2020
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2020, March, 30, 09:40:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 44 TO 728
U.S. Rig Count is down 44 rigs from last week to 728, Canada Rig Count is down 44 rigs from last week to 54
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2020, March, 27, 14:00:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $26 AGAIN
Brent was down 40 cents, or 1.5%, at $25.94 a barrel, WTI was up 11 cents, or 0.5%, at $22.71.
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2020, March, 27, 13:55:00
#OilPriceWar: RUSSIA UNCHANGED
Russia ramped up measures to combat the virus on Wednesday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing that next week would be a paid non-working week throughout the country.
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2020, March, 27, 13:50:00
G20 ANTI CORONAVIRUS INVESTMENT $5 TLN
Leaders of the world's leading economies presented a united front against the coronavirus on Thursday and said they were injecting $5 trillion (Dh18.3tn) into the world economy to counter damage from the pandemic that has killed more than 21,000 people.
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2020, March, 27, 13:45:00
U.S. PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION 100 QUADRILLION BTU
U.S. primary energy consumption totaled 100 quadrillion Btu, a 1% decrease from 2018. Natural gas consumption increased 3%, renewable energy consumption and nuclear electric power consumption each increased less than 1%, petroleum consumption decreased less than 1%, and coal consumption decreased 14%.
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2020, March, 27, 13:40:00
GLOBAL WIND ENERGY UP BY 19%
According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), a total of 60.4 GW of wind capacity was installed worldwide in 2019 (19% more than in 2018), raising the global wind capacity by 10% to more than 650 GW.
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2020, March, 27, 13:35:00
U.S. SOLAR POWER UP
There are 10.4 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar capacity currently under construction across the United States
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2020, March, 27, 13:30:00
CANADA'S ENERGY MODERNIZATION
Ottawa needs to retrofit an average of 10,000 to 15,000 homes a year over the next three decades.
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2020, March, 27, 13:25:00
BIFACIAL SOLAR POWER
Chinese panel maker Trina Solar, has launched two new PERC monocrystalline bifacial solar modules, each with a reported power output of 500 W.
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2020, March, 27, 13:20:00
U.S. GDP UP 2.1% ANEW
U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019