Oil demand in 2020 is expected to fall by 8.1 mb/d, the largest in history, before recovering by 5.7 mb/d in 2021.

The Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) was fuelled, built and tested by DOE’s national laboratories to power the mission’s Perseverance rover.

In 2019, U.S. coal consumption totaled 590 million short tons (MMst).

U.S. Total industrial production increased 1.4 percent in May

Of the top 25 solar power generating facilities in the US, 15 are located in California, four in Arizona, four in Nevada and two in Texas. Four of the top five solar facilities by sales volumes reported to FERC are located in California, while one is in Arizona.

MSCI’s broadest index of World shares crawled 0.2% higher, having climbed 2.2% the previous day to reclaim a good portion of the ground it lost last week.

China’s state-owned refining group Sinopec has commissioned a greenfield 200,000 bbl/d refinery in Zhanjiang

China Gezhouba Group (CGG) has signed a CNY11.5bn (US$1.6bn) contract with PT Indonesia Dafeng Heshun Energy Industri to build the 1,200 MW Data Dian hydropower project in North Kalimantan (Indonesia).

Brent rose 77 cents, or 1.94%, at $40.49 a barrel, WTI gained 61 cents, or 1.64%, to $37.73 a barrel.

There are currently more than 20 million people unemployed as a result of the epidemic, which has killed more than 115,000 people in the United States, with minority communities among those hardest hit on both fronts.