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2022, November, 9, 10:30:00
U.S. EMPLOYMENT UP BY 261,000
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 261,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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2022, November, 7, 12:05:00
OPEC MARKET DECISIONS
OPEC and non-OPEC allies — generally referred to as OPEC+ — agreed at this week’s meeting in Vienna to reduce production by 2 million BPD from November levels.
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2022, November, 7, 12:00:00
OPEC+, U.S. OIL RELATIONS
The US reaction to the Saudi-led decision was swift. President Joe Biden has warned of "consequences," and the country has announced more releases of crude from its strategic reserves.
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2022, November, 7, 11:40:00
CANADA'S CLEAN NUCLEAR
"Including nuclear in the investment tax credit for clean energy technologies is a major step forward for the industry and great news for our climate and economy," said John Gorman, President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA).
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2022, November, 7, 11:25:00
U.S. RIGS UP 2 TO 770
U.S. Rig Count is up 2 from last week to 770, Canada Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 209.
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2022, November, 3, 12:05:00
U.S., BRITAIN NUCLEAR FUEL
In collaboration with Urenco Ltd, Westinghouse will complete a Pre-Front End Engineering Design study for a secure and reliable supply of advanced TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) fuels to support a range of potential high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) technologies in development.
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2022, November, 3, 11:55:00
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 3.75 - 4.00%
The Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 3-3/4 to 4 percent.
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2022, November, 3, 11:50:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES DOWN BY 3.1 MB TO 436.8 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.1 million barrels to 436.8 million barrels.
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2022, November, 2, 11:35:00
UAE, US PARTNERSHIP $100 BLN
UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and Special Presidential Coordinator Amos Hochstein signed the Partnership on behalf of the UAE and the US.
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2022, November, 1, 16:55:00
U.S., POLAND NUCLEAR RELATIONSHIP $40 BLN
In July last year, Westinghouse announced the launch of front-end engineering and design work - based on AP1000 technology - under a grant from the US Trade and Development Agency to progress the nuclear energy programme in Poland.
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2022, November, 1, 16:45:00
U.S., CANADA'S NUCLEAR FOR ROMANIA
Romania has ongoing programmes to upgrade its existing Candu reactors at Cernavoda NPP, as well as to construct two new units and to develop small modular reactors (SMRs).
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2022, November, 1, 16:30:00
U.S. CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENT $39 MLN
The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements.
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2022, October, 31, 11:55:00
U.S. REVOLUTIONARY ENERGY DEMAND
Just eliminating fossil fuel alone is a tall order -- 22 percent of the current generating mix is coal and 38 percent is natural gas. Half of the generation will, in theory, go offline while demand for electricity soars.
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2022, October, 31, 11:50:00
U.S., INDIA CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE
The US and India have continually increased their trade in other sectors, so this has made partnering on energy very easy. Additionally, both countries are facing difficulties with keeping energy prices low, so they have had to look for new initiatives.
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2022, October, 31, 11:40:00
NUCLEAR SMR FOR GHANA
As a first step toward enhancing cooperation under WECAN, the USA and Japan announced a partnership with Ghana to support Ghana's ambition of being a first mover in SMR deployment in Africa and establishing itself as an advanced nuclear technology hub.