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Offshore Wind Power

Oil Major BP Makes First Ever Move In Offshore Wind Energy

BP is making its first move into the offshore wind market with a strategic partnership in U.S. offshore wind assets with Equinor in a deal worth US$1.1 billion.

United States

Trump Administration to Deny Pending Retroactive U.S. Biofuel Waivers

U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed that dozens of oil refiner requests for retroactive waivers from U.S. biofuel laws be denied amid concerns the issue …

Oil & Gas Trade

To Ensure Russia Has not Lost Market Share, Moscow to Build up Half-Finished Oil Wells

Russia believes it is extremely important to quickly regain, or even raise, its oil market share once demand recovers, as it readies to build up its fleet of un…

United States

ConocoPhillips Pulls Request for Extension of Flaring Permits at 41 Texas Sites

U.S. oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips withdrew a request to extend flaring permits at 41 of its sites in West Texas.

Biobattery

Grant Opportunity could Help Tribes Develop Bioenergy Resources

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs on Sept. 3 announced it is providing funding to hire consultants to identify.

Energy Storage Project

The U.S. Energy Storage Boom Is About To Begin

The rise of renewable energy sources and the decarbonization of the grid will need new energy storage installations in the coming years to provide flexible ener…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Oil Major Equinor Stops Drilling In U.S. Shale Patch

Norway's Equinor will not drill any more wells in the U.S. shale patch this year as it adjusts to a lower-for-longer oil price environment.

Oil & Gas Trade

U.S. Oil Exports to China Soar 139% in July

U.S. crude oil exports to China grew by 139 percent on the year in July thanks to bargain hunting among Chinese buyers, making the U.S. the fifth-largest suppli…

United States

ESA Wants to See 100 GW of Energy Storage in the United States by 2030

The U.S. Energy Storage Association today issued an expanded vision for energy storage: 100×30: Enabling the Clean Power Transformation.

Power Construction

California’s Renewable Energy Conundrum

Amid a heatwave in the West, the largest U.S. solar state, California, is grappling with power issues and with keeping its electricity grid stable as demand exc…

Energy Storage Battery

LS Power Energizes World’s Biggest Battery, Just in Time for California’s Heat Wave

Gateway Energy Storage heralds the arrival of a new era of mega-batteries on the U.S. grid.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Trump Administration Looks at Allowing Longer Extensions to Remote Offshore Wells

The U.S. government is considering changes to policies for oil companies operating in the offshore Gulf of Mexico that might allow existing platforms to lengthe…

Gas power plant

Natural Gas Leads US Power Generation in H1

Cheaper U.S. natural gas prices helped the U.S. Lower 48 states to increase gas-fired power generation by 9% year-on-year in the first half of 2020.

United States

Solar Modules with Gass-Enameled Steel Backs

U.S.-based Toledo Solar has secured a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct research on lighter, steel-backed solar modules.

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia's Oil Product Exports to the U.S. Jump to 16-Year High

Russia's exports of petroleum products to the United States more than doubled in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year.