Hot tests completed at third Haiyang unit

Hot functional tests involve increasing the temperature of the reactor coolant system and carrying out comprehensive tests to ensure that coolant circuits and safety systems are operating as they should.…

IAEA sees enhanced safety at Philippine research reactor

An IAEA Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors (INSARR) mission is conducted at the request of an IAEA Member State. It is a peer review service that assesses and evaluates…

Blue Energy, GE Vernova take gas-plus-nuclear collaboration to next stage

In May, Blue Energy – a vertically integrated deployment platform for financeable, turnkey nuclear power plants compatible with leading reactor technology – announced it was joining up with GE Vernova…

India begins public consultation on SHANTI Bill rules

The SHANTI Bill – to give it its full name, the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025 – completed the legislative process in…

Chevron strikes oil and gas in Angola’s Block 0, eyes tieback development

(WO) — Chevron has made an oil and gas condensate discovery in Block 0 offshore Angola, encountering more than 300 ft of net pay as the company continues to expand…

Kazakhstan Accuses Big Oil of $10.7 Billion Corruption in Kashagan Oil Project

Kazakhstan has alleged in a confidential arbitration case that some of the biggest international oil firms that have developed the giant Kashagan oilfield awarded $10.7 billion worth of contracts with…

Hormuz Tanker Traffic Slumps as U.S.-Iran Standoff Drags On

Tankers moving along the Strait of Hormuz dwindled further this week, with only five crossings on Wednesday and nine crossings on Thursday, down from a monthly average of 12 crossings,…

Vance Says Cheap Oil and Gas Is Top U.S. Priority in Iran War

Low U.S. gasoline prices are the top priority of the Administration amid the war in Iran, Vice President JD Vance said, as the U.S.-Iran deadlock persists and the U.S. vowed…

Middle East Oil Tankers Are Going Dark for Longer

Not only is a growing number of tankers moving stealthily with transponders switched off at the Middle East’s two key chokepoints, but the time of the so-called dark mode movements…

Drone Strike Sparks Blaze at Key Russian Oil and Fuel Terminal

Ust-Luga, the top Russian port for exports of oil and other commodities from the Baltic Sea, caught fire early on Friday following an overnight drone attack from Ukraine. A fire…