2021

U.S. crude oil production averaged 11.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2020, down 935,000 b/d (8%) from the record annual average high of 12.2 million b/d in 2019.

China announced its aim to increase its nuclear power capacity by 40% from 50 GW in 2020 to 70 GW in 2025. However, the 2021-2025 plan isn't expected to slow down the construction of new coal-fired power plants.

Fukushima has certainly left its mark on the nuclear industry. When the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11, 2011, there were 54 nuclear reactors in Japan.

The blue-chip CSI300 index ended 0.66% higher, led by a 2.63% jump in its healthcare sub-index and a 1.94% gain in the consumer staples sector.

the goods and services deficit was $68.2 billion in January, up $1.2 billion from $67.0 billion in December,

Australia exported a record 78.2 Mt of LNG in 2020, up from 77.5 Mt in 2019.

The project (likely a floating storage and regasification unit, FSRU) should be commissioned by mid-2022.

The $150 million project at a deepsea port on Matarbari island, in the Bay of Bengal, is expected to be ready by 2025 and will commence operations soon after,

This 2.1 GW programme is part of South Korea's strategy to become carbon neutral by 2050.

In April 2020, EuroAfrica Interconnector initiated a €650m tender for the EPC of a 1 GW subsea HVDC line between Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece (Crete and Attica).