$35 billion in funding for clean energy research across different types of technologies

The US Energy Department has a Geothermal Technologies Office and they are understandably optimistic.

In comments, cleared for publication on Friday, Novak also said that Moscow views an oil price between $45 and $55 per barrel as the optimum level to allow for recovery of its oil production,

Brent settled 9 cents higher at $51.29. WTI settled up 11 cents to $48.23 a barrel.

State-run oil giant Saudi Aramco is working to determine the exact size and resource volume of the new finds,

China looked set for average economic growth of 5.7% a year from 2021-25 before slowing to 4.5% a year from 2026-30.

The CSI300 index rose 0.7% to 5,078.60 by the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3% to 3,406.69.

Brent were down 25 cents, or 0.5%, to $51.04 a barrel. WTI slipped 19 cents, or 0.4%, to $48.04 a barrel.

The four projects call for a combined investment of EUR 2.02 billion (USD 2.47bn),

Hydropower accounts for 31% of Turkey’s installed capacity, with 28.5 GW, and covered 29% of the power mix in 2019.

North American LNG export developers are hoping sustained high prices will provide incentive to buyers to sign more long-term commercial deals that would enable the developers to sanction new terminal projects in 2021.

The average price of LNG imported by China in November, comprising both term and spot cargoes, was about $6.28/MMBtu on a delivered basis, up 15.3% from about $5.44/MMBtu a month earlier,

At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.33% at 3,386.14 points, while the blue-chip CSI300 index was down 0.26%.

Japan’s Nikkei surged by 2.4% to its highest since August 1990.

Brent climbed 23 cents, or 0.5%, to $51.09 a barrel. WTI added 23 cents, or 0.5%, to $47.85 a barrel.

In October 2020, the country imported 3.24 bcm of natural gas via pipelines, while 795 million cubic meters (mcm) was purchased as liquefied natural gas (LNG), EPDK's data showed. This marked an increase in pipeline gas imports of 36.2% and 2.5% in LNG imports.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1.4% to 5,113.71 points, its highest close since June, 2015. The Shanghai Composite Index advanced 1.1% to 3,414.45 points.

Brent rose 19 cents, or 0.4%, to $51.28 a barrel. WTI rose 29 cents, or 0.6%, to $48.29.

bp and its partners have started commercial gas deliveries to southeast Europe from the Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea via the new Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) pipeline system.

Saudi Arabia will hold its February and March crude production to 8.125 million b/d -- well below its quota of 9.119 million b/d