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Oil & Gas Trade

India Calls On OPEC+ To Ease Cuts And Stop Pushing Oil Higher

India is calling again on the OPEC+ coalition to boost production from April, because the world’s third-largest oil importer is not particularly happy with thi…

Joe Biden

Biden Administration Backs Trump on Solar Tariff Suit

The new administration asked a federal judge to dismiss a challenge to Trump’s tariffs on imported solar.

Oil Field

EnQuest Starts Shutting Down Don Fields in North Sea

UK oil and gas company EnQuest has started the cessation of production activities on the Northern Producer floating production facility at the Don fields in the…

Wave Energy

EDF and Eco Wave Power Start Preparation Work for Israeli Project

Israeli-based wave energy firm Eco Wave Power, in partnership with EDF Renewables, has started the preparation work for a wave energy project to be deployed at …

Coal Trade

Seaborne Thermal Coal Imports Drop by 8pc in 2020

Global demand for seaborne coal fell by around 8pc last year, according to Argus analysis of customs and shipping data for 15 of the world's biggest importers a…

Oil & Gas Trade

Turkey's Imports of Natural Gas from Iran Fell by 31% in 2020

Turkey imported 5.32 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Iran in 2020, a year-on-year decrease of 31%.

Electricity Transmission

New York Begins Construction on $854m Transmission Project

The New York State government has started construction of the $854m Marcy to New Scotland Transmission Upgrade Project in the US.

Thermal Plant

Southern Power Generation’s Track 4A Plant Begins Operations in Malaysia

Southern Power Generation’s Track 4A Power Plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia has started commercial operations.

LNG

Thailand’s January LNG Imports Fall to Three-Year Low

Thailand's LNG imports hit a three-year low in January, with no receipts from its usual suppliers Australia and Malaysia, even as one of its biggest importers Q…

Wind Turbine

DIAB Selects SABIC’S NEW LNP COLORCOMP Compound To Enhance Foams For The Core Of Wind Turbine Blades

The Swedish converter selected the breakthrough SABIC compound over standard nucleators for production of its Divinycell PY PET foam core series.

Ultra-high voltage grid

Construction of the First UHV Project in Anhui During the 14th Five-Year Plan Started

​On February 21, the Baihetan-Jiangsu ±800 kV UHV DC transmission line project started.

Nuclear Fusion

Australian Fusion Energy Start to Begin Experimental Programme

Australian fusion energy start-up HB11 Energy Holdings said on 19 February that it had closed its oversubscribed pre-seed fundraise at AUD4.6 million and starte…

Saudi Arabia

Long-Serving Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani Dies at 90

Saudi state television reported his death, without offering a cause. It said he would be buried in the Muslim holy city of Mecca

Crude Oil

Texas Refineries Restarting After Power Loss

Texas refineries reported restarting units shut last week after subfreezing temperatures and a power crisis abruptly cut 28pc of US crude processing capacity.

OPEC

Saudi Arabia And Russia Are Headed For Another Clash On OPEC+ Oil Cuts

The leaders of the OPEC+ alliance, Saudi Arabia and Russia, are reportedly once again at odds over oil supply management ahead of another crucial meeting of the…