Carlyle Hires Goldman Sachs For Lukoil Asset Bid

(Reuters) – U.S. private equity giant Carlyle has hired Goldman Sachs to work on its bid for Lukoil assets, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, as…

Mapped: U.S. Oil Production by State – Visual Capitalist

By | Graphics/Design: Key Takeaways New Mexico doubled oil production from 2019 to 2024, reaching over 2M barrels/day. Texas remains the top oil-producing state with 5.7M barrels/day, leading the Permian…

US Judge Blocks Michigan From Enforcing Order to Shut Down Enbridge’s Line 5 Oil Pipeline

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan from enforcing a 2020 order to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline running beneath a channel linking two of the…

EDF estimates EPR2 programme cost at EUR72.8 billion

The figure was presented to its board of directors on Thursday. The board approved a EUR2.7 billion budget allocation to the programme for 2026, the company said. The cost estimate…

Modified fuel supplied to Uzbekistan research reactor

The higher uranium concentration allows for a proportional increase in the fuel’s life in the WWR-SM reactor, Rosatom said. The reactor is used for research in the fields of nuclear physics, radiation…

UK achieves early milestone in plutonium disposal programme

In January this year, the UK government took the decision that the country’s stockpile of civil plutonium would be disposed of, rather than used to produce mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel for…

Urenco USA produces first LEU+ fuel

It completed the initial production run of the low-enriched uranium plus (LEU+) on 11 December. LEU+ is uranium enriched to between 5% and 10% U-235. The company was given US…

Newcleo submits SMR design for Euratom safeguards review

A mandatory requirement under the new Commission Regulation (Euratom) 2025/974, which came into effect on 6 July this year, safeguards-by-design refers to the process where operators of new or modified…

India’s Lok Sabha passes SHANTI atomic energy bill

The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 – or SHANTI, for short – was tabled before the Lok Sabha on 15 December and approved…

DNO secures North Sea oil offtake agreements with ExxonMobil and Shell

Norwegian independent DNO ASA has finalized new North Sea oil offtake agreements with subsidiaries of ExxonMobil and Shell, effective Jan. 1, 2026, securing up to $410 million in related financing…