(Reuters) – U.S. oil producer Chevron  on Tuesday said it evacuated staff from three U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production platforms while Kinder Morgan planned to shut a petroleum pipeline, as the energy companies braced for Hurricane Idalia. Hurricane Idalia strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico en route to Florida’s Gulf Coast, forcing evacuations in low-lying …

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Texans are being asked to conserve electricity after a high number of fossil fuel plants unexpectedly went offline even as the intense summer heat ebbs. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the grid operator, called for conservation from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Central on Tuesday because of a “high level of unexpected” outages at fossil fuel …

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HOUSTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A draft environmental impact statement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline is now expected to be released in fall, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Thursday. The review was initially expected to be completed last year and earlier was pushed back to spring of this …

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(Reuters Breakingviews) – Kazakhstan appears to be in the throes of a sudden craze for European goods. Imports from the European Union were up nearly 90% in 2022 compared to the year before, and the trend continued in the first half of 2023. The spike is raising suspicions that the former Soviet republic and Russia’s neighbour …

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A panel discussion at the upcoming World Petroleum Congress takes on this huge topic. Companies working in the energy sector are now prosecuting their own self-defined pathways to achieve carbon zero or carbon neutral business profiles. Digital innovations play a key role. Roadmap to Carbon Zero As part of the World Petroleum Congress, September 17-21, …

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Supplies from Chevron’s liquefied natural gas facilities in major exporter Australia could be disrupted after the last batch of its workers on Monday voted to authorise their unions to take industrial action if necessary. The Gorgon and Wheatstone facilities in Western Australia – along with Woodside Energy Group’s projects in the same area – account for …

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Aug 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) on Thursday proposed new measures to bolster the safety requirements of gas distribution pipelines. The PHMSA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), outlining updated regulations to improve safety on the country’s millions of miles of gas distribution pipelines. …

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The latest buzzword in battery materials sounds like a concept borrowed from astrophysics. But “black mass” is just a very literal description of the intermediate product from recycling either spent electric-vehicle batteries or scrap from battery plants. It’s a dark, powdery cocktail of metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel that’s emerging as a commodity in its own …

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Summary China halves stamp duty on stock trades to boost flagging market Tropical Storm Idalia expected to hit Florida as hurricane Fed’s Powell says higher rates may be needed LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Oil was little changed on Monday after China took steps to bolster its flagging economy, though investors remained worried about the …

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Electrical substations frequently face challenges from several sources. These include vandals, intruders, hazardous weather, and high energy demand periods. On top of this, there’s the difficulty of the substations being unmanned and often remotely located. This makes them harder to protect from intrusion, theft, and sabotage. Substations are vulnerable points in the electricity grid and, …

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