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2019, September, 25, 14:50:00
U.S. SOLAR INVESTMENT $87 BLN
The U.S. solar energy industry will add an additional 113,000 jobs and generate $87 billion in investment over the next decade if U.S. lawmakers extend the sector’s key tax credit, a report published on Tuesday said.
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2019, September, 24, 17:50:00
INDIA'S INVESTMENT TO U.S. LNG $2.5 BLN
Petronet LNG Ltd, India's biggest liquefied natural gas importer, has signed a preliminary deal to buy a stake in Tellurian Inc's proposed Driftwood project in Louisiana and import 5 million tonnes a year of LNG.
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2019, September, 23, 14:00:00
U.S. PETROLEUM DEMAND 21.5 MBD
Total U.S. petroleum demand of 21.5 mb/d was highest for any month since August 2005;
Improved infrastructure helped increase supply and lower prices;
Highest U.S. petroleum exports (8.1 mb/d) for the month of August; and
Total inventories increased year-on-year for the ninth consecutive month.
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2019, September, 23, 13:40:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 18 TO 868
U.S. Rig Count is down 18 rigs from last week to 868, with oil rigs down 14 to 719, gas rigs down 5 to 148, and miscellaneous rigs up 1 to 1. Canada Rig Count is down 15 rigs from last week to 119, with oil rigs down 11 to 82 and gas rigs down 4 to 37.
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2019, September, 20, 15:20:00
U.S. WIND ENERGY UP
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that U.S. wind capacity additions in both 2019 and in 2020 will be near the annual record level of additions set in 2012.
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2019, September, 20, 15:10:00
U.S. TRADE DEFICIT DOWN TO $128.2 BLN
The U.S. current account deficit, which reflects the combined balances on trade in goods and services and income flows between U.S. residents and residents of other countries, narrowed by $8.0 billion, or 5.9 percent, to $128.2 billion in the second quarter of 2019, according to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The revised first quarter deficit was $136.2 billion.
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2019, September, 19, 14:25:00
SAUDI ARABIA, U.S. COALITION
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced it has joined the International Maritime Security Construct to secure the Mideast's waterways.
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2019, September, 19, 14:20:00
UAE, U.S. COALITION
The alliance protects the interests of its members and their merchant ships when passing through maritime corridors. Its operation area covers the Strait of Hormuz, Bab Al Mandab, the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Gulf.
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2019, September, 19, 14:15:00
U.S. WEAPON: OIL
Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh stressed the non-political nature of oil, saying the US was using oil as a weapon which was not the right approach.
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2019, September, 19, 14:10:00
80%: U.S. FOSSIL FUELS ENERGY
The share of U.S. total energy consumption that originated from fossil fuels has fallen from its peak of 94% in 1966 to 80% in 2018. The total amount of fossil fuels consumed in the United States has also fallen from its peak of 86 quads in 2007. Since then, coal consumption decreased by 10 quads and petroleum by 2 quads, more than offsetting a 7 quad increase in natural gas consumption.
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2019, September, 19, 13:55:00
RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR FOR DOMINICANA
ROSATOM and the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic signed a Memorandum of cooperation in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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2019, September, 19, 13:40:00
FRANCE, U.S. SMALL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
EDF and Westinghouse are looking at SMRs as a way of standardizing reactor construction after struggling with years of delay and billions of dollars of cost overruns on their big nuclear reactors, which have capacities upwards of 1,000 MW.
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2019, September, 19, 13:35:00
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 1.75 - 2%
Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. In light of the implications of global developments for the economic outlook as well as muted inflation pressures, the Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate to 1-3/4 to 2 percent.
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2019, September, 18, 18:10:00
U.S. COALITION CAN CLOSE HORMUZ
The US made another request to import-dependent Japan to join the coalition, and leaders are expected to discuss it at the UN General Assembly in New York next week.
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2019, September, 18, 17:55:00
U.S. GAS, WIND WILL UP
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that natural gas-fired electricity generation in the United States will increase by 6% in 2019 and by 2% in 2020. EIA also forecasts that generation from wind power will increase by 6% in 2019 and by 14% in 2020.