Key contracts awarded in UK fusion programme

In October 2022, the West Burton coal-fired power plant site in Nottinghamshire, England, was selected to host the UK’s Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP). The demonstration plant is due…

Petrobras to pay $450 million for full ownership of key Campos basin oil fields

Offshore Brazil March 17, 2026 FPSO Cidade de Campos (WO) – Petrobras has exercised its preemptive right to acquire Petronas’ 50% stake in the Tartaruga Verde field and…

Cambridge Atomworks, Mott MacDonald sign microreactor MoU

The Odin microreactor is described as “a low-pressure, molten-salt-cooled, solid-fuel fission reactor integrated with power conversion and heat rejection systems, enabling substantial and compact, standalone electricity supply without external connections”.…

Pilot operation of accident-tolerant fuel completed

The fuel assemblies with experimental fuel elements have undergone a standard cycle of nuclear fuel operation for Russian VVER-1000 reactors – three fuel campaigns of 18 months each. Accident tolerant…

APS to seek fresh Palo Verde life extension

The Notice of Intent to submit a Subsequent License Renewal Application in late 2027 will take all three units to 80 years of operation – unit 1 to 2065, unit…

AtkinsRéalis collaborates with Nvidia on nuclear-powered AI factories

“These technologies, along with OpenUSD, provide AtkinsRéalis with a framework to design and optimise integrated infrastructure systems in a 3D digital twin before building in the real world,” AtkinsRéalis said.…

Trump Upset as Key US Partners Shun Call for Hormuz Warship Escorts

By , and US-Israeli war on Iran enters third week, boosting global oil prices Several allies decline US call to escort shipping in Hormuz Israel has at least three weeks…

Hormuz Crisis Sparks Urgent Call to Boost UK Gas Storage

Energy associations and analysts are calling on the UK government to boost Britain’s gas storage capacity amid the new energy supply crisis that has choked oil and gas supply from…

Iraq To Restore Kirkuk-Turkey Pipeline as Iran War Chokes Off Exports

Iraq is scrambling to restore a northern oil export route that would send crude from the Kirkuk fields directly to Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, as the war involving Iran…

Middle East War Revives Interest in Alaska LNG

Interest in the Alaska LNG export project has spiked since the war in the Middle East choked 20% of global LNG supply and sent Asian buyers scrambling for expensive spot…