDP p…

Energy storage technology

U.S. Department of Energy Launches Energy Storage Grand Challenge

U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the launch of the Energy Storage Grand Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commerc…

CCS

US Leads New Wave of Carbon Capture and Storage Deployment

As we ring in the new decade, it has become ever more apparent that the next ten years will be crucial to leaping on decarbonization efforts. Time is not on our…

Crude

Crude Oil Jumps as Markets Dip on Iran’s Missile Assault Against US

Oil prices jumped to their highest in months on Wednesday after Iran attacked American forces in Iraq in response to a U.S. strike that killed an Iranian genera…

FuelCell Energy Begins Operations at California Site

American fuel cell solutions company FuelCell Energy has begun operations at its 2.8megawatt fuel cell project in Tulare, California’s waste-water treatment fa…

Crude

​Shell Wins Auction of Guyana's First Three Crude Oil Cargoes

Royal Dutch Shell won the rights to market Guyana’s first cargoes of crude oil, the government said on Tuesday, just days after oil production began and launch…

Anglo American Pledges to Align Lobbying with Paris Agreement

Activist investors celebrate after mining giant promises to realign all its lobbying activity, including that done on its behalf by industry associations, with …

​Trump Administration Blocks Energy Efficiency Rule for Light Bulbs

The Trump administration announced Friday that it would block a rule designed to phase out older incandescent bulbs and require Americans to use energy-efficien…

U.S. Representative Introduced Energy Grid Security Bill

The Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019 hopes to research a way to secure the U.S.’s power grid from natural disasters and cyberthreats. Am…

Electricity Transmission

American Transmission Co. Energizes Spring Valley-North Lake Geneva Electric Reliability Project

The Spring Valley-North Lake Geneva Electric Reliability Project, which electrically connects Kenosha County with the Lake Geneva area, is energized and now par…

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) promotes wind energy as a clean source of electricity for consumers around the world.AWEA is a national trade associ…

Exxon Well Blast Caused Huge Methane Leak in Ohio

An Exxon Mobil Corp. natural gas well in Ohio released more methane into the atmosphere during a blowout in 2018 than some countries do in a year, according to …

Argentina Tops 700MW of Solar as New South America Number Three

Argentina now has over 700MW of installed PV capacity after the completion of the 312MW Cauchari complex, propelling the country into one of the leading positio…