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New tanker orders spike as Iran war redraws trade routes

The $20 billion buying spree comes as buyers turn to crude oil prodiced in the Americas, which must be shipped via long ...

No location · Sep 18, 2026 · Wedgetail
Antares, Centrus sign multi-year HALEU contract

Pre-payments under the contract will support Centrus's ongoing expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity, with delive...

No location · Sep 18, 2026 · Wedgetail
China sets out fusion progress, collaboration opportunities

China's aim to achieve the commercial utilisation of fusion energy by 2050, and the benefits to be gained from internati...

No location · Sep 18, 2026 · Wedgetail
Containment tests completed at Lufeng unit 5

Tests to check the integrity of the containment structure have been completed at unit 5 of the Lufeng nuclear power plan...

No location · Sep 18, 2026 · Wedgetail
Democrats press Trump administration on Venezuela oil deal

The lawmakers homed in on the role of Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt.

No location · Sep 18, 2026 · Wedgetail
What von der Leyen’s SOTU speech got right about energy—and where the EU still needs to pivot

The EU State of the Union address recognizes important energy system challenges but also leaves details on actions murky...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Meta, Apex Clean Energy agree to 144-MW Texas solar PPA

Meta will receive “exclusive rights to all environmental attributes associated with energy” from the project, including ...

Texas, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Father of Putin’s Reported Partner Takes Stake in Rosneft Arctic Contractor – Investigation

Marat Kabaev has acquired a stake in a major logistics company working on state oil giant Rosneft’s flagship Arctic proj...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Saudi Arabia's well-timed uranium find near Medina

Though the element is more abundant than gold, the timing is curious. Beijing reportedly helped build a facility to extr...

Medina, Saudi Arabia · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Third unit at Changjiang site commissioned

Unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant in China's island province of Hainan has entered commercial operation. The ...

Hainan, China · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
New Russia sanctions amid war risk even higher gas prices

The House voted Thursday to pass legislation that would place a new set of sanctions on Russia, drawing significant Demo...

Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
UK nuclear regulators set out plans to implement reforms

The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency have informed ministers of the changes they have already ma...

United Kingdom · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Tested by war, Abu Dhabi charts its energy and water future

The emirate has earmarked almost $82 billion over the next decade for expanding and greening its power grid.

United Arab Emirates · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Exxon nears Venezuela deal, two decades after messy exit

The move could help revamp oil production in the de facto US protectorate.

Venezuela · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Aramco says technology delivered $5 billion in value last year

The Saudi oil producer is using AI, digital twins, and other tools to improve operations and adapt to wartime disruption...

Saudi Arabia · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Smolensk's planned new units get environmental approval

The licence justification materials for two new units at the next phase of Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia have h...

Smolensk, Russia · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Dark Transits are a Stopgap not a Solution

Washington has accomplished an important feat by stealthily moving oil through the Persian Gulf despite Iran’s proclaime...

Persian Gulf · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
The Houthis’ Coastal Gambit

For the first time in years, large swaths of Yemeni territory are changing hands. The Houthis’ recent losses in the east...

Red Sea · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Ukrainian Drone Attack Sparks Fire at Yaroslavl Oil Refinery

Ukraine’s military has previously claimed attacks on the Slavneft-Yanos refinery, which has a crude processing capacity ...

Yaroslavl, Russia · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Podcast - Norman Foster's symposium speech on nuclear energy

Internationally-renowned architect Lord Norman Foster was one of the key speakers at World Nuclear Symposium in London. ...

London, United Kingdom · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
With Mideast on fire, oil prices are poised to explode

News reports this week indicated Saudi Arabia was cancelling or delaying multiple shipments of crude to European refiner...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
How Saudi Arabia's anti-Houthi strategy crashed and burned

For a decade, Saudi Arabia’s Yemen policy has rested on the assumption that time, money and coercive force, patiently an...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Australia’s iron ore exports are about more than tonnage

Australia can remain indispensable to steelmaking while making less money from it. In 2025–26 dollars, the government’s ...

Canberra, Australia · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge

A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth… Th...

India · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Chinese oil prices hit record high

Energy disruptions from an escalating Middle East conflict spilled into the world’s largest market for imported crude.

China · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
65 Billion Barrels Is Only the Beginning

President Trump announced this weekend that the United States had secured majority control over more than 65 billion bar...

Venezuela · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Cameco in offtake agreement for US laser enrichment plant

Canadian company Cameco Corporation is to buy all of the future production of GLE's planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Fac...

Paducah, United States · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Blue Energy submits first construction application to NRC

Blue Energy has submitted the first part of its construction permit application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Holtec SMR project gets regulatory nod for early site work

An exemption granted by the US regulator means Holtec can go ahead with certain works before the issuance of a Limited W...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
How Australia and Brazil could set the terms on critical minerals

As manufacturing economies compete for supply certainty, there’s an opportunity to leverage shared interests as producer...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
China begins building hydrogen-boron fusion device

The ENN Group has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the ENN Fusion Spherical Ring Hydrogen-Boron Plasma Platform (Helon...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis

Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by around 0.5% in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, according… ...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Syzran and Saratov Oil Refineries Halt Operations After Drone Attacks, Sources Say

Industry sources said the Syzran plant paused operations on Tuesday, while the Saratov refinery halted work last Friday.

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
US funding for Thai SMR feasibility study

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has signed an agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency for a ...

Thailand · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Dangote mulls US listing for refinery

The plan would coincide with the refinery’s expansion by 2029.

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Could the GCC and Iran collaborate to solve the Strait of Hormuz crisis?

A Gulf-led maritime cooperation could break the Hormuz stalemate by offering Iran an off-ramp while preventing unilatera...

Strait of Hormuz · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’

Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to… The pos...

No location · Sep 15, 2026 · Wedgetail
Can oil deals reset US-Iraqi relations? 

Iraq has a short window of time to rein in its militias and create favorable commercial conditions to improve ties with ...

No location · Sep 15, 2026 · Wedgetail
First SMR funding agreed by European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank is to invest up to EUR40 million (USD46 million) in Finland's small modular reactor company...

No location · Sep 15, 2026 · Wedgetail
China launches Global Network for SMR Innovation

China Atomic Energy Authority has launched the Global Network for SMR Innovation with the aim of supporting small modula...

No location · Sep 15, 2026 · Wedgetail

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