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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.

LNG

Sempra Energy Says Cameron LNG Plant Launches Full Commercial Operations

US energy company Sempra Energy said late Monday its $10 billion Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana has started full commercial op…

Oil & Gas Trade

Shale Job Losses Accelerating and the Worst May be Yet to Come

Roughneck job cuts accelerated in July and the outlook may worsen as new Covid-19 cases stifle economic activity, according to the Petroleum Equipment and Servi…

United States

Sasol Sees Loss With $6.3 Billion in Writedowns, Oil Slump

Sasol Ltd. said it will swing to a full-year loss per share after writedowns on U.S. chemical assets contributed to 112 billion rand ($6.3 billion) of charges a…

Geothermal Power Plant

$7.2m DOE Grant to Fund Geothermal Exploration at Cornell University

Announced last week, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded funding of around $28 million to 5 projects on various elements of geothermal development and tec…

Wind Power Project

Facebook to Buy 170MW of Windpower in Landmark Renewables Deal

Renewable energy developer Apex Clean Energy has announced a power purchase agreement with Facebook for approximately 170MW.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Rapidly Shutting Coal in Favour of Natural Gas

Since 2010, utilities have retired or announced the closure of more than 500 coal-fired power plants in the U.S.

Oil & Gas Trade

U.S. Sends Crude Oil To World’s Top Exporter Saudi Arabia

The U.S. sent in June its first crude oil shipment to Saudi Arabia since the ban on crude export was lifted in 2015, which was also the first shipment since one…

Solar Power Plant

SDPI, Avondale and J-Power to Develop Charger Solar Project in US

Solar Plus Development, Avondale Solar and J-Power USA have signed an agreement to jointly develop the 400MW AC Charger Solar photovoltaic project.

Nuclear Power Plant

Moltex Selects Jacobs for New Type Nuclear Power Reactor Development

Moltex Energy has selected US-based professional services firm Jacobs to support its development of a new type of nuclear power plant.

Oil & Gas Trade

US Firm Secures Oil Deal with US-Backed Forces in Syria

A U.S. company has reportedly reached a deal with Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria to develop and export crude oil in areas under their control in the…

United States

Moon’s First Hydrogen Fuelling Plant under Development

As a partnership between Connecticut-based clean energy products company Skyre and Eta Space continues to develop the first hydrogen fuelling plant.

Nuclear Power Plant

Jacobs to Support Development of Moltex Energy's Stable Salt Reactor

US-based Jacobs announced it has been selected to support development of Moltex Energy's Stable Salt Reactor.

Micro Reactor

USNC, Korean Companies to Develop Micro Modular Reactors

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation of the USA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and the Korea Atomic Energy Research I…

Crude Oil

Exxon: 20 Percent Of Global Oil And Gas Reserves may be Wiped Out

After a grim Q2 season for Big Oil, the world’s third-most valuable energy company is warning that 20% of the world’s oil and gas reserves may no longer be vi…