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2022, December, 19, 11:35:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 4 TO 776
U.S. Rig Count is down 4 from last week to 776, Canada Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 199.
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2022, December, 16, 12:05:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES UP BY 10.2 MB TO 424.1 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 10.2 million barrels to 424.1 million barrels.
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2022, December, 16, 12:00:00
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 4.25 - 4.50%
The Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent.
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2022, December, 14, 12:45:00
U.S. NUCLEAR FUSION REACTION
NIF scientists readily acknowledge that the facility was not designed with commercial fusion energy in mind—and many researchers doubt that laser-driven fusion will be the approach that ultimately yields fusion energy.
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2022, December, 14, 12:40:00
U.S. CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVING $3.7 BLN
The programs, funded with $3.7 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help accelerate private-sector investment, spur advancements in monitoring and reporting practices for carbon management technologies, and provide grants to state and local governments to procure and use products developed from captured carbon emissions.
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2022, December, 13, 13:40:00
U.S. LITHIUM-ION BATTERY INVESTMENT $2.5 BLN
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), today announced the closing of a $2.5 billion loan to Ultium Cells LLC to help finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan.
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2022, December, 12, 15:30:00
U.S. GAS PRODUCTION RECORD
Dry natural gas production in 2022 to set an annual record in the United States, averaging 98.0 Bcf/d.
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2022, December, 12, 15:15:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 4 TO 780
U.S. Rig Count is down 4 from last week to 780, Canada Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 202.
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2022, December, 5, 11:35:00
U.S. TWIN ENERGY CRISIS
The sweeping push to replace fossil fuel plants with clean energy is forcing US power grids to the brink of a twin crisis, making electricity unaffordable while raising the specter of more frequent blackouts, a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said.
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2022, December, 5, 11:20:00
U.S. EMPLOYMENT UP BY 263,000
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 263,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7 percent.
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2022, December, 5, 11:10:00
U.S. RIGS UNCHANGED
U.S. Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 784, Canada Rig Count is up 1 from last week to 195.
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2022, December, 2, 09:25:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES DOWN BY 12.6 MB TO 419.1 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 12.6 million barrels to 419.1 million barrels.
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2022, November, 30, 11:15:00
CANADA'S SMR DEVELOPMENT
The ARC-100 has also been selected for a demonstration project at NB Power's existing Point Lepreau nuclear power plant site as part of a joint strategic plan for SMR deployment set out earlier this year by the provincial governments of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta Canada’s SMR Roadmap.
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2022, November, 25, 10:30:00
U.S. NUCLEAR FOR THAILAND
This partnership builds on almost 50 years of US-Thailand civil nuclear cooperation.
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2022, November, 25, 10:25:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES DOWN BY 3.7 MB TO 431.7 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.7 million barrels to 431.7 million barrels.