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Oil Field

Nigeria Says Exxon Commits $1.5b to Deepwater Development

Exxon Mobil Corp. has committed $1.5 billion to develop a deepwater oil field in Nigeria, as the country seeks to increase its oil production. The investment, p…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kewaunee Site Under Consideration for Nuclear New Build

EnergySolutions and WEC Energy Group are exploring new nuclear energy development at the Kewaunee nuclear power plant site in Wisconsin, with plans to secure an…

Geothermal Power Plant

Robot “Dog” Deployed for Geothermal Power Plant Maintenance in Onikobe, Japan

Tohoku Enterprise Co Ltd (TECO), the Japanese partner of Boston Dynamics, has released a video showcasing the use of the robotic quadruped Spot to enhance maint…

Nuclear Reactor

Spain Expands Garoña Nuclear Storage

Spain’s Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has approved the expansion of the used fuel interim dry storage facility at the Santa María de Garoña N…

United States

Soybean Planting in the US Is Proceeding at a Record Pace

As of May 4, 2025, American farmers had planted 30% of the planned soybean area, marking the highest progress for this date on record, according to the National…

Canada

Canadian Wheat Output Expected to Rise

Canadian wheat production is projected to rise by 2% in the 2025-26 marketing year, driven by a 2.6% increase in planted area, according to a report from the Fo…

Paraguay

Paraguay Corn Exports Expected to Fall

Paraguay’s corn exports are expected to decrease by 12% to 2.9 million tonnes in the 2025-26 marketing year, driven by growing domestic demand, according …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Separation of Doel 3 Used Fuel Pool Waste Begins

At Belgium’s Doel nuclear power plant, the first high-integrity container has been filled with long-lived low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (C…

China

China Cuts Wheat Imports: Global Markets Brace for Major Shakeup

The global wheat trade is projected to decrease significantly in the 2024-25 season, with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasting a 9% reduction com…

Paraguay

Soybean Production Will Increase Significantly in Paraguay

Paraguay is projected to experience a notable rise in soybean production for the 2025-26 marketing year, with an estimated output of 10.9 million tons, accordin…

Geothermal Power Project

Geothermal to Benefit From Emergency Permitting Procedures in the US

The U.S. Department of Interior has introduced emergency permitting procedures to accelerate the development of domestic energy resources, including geothermal …

United States

ADM Closes Soybean Processing Plant in the US

Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) will permanently close its soybean crushing facility in Kershaw, South Carolina, this spring, the company confirmed on Monday. The …

Solar Battery (Storage)

US Resumes Solar and Storage Permitting Amid Policy Shifts

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has resumed reviewing applications for solar, storage, and geothermal projects on federal lands after a 60-day suspensio…

Uranium Project

US Uranium Enrichment Startup Emerges From Stealth

General Matter says it will use a novel, scalable, cost-competitive technology to address a "commercial bottleneck" in the US nuclear fuel cycle and will be shi…

LNG

US Firm Taps Compatriot Tech Player for Louisiana’s New LNG Plant

U.S.-based technology firm Honeywell and Argent LNG have signed an agreement to evaluate the use of Honeywell’s pretreatment solutions at a planned liquef…