Russia is set to record negative GDP growth of 4.5 per cent in 2020 following the shocks caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the collapse of the OPEC+ agreement to limit oil production.

A combination of nickel, chromium, cobalt and molybdenum, Alloy 617 can be used in tomorrow’s advanced nuclear plants because it allows higher temperature operation.

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are refining their design of a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core, scaling up the additive manufacturing process necessary to build it, and developing methods to confirm the consistency and reliability of its printed components.

Brent advanced 85 cents, or 2.9%, to $30.48, WTI were up $1.29, or 5.3%, at $25.43.

OPEC+ producers agreed to cut their overall crude oil production by 9.7 mb/d over the 1 May 2020 - 30 June 2020 period,

If nothing else changes (unlikely), tight oil production will decline to a level of about 6 million bo/d

India has been the world’s fourth-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 2011

Southeast Asia today is viewed as the last likely bastion of strong growth in coal demand globally. But just as Indian coal-fired power generation fell an entirely unprecedented 26TWh or -3% during 2019, we note expectations for sustained decades-long growth in Southeast Asian coal-fired power generation is far from a locked-in certainty.

Total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment fell by 20.5 million in April,

U.S. output from the U.S. coal-fired generating fleet dropped to 966,000 gigawatthours (GWh) in 2019

renewable energy in the United States could exceed coal on an annual basis for the first time this year,

The high-cost Canadian oil industry is being hammered by the dual effects of Covid-19 and the fallout from unconstrained supply.

In 2019, Saudi Aramco produced 13.2 mmboed, including 9.9 mmbpd of crude oil (including blended condensate and excluding the Kingdom of Bahrain’s share of volumes produced from Abu Sa’fah field).

U.S. Rig Count is down 34 rigs from last week to 374, Canada Rig Count is down 1 rig from last week to 26

Brent was up by 87 cents, or 3%, at $30.33 a barrel, WTI gained $1.12, or 4.8%, to $24.67 a barrel