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Tidal Energy

Sustainable Marine’s Tidal Turbine Rotors Pass Rigorous Testing

Sustainable Marine’s new turbine rotors have proven they can survive for two decades in the field, following rigorous tests at a leading European marine energy…

OPEC

Video: UAE and Saudi Arabia’s spat over OPEC oil production

​Saudi-led plan to extend a deal capping oil production triggers a dispute between two OPEC heavyweights.

Oil Price

$70 Oil Isn’t Enough To Stabilize Iraq Right Now: Moody’s

Iraq’s economy will strengthen this year as a result of higher oil prices but this will not be enough to stabilize it over the long term, according to Moody’s…

Oil Pipeline

Environmentalists Slam Mexico After Underwater Oil Rig Fireball in Gulf

Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Friday that an undersea gas pipeline ruptured near a drilling platform in the Gulf.

Crude Oil

Aussie Onshore Explorer Starts Significant Onshore Oil Hunt

JV between Buru and Origin start the first of two large oil prospects in Canning basin

Coal-Fired Power Plants

UK's Coal-Fired Electricity Ban Officially Brought Forward to 2024

From 1 October 2024 - one year earlier than originally planned - coal-fired electricity generation will be banned in the UK.

Oil Pipeline

S.Africa, Mozambique State Energy Firms to Increase Shareholding in Gas Pipeline

State-owned energy companies from South Africa and Mozambique have exercised their rights to buy the 30% stake in the ROMPCO natural gas pipeline that Sasol is …

Crude Oil

Mercuria Sees Opec+ Control Keeping Crude Around $70/bl

Crude prices are likely to stay at about $70/bl "for a while", as Opec+ will use some of its spare capacity and boost production if prices top $75/bl in order t…

O＆M

CIMC Raffles Sends Rig-Converted Vessel for Wind Farm Job Offshore China

Re-modified unit delivered by Shandong yard for offshore wind farm installation work off province

Nuclear Technology

Curtiss-Wright Provides Tech Upgrade for Columbia Nuclear Plant

Curtiss-Wright’s Nuclear Division has been selected to replace the existing plant process computer system at the Columbia Generating Station in Washington stat…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Stay Firm As Demand to Outstrip Supply in H2

Oil prices climbed in early Asian trade on Monday, underpinned by the bright outlook for fuel demand growth in the next quarter, while investors looked ahead to…

South Africa

South Africa’s Draft Green Paper On New Energy Vehicles Is A Step In The Right Direction

In 2019, we wrote an article raising the alarm that South Africa’s inertia in incentivising the adoption of electric vehicles could make it miss out on the inc…

Natural Gas

Brightmark Begins Construction of Arizona RNG Project

Brightmark, a global waste solutions provider, has broken ground on the Caballero Renewable Natural Gas project, which includes the construction of new anaerobi…

Nuclear waste

Swedish Utilities Urge Decision on Final Disposal of Waste

The application, originally submitted to the Swedish government in 2011, also requests a licence extension for the intermediary storage of used fuel at Clab, wh…

Market Analysis

How Safe is Fukushima’s Waste Water Disposal Plan?

Three independent UN human rights experts have expressed concern over Japan’s decision to discharge potentially radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.