Building work starts at US SMR fuel plant

The plant is expected to be the first facility in the USA to exclusively manufacture fuel for advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) and will fabricate X-energy’s proprietary tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) fuel…

Turkish-Flagged LPG Tanker Struck by Drone Near Ukrainian Port

Another Russian overnight massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine has had some serious spillover effects, as the Turkish flagged LPG tanker “Orinda” carrying thousands of metric tons of liquefied petroleum gas…

Chevron Joins Race to Explore Potential Purchase of Lukoil Assets, Sources Say

By , and LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – U.S. oil major Chevron (CVX.N) is studying options to buy global assets of sanctioned Russian oil firm Lukoil (LKOH.MM), five sources familiar…

IEA Says Questions Linger on Who Will Scoop Up New LNG Wave

By The global market could absorb a record wave of new supply of liquefied natural gas, but much depends on net zero policies and renewables growth, the International Energy Agency…

The 2 Million Barrel Divide: IEA and OPEC at Odds Over Oil Demand

By Ryohtaroh Satoh and Malcolm Moore Original: Get the Latest US Focused Energy News Delivered to You! It’s FREE: The widest gap for more than two decades has opened up…

Chevron Turns to India for Jet Fuel After California Refinery Fire Fallout

India has shipped its first-ever cargo of jet fuel bound for the U.S. West Coast for Chevron amid favorable arbitrage economics and increased import demand following a fire at the…

TotalEnergies Boosts Power Business with $5.9 Billion Europe Deal

TotalEnergies is expanding its power business in Europe with a multi-billion all-stock deal to buy 50% of the flexible power generation assets of Czech firm EPH.   The French supermajor on…

Kazakhstan Drags Big Oil to Swiss Court in $166 Billion Lawsuit

Kazakhstan has filed for arbitration in a Swiss court in its lawsuit against major international oil firms as the OPEC+ producer seeks billions of U.S. dollars of damages from Big…

Poland’s Oil Giant Orlen Plugs Into EV Charging Market

Orlen, the largest refiner in Poland and eastern Europe, is venturing into superfast electric vehicle charging and has opened its first EV charging hub in Poland, to be followed by…

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  • November 17, 2025
BASF and ExxonMobil plan turquoise hydrogen plant in Texas

Chemicals company BASF and oil and gas firm ExxonMobil have unveiled plans for a demonstration plant that uses methane pyrolysis technology to produce up to 2,000 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen…