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Crude Oil

Latin America’s Crude Exports Drop In August

Exports of crude oil and condensates from Latin America, excluding Venezuela, have fallen so far in August compared to high levels in July

Crude Oil

More U.S. Sour Crude Heads to Germany to Replace Russia Oil

A second shipment of crude from a U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore field has sailed for Germany, according to vessel tracking data and trade sources on Tuesday, as …

Crude Oil

Shell to Shut Gulf of Mexico Crude Pipes for 2 Weeks in September

Shell on Tuesday said it plans to shut for two weeks in September a key crude oil pipeline in Gulf of Mexico that supplies oil to Louisiana refineries.

Oil Shale

Oil Output in Permian to Rise to Record High in September -EIA

Oil output in the Permian in Texas and New Mexico, the biggest U.S. shale oil basin, is due to rise 79,000 barrels per day (bpd) to a record 5.408 million bpd i…

Hydropower Plant

Smart Tools to Enhance the Flexibility of Hydropower Turbines in the US

A team of GE Research engineers has been awarded a project through US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office to improve the operating capacity …

Lithuania

Flexibility Market Starts Development in Lithuania

Lithuania’s largest distribution system operator (DSO) Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) is investigating the development of a local flexibility market.

Hydrogen Production

China Building World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Factor

The facility in Xinjiang will use renewable energy to break down water into oxygen and hydrogen, the latter of which can then be liquefied and used as fuel.

Crude Oil

Gulf Of Mexico Oil Outages Balloon Beyond Shell

At least two other oil majors shuttered their Gulf of Mexico platforms on Friday following a leak in the Fourchon booster station, shutting down the flow of cru…

Solar Power Panel

Canadian Solar Plans US$9 Billion Polysilicon, Cell and Module Factory in China

Canadian Solar plans to build an integrated PV manufacturing plant in Western China, with a capacity of 200,000MT of high-purity polysilicon, 10GW of both cells…

United Kingdom

GB Domestic Flexibility Project Gets Funding Boost

National Grid’s CrowdFlex flexibility project has been awarded a second round of funding to advance the implementation of domestic flexibility.

Carbon Emissions

Inexpensive Melamine Used to Capture Carbon Dioxide in Energy-Efficient Process

Chemists have used melamine to create an inexpensive and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide, an advance that could one day be scaled down and employ…

Novel Technology can Help to Tackle Climate Change

Northumbria University's Dr Shafeer Kalathil is among a team of esteemed academics behind the project, which uses a chemical process that converts sunlight, wat…

Carbon Emissions

Plant-Based Beef Alternatives Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions, but Could Disrupt the Agricultural Workforce

Plant-based alternatives to beef have the potential to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but new economic models show their growth in popularity could disru…

Carbon Emissions

Novel Photocatalyst Sheet Helps Curtail the Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Addressing the global energy crisis and moving away from a dependency on fossil fuels is key to combating climate change and thus moving towards a more sustaina…

Oil Shale

Shale Giant Chesapeake to Exit Oil as It Focuses on Natural Gas

Chesapeake will fully focus on key shale gas plays.