2021
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2021, January, 13, 13:55:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $56
Brent was up 36 cents, or 0.6%, at $56.94 a barrel. WTI was up 34 cents, or 0.6%, at $53.55 a barrel.
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2021, January, 13, 13:50:00
OIL PRICES 2021-22: $53
Brent crude oil spot prices to average $53 per barrel (b) in both 2021 and 2022 compared with an average of $42/b in 2020.
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2021, January, 13, 13:45:00
NORD STREAM 2: THE NEW SANCTIONS
The companies could be at risk of U.S. sanctions under existing law if they do not stop work.
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2021, January, 13, 13:40:00
QATAR LNG EXPANSION
State-owned Qatar Petroleum is planning a to increase LNG production by 43% to 110 million mt/year by 2025, up from 77 million mt/year currently.
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2021, January, 13, 13:35:00
IRAN OIL CONTRACTS $1.2 BLN
The contracts, worth a total of $1.2 billion, were signed on Monday in the presence of Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh,
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2021, January, 13, 13:30:00
CHINA GDP WILL UP BY 7.9%
GDP growth is projected at 1.9 percent in 2020 and 7.9 percent in 2021,
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2021, January, 13, 13:25:00
U.S. NUCLEAR STRATEGIC VISION
Nuclear power supplies about 20% of US electricity generation and is by far the nation's largest source of carbon-free energy and the most reliable, operating at a capacity factor of more than 93%, the strategy notes.
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2021, January, 13, 13:20:00
GLOBAL SOLAR FUNDING UP 24%
The solar ETF was up 225%, with 15 solar stocks up over 100% in 2020.
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2021, January, 13, 13:15:00
BRITAIN'S RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY 37%
Renewable power generation in Britain accounted for 37.3% of total production in 2020 (24.8% from wind, 6.5% from biomass, 4.4% from solar, and 1.6% from hydro).
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2021, January, 13, 13:10:00
NATURAL CAPITAL ALLIANCE $10 BLN
A new alliance of investors and energy sector giants will see $US10 billion (A$12.9 billion) invested in natural capital opportunities under the banner of a newly formed Natural Capital Investment Alliance, a Sustainable Markets Initiative brought together by His Royal Highness Charles, The Prince of Wales.