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Oil&Gas Drilling

Drillers in Canada Shift to Natural Gas as Trade War Drives Down Oil Prices

In Alberta, Canada’s primary energy region, drilling companies are increasingly focusing on natural gas due to declining oil prices driven by global marke…

United States

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces $2 Billion Investment in U.S. Operations

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., based in Waltham, Massachusetts, has announced a $2 billion investment in the United States over the next four years to advance i…

Nuclear Reactor

Taiwan to Decommission Last Nuclear Reactor in May

Taiwan is set to decommission its last operational nuclear reactor at the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant on May 17, 2025, as announced by Premier Cho Jung-tai on …

Offshore Wind Power

PGE Baltica Awards Geophysical Survey Contract for 975 MW Polish Offshore Wind Farm

PGE Baltica, a Polish energy company, has signed an agreement with Geofizyka Toruń SA to conduct a geophysical survey for the Baltica 9 offshore wind farm. The…

Solar project

DTE Energy Completes Construction of Pine River Solar Park in Michigan

DTE Energy, a U.S. renewable energy investor and producer, has completed the Pine River solar park in Pine River Township, Michigan. The 80MW facility, equipped…

Offshore Wind Power

Luxcara Awards German Offshore Design Contracts

Hamburg-based Jörss - Blunck - Ordemann (JBO) has secured two offshore wind foundation design contracts from Luxcara for projects in the German Exclusive E…

Crude Oil

Sinopec’s Quarterly Net Income Falls 28% on Slower Fuel Sales

On Monday, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, known as Sinopec, reported a 27.6% decline in first-quarter net income compared to the previous year. The company, l…

Solar Panel

Reliance Industries Commission Its First Line for Manufacturing of Solar Panels

Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate with interests in oil, petrochemicals, telecom, and retail, announced the commissioning of its first sol…

Norway

Marrying Sails and Biofuel, Odfjell Tanker Demonstrates ‘First’ Near Carbon-Neutral Transatlantic Voyage

Norwegian shipping company Odfjell reported that its chemical tanker, Bow Olympus, is crossing the Atlantic using a combination of wind-assisted propulsion and …

Belgium

Total Energies’ Antwerp Platform to Reconfigure Petrochemicals Operations

Total Energies’ Antwerp platform, a cornerstone of its operations for over 75 years, has announced plans to enhance its petrochemical operations to boost …

United States

Intel’s Modest Q1 Masks Deeper Struggles With $821M Loss

Intel reported a mixed performance for the first quarter of 2025, achieving a slight profit on an adjusted basis but recording a net loss of $821 million, highl…

Canada

Trump Tariff Chaos Makes Dow Pause $8.4bn Plant in Canada

US chemical company Dow has postponed its plan to construct a major net-zero chemical facility in Fort Saskatchewan, near Edmonton, Alberta, according to CBC. T…

Metal

Australia to Establish Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve to Boost Economic Resilience

The Australian Government has announced plans to create a Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve to bolster economic resilience and secure access to essential reso…

China

Syensqo and Sinopec Collaborate on Advanced Materials and Specialty Chemicals

Syensqo, a global leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) have entered into a Strategic Partn…

Germany

Neptune Energy Produces Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate From Gas-Field Brine Using KBR Technology

KBR, a Houston-based technology company, has collaborated with Neptune Energy, headquartered in London, to produce high-purity lithium carbonate (Li₂CO₃) from…