Four 600 MW units planned for Kola II

Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: Rosatom) During a visit to the Kola nuclear power plant in the Murmansk region, Likhachev said that Kola II would be the first to feature the…

GLE submits full application for laser enrichment facility licence

Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: GLE) GLE is seeking a licence for the Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF) to re-enrich depleted uranium tails from legacy Department of Energy (DOE) gaseous…

Betatron X-Ray machine built for radioactive waste containers

Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: TVEL) The university’s technology uses a betatron as an X-ray source and includes a proprietary software package. TVEL says it works on a similar principle…

OPEC Tensions Build as Kazakhstan’s Oil Production Hits All-Time High

Kazakhstan’s crude oil output jumped 7.5% in June to 1.88 million barrels per day (bpd), matching the country’s all-time high set in March, according to figures leaked to Reuters. This…

U.S. Utilities Face Peak Demand Uncertainty With Data Center Boom

Electric utilities in the United States face a high degree of uncertainty over future revenues as the boom of AI data centers generates widely varying forecasts of peak demand in…

India Launches Cobalt and Copper Exploration in Zambia

India is kicking off exploration efforts for cobalt and copper deposits in Zambia by sending a team of geologists to the African country known for its critical minerals reserves, sources…

Analyst Highlights August Natural Gas Contract ‘Collapse’

In an EBW Analytics Group report sent to Rigzone by the EBW team on Tuesday, Eli Rubin, an energy analyst at the company, highlighted a “collapse” in the August natural gas…

Saudi Aramco Set to Raise Oil Prices to Asia Amid Strong Demand

Saudi Arabia is expected to raise the price of its flagship crude loading for Asia in August to a four-month high as demand strengthens in the summer and buyers seek…

Equinor Invests $1.3 Billion to Expand Europe’s Biggest Oilfield

Equinor and its partners have decided to invest $1.3 billion (13 billion Norwegian crowns) in the Phase 3 expansion of the Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea, Western Europe’s…

UK Regulator Approves $33-Billion Investment in Gas and Power Grids

Britain’s energy regulator, Ofgem, has given the provisional green light to an investment program of $33 billion (£24 billion) to maintain essential gas distribution networks and expand the power grid…