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Energy Security

Video: Iran Reports Accident at Main Nuclear Facility

​Iran has reported an accident at its main nuclear facility at Natanz.

The U.S.-China Trade War Isn’t Over Yet

A year ago, Washington and Beijing inked the Phase One Trade Deal whereby Beijing committed to importing an extra $200 billion worth of American goods over the …

Energy-Eficient Building

Electrifying US Buildings Critical to Achieving 2050 Emissions Target

According to a new report released by the Environment America Research & Development, building electrification over the next 30 years is vital for the US to ach…

Energy Investment

Portugal to Leverage EIB Support to Develop Hydrogen Economy

A Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Portuguese government and the European Investment Bank is expected to help the country fast-track the deploymen…

Oil & Gas Trade

Libya’s Largest Oilfield Could See Exports Interrupted

The largest oilfield in Libya, the 300,000-bpd Sharara field, could see crude oil exports from it disrupted if members of the Petroleum Facilities Guard follow …

Oil Field

Southeast Asia Looks To Increase Offshore Oil Production

Malaysia and Brunei have signed an agreement to develop two offshore oil fields on the maritime boundary, with greater exploration of recent ultra-deepwater dis…

Oil Field

CNOOC Sees Minimal Output hit from China Oil Field Fire

China's state-controlled CNOOC expects a fire at one of its offshore platforms earlier this week to reduce crude production by around 600,000 bl this year.

Japan

Japan, UAE Sign Hydrogen Co-Operation Deal

Japan and the UAE have signed a hydrogen co-operation agreement, aiming to speed up bilateral support for collaboration in hydrogen production and development o…

Oil&Gas Drilling

China Drills Deep in Disputed South China Sea

It was unclear exactly where the drilling took place in the South China Sea, around 90 per cent of which is claimed by Beijing as its territorial waters

Solar Power Plant

Construction Begins on the Largest Solar Facility in Texas

In the southeastern US state of Texas, surrounded by farmland, Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group has begun building the largest solar power project in the stat…

Wind Turbine

Samsung Shipyard Acquires Independent Technologies for Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Samsung Heavy Industries, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, has acquired original technologies for the construction of a wind turbine installation vessel feat…

Nuclear Fuel

Russia Builds Second Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Processing Plant

The commissioning of the W2- EKhZ unit, scheduled for 2023, will double the capacity of the enterprise for processing DUHF from 10,000 to 20,000 tons a year.

Nuclear Equipment

Russia Transports First RPV for Kursk VVER-TOI Plant

The Volgodonsk branch of Russia's AEM-Technology JSC has dispatched the first-ever reactor pressure vessel for the VVER-TOI reactor design.

Hydrogen Project

Nuclear Plants could be the ‘Perfect Component’ for Green Hydrogen Production

Clean energy technology company AES-100 is investigating whether hydrogen production could, under the right conditions, offer a solution for US and European nuc…

Uzbekistan

Prospect of Cooperation With Russia on Nuclear Power Plant Clouds Uzbekistan’s More Immediate Energy Needs

Energy Minister Alisher Sultanov emphasized that the energy sector had never received such large financing to address the crippling problems that had been accum…