May 2020
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2020, May, 13, 12:10:00
3D-PRINTED MICRO NUCLEAR
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are refining their design of a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core, scaling up the additive manufacturing process necessary to build it, and developing methods to confirm the consistency and reliability of its printed components.
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2020, May, 12, 14:50:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $30
Brent advanced 85 cents, or 2.9%, to $30.48, WTI were up $1.29, or 5.3%, at $25.43.
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2020, May, 12, 14:45:00
SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT OIL PRODUCTION DOWN
OPEC+ producers agreed to cut their overall crude oil production by 9.7 mb/d over the 1 May 2020 - 30 June 2020 period,
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2020, May, 12, 14:40:00
U.S. TIGHT OIL PRODUCTION WILL DOWN TO 6 MBD
If nothing else changes (unlikely), tight oil production will decline to a level of about 6 million bo/d
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2020, May, 12, 14:35:00
INDIA NEED GAS PIPELINES
India has been the world’s fourth-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 2011
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2020, May, 12, 14:30:00
ASIA'S COAL DEMAND UP
Southeast Asia today is viewed as the last likely bastion of strong growth in coal demand globally. But just as Indian coal-fired power generation fell an entirely unprecedented 26TWh or -3% during 2019, we note expectations for sustained decades-long growth in Southeast Asian coal-fired power generation is far from a locked-in certainty.
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2020, May, 12, 14:25:00
U.S. EMPLOYMENT DOWN BY 20.5 MLN
Total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment fell by 20.5 million in April,
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2020, May, 12, 14:15:00
U.S. COAL ELECTRICITY DOWN
U.S. output from the U.S. coal-fired generating fleet dropped to 966,000 gigawatthours (GWh) in 2019
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2020, May, 12, 14:10:00
EXCEEDING U.S. RENEWABLES
renewable energy in the United States could exceed coal on an annual basis for the first time this year,
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2020, May, 12, 14:05:00
CANADA'S OIL INDUSRTY DOWN
The high-cost Canadian oil industry is being hammered by the dual effects of Covid-19 and the fallout from unconstrained supply.