August 2020
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2020, August, 18, 12:20:00
VIETNAM'S COAL IMPORTS UP $2.6 BLN
Vietnam has spent around $2.6 billion on importing 36.5 million tons of coal in the first seven months of this year, up 50 percent in volume year-on-year.
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2020, August, 18, 12:15:00
S.KOREA'S HYDROGEN POWER PLANT
The Daesan hydrogen fuel cell power plant is a near-zero-waste operation, according to Hanwha Energy.
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2020, August, 17, 12:55:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $45 ANEW
Brent was down 3 cents, or 0.1%, to $44.77 a barrel, WTI was up 3 cents, or 0.1%, to $42.04 a barrel.
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2020, August, 17, 12:50:00
NORD STREAM 2 SANCTIONS: ILLEGAL
The United States has tightened sanctions on the pipeline, designed and led by Russia’s Gazprom
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2020, August, 17, 12:45:00
GAZPROM'S SALES DOWN
Gazprom sales in its biggest market Germany fell by 28.2% -- or by 3.32 Bcm -- to just 8.47 Bcm in Q2
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2020, August, 17, 12:35:00
JAPAN'S ECONOMY DOWN
The Cabinet Office reported that Japan’s preliminary seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of a nation’s goods and services, fell 7.8% quarter on quarter.
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2020, August, 17, 12:30:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP
The U.S. total industrial production rose 3.0 percent in July after increasing 5.7 percent in June
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2020, August, 17, 12:25:00
U.S. ENERGY RESILIENCE
The U.S. Technical Resilience Navigator (TRN) is a resilience planning tool that leads users through stakeholder engagement, organizational assessment, and ultimately, toward an actionable plan.
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2020, August, 17, 12:02:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 3 TO 244
U.S. Rig Count is down 3 from last week at 244, Canada Rig Count is up 7 rigs from last week to 54