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Oil&Gas Drilling

Biden Administration Mulls Reversal of Trump Arctic Drilling Plan

The Biden administration may reverse a Trump-era policy that opened vast swaths of federal land in Arctic Alaska to oil development

Oil Refinery

PBF Chalmette Refinery Recovering Post-Ida

Louisiana refinery operations continue to slowly recover as power is restored to areas trounced by Hurricane Ida's landfall on 29 August.

Energy Security

Divers Identify Broken Pipeline as Source of Gulf Oil Spill

Divers at the site of an ongoing oil spill that appeared in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida have identified the apparent source as one-foot diameter pipe…

Energy Security

Rush to Contain Large Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico After Storm Ida

Clean-up crews and the US Coast Guard are trying to locate the source of an oil spill spotted in the Gulf of Mexico after deadly Hurricane Ida.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tesla Gigafactory In Nevada Celebrates One Million Battery Packs

They are used in the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y.

Oil & Gas Supply

Gulf Of Mexico Shut-In Production Rises To 1.7 Million Bpd

The amount of shut-in oil production in the Gulf of Mexico rose by 240,000 bpd between Wednesday and Thursday, to over 1.7 million bpd, the Bureau of Safety and…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Democrats Close in on Drilling, Mining Bans for Biden’s $3.5T Infrastructure Scheme

Legislation to block oil drilling in most U.S. waters and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge edged closer to passage Thursday

Nuclear Fuel

US, Norway Work Together to Eliminate HEU

The MoU calls for downblending activities to begin in 2022 using Norway's existing infrastructure, followed by the eventual deployment of the DOE's Mobile Melt-…

United States

Electrify America and NFI Industries Collaborate on US’ Largest Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Infrastructure Project

NFI will deploy 60 battery-electric drayage trucks, becoming the first 100% zero-emission fleet operator and truck shop in California.

Wind Farm

Octopus to Acquire 181MW Oz Project from RES

Octopus Australia is to acquire the 181MW Dulacca Wind Farm in Queensland from RES.

Geothermal Power Plant

Vermont Digs in On Incentives to Boost Geothermal Heat Pumps

The technology has strong potential to help electrify homes, but high costs and logistical challenges still put it out of reach for most homeowners.

Ukraine

US-Ukrainian Energy Partnership Foresees Five New Reactors

Ukraine and the USA have agreed to "deepen and intensify" their strategic cooperation in energy. Nuclear power leads a suite of agreements with a project to com…

Hydrogen Project

Exelon Generation to Produce Pink Hydrogen at Nine Mile Point

The company will be supplying itself with nuclear H2 in New York State as a part of a demonstration.

United States

The U.S. Added more New Energy Capacity from Wind than Any Other Source Last Year

42% of new electricity generation capacity in the U.S. came from land-based wind energy -- more than from any other source -- according to numbers in a series o…

Crude Oil

ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Begins Restart Process

ExxonMobil's refining and petrochemical assets in Baton Rouge were undamaged by Hurricane Ida and have begun restart procedures today.