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United States

U.S. Will Use SPR Barrels Responsibly Where It Makes Sense to Stabilize Markets -Official

The Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an oil storage facility, is seen in this aerial photograph over Freeport, Texas, U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Adre…

United States

U.S. Oil Patch M&A in Q3 Tops $16 Bln, the Most This Year

Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. oil patch accelerated to $16 billion in the third quarter, the most this year, although the nine-month total trails the yea…

LNG

Chevron Sees LNG Growth Opportunity in Europe on Strong Demand- Top Executive

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp expects high European prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) to attract a majority of U.S. LNG exports in the short term, a top exec…

United States

Sewage Sludge May Play a Role in Clean Energy Future

Argonne scientists assess energy, nutrients and water resources from U.S. wastewater facilities.

OPEC

U.S. Officials Promised Saudis It Wouldn’t Let Oil Market Collapse

U.S. officials told Saudi Arabia prior to the OPEC+ meeting that it would help stave off a collapse in the oil market by buying oil at $75 per barrel to repleni…

Crude Oil

White House Leaves Door Open for Additional SPR Releases

The White House said on Tuesday that it has many options to counteract OPEC+’s looming production cuts, including the release of even more crude oil from the n…

Electric Vehicle Charging

GM Is Launching a New Business to Connect Homes and Businesses With EV Chargers, Energy Storage

GM is starting a new business unit to offer electricity storage and management for homes and businesses.

Smart Grid

FirstEnergy Brings 3-Year US Smart Grid Automation Project to a Close

As the grid implications of intense weather events become more obvious, an electric utility in Ohio has announced the completion of a smart grid automation proj…

OPEC

Prices at the Pump Are Ticking Higher After OPEC Decision

Gasoline prices in the United States have jumped over 3% since OPEC’s decision last week to cut output by 2 million barrels per day in November, reversing the …

Carbon Emissions

Honeywell Announces New Ethanol-to-Jet Fuel Technology

Tech firm Honeywell International Inc will roll out technology that could increase supplies of lower-carbon aviation fuel produced from ethanol.

LNG

Experts: U.S. LNG Growth Could Slow Next Year

While American LNG is poised for long-term growth, next year could see a slowing of domestic natural gas demand due as infrastructure and expansion plans experi…

OPEC

OPEC Oil Cuts Bad for Global Economy, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Tells Financial Times

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a decision by the OPEC+ grouping to cut oil production was "unhelpful and unwise" for the global economy, especially e…

OPEC

Kremlin Praises OPEC+ for Countering U.S. 'Mayhem'

The Kremlin on Sunday praised OPEC+ for agreeing production cuts that had successfully countered the "mayhem" sown by the United States in global energy markets…

Energy Storage Battery

The World Desperately Needs to Invest More in Battery Storage

Over the past year, energy companies have been steadily planning for the development of battery storage facilities, to support their renewable energy operations…

United States

GE Will Cut 20% of U.S. Onshore Wind Workforce

General Electric (GE) has notified staff that it plans to lay off about 20% of the workforce in its U.S. onshore wind business.