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Oil&Gas Drilling

OPEC+ Stresses Need for All Members to Comply with Output Cuts

The outcome of the meeting of the OPEC+ Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) on Wednesday was as predicted.

Crude Oil

Global Oil Demand is Expected to Return to 97% of Pre-Epidemic Levels by the End of the Year

At the OPEC and OPEC+ ministerial video conference that global oil demand is expected to return to the new crown by the end of 2020 97% of the level before the …

Nuclear Power Plant

UAE's Nuclear Power Plant Connects to the National Grid in a Major Regional Milestone

Unit 1 of the UAE's Barakah plant — the Arab world's first nuclear energy plant — has connected to the national power grid.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Total Restarts Drilling off Angola

French oil major Total has resumed oil drilling offshore Angola with the Skyros rig while two more are expected to start operations in the week to follow.

Spain

Enel Adds Over 144GWh in Annual Renewables Capacity to Spain’s Grid

Enel Green Power Spain has connected its 51MW wind farm in the town of Motilla del Palancar, in the Cuenca province, with the country’s main grid network.

Biobattery

Bovine Biomethane Connected to UK's Grid for the First Time

In the UK, biomethane obtained from cattle manure and straw has been connected to National Grid’s gas transmission system for the first time.

Russian Federation

Russia Doesn’t Expect OPEC+ To Change Course

The OPEC+ panels will not be discussing next week any revisions of the ongoing production cut pact and are not expected to make any major decisions to tweak the…

United States

Trump Administration to Roll Back Curbs on Methane from Oil, Gas Operations

The EPA is expected to retain some of the rules issued in 2012 that control methane emissions and also limit those of so-called volatile organic compounds that …

Power Construction

Elsewedy Electric to Build High Voltage Substation in DRC

Egyptian electric company Elsewedy Electric has contracted to build a 220-15/6.6kV high voltage distribution substation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hydropower Plant

China's 1.6GW Datengxia Hydro Project Starts Operations

It is expected to generate 3.75TWh/year of electricity.

Nuclear Power Plant

China: Tianwan 5 Achieves Grid Connection

Unit 5 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province has been connected to the grid for the first time.

Power Construction

Enel Green Power Connects €4.6 Million Project to Spanish Grid

Enel Green Power España has connected a new 3.46MW wind farm to the electricity grid in the towns of Mallén and Fréscano, in the province of Zaragoza.

Nuclear Power Plant

Moltex Selects Jacobs for New Type Nuclear Power Reactor Development

Moltex Energy has selected US-based professional services firm Jacobs to support its development of a new type of nuclear power plant.

China

Asia Shrugs Off OPEC Supply Rise as Refiners Grapple with Crippled Demand

Middle Eastern sour crude supply is expected to increase this month after OPEC+ members on July 15 agreed to pare back their production cut commitment.

Nuclear Power Plant

Jacobs to Support Development of Moltex Energy's Stable Salt Reactor

US-based Jacobs announced it has been selected to support development of Moltex Energy's Stable Salt Reactor.