Russia Slashes Oil Exports As Fuel Shortages And Drone Attacks Bite

Russia is preparing to sharply reduce crude oil exports this month as mounting refinery disruptions, fuel shortages, and Ukraine’s bombing campaign force Moscow to divert more barrels into the domestic…

Weak Chinese Demand Forces Cuts to Iranian Crude Prices

Chinese buyers are being offered Iranian crude at discounts to Brent, compared to a premium in May, as demand from China’s independent producers has weakened in recent weeks amid soaring…

From Tail Risk to Design Baseline: How the Grid Is Adapting to Extreme Heat

System planners and grid operators are treating extreme heat as an assumed operating condition given new pressures, including drought, demand growth, and fuel concerns. Will it be enough? For decades,…

Renewed Bruce 3 back in service

The Major Component Replacement (MCR) which the Candu unit has undergone saw robotic tools used on a reactor face to rebuild a Candu reactor for the first time. The project…

Fuel manufactured for Kudankulam 4’s initial loading

Under the contract agreed in 2024 with the Russian state nuclear corporation, TVEL will supply fuel for the lifetime of the VVER-1000 units, which comprise units 3 and 4 at…

Australian thorium to fuel Ampera energy system

Thorium is a slightly radioactive element that is more than three times as abundant in the Earth’s crust as uranium. Although not fissile (capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction…

Dummy fuel successfully loaded in Akkuyu 1

The dummy fuel is designed to be an exact replica of nuclear fuel in design, weight and dimensions, and its loading is key to checking systems for loading the real…

SMRs to be considered at Romanian port

“As ports electrify and grow, DP World sees access to reliable, low-carbon energy as critical to future competitiveness,” the company said. “Rising demand from electrified equipment, shore power, AI data…

US Airlines’ Fuel Costs Soared in April to $6.5 Billion

By WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) – Fuel costs for U.S. airlines jumped 78% in April to nearly $6.5 billion ​compared with the year before, as the Middle East conflict drives…

Eurozone Fuel Sales Fall 3.5% as Iran War Sends Prices Surging

Automotive fuel sales in the Eurozone slumped by the most in two and a half years in April as drivers reduced gasoline and diesel purchases as prices jumped in the…