2020

Brent rose 23 cents or 0.6% to $41.95, WTI was up 13 cents or 0.3% at $39.93 a barrel.

Despite a decline since the record monthly high of 3.7 million b/d in February, U.S. crude oil exports averaged 3.2 million b/d in the first half of 2020, up from 2.9 million b/d in the first half of 2019.

Innovation is accelerating the development and commercialisation of small modular reactors opening up additional applications for nuclear energy.

There are three basic reasons why nuclear power is "critical" to the world meeting its energy and climate goals, said International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol.

The importance of the East Mediterranean's gas importance came to the fore in 2015 with ENI's discovery of the 30 Tcf supergiant Zohr field, helping bring the North African country back to self-sufficiency in gas in 2018.

the construction of a proposed $43.4 billion Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project

the Norwegian government would fund a carbon capture project at a cement factory in southern Norway operated by Germany's Heidelberg Cement.

Brent edged 3 cents, or 0.1%, lower to $41.41 a barrel, WTI slipped 4 cents, or 0.1%, to $39.27 a barrel.

Spot gold fell 0.9% to $1,895.38 per ounce

Without changes to tax and spending laws, the U.S. federal debt held by the public will reach 195% of GDP by 2050,