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Natural Gas

Exxon Sees Natural Gas Demand Surging in Outlook to 2050

Exxon Mobil, a leading U.S. oil producer, announced on August 28, 2025, that global natural gas demand is expected to increase by over 20% by 2050 compared to 2…

France

France Sees Sharp Drop In Lumpy Skin Disease Outbreaks in Livestock

France has seen a significant reduction in lumpy skin disease outbreaks in cattle, with no new cases reported since August 22, 2025, following a widespread vacc…

Ammonia

NH3 Clean Energy Kicks off Feed Phase for Flagship Ammonia Project

NH3 Clean Energy, an Australian company, has launched the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for its WAH2 clean ammonia project, a significant step t…

Oil Field

New Zealand Prolongs Oil Production Lifespan of OMV’s 16-Year-Old Field to 2037

OMV New Zealand, a subsidiary of Austria’s OMV, has been granted a 10-year extension of its petroleum mining permit (PMP) 38160 for the Maari oil field, l…

United States

CB&I Awarded Contract for Tanks at Thacker Pass Lithium Site

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) recently announced it has been awarded a large ($50-$100 million) contract by Lithium Nevada LLC, a wholly owned subsidi…

Photovoltaic （PV）

University of Manchester Signs PPA for New 71 MW UK Solar Project

The University of Manchester has entered into a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with the 71 MW Medebridge Solar Farm in Essex, England, markin…

Battery

Sunwoda Debuts 684 Ah Storage Cell, Targets Mass Production in Early 2026

Sunwoda, a leading Chinese energy storage company, showcased its innovative 684 Ah large-format battery cell at the EESA Energy Storage Exhibition in Shanghai. …

SMR

Zimbabwe to Evaluate Deployment of Korean SMR

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Zimbabwe’s Centre for Education, Innovation Research and Developmen…

Electric Vehicles

XPENG Puts All-New P7 Sedan With Upgraded AI-Enabled Capabilities, Safety Performances

On August 27, 2025, XPENG, a leading Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, launched the next-generation P7 battery electric sedan in Guangzhou, China. The upda…

South Korea

South Korea Petrochemical Overhaul Likely to Shut Small, Stand-Alone Naphtha Crackers

South Korea’s petrochemical industry, facing an oversupply, is undergoing significant restructuring, with analysts predicting closures or mergers of small and …

Japan

Velocys and Sekisui Chemical Sign MoU for E-SAF Production Technology

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd., based in Osaka City, Japan, and Velocys Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collabora…

SMR

X-Energy, Amazon, KHNP and Doosan Enter MoU for SMRs Deployment

On August 25, X-energy Reactor Company, Amazon, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and Doosan Enerbility signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington, D.…

Carbon Emissions

China’s Carbon Market to Introduce Absolute Emissions Caps From 2027

On Monday evening, China’s State Council announced plans to strengthen its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in select industri…

Electric Vehicles

BASiC Semiconductor, CASTC Forge Partnership in Automotive-Grade Power Semiconductor Field

On August 23, Shenzhen-based BASiC Semiconductor signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Automotive Chip (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. (CASTC) to …

Gas power plant

India Explores Using Costly Gas-Fired Power to Meet Peak Demand

On Tuesday, an adviser to India’s power ministry announced that the country is exploring the use of gas-fired power plants exclusively during the peak ele…