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How sustainable is China’s future energy demand?

A new report by S&P Global’s China Senior Analyst Group finds that China will need to take a radically different path of energy consumption from what developed nations currently follow in order to avoid a spiking oil import bill.

U.S. refineries are running at record-high levels

(Tue, 20 Jun 2017) Gross inputs to U.S. petroleum refineries, also referred to as refinery runs, averaged a record high 17.7 million barrels per day (b/d) for the week ending May 26, before dropping slightly to 17.5 million b/d for the week ending June 2 and 17.6 million b/d for the week ending June 9. Product supplied to the U.S. market as well as inventories and exports are also at relatively high levels.

U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity

(Tue, 20 Jun 2017) The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its annual fuel ethanol production capacity report. The new report contains data for all operating U.S. fuel ethanol production plants as of January 1, 2017.

Cairn secures new licences in Mexico bid round

Cairn is pleased to announce it has secured interests in two licences in the Mexico offshore bid round.

UKOOG comments on closure of Centrica's Rough storage facility

Centrica Storage has on June 20, 2017, announced that it is to permanently close its Rough gas storage facility.

Nevada RPS, Community Solar Bills Vetoed; Net Metering Reinstated

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed two bills last week that would have increased the state’s renewable energy standard and promoted community solar programs.

European Energy Trading Firms to Test Blockchain Technology

A trial of blockchain-based peer-to-peer trading will be undertaken this year in the European wholesale energy market. Swedish power company Vattenfall on June 7 said that its Business Area Markets unit has joined 22 other European energy trading firms to conduct the trial.

Pakistan’s Renewables Industry — Net Metering, Grid Stability, and Active Actions

The renewable energy industry in Pakistan is surviving and evolving every day without any major government support in form of policies, such as tax rebates and subsidies.

Garbage Will Light 80,000 Aussie Homes

Australia’s poor recycling track record has an upside. Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd., the nation’s largest garbage company, has the potential to extract enough gas from rotting rubbish to produce electricity for as many as 80,000 homes, according to CEO Vik Bansal.

Apple Issues a Second Green Bond to Finance Clean Energy

Apple Inc., which issued the biggest green bond ever sold by a U.S. corporation last year to finance projects fighting global warming, is doing it again.

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