Energy Update
Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has
offered the job of interior secretary to first-term Republican
Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, Politico reported on
Tuesday, citing two transition officials and someone familiar
with the offer.
STOCKHOLM, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Sweden's government said on
Tuesday it would not stop two municipalities from leasing two
harbours to Russia's Gazprom to facilitate the
construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, despite concerns
about security.
Donald Trump has chosen Rick Perry to be Energy Secretary, putting the onetime presidential candidate and former oil-state governor atop the agency that helps chart the nation’s energy future, according to four people familiar with the president-elect’s selection process.
Trump offered the job to the former Texas governor on Monday evening and he accepted, according to the people, who asked not to be identified in advance of an announcement expected later this week.
On Tuesday during Power Generation Week, Troy Miller of S&C Electric and Don Harrod of the Village of Minster accepted the Renewable Energy Project of the Year on behalf of Half Moon Ventures, developer of the project.
HOUSTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Roughly a third of the more than
3,000 barrels of oil that spilled into a North Dakota creek
following a pipeline leak last week has been recovered, a local
official said on Tuesday.
ABUJA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Nigeria's lower house opened an
investigation on Tuesday into an offshore oil field owned by
Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, the latest inquiry
into their acquisition of the OPL 245 licence block which could
hold up to 9.23 billion barrels of oil, according to industry
figures.
Ormat Technologies Inc. announced Nov. 29 that its subsidiary has entered into a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to deliver electricity from its Ormesa geothermal complex in Imperial Valley, California, beginning Nov. 30, 2017.
GENEVA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) stands ready to act as a neutral
intermediary in an evacuation from eastern Aleppo being
negotiated by various parties, a spokeswoman told Reuters on
Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald
Trump is considering U.S. Representatives Raul Labrador of Idaho
and Ryan Zinke of Montana for Interior secretary even as fellow
Republican lawmaker Cathy McMorris Rodgers remained the top
contender, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
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