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FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a crude oil terminal in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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China’s April crude oil imports rise 5.45% on previous year

Chinese crude oil imports rose as refiners prepared for holiday travel.

An employee moves forging red hot steel inside the ArcVac ForgeCast factory, in Hooghly district, in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/Files
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Opinion: Green steel needs tiered incentives to flourish in Asia

Virtually every player in the market is taking green steel seriously – but achieving net-zero by 2050 is likely a pipedream, unless there's...

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Ember: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued...

Members of the Woodland Cree First Nation take part in a blockade of an oil lease road in northern Alberta as shown in this undated handout image. Police say they're present at the blockade but aren't enforcing an injunction for members of the First Nation to clear the site. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Woodland Cree First Nation-Paul Lavoie
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Police present but not enforcing injunction at Alberta oil blockade

Woodland Cree First Nation in Alberta says it hasn't been consulted on Obsidian Energy's expansion plans and has concerns about earthquakes resulting from...

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Wilkinson says carbon capture technology is not too expensive or ineffective. Wilkinson is defending carbon sequestration systems after a high profile project in Alberta was abandoned over its price tag. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s energy minister defends carbon capture technology

Canada's Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is defending carbon sequestration systems after a high-profile project in Alberta was abandoned over its price tag.

FILE PHOTO: A pump is seen at a gas station in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Seasonal US fuel demand hits pandemic lows, weighs on refining margins

U.S. gasoline and diesel demand are at their weakest seasonal level since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, according to data from the Energy Information...

The EU is considering banning European ports from re-exporting Russian LNG to third countries (AFP)
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EU eyes first ever sanctions on Russia’s LNG sector

The aim is to further hit Russia's revenues from fossil fuels as there have been growing concerns that previous sanctions have not hurt...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Dow Chemical announcement, that will finalized plans to construct the world's first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and derivatives complex, in Fort Saskatchewan Alberta, on Wednesday November 29, 2023. Canadian Utilities Ltd., a subsidiary of Calgary-based holding company ATCO Ltd., says it plans to build a new natural gas pipeline in Alberta to supply a massive net-zero petrochemical project being built northeast of Edmonton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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ATCO subsidiary to build new Alta. pipeline to supply gas to petrochemical project

Canadian Utilities Ltd., a subsidiary of Calgary-based holding company ATCO Ltd., says it plans to build a new natural gas pipeline in Alberta...

Suncor Energy Inc. says it is leasing and operating a number of Aframax oil tanker ships to carry crude from the recently completed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to Pacific markets. A truck carries oilsands at Suncor's facility near Fort McMurray on Friday, Sep. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Victor R. Caiv
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Suncor leasing oil tanker ships to carry crude from Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Suncor Energy Inc. says it is leasing and operating a number of Aframax oil tanker ships to carry crude from the recently completed...

FILE PHOTO: A view of a computer-rendered image of Climeworks' Mammoth direct air capture plant, is seen in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters June 28, 2022.   Climeworks/Handout via REUTERS
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Climeworks opens world’s largest plant to extract CO2 from air in Iceland

Climeworks has opened the world’s largest operational direct air capture (DAC) plant to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere

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