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OPEC Underestimates the Virus

The Covid-19 virus is a human tragedy for many who have been affected by it and it’s having a profound impact on the lives of a large part of the Chinese popul…

Liberia Signs US $34m Deal for Gbedin Waterfalls Hydropower Project

​The government of Liberia has signed a financial agreement worth US $34m with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for Gbedin waterfalls hydropower project.

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia-Belarus Oil Dispute Begins to Threaten Supplies to Europe

A long-running oil dispute between Russia and Belarus has for the first time threatened to disrupt supplies to Europe.

Crude

South Sudan Ignores Reports on Oil Pollution, Birth Defects

The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy met…

Carbon Neutral

Can BP Become Carbon Neutral?

BP’s new chief executive Bernard Looney outlined an ambitious new objective on Wednesday to make the oil giant carbon-neutral by 2050 - the most exacting susta…

Wartsila to supply gas power plant for industrial park in Bangladesh

Finnish company Wartsila has received a contract to supply 78MW engine power plant to support an industrial complex in Bangladesh.

Oil & Gas Trade

Coronavirus Forces Qatar To Reroute Oil And Gas

One of the biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters, Qatar, is working with importers in China to reschedule or re-route some oil and gas cargoes to the wo…

How Hydrogen Fuel Cells are Transforming Industry

The Israeli Magistrates Court in Nazareth held trial Tuesday evening of well-respected leaders from the occupied Golan, who opposed the Israeli project to insta…

Australia’s Renewables Chaos Prompts Solar Exit of top EPC player

The builder of some of Australia’s largest solar plants will not take on any new sector contracts, amid claims that grid fallout and other factors have decimat…

USTDA and GE to Deliver 1,350 MW Gas-to-Power Plant in Nigeria

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to NNPC Gas and Power Investment Company LTD (GPIC) to provide the technical, economic and finan…

US budget Request includes USD150 million for Uranium Reserve

The US Administration's 2021 budget request unveiled yesterday by President Donald Trump includes USD150 million to set up a uranium reserve to address challeng…

Nuclear a Major Focus in Trump’s Latest Budget Request—and 8 Other Takeaways

Yucca Mountain, the 1987 Congressionally appointed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF), may be officially dead; transmission assets held by th…

Crude

Russia Still Elusive On Deeper OPEC+ Oil Production Cuts

Russia is still reviewing the recommendation of the OPEC+ technical panel for additional cuts of 600,000 bpd in response to the slump in oil demand over the cor…

Coal Trade

Chinese Coal Traders Hunt for Short-Term Buys Amid Virus Disruption

Chinese coal traders and small coal-fired utilities are scrambling to lock in supplies of fuel from miners, worried about the prospects of market tightness as d…

Africa Charts its Course for Sustainable Hydropower Development

Senior African government representatives and leaders from the energy sector, financial institutions and civil society gathered in Abidjan to chart a course for…