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2020, July, 29, 11:35:00
ITER FUSION ASSEMBLY
Launched in 2006 and based in southern France, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) had planned to test its first super-heated plasma by 2020 and achieve full fusion by 2023.
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2020, July, 28, 11:15:00
U.S. NUCLEAR LEADERSHIP
NELA aims to re-establish US leadership in nuclear energy, with a focus on the demonstration of advanced reactors.
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2020, July, 27, 16:20:00
U.S. NUCLEAR FINANCE
"significant step forward" in US efforts to support the energy needs of its allies around the world,
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2020, July, 27, 16:15:00
U.S. ENERGY CONVERSION LOSS
U.S. utility-scale generation facilities consumed 38 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of energy to provide 14 quads of electricity.
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2020, July, 27, 16:10:00
U.S. COAL DOWN
For the better part of three decades, from 1985 through 2014, net operating coal capacity in the United States exceeded 300 GW. By the end of 2020, it is expected to drop below 240 GW for the first time since 1978, and by 2030, based on plants scheduled for retirement, net capacity is expected to dip below 200 GW for the first time since 1975.
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2020, July, 27, 15:45:00
U.S., VIETNAM LNG INVESTMENT $6.2 BLN
The Vietnam's government expects the country to face power shortages in the future
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2020, July, 27, 15:20:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 2 TO 251
U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 251, Canada Rig Count is up 10 rigs from last week to 42
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2020, July, 20, 07:19:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 5 TO 253
U.S. Rig Count is down 5 rigs from last week to 253, Canada Rig Count is up 6 rigs from last week to 32
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2020, July, 17, 12:55:00
CANADA'S OIL PRODUCTION DOWN
In the first half of 2020, Canada’s oil production declined 20% from its 2019 average of 5.5 million barrels per day (b/d)
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2020, July, 16, 16:20:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES DOWN BY 7.5 MB TO 531.7 MB
U.S. commercial crude oildecreased by 7.5 million barrels from the previous week to 531.7 million barrels
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2020, July, 16, 16:10:00
U.S. OIL WRITE DOWNS
40 U.S. oil producers collectively wrote down $48 billion worth of assets in the first quarter of 2020.
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2020, July, 16, 15:55:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP 5.4%
U.S. Total industrial production rose 5.4 percent in June after increasing 1.4 percent in May
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2020, July, 14, 13:10:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL (-56) TBD, GAS (-712) MCFD
Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 56,000 b/d month-over-month in July from 7,546 to 7,490 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 712 million cubic feet/day from 80,266 to 79,554 million cubic feet/day .
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2020, July, 14, 12:10:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 5 TO 258
U.S. Rig Count is down 5 rigs from last week to 258, Canada Rig Count is up 8 rigs from last week to 26