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• Trump Administration Pauses Site Leases at Offshore Projects Under Construction

  23-12-2025 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  December 23, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Major offshore wind leases for U.S. offshore wind projects are suspended immediately due to "national security concerns," the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) said Monday. The leases are long-term site agreements for the location of the wind projects. The leases targeted are specifically for the five wind projects currently in advanced stages of construction and operation.
  
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• Rocky Mountains, West Coast Regions Lead U.S. T&D Buildouts

  23-12-2025 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  December 23, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Calls for more transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure across the U.S. has been a persistent issue ever since it became clear the nation would face a significant increase in energy demand from the buildout of data centers, electric-vehicle charging stations and other developing technologies. Many of the new T&D projects are in areas most affected by these tren
  
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• Bakken Shale Feeling Low-Price Pressure

  23-12-2025 08:50 via industrialinfo.com
  December 23, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Crude oil prices are not supportive of the domestic shale industry. By next year, U.S. crude oil prices should be well below the point at which many shale drillers can make a profit. North Dakota may be a case in point.Crude oil prices are taking their toll on performance in the Bakken shale, North Dakota state regulators said in their monthly production report.
  
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• Pemex Moves to 2026 with Operational Challenges, Maintains Government Backing

  23-12-2025 08:30 via industrialinfo.com
  December 23, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Pemex, the Mexican state company, continues to face structural production challenges and is struggling to reach full processing capacity at Dos Bocas. However, the government of Claudia Sheinbaum continues to back the company.
  
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• Government Acts to Save the Last U.K. Ethylene Plant

  23-12-2025 08:16 via industrialinfo.com
  December 23, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The U.K. government has stepped in to save its last ethylene plant at Grangemouth in Scotland with £120 (US$160 million) million funding. The plant, which employs 500 people, will also benefit from £30 million (US$40 million) from owner INEOS Group (London), which has been vocal in recent years about the government's and the EU's lack of support for the struggling chemicals sector.
  
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