There is a huge potential fusion industry and businesses were urged to get involved in the supply chain now.

The Department of Energy said Thursday it issued 40 offshore wind service contracts with a potential capacity of 30,000 megawatts.

The target was confirmed alongside the publication, on Friday, of the terms of reference for the New Zealand Energy Strategy, which maps out the ambitions and next steps for shifting to a “high performing, low emissions” future.

U.S. Rig Count is up 2 from last week to 771, Canada Rig Count is down 6 from last week to 210.

Brent slipped 12 cents to trade at $92.26 a barrel, WTI were down by 11 cents to $84.40 a barrel.

Benchmark futures declined as much as 4.8% on Friday and headed for a third straight weekly loss.

Germany stuck to its refusal to cap gas prices and the 27 could only agree to disagree, declaring they will keep on examining options to put a ceiling on costs.

Sweden's six nuclear power reactors provide about 40% of its electricity. In 1980, the government decided to phase out nuclear power, but parliament repealed this policy in 2010.

The new agreement builds on the teaming agreement signed in November 2021 under which Hyundai E&C will perform the detailed design of the balance of plant and prepare the full plant construction specification for the SMR-160, which Holtec has been developing since 2010.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 1.7 million barrels to 437.4 million barrels.