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• Texas Freeze Raises Cost Of Charging A Tesla To $900

  Published 16 February 2021 | viewed 257,499 times

  The electricity shortage in Texas amid the cold snap has sent spot electricity prices soaring so much that the surge in power prices equals a…

• Utility-Scale Batteries Return 82% Of Stored Electricity

  Published 12 February 2021 | viewed 4,865 times

  The utility-scale batteries operating in the United States had an efficiency of retrieving the stored electricity at 82 percent in 2019, data from the U.S.…

• Tesla's $25,000 China-Made Compact Car To Sell Globally

  Published 09 February 2021 | viewed 4,729 times

  Tesla China, which is set to design a new compact $25,000 Tesla in Shanghai, will eventually sell the model worldwide, Teslarati reported on Tuesday, citing…

• Total Reports Huge Loss For 2020

  Published 09 February 2021 | viewed 3,884 times

  French supermajor Total reported a net loss of $7.2 billion for 2020, down from a profit of $11.27 billion for 2019, and said it will…

• Shell May Re-evaluate Oil Operations Onshore Nigeria

  Published 05 February 2021 | viewed 7,556 times

  Persistent issues with theft and sabotage in the Niger Delta could prompt Shell to take a hard look at its operations onshore Nigeria, the supermajor’s…

• Shell Sees Return To ‘Normal’ Oil Demand In 2022

  Published 04 February 2021 | viewed 7,797 times

  Royal Dutch Shell expects global oil demand to return to some sort of normalcy next year, chief executive Ben van Beurden said on Thursday as…

• Goldman Expects Oil Demand To Rebound To 100 Million Bpd By August

  Published 01 February 2021 | viewed 17,102 times

  Goldman Sachs had another bullish message for oil markets this week, saying in a note that it expected global oil demand to recover to pre-pandemic…

• US Gasoline Prices To Rise On Stronger Economy, Higher Demand

  Published 25 January 2021 | viewed 13,521 times

  The U.S. national average gasoline prices are expected to rise to average $2.42 per gallon in 2021, from the lowest since 2016 of $2.17/gal in…

• Baker Hughes Posts First Quarterly Profit Since Oil Collapsed In 2020

  Published 21 January 2021 | viewed 3,639 times

  Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes (NYSE: BKR) booked its first quarterly net profit since oil prices crashed in March, reporting on Thursday a net income…

• Oil Major Total Withdraws From API Over Climate Policy Differences

  Published 15 January 2021 | viewed 7,564 times

  Total will not renew its membership in the American Petroleum Institute (API) for 2021 due to divergences with the main U.S. oil lobby over climate…

• LNG Price Boom Obliterates Rally In Bitcoin

  Published 13 January 2021 | viewed 19,423 times

  Spot prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Asia have staged an impressive rally over the past two months and have now soared 18 times…

• Total And Engie Plan France’s Largest Green Hydrogen Plant

  Published 13 January 2021 | viewed 4,636 times

  Oil major Total and energy provider Engie have applied for subsidies which, if obtained, would allow them to build the largest green hydrogen facility in…