<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Production & Industry - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Production & Industry news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:45:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's April 27 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.EventMarCon*IIR CommentOutletIIR News'Excessive US demands' led to failure of talks -- AraghchiAI Summary: As American diplomacy collapses, Iran seeks critical military and political backing from Russia. Concurrently, Tehran maintains its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, triggering sever]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-april-27-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-april-27-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Cement Sector Brings Big Potential Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryIndustrial Info Resources is tracking US$5.9 billion worth of U.S. cement projects in various stages of development, including US$1.28 billion worth that are under construction.A Critical MaterialCement is used in everything from highways and bridges to nuclear containment buildings to residential and commercial construction. There always seems to be a demand for the material, and according to Industrial Info Resource]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-cement-sector-brings-big-potential-spending/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-cement-sector-brings-big-potential-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Weighs Pumped Storage for Energy Opportunities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryRye Development is among a host of companies pursuing pumped-storage hydropower projects across the U.S., in one of the most significant revivals in interest for a power source in decades.<br />
Hydro Gets Another LookRye Development LLC is among the companies reviving interest in U.S.-based pumped-storage hydropower. While this type of energy storage accounts for roughly 22 gigawatts (GW) of power ge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-weighs-pumped-storage-for-energy-opportunities/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-weighs-pumped-storage-for-energy-opportunities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Plastic &amp; Rubber Products Manufacturing Sector Leads to $21 Billion in Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryThe Industrial Manufacturing Industry's plastic &amp; rubber products sector shows a strong presence in the U.S., boasting $21 billion in active projects, $10 billion of which are presently under construction.Automotive-Related Products are a Main DriverAccording to Industrial Info Resources data, there are $21 billion worth of active and planned projects in the U.S. plastic &amp; rubber products sector, $1]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-plastic-amp-rubber-products-manufacturing-sector-leads-to-21-billion-in-spending/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-plastic-amp-rubber-products-manufacturing-sector-leads-to-21-billion-in-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncertainty on Iran War Drives Oil Up 15%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryEarly-week comments that a return to $100 crude oil was on the horizon rang true. Cease-fire announcements were extended, but geopolitical risk remains high.<br />
$90 Crude Seems Like Only YesterdayVolatility was on display, with on-again off-again prospects for a lasting cease-fire in the Middle East pushing crude oil prices up 15% on the week.Industrial Info Resources has been monitoring developments in the Middle East s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uncertainty-on-iran-war-drives-oil-up-15/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uncertainty-on-iran-war-drives-oil-up-15/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle East War Takes Toll on SLB, Oil Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryRepresentatives from the energy sector told the Dallas Fed that conflict with Iran was making it difficult to make decisions. On Friday, SLB said it indeed was a challenging year so far.<br />
Middle East Income SlumpsOilfield services firm SLB said Friday its quarterly performance was influenced heavily by the U.S.-Iranian war, and its U.S. operations were supported only by recent acquisitions."It was a challenging start t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/middle-east-war-takes-toll-on-slb-oil-industry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/middle-east-war-takes-toll-on-slb-oil-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copper Mining Drives Teck's Adjusted Q1 EBITDA Growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryHigh copper prices, sales and production drove Teck's strong Q1 financial results. Meanwhile, despite earlier setbacks, Teck continues to increase output from the Quebrada Blanca mine.<br />
A Good Q1 for TeckCanada's Teck Resources reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of C$2.1 billion (US$1.5 billion) during Q1, a 125% increase from last year, driven by high copper prices,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/copper-mining-drives-tecks-adjusted-q1-ebitda-growth/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/copper-mining-drives-tecks-adjusted-q1-ebitda-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enbridge's Sunrise Gas Pipeline Expansion, Possible Australian LNG Strike:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[News highlights gathered by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.PipelinesCanada Approves Enbridge Gas Pipeline Expansion<br />
The Canadian has given the green light for Enbridge to begin the Sunrise expansion project on the company's Westcoast natural gas pipeline system. The Sunrise project entails a significant addition of pipeline loops, construction of grassroot compressor stations and unit additions at existing stations.According to Industrial Info Resou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/enbridges-sunrise-gas-pipeline-expansion-possible-australian-lng-strike-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/enbridges-sunrise-gas-pipeline-expansion-possible-australian-lng-strike-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Agrees 50% Steel Tax, Cuts Import Quotas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryNew measures to protect Europe's steel industry from global oversupply have been agreed by the European Parliament and Council.The European Commission's (EC's) plan to slash steel import quotas and double the custom duties to 50% have been cleared by the European Parliament and Council.The measures were proposed late last year to counter the negative effects of the global steel surplus on Europe's s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-agrees-50-steel-tax-cuts-import-quotas/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-agrees-50-steel-tax-cuts-import-quotas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[QatarEnergy Offsets Regional Woes with U.S. LNG Offtake]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryQatarEnergy was forced to sideline its own LNG production because of the war raging in the Middle East. On Thursday, the company's energy minister said that was offset by U.S. sources of the super-cooled gas.QatarEnergy Takes First Cargo from Golden PassWhile regional production is sidelined by war, QatarEnergy on Thursday lauded its debut offtake of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Golden Pass in Texas, among its larg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/qatarenergy-offsets-regional-woes-with-us-lng-offtake/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/qatarenergy-offsets-regional-woes-with-us-lng-offtake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kinder Morgan Eyes Texas, Other Gas Hotspots for New Pipelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryWith global demand soaring for LNG, Kinder Morgan's Elba Island Terminal joins its gas-pipeline infrastructure in Texas for substantial improvements and additions.<br />
More Takeaway for TexasNatural gas demand across the U.S.--and elsewhere--has nowhere to go but up, and Kinder Morgan Incorporated isn't hesitating to take the reins in gas pipeline development. According to Industrial Info Resources]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/kinder-morgan-eyes-texas-other-gas-hotspots-for-new-pipelines/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/kinder-morgan-eyes-texas-other-gas-hotspots-for-new-pipelines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextEra's U.S. Renewables, Storage Quarterly Backlog Leads to Strong Financials]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryBuoyed by growing energy demand across the U.S., NextEra added a quarterly record of 4 GW of renewables and storage capacity to its backlog, resulting in strong financial results.NextEra Looks to Meet Energy Demand and Navigate the Data Center BuildoutAccording to Industrial Info Resources data, there are US$4 billion worth of projects under construction from NextEra, nearly all of which are attributed to s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nexteras-us-renewables-storage-quarterly-backlog-leads-to-strong-financials/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nexteras-us-renewables-storage-quarterly-backlog-leads-to-strong-financials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Pasta, Rice Plant Projects Bring $585 Million in Potential Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryIndustrial Info Resources is tracking 67 active capital projects at U.S. pasta and rice plants that are in various stages of development with a combined value of $585 million.Pantry StaplesCheap. Versatile. Filling. Pasta and rice have a lot going for them, and are food staples throughout much of the world.U.S. pasta and rice companies are putting their money to work through new plant construction, as well as expansio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-pasta-rice-plant-projects-bring-585-million-in-potential-spending/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-pasta-rice-plant-projects-bring-585-million-in-potential-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ERCOT's AI Planning Reduces Texas' Storm-Related Grid Outages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
Utilities Learn to Weather the StormsWinter Storm Uri, which struck Texas from February 13 to 17, 2021, led to the deaths of 246 Texans and caused more than $300 billion in damage. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) failed on the "reliability" part, with 33% of its capacity offline during that event. Thousands of Texans faced rolling blackouts in deeply sub-freezing conditions.In a webinar hosted by power indust]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ercots-ai-planning-reduces-texas-storm-related-grid-outages/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ercots-ai-planning-reduces-texas-storm-related-grid-outages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA: Global Electric Demand Grew Faster than Overall Energy Use in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryWorldwide electric demand grew at over twice the rate of overall energy use in 2025, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, which noted a surge in output from solar generators.<br />
'Age of Energy' Becomes 'Age of Electrification'In analyzing global energy trends, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has for some time referred to the current period as the "age of electrification." This week it issued an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-global-electric-demand-grew-faster-than-overall-energy-use-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-global-electric-demand-grew-faster-than-overall-energy-use-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dallas Fed Survey: War Creating Energy Sector Chaos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryRespondents to the latest quarterly survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas aren't thrilled with market volatility stemming from war in the Middle East.Tough to Make Plans in Current ClimateWhile conflict in the Middle East is leaving crude oil prices well above the break-even point for many shale drillers, volatility in the global energy sector is creating chaos in the industry, according to the results of a F]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dallas-fed-survey-war-creating-energy-sector-chaos/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dallas-fed-survey-war-creating-energy-sector-chaos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terminals: Europe Natural Gas Storage, Mexican Oil to Japan - Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[News highlights gathered by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.EuropeEU Set to Fall Short of Winter Gas-Filling Goal<br />
The European Union's (EU) Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) said Thursday that countries are set to fall short of the bloc's requirement to fill gas storage to 90% of capacity before next winter because of the Iran war's disruption to energy &zwnj;markets. ACER said that filling &#8288;storage to 90% would require the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/terminals-europe-natural-gas-storage-mexican-oil-to-japan-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/terminals-europe-natural-gas-storage-mexican-oil-to-japan-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia Mines Boost Rio Tinto's Q1 Iron Ore Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryRio Tinto saw higher iron ore and copper volumes in Q1, while its lithium unit operated steadily.<br />
Australia Drives Iron OreRio Tinto reported another solid quarter, maintaining its year-end guidance. Iron ore production reached 82.8 million tonnes globally, up 12% year over year, driven mostly by its Pilbara assets in Australia, which accounted for 78.8 million tonnes, 13% higher, and the best first quarter since 2018. I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-mines-boost-rio-tintos-q1-iron-ore-production/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-mines-boost-rio-tintos-q1-iron-ore-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Backs Offshore Wind Farm Hub]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryPort Talbot in Wales is set to become a manufacturing hub for floating offshore wind farms in the U.K..The U.K. government has opted to fund the creation of a manufacturing hub for floating offshore wind farms at Port Talbot, in Wales.&nbsp;Big Boost for Port TalbotIt has agreed terms with the country's leading port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), to develop infrastructure to support the d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-backs-offshore-wind-farm-hub/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-backs-offshore-wind-farm-hub/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GE Vernova's Global Natural Gas Turbine Reservations and Order Backlog Grows to 100 GW]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryGE Vernova's gas turbine reservations and order backlog grew from 83 GW to 100 GW in the first quarter, according to the company's first-quarter earnings results.GE Vernova's Gas Turbine Business is StrongAccording to Industrial Info Resources data, there are 90 units of GE Vernova gas turbines that have been commissioned in the U.S. since the beginning of 2024. Subscribers to the Industrial Info Resources]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ge-vernovas-global-natural-gas-turbine-reservations-and-order-backlog-grows-to-100-gw/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ge-vernovas-global-natural-gas-turbine-reservations-and-order-backlog-grows-to-100-gw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Data Centers, Nuclear Power Drive Record Orders for ABB]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryData centers and nuclear power plants drove much of ABB's North American orders in the first quarter, with company executives optimistic about demand growth over the coming year.<br />
'Buoyant' Market Means Record OrdersABB Incorporated saw its global orders for first-quarter 2026 jump to a record-high US$6.65 billion, a 51% increase from the same period last year that the company attributed to "buoy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-data-centers-nuclear-power-drive-record-orders-for-abb/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-data-centers-nuclear-power-drive-record-orders-for-abb/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early U.S. Forecasts Signal Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D., Energy Meteorologist &amp; Analyst for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryWith less than 40 days until hurricane season, early forecasts point to a generally quieter Atlantic driven by El Ni&ntilde;o. However, warm ocean waters and one outlier outlook highlight ongoing uncertainty and continued risk for energy and industrial infrastructure.A Clear Divide<br />
With less than 40 days remaining until the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, early foreca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/early-us-forecasts-signal-near-normal-atlantic-hurricane-season/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/early-us-forecasts-signal-near-normal-atlantic-hurricane-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle East Aluminum, Steel Plants Face Long Recovery Road]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryThree significant steel mills and three aluminum plants are offline in and around Iran due to the war.Offline Plant Count RisesAluminum and steel markets are still reeling from bombings of steel and aluminum plants in and around Iran, damage that could take years to repair and for markets to recover, experts fear. According to Industrial Info Resources data, three significant aluminum plants and three steel plants in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/middle-east-aluminum-steel-plants-face-long-recovery-road/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/middle-east-aluminum-steel-plants-face-long-recovery-road/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA: Data Centers Pose Challenge to Global Power Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryWorldwide use of electricity by data centers is expected to more than double by 2030, to about 950 terawatt-hours, though there are a number of factors that could push that number up or down, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).<br />
Electricity Use, Data Centers and AIAccording to Industrial Info Resources data, roughly 4,130 data centers are operating around the world; about 43% of those, or a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-data-centers-pose-challenge-to-global-power-industry/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-data-centers-pose-challenge-to-global-power-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alliant Energy Wind Farm Gets Go-Ahead from Minnesota, Wisconsin Regulators]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryAlliant Energy's 150-megawatt Bent Tree North wind farm in Minnesota has been given the green light by regulators in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, paving the way for construction to begin.Permission GrantedRegulators in both Minnesota and Wisconsin have given unanimous approval for construction of Alliant Energy's 150-megawat (MW) Bent Tree North wind farm to proceed. The wind farm will be built in Minnesota's Freebor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alliant-energy-wind-farm-gets-go-ahead-from-minnesota-wisconsin-regulators/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alliant-energy-wind-farm-gets-go-ahead-from-minnesota-wisconsin-regulators/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is U.S. Shale Responding to US$90 Crude Oil?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryU.S. crude oil priced at US$90 per barrel could support an industry working to recover from last year's lower-for-longer market outlook. But be mindful of irrational exuberance, officials say.Is War Good for the Oil Sector?U.S. crude oil prices near US$90 per barrel, supported largely by a geopolitical risk premium, may be incentivizing upstream activity, industry comments suggest.According to Industrial Info Resources]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/is-us-shale-responding-to-us90-crude-oil/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/is-us-shale-responding-to-us90-crude-oil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enbridge, Kinder Morgan, U.S. Crude Oil Inventories: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[News highlights gathered by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.PIPELINESSupreme Court Rejects Enbridge Venue-Change Request - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected pipeline operator Enbridge's request to change venues regarding litigation affecting its Line 5 crude oil pipeline in Michigan, on which the state has attempted to stop operations, due in particular to a stretch of pipe running through the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes. Enbridge has attemp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/enbridge-kinder-morgan-us-crude-oil-inventories-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/enbridge-kinder-morgan-us-crude-oil-inventories-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[USA Rare Earth Acquires Mine in Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryUSA Rare Earth acquires one of the few heavy rare earth mines outside China for US$2.8 billion, a move aimed to counter Chinese market dominance.New Acquisition<br />
USA Rare Earth (USAR) announced the decision to acquire Brazil's Serra Verde Group, owner of the Pela Ema rare earth mine and processing plant in Goias, Brazil, for US$2.8 billion. The deal includes US$300 million in cash and the remaining value in new shares at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/usa-rare-earth-acquires-mine-in-brazil/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/usa-rare-earth-acquires-mine-in-brazil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massachusetts Judge Orders Halt to Trump Administration Wind Farm, Solar Requirements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryA Massachusetts judge called on the Interior Department to stop moving the goal post for renewable energy projects.<br />
Stop Throwing up Road Blocks, Judge RulesA preliminary injunction calls on the U.S. Department of the Interior to stop issuing memos that seem to add new restrictions and reviews to renewable energy projects, a district court judge ruled.According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are more than 60]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/massachusetts-judge-orders-halt-to-trump-administration-wind-farm-solar-requirements/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/massachusetts-judge-orders-halt-to-trump-administration-wind-farm-solar-requirements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Port Arthur LNG on Track to Bolster U.S. Role in Energy Exports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryPort Arthur LNG, a Texas-based development set to be brought online in 2027, is poised to revolutionize U.S. energy exports. More than $26 billion is to be invested in various phases of Port Arthur LNG through 2031.<br />
A Decade of DevelopmentThe U.S. leads the world in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, with domestic developers hitting a record-high total volume for offtake agreements in 2025. On]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/port-arthur-lng-on-track-to-bolster-us-role-in-energy-exports/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/port-arthur-lng-on-track-to-bolster-us-role-in-energy-exports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Waives Tariffs on Korean Oil Exports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryCanada waived a 3% tariff for South Korean imports of its crude oil. Prime Minister Carney says the historical economic relationship with the United States is now a weakness.Trans Mountain to Bolster ExportsThe Trans Mountain crude oil pipeline to British Columbia will play a pivotal role in new export arrangements with South Korea, the head of the pipeline company announced. According to Industrial Info Resources data]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-waives-tariffs-on-korean-oil-exports/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-waives-tariffs-on-korean-oil-exports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulk of $2.4 Billion of U.S. Shipbuilding Construction in Gulf Coast Region]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryThe U.S. Gulf Coast region holds the bulk of current U.S. shipbuilding construction activity, including substantial developments in Alabama driven by the defense sector.Billions in SpendingAccording to Industrial Info Resources data, there is more than $2.4 billion in current construction activity at U.S. shipyards, with another $10.7 billion worth of shipbuilding planned to kick off in the future. Of the on-the-groun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bulk-of-24-billion-of-us-shipbuilding-construction-in-gulf-coast-region/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bulk-of-24-billion-of-us-shipbuilding-construction-in-gulf-coast-region/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California v. Trump Over Offshore Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryLegal disputes flared up again as Trump tries to impose his fossil-fuel wills on California. The state's leader says he needs to for starting an "unnecessary" war against Iran.<br />
Santa Ynez Pipeline Center of DisputesCalifornia is once again the center of a legal battle with the Trump administration's efforts to prop up the state's oil industry. The latest issue centered on the offshore Santa Ynez Pipeline System (SYPS)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-v-trump-over-offshore-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-v-trump-over-offshore-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Task Force to Boost U.S. Corrosion Prevention Workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryThe Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) has launched TalentForce, which aims to address a growing shortage of workers in the infrastructure, corrosion prevention and materials protection field for industries such as Petroleum Refining, Oil &amp; Gas Pipelines and Offshore Oil &amp; Gas Production.A Shrinking WorkforceCorrosion management, by its very nature, succeeds when nothing h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/task-force-to-boost-us-corrosion-prevention-workforce/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/task-force-to-boost-us-corrosion-prevention-workforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia's PM: Major Refinery Fire Won't Hurt Fuel Supplies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryAustralia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said a major fire at the critical Corio refinery will not result in fuel shortages as the country struggles to secure supplies due to the war in Iran.&nbsp;No RationingA major fire at one of only two Australian refineries will not result in fuel rationing, according to the country's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.&nbsp;The comments were made after an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australias-pm-major-refinery-fire-wont-hurt-fuel-supplies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australias-pm-major-refinery-fire-wont-hurt-fuel-supplies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Pharma &amp; Biotech Industry Steps Up Net Zero Transition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Pharmaceutical &amp; Biotech Industry produces 55% more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than the automotive sector, traditionally considered one of the most polluting in the world. As a result, numerous players within the Pharmaceutical &amp; Biotech Industry aim to align with the 1.5&deg;C pathway, a decarbonization strategy to limit long-term global warming to 1.5&deg;C above pre-industrial levels.According to Industrial Info Reso]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/global-pharma-amp-biotech-industry-steps-up-net-zero-transition/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/global-pharma-amp-biotech-industry-steps-up-net-zero-transition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inversiones Mineras en Brasil Podrían Alcanzar los US$76.900 millones para 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)ResumenEl IBRAM pronostica inversiones mineras por US$76.900 millones en Brasil durante los pr&oacute;ximos cinco a&ntilde;os. La industria minera contin&uacute;a ganando terreno en el pa&iacute;s sudamericano, representando el 66% del super&aacute;vit comercial de Brasil en el primer trimestre de 2026.Inversiones Mineras en Brasil Podr&iacute;an Alcanzar los US$76.900 millones para 2030El Instituto Brasile&ntilde;o de Miner&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/inversiones-mineras-en-brasil-podran-alcanzar-los-us76900-millones-para-2030/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/inversiones-mineras-en-brasil-podran-alcanzar-los-us76900-millones-para-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taiwan Power's Mailiao Power Station to Restart Two Units to Prevent Supply Loss]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--After being mothballed in 2025, Taiwan's base load power facility, Mailiao coal-fired power station, will re-start units 01 and 03. The restart process will take place from May to July.According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are 367 operational power generation facilities in Taiwan. Subscribers to Industrial Info Resources' Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Plant Database can view a detailed profile of the Mailiao Station.T]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/taiwan-powers-mailiao-power-station-to-restart-two-units-to-prevent-supply-loss/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/taiwan-powers-mailiao-power-station-to-restart-two-units-to-prevent-supply-loss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algeria Accelerates Solar Power Ambitions With 15-GW Target by 2035]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Algeria is rapidly advancing its renewable energy agenda, targeting 15,000 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity by 2035 to reduce dependence on natural gas and address rising electricity demand. This strategic push reflects the country's commitment to diversifying its energy mix while strengthening long-term energy security.According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are 45 active solar power projects in Algeria, valued at a combi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/algeria-accelerates-solar-power-ambitions-with-15-gw-target-by-2035/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/algeria-accelerates-solar-power-ambitions-with-15-gw-target-by-2035/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Partners with France for European Pressurized Reactor Nuclear Technology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--India has partnered with France to explore the deployment of advanced European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) technology, marking a significant step in strengthening its nuclear-energy program. The collaboration, led by NTPC Limited and France's &Eacute;lectricit&eacute; de France (EDF), was formalized through a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) in April, following approvals from relevant government ministries.According to Industria]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-partners-with-france-for-european-pressurized-reactor-nuclear-technology/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-partners-with-france-for-european-pressurized-reactor-nuclear-technology/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleveland-Cliffs Upbeat About 2026 After Steel Prices Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryAn improving market for steel is giving Cleveland-Cliffs a much-needed jolt, as the company prepares for a series of improvement projects at some of its key facilities.<br />
A Promising Start to 2026Stronger steel prices and rising demand from the domestic automotive sector bolstered Cleveland-Cliffs Incorporated throughout the first quarter. One company executive called activity during the first thr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cleveland-cliffs-upbeat-about-2026-after-steel-prices-rise/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cleveland-cliffs-upbeat-about-2026-after-steel-prices-rise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western Gateway Pipeline to Advance in U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryCalifornia is facing a shortage of refined petroleum products. Kinder Morgan and Phillips 66 say they can address that with the Western Gateway Pipeline.200,000-bpd PipelineThere's enough long-term interest from shippers to advance the Western Gateway Pipeline project that offers a stop-gap measure for California refinery closures, developers said Monday. Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan issued a joint statement Monday sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/western-gateway-pipeline-to-advance-in-us/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/western-gateway-pipeline-to-advance-in-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Mining Investments Forecasted to Reach US$76.9 Billion by 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryIBRAM forecasts US$76.9 billion in mining investments across Brazil in the next five years. The mining industry continues to gain ground in the South American country, accounting for 66% of Brazil's trade surplus in the first quarter of 2026.Brazil's Mining Investment ForecastThe Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM) forecasts mining investments in Brazil will reach US$76.9 billion from 2026 to 2030, a 12.5% increase from t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-mining-investments-forecasted-to-reach-us769-billion-by-2030/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-mining-investments-forecasted-to-reach-us769-billion-by-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Win for Chevron, Supreme Court Moves Louisiana Lawsuit to Federal Level]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryThe decision vacates a Louisiana court order for Chevron to pay $744 million in environmental damages for violating a state law and allows Chevron to move the lawsuit to the federal court level.<br />
Supreme Court Decides Feds Have JurisdictionThe Supreme Court of the United States ruled 8-0 on Friday in favor of Chevron USA Incorporated, allowing the energy company to move an environmental lawsuit from state court to the fe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/in-win-for-chevron-supreme-court-moves-louisiana-lawsuit-to-federal-level/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/in-win-for-chevron-supreme-court-moves-louisiana-lawsuit-to-federal-level/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Opens Critical Minerals Trading Platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryEurope's first trading platform for critical minerals has started accepting submissions from buyers and sellers.Match-Making Buyers and SellersThe European Union (EU) has started accepting submissions on its Raw Materials Platform to accelerate the development of its own critical minerals supply chains and to reduce its heavy reliance on China and others.&nbsp;The match-making platform is designed t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-opens-critical-minerals-trading-platform/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-opens-critical-minerals-trading-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's April 20 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.EventMarCon*IIR CommentOutletIIR NewsTehran says 'no plans' for new talks after US seizes Iranian cargo shipAI Summary: As a fragile two-week ceasefire nears its end, prospects for US and Iran peace talks in Pakistan are collapsing. Tehran refuses further negotiations after US forces atta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-april-20-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-april-20-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Clears Way for Minnesota Copper-Nickel Mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryThe U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to overturn a Biden-era moratorium on mining in a 225,500-acre watershed area in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, paving the way for a Chilean mining subsidiary to build a copper-nickel mine near the federally protected Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.A Tight VoteIn a tight 50-49 vote on Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn a 2023 moratorium on mining in Minnesota's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-senate-clears-way-for-minnesota-copper-nickel-mine/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-senate-clears-way-for-minnesota-copper-nickel-mine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcoa Shifts Inventory to North America Amid War in Middle East]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryAmid turmoil in the Middle East, Alcoa is trying to move much of its inventory to North America and navigate geopolitical disputes that have roiled the Metals &amp; Minerals Industry.<br />
Kinks in the Supply ChainAluminum producer Alcoa Corporation saw its fortunes in first-quarter 2026 rise and fall with conflict in the Middle East. The company, which is shifting much of its inventory to its North]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alcoa-shifts-inventory-to-north-america-amid-war-in-middle-east/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alcoa-shifts-inventory-to-north-america-amid-war-in-middle-east/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rising Fuel, Fertilizer Costs Hike Global Food, Beverage Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryWar-impacted shortages of fuels and fertilizers are key, but widespread droughts are also pushing up world food prices. According to Industrial Info Resources data, more than 15,000 food and beverage projects worldwide total almost $3 billion of investment.<br />
Agriculture Inflation Recipe: Start with Energy and Fertilizer ShortagesThere's a worldwide domino effect looming from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz--whoever i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rising-fuel-fertilizer-costs-hike-global-food-beverage-prices/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rising-fuel-fertilizer-costs-hike-global-food-beverage-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vale's Key Mining Facility Assets in Brazil, Canada Lift Metals Output in Q1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)<br />
SummaryVale began 2026 with a robust year-on-year rise in production and sales across key commodities. Iron ore rose on solid operations, while copper and nickel achieved double-digit growth.Mining Operations Score GainsVale opened 2026 with another quarter of stronger production and sales, as ramp-ups by the Capanema and Vargem Grande (VGR1) iron ore mines in Brazil and higher base metals output boosted volumes. Subscribers t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vales-key-mining-facility-assets-in-brazil-canada-lift-metals-output-in-q1/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vales-key-mining-facility-assets-in-brazil-canada-lift-metals-output-in-q1/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Plans Investment Conference, Backs Lithium Refining]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryCanadian leaders attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Delta Electrochemical Lithium Refining Plant in British Columbia. Later, the government announced plans for its first-ever investment summit.<br />
Carney Plans Investment Summit in TorontoWorking to bring in nearly $750 billion in investments over the next five years, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans for a debut economic event after backing lithi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-plans-investment-conference-backs-lithium-refining/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-plans-investment-conference-backs-lithium-refining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[United Kingdom Signs Contracts With Rolls Royce for First SMR Power Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryContracts have been signed to allow construction works to start on the U.K.'s first small modular reactor (SMR) plant in Wylfa, Wales. Energy IndependenceThe U.K. government has signed a contract with Rolls&#8209;Royce SMR to begin design activities to build the country's first power plant based on small modular reactor (SMR) technology.&nbsp;The contract was signed with the state's Great British En]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/united-kingdom-signs-contracts-with-rolls-royce-for-first-smr-power-plant/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/united-kingdom-signs-contracts-with-rolls-royce-for-first-smr-power-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Prices Collapse after Strait of Hormuz Opens, Saudi Arabia Refinery Resumes Normal Flows]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 17, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran's foreign minister said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is completely open, sending energy commodity prices on a downward spiral. According to Industrial Info Resources data, energy installations caught in the cross-hairs are coming back online as well.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-prices-collapse-after-strait-of-hormuz-opens-saudi-arabia-refinery-resumes-normal-flows/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-prices-collapse-after-strait-of-hormuz-opens-saudi-arabia-refinery-resumes-normal-flows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia's Fortescue Fast-Tracks Green Energy for Mining Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--According to Industrial Info Resources data the company is backing some of Australia's largest planned wind and solar farm projects worth almost US$7 billion in investment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australias-fortescue-fast-tracks-green-energy-for-mining-operations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australias-fortescue-fast-tracks-green-energy-for-mining-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enbridge Wins Trump's Backing to Maintain U.S.-Canada Pipelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Trump administration granted a series of presidential permits Wednesday to Enbridge Energy and its subsidiary Bakken Pipeline Company to continue operating pipeline facilities along the U.S.-Canadian border in North Dakota and Michigan. The White House also permitted Bakken Pipeline to perform any needed construction--including new pipelines--at its facilities in Burke County, North Da]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/enbridge-wins-trumps-backing-to-maintain-us-canada-pipelines/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/enbridge-wins-trumps-backing-to-maintain-us-canada-pipelines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Construction Equipment Manufacturing Brings $1.2 Billion in Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--April 17, 2026-- Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are more than 30 active projects involving U.S. construction equipment manufacturing, valued at more than $1.2 billion, that are in various stages of development from planning through on-the-ground construction. More than $670 million worth of these are presently under construction. Thanks to a single large project from equipment-maker JCB, Tex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-construction-equipment-manufacturing-brings-12-billion-in-spending/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-construction-equipment-manufacturing-brings-12-billion-in-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Port of Corpus Christi in Texas Sets Record for LNG Deliveries]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 17, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The amount of feed gas supporting U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas was close to record levels on Thursday, levels that authorities at the Port of Corpus Christi said led to a new high in quarterly deliveries. Industrial Info Resources is tracking the Plaquemines and Golden Pass facilities, which support LNG exports.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/port-of-corpus-christi-in-texas-sets-record-for-lng-deliveries/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/port-of-corpus-christi-in-texas-sets-record-for-lng-deliveries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gasoline Prices Crimping U.S. Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--April 17, 2026-- Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- As a consequence of the supply-side pressures stemming from the war, retail gasoline prices in the U.S. economy are creating major headwinds, data show. Travel club AAA listed the national retail average at $4.09 for a gallon of regular unleaded on Thursday, down from recent highs near $4.20, but still 30% above year-ago levels. According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are more than 2]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/gasoline-prices-crimping-us-economy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/gasoline-prices-crimping-us-economy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petrobras da luz verde a los proyectos SEAP, con un aumento de capacidad de 240.000 bpd para 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[17 de abril, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras aprob&oacute; la decisi&oacute;n final de inversi&oacute;n para el desarrollo de Sergipe Deepwater I, parte del proyecto SEAP. SEAP II, que constituye la otra mitad del desarrollo, fue aprobado en diciembre de 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-da-luz-verde-a-los-proyectos-seap-con-un-aumento-de-capacidad-de-240000-bpd-para-2030/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-da-luz-verde-a-los-proyectos-seap-con-un-aumento-de-capacidad-de-240000-bpd-para-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Natural Gas Unfazed by War]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--While the war in the Middle East squeezes foreign markets for natural gas, warm spring weather in North America is suppressing markets, according to data from Industrial Info Resources and other outlets.Henry Hub, the U.S. benchmark for the wholesale price of natural gas, was trading at about $2.60 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on Wednesday and averaged $2.63 over the five-day period. That compares to an average]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-natural-gas-unfazed-by-war/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-natural-gas-unfazed-by-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maine Could Be First U.S. State to Pause Data Center Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--April 16, 2026-- Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--This week the Maine House and Senate passed a measure, LD 307, that would pause for 18 months the development of new data centers in Maine that used over 20 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The measure also created a panel, the Maine Data Center Coordination Council, that would assess data centers' impact on power, water, land, communities and the environment in Maine. According to Industrial Info Reso]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/maine-could-be-first-us-state-to-pause-data-center-development/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/maine-could-be-first-us-state-to-pause-data-center-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Dairy Plant Construction Brings Billions in Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--April 16, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are 499 active dairy projects in the U.S., worth more than $14.5 billion and ranging in their timelines from the early planning stages to on-the-ground construction. Nearly $7 billion worth of these are currently under construction, with New York state pulling in the lion's share of this spending.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-dairy-plant-construction-brings-billions-in-spending/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-dairy-plant-construction-brings-billions-in-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majors Lead U.S. Automotive Industry to Billions' Worth of Second-Quarter Kickoffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 16, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are $4.6 billion worth of active and proposed automotive projects across the U.S. that are set to begin construction in the second quarter, most of which is attributed to auto industry majors and projects that have a mid-to-high likelihood (70% or more) of kicking off as scheduled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/majors-lead-us-automotive-industry-to-billions-worth-of-second-quarter-kickoffs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/majors-lead-us-automotive-industry-to-billions-worth-of-second-quarter-kickoffs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Petrobras Boosting Offshore Crude Oil and Natural Gas]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 16, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras has approved the final investment decision of the Sergipe Deepwater I development, part of the SEAP project. SEAP II, the other half of the development, was approved in December 2025. According to Industrial Info Resources data, the projects have a combined total investment value of more than US$2 billion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-petrobras-boosting-offshore-crude-oil-and-natural-gas/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-petrobras-boosting-offshore-crude-oil-and-natural-gas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Solar Power Microgrids Under Construction for Multiple Sectors]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--April 15, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Solar microgrids are sprouting up throughout the United States for a variety of enterprises. Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than 50 solar microgrid projects across the U.S. for purposes ranging from airports to municipal facilities to universities.According to Industrial Info Resources data, more than $3 billion worth of these solar microgrids are being planned or are actively under]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-solar-power-microgrids-under-construction-for-multiple-sectors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-solar-power-microgrids-under-construction-for-multiple-sectors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BlackRock Stands by Solar, Wind as U.S. Energy Demand Grows]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--BlackRock Incorporated reported strong across-the-board results for the first quarter of 2026. Much of the resulting attention focused on the company's private credit investments, but one executive noted that fundraising and investment in BlackRock's infrastructure-focused business--which includes power-generation and data-center developments--was exceeding expectations "in a more volatile]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/blackrock-stands-by-solar-wind-as-us-energy-demand-grows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/blackrock-stands-by-solar-wind-as-us-energy-demand-grows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA: Reopening Strait of Hormuz Will Ease Worst Global Crude Oil Shock in History]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 15, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Resuming waterborne traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is essential to easing the pressures from the worst oil shock in history, the International Energy Agency said. According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are 82 operational Petroleum Refining facilities across the Middle East.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-reopening-strait-of-hormuz-will-ease-worst-global-crude-oil-shock-in-history/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-reopening-strait-of-hormuz-will-ease-worst-global-crude-oil-shock-in-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Output From U.S. Hydropower Plants Rebounds in 2026, Structural Risks Persist]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 15, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Recent projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) point to a moderate rebound in U.S. hydropower generation in 2026. However, for energy markets, the more important signal is that the improving output does not resolve underlying constraints. Longer-term hydrologic deficits and increasing precipitation variability across the western United States continue to impact system reliability.In]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/output-from-us-hydropower-plants-rebounds-in-2026-structural-risks-persist/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/output-from-us-hydropower-plants-rebounds-in-2026-structural-risks-persist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chevron Builds Portfolio in Venezuela with Asset Swaps]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--April 15, 2026-- Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- U.S. supermajor Chevron said it bolstered its position in heavy oil through assets swaps with the state-run oil company in Venezuela. Through its subsidiaries, Chevron received an additional 13.21% working interest in the joint venture Petroindependencia, bringing its total interest to 49%. Petroindependencia is a joint venture or Chevron and state-run Petroleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA.According]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chevron-builds-portfolio-in-venezuela-with-asset-swaps/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chevron-builds-portfolio-in-venezuela-with-asset-swaps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Williams Pipeline Progress, ExxonMobil Europe Exploration: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--April 15, 2026--Compiled by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info Resources.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/williams-pipeline-progress-exxonmobil-europe-exploration-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/williams-pipeline-progress-exxonmobil-europe-exploration-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eni Secures Funding for Italy Biofuels Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 15, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to fund the partial conversion of Eni's Sannazzaro de' Burgondi (Pavia) refinery in northern Italy to biofuels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eni-secures-funding-for-italy-biofuels-plant/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eni-secures-funding-for-italy-biofuels-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rising Energy Costs Cast Shadow over U.S. Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 14, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- The U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.3% over the last 12 months, its fastest growth in two years, driven by sharply higher energy costs from the first month of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported last Friday. The March seasonally adjusted inflation gain was 0.9% over February's inflation, the department said.Industrial Info Resources is tracking 252 operational Petro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rising-energy-costs-cast-shadow-over-us-economy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rising-energy-costs-cast-shadow-over-us-economy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Occidental Petroleum Sees Lower Realized Oil Price in First Quarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 14, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Despite a significant war premium supporting crude oil prices, U.S. shale oil producer Occidental Petroleum said its first-quarter global averaged realized price was 1.6% lower than year-ago levels. Industrial Info Resources is tracking seven projects led by Occidental Petroleum in the United States slated for capital spending this year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-occidental-petroleum-sees-lower-realized-oil-price-in-first-quarter/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-occidental-petroleum-sees-lower-realized-oil-price-in-first-quarter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contract Dispute Threatens Future of Vineyard Wind Offshore Windfarm]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUGAR LAND--April 14, 2026-- Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has filed a lawsuit to prevent turbine-maker GE Renewables from exiting the project at a late stage, which Vineyard attorneys claim would leave "a dormant wind farm graveyard." At issue is the nonpayment of funds from Vineyard to GE that Vineyard says it is withholding because of construction delays primarily caused by a blade failure on one of the turbines]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/contract-dispute-threatens-future-of-vineyard-wind-offshore-windfarm/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/contract-dispute-threatens-future-of-vineyard-wind-offshore-windfarm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextDecade's Texas LNG Labor Increase, Baker Hughes' European Unit Sale:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest Industrial Info Resources readers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextdecades-texas-lng-labor-increase-baker-hughes-european-unit-sale-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextdecades-texas-lng-labor-increase-baker-hughes-european-unit-sale-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Union Probes EDF's $84 Billion Nuclear Power Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 14, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Plans by French state-controlled energy company EDF to build six new nuclear reactors at a cost of 73 million euro (US$84 billion) are being investigated by the European Commission (EC).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/european-union-probes-edfs-84-billion-nuclear-power-plan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/european-union-probes-edfs-84-billion-nuclear-power-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Congreso de Argentina aprueba una nueva ley de reforma minera en glaciares, a pesar de la oposición ambiental]]></title><description><![CDATA[14 de abril, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--El Congreso de Argentina aprob&oacute; modificaciones a la ley de glaciares vigente, una medida que se perfila para atraer nuevas inversiones mineras, pero que ha sido ampliamente cuestionada por grupos ambientalistas. El proyecto de ley fue aprobado con el voto a favor de 137 legisladores, 111 en contra y tres abstenciones.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-congreso-de-argentina-aprueba-una-nueva-ley-de-reforma-minera-en-glaciares-a-pesar-de-la-oposicin-ambiental/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-congreso-de-argentina-aprueba-una-nueva-ley-de-reforma-minera-en-glaciares-a-pesar-de-la-oposicin-ambiental/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's April 13 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 13, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-april-13-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-april-13-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy Reforms Delayed in Venezuela]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 13, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--It's uncertain how long it would take for Venezuela to revise laws governing how to work in the nation's energy sector, media reports on Friday suggested.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/energy-reforms-delayed-in-venezuela/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/energy-reforms-delayed-in-venezuela/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina Congress Amends Glaciers Protection Law in Move to Promote Mining]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 13, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Argentina's Congress voted 137-111 Thursday to approve amendments to the 2010 Glacier Law which are aimed at helping to usher in new mining investments but have been strongly contested by environmental groups.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-congress-amends-glaciers-protection-law-in-move-to-promote-mining/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-congress-amends-glaciers-protection-law-in-move-to-promote-mining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Bracing for 'Prolonged Fuel Disruption']]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 13 27, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Commission (EC) is predicting a "prolonged disruption" to fuel supplies and has called on European Union (EU) nations to coordinate efforts to ensure the supply of oil and refined petroleum products.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-bracing-for-prolonged-fuel-disruption/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-bracing-for-prolonged-fuel-disruption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle East Conflict Disrupts Australia's Chemical Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[MANILA, PHILIPPINES--April 13, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Australia's chemical industry is experiencing widespread disruptions due to the conflict in the Middle East. The nation's chemical building blocks supply chain is severely hampered as a result of feedstock shortages and blocked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/middle-east-conflict-disrupts-australias-chemical-industry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/middle-east-conflict-disrupts-australias-chemical-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigeria's Refining Sector Undergoing Major Transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 13, 2026--Written by Abhishek Choudhary for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Despite being one of Africa's top crude oil producers, Nigeria has long relied heavily on imported refined petroleum products due to underperforming state-owned refineries.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nigerias-refining-sector-undergoing-major-transformation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nigerias-refining-sector-undergoing-major-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malaysia Attracts Semiconductor Investments]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 13, 2026--Written by Sharun Anthony for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--From being a global leader in back-end chip processing and a significant contributor in the global semiconductor supply chain, Malaysia is progressing toward becoming an overall high-tech powerhouse.Industrial Info Resources is tracking 33 active capital projects in Malaysia, worth about US$20 billion, that are aimed at manufacturing semiconductors and related devices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/malaysia-attracts-semiconductor-investments/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/malaysia-attracts-semiconductor-investments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barrick Mining Prepares to Launch IPO Covering Nevada, Dominican Assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 10, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In a letter to shareholders issued Wednesday, Barrick Mining Corporation board chairman John Thornton confirmed Barrick's plans to restructure by spinning off some of its most valuable North American assets.<br />
While no firm date was set, Thorton said the initial public offering (IPO) of the spinoff, in which Barrick would hold a controlling majority stake, was expected before the end of this year.<br />
In the lett]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/barrick-mining-prepares-to-launch-ipo-covering-nevada-dominican-assets/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/barrick-mining-prepares-to-launch-ipo-covering-nevada-dominican-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Oil, Gas Production Forecasts Mixed]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 10, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Oil priced at $87 per barrel by 2050 leads to a slight decline in crude oil production in the United States as prime drilling acreage diminishes, though domestic natural gas is primed for expansion, the federal government said.The price for Brent crude, the global benchmark for the price of oil, was trading near $98 per barrel early Thursday amid questions about the durability of a cease-fire agreement in th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-oil-gas-production-forecasts-mixed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-oil-gas-production-forecasts-mixed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grassroot Projects Lead Canada to Billions' Worth of Activity Under Construction]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 10, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking more than US$100 billion worth of projects under construction across Canada, with grassroot efforts accounting for about 45% of the total investment value. About 30% of the grassroot spending is attributed to two major LNG export projects as well as the automotive sector.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/grassroot-projects-lead-canada-to-billions-worth-of-activity-under-construction/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/grassroot-projects-lead-canada-to-billions-worth-of-activity-under-construction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Pipeline Attack, Japan Oil Release, Russian LNG Cargo: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/saudi-pipeline-attack-japan-oil-release-russian-lng-cargo-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/saudi-pipeline-attack-japan-oil-release-russian-lng-cargo-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billion-Dollar Rescue for Australian Aluminum Smelter]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 10, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland)--The Australian government has stepped in with a AUD$2 billion (US$1.4 billion) rescue plan for the country's second largest aluminum smelter in Gladstone, Queensland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/billion-dollar-rescue-for-australian-aluminum-smelter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/billion-dollar-rescue-for-australian-aluminum-smelter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Quantum recibe autorización para procesar mineral almacenado en la mina cerrada de Cobre Panamá]]></title><description><![CDATA[El gobierno paname&ntilde;o ha autorizado a First Quantum a procesar y exportar el mineral almacenado en la mina Cobre Panam&aacute;, una medida destinada a mitigar los riesgos ambientales y operativos, adem&aacute;s de generar alrededor de 1000 empleos."Esta actividad no constituye una reapertura de la mina y no implicar&aacute; nuevas perforaciones, voladuras ni la reactivaci&oacute;n de las operaciones mineras", destac&oacute; la minera canadiense en su comunicado.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/first-quantum-recibe-autorizacin-para-procesar-mineral-almacenado-en-la-mina-cerrada-de-cobre-panam/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/first-quantum-recibe-autorizacin-para-procesar-mineral-almacenado-en-la-mina-cerrada-de-cobre-panam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bangladesh Charts $180 Billion Path to Energy Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--April 10, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Bangladesh has unveiled the comprehensive $180 billion Energy and Power Master Plan for 2026-2050, aimed at strengthening energy security, supporting economic growth, and reducing emissions. The plan allocates approximately US$80 billion to the energy sector and US$105 billion to the power sector, reflecting a large-scale investment push.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bangladesh-charts-180-billion-path-to-energy-security/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bangladesh-charts-180-billion-path-to-energy-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Plans to Triple Nuclear Power Capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--April 10, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--South Africa is progressing with a measured expansion of its nuclear power capacity as part of its long-term energy planning. The country currently operates about 1,800 megawatts (MW) of nuclear capacity from the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, contributing approximately 4-5% of the national electricity mix, which remains largely dependent on coal.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/south-africa-plans-to-triple-nuclear-power-capacity/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/south-africa-plans-to-triple-nuclear-power-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA Highlights Strengthening Rare Earth Supply Chains]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 9, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has been primarily waged with F-35 fighter jets, Tomahawk cruise missiles, drones and radar systems. It is hard to imagine future conflicts being fought without these advanced technologies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-highlights-strengthening-rare-earth-supply-chains/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-highlights-strengthening-rare-earth-supply-chains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fluor Secures Contracts for Two High-Profile Proposed U.S. Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 9, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Fluor received contracts for two major proposed projects in the U.S.--a new domestic crude oil refinery, as well as SMR construction at a Dow chemical site, both in Texas. Industrial Info is tracking more than US$45 billion worth of active and proposed projects worldwide featuring Fluor's services, more than US$12 billion of which is attributed to projects in the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fluor-secures-contracts-for-two-high-profile-proposed-us-projects/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fluor-secures-contracts-for-two-high-profile-proposed-us-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constellation May Face Transmission Hurdles on Nuclear Power Plant Restart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Previously heralded by Big Tech, utilities and the Trump administration as paving the way for a new wave of nuclear power in the U.S., Constellation Energy's planned restart of Unit 1 at the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center, planned for 2027, could be delayed by up to four years, according to news accounts.The problem stems not from any activity occurring at the plant--in fact, Constellation bumped the unit's expected restart date from 2028 to 2]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-may-face-transmission-hurdles-on-nuclear-power-plant-restart/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-may-face-transmission-hurdles-on-nuclear-power-plant-restart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather Variability Emerges as a Driver in Renewable Energy Pricing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global energy markets entered 2025 with a structural shift that is now becoming more visible in forward pricing. Renewable energy growth, particularly wind and solar, has largely met incremental demand growth. Yet rather than suppressing volatility, this transition has redistributed it. Increasingly, weather variability across subseasonal and seasonal timescales is shaping price floors, risk premiums, and forward curves across power and gas markets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/weather-variability-emerges-as-a-driver-in-renewable-energy-pricing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/weather-variability-emerges-as-a-driver-in-renewable-energy-pricing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Quantum Gets Approval to Process Stockpiled Ore at Shut Cobre Panama Mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 9, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Panama's government is allowing First Quantum to process 38 million tonnes of ore from the shut Cobre Panama mine, which could yield about 70,000 tonnes of copper. This permit does not reopen the mine, but addresses environmental concerns over stockpiled materials.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/first-quantum-gets-approval-to-process-stockpiled-ore-at-shut-cobre-panama-mine/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/first-quantum-gets-approval-to-process-stockpiled-ore-at-shut-cobre-panama-mine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diverging Cyclone Threats: Maila Lingers, Vaianu Targets New Zealand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tropical cyclones Maila and Vaianu present distinct but impactful risks across the South Pacific. Maila's slow movement raises prolonged flooding threats near Papua New Guinea, while Vaianu's transition toward New Zealand expands wind and rainfall impacts across critical infrastructure zones.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/diverging-cyclone-threats-maila-lingers-vaianu-targets-new-zealand/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/diverging-cyclone-threats-maila-lingers-vaianu-targets-new-zealand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Center Opposition Growing Across States]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 8, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Opposition to planned data centers is growing across the country, with at least 11 states that have considered enacting moratoria on new facilities. Large crowds have gathered to protest planned data centers. Numerous proposed projects have been cancelled or delayed. State utility commissions are instructing electric utilities to insulate residential customers from the financial impact of data center construction]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/data-center-opposition-growing-across-states/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/data-center-opposition-growing-across-states/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oncor, Others Push for More T&amp;D Capacity in Texas' Permian Basin]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 8, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Oncor Electric Delivery Company, the largest transmission and distribution (T&amp;D) utility in Texas, and LCRA Transmission Services recently applied to the Public Utility Commission of Texas to expand their role in the buildout of high-voltage T&amp;D capacity in the Permian Basin. The effort would be part of the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, which is designed to add about 300 miles]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oncor-others-push-for-more-tampd-capacity-in-texas-permian-basin/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oncor-others-push-for-more-tampd-capacity-in-texas-permian-basin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maintenance Curbs U.S. LNG Activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 8, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Though U.S. natural gas markets are largely insulated from the war in Iran, an uptick in pipeline maintenance is curbing the export potential for liquefied natural gas (LNG), data show.Rich in shale natural gas, U.S. markets are beholden more to recent weather events than war in the Middle East. The price for Henry Hub, the U.S. benchmark for the price of natural gas, was trading relatively flat before the st]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/maintenance-curbs-us-lng-activity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/maintenance-curbs-us-lng-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fertilizers and Components are Also Blocked Behind Strait of Hormuz]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 8, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Aside from the biggest Strait of Hormuz issues such as oil and natural gas, there is a looming shortage of possibly even greater concern. Significant amounts of agricultural fertilizers and fertilizer components also flow through the now-restricted Strait. Shortages of these key supplies could affect prices and ultimately, food availability, should hostilities continue.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fertilizers-and-components-are-also-blocked-behind-strait-of-hormuz/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fertilizers-and-components-are-also-blocked-behind-strait-of-hormuz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baker Hughes to Supply Compressor Units for Argentina Gas Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 8, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Baker Hughes has cause to celebrate this week as the company has confirmed an order for three compressor units to help transport natural gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation to a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plant on the Atlantic coast.The order comes from Southern Energy, a consortium of various companies aiming to move gas from the shale formation to a FLNG plant on San Matias Bay near]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/baker-hughes-to-supply-compressor-units-for-argentina-gas-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/baker-hughes-to-supply-compressor-units-for-argentina-gas-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record U.S. Power Use, Freeport LNG Import Terminal Demolition: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-power-use-freeport-lng-import-terminal-demolition-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-power-use-freeport-lng-import-terminal-demolition-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pipeline Could Increase U.S. Oil Imports from Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 8, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A proposed pipeline from Canada to Wyoming could increase the amount of foreign crude oil delivered to U.S. refineries by more than 12%, filings show. Over the seven-day period to March 27, U.S. federal data show Canada delivered an average of 3.8 million barrels per day (BBL/d) to the U.S. economy, accounting for about 60% of foreign deliveries.<br />
More may be coming now that Bridger Pipeline is proposing revis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pipeline-could-increase-us-oil-imports-from-canada/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pipeline-could-increase-us-oil-imports-from-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plans for Swedish SMR Advances Under New Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 8, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Sweden's K&auml;rnfull Next has submitted the first application for a nuclear power plant based on small modular reactor (SMR) technology under the new Act on Government Approval of Nuclear Facilities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/plans-for-swedish-smr-advances-under-new-act/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/plans-for-swedish-smr-advances-under-new-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perú Parece Encaminarse a una Segunda Vuelta Presidencial, con Fujimori Liderando las Encuestas]]></title><description><![CDATA[8 de abril, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Las elecciones presidenciales en Per&uacute; est&aacute;n programadas para el 12 de abril, pero las encuestas actuales sugieren que se requerir&aacute;n dos vueltas para elegir al nuevo presidente. Se trata de elecciones hist&oacute;ricas con 35 candidatos en la boleta y a&ntilde;os de incertidumbre pol&iacute;tica tras ocho presidentes en una d&eacute;cada.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/per-parece-encaminarse-a-una-segunda-vuelta-presidencial-con-fujimori-liderando-las-encuestas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/per-parece-encaminarse-a-una-segunda-vuelta-presidencial-con-fujimori-liderando-las-encuestas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France Advances 10-GW Offshore and Floating Wind Expansion Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--April 8, 2026-Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--France plans to award 10 offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of around 10 gigawatts (GW) by late 2026 or early 2027. The program includes an equal split between fixed-bottom and floating wind technologies, each accounting for roughly 5 GW. The projects will be distributed across multiple maritime zones covering the English Channel, Atlantic coast, and Mediterranean Sea, reflecting a geographically d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/france-advances-10-gw-offshore-and-floating-wind-expansion-plan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/france-advances-10-gw-offshore-and-floating-wind-expansion-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India's Nuclear Leap: Kalpakkam Fast Breeder Reactor Achieves Critical Milestone]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--April 8, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--India's 500-megawatt (MW) prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), located at Kalpakkam, about 70 kilometers south of Chennai, achieved first criticality on April 6. Criticality marks the stage where a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is established.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/indias-nuclear-leap-kalpakkam-fast-breeder-reactor-achieves-critical-milestone/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/indias-nuclear-leap-kalpakkam-fast-breeder-reactor-achieves-critical-milestone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diminishing Water Resources Put Pressure on Corpus Christi, Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 7, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Corpus Christi is reeling from a historic drought, and it doesn't have much water on hand: The city on Texas' Gulf Coast has seen capacity at two of its main reservoirs drop to just 8.4%. And the political pressure is intensifying, with city council members fielding proposals for a water desalination plant less than a year after rejecting plans to build their own.Altogether, Industrial]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/diminishing-water-resources-put-pressure-on-corpus-christi-texas/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/diminishing-water-resources-put-pressure-on-corpus-christi-texas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Manufacturing Activity Expands Slightly, But Headwinds Loom]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 7, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Economic activity in U.S. manufacturing expanded for the third straight month, according to the ISM's latest PMI survey. However, respondents expressed negative sentiment around the Iran war and ongoing economic uncertainty.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-manufacturing-activity-expands-slightly-but-headwinds-loom/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-manufacturing-activity-expands-slightly-but-headwinds-loom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sale of Cordelio Power is Finalized, New York OKs 300-MW Solar Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[The past few days have been big ones for Toronto-based renewable energy developer Cordelio Power. As fellow Canadian company Pattern Energy announced the completion of its acquisition of Cordelio, New York state regulators gave the green light for a large Cordelio solar project in the state.On Friday, Pattern Energy announced that it had completed the purchase of the renewable energy developer, whose 1.55-gigawatt portfolio spans the U.S. and Canada.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/sale-of-cordelio-power-is-finalized-new-york-oks-300-mw-solar-project/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/sale-of-cordelio-power-is-finalized-new-york-oks-300-mw-solar-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru Appears Poised for Presidential Runoff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peru is set to hold its presidential elections on April 12, but current polls suggest that it will take two rounds to select the nation's new president. These are historic elections, with 35 candidates on the ballot and years of political uncertainty following eight presidents over the past decade.A candidate must secure more than 50% of valid votes to avoid a June runoff.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/peru-appears-poised-for-presidential-runoff/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/peru-appears-poised-for-presidential-runoff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Says 'No' to Chinese Wind Turbines]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 7, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The U.K. government has cited national security concerns for its decision to refuse Mingyang Smart Energy Group's plans to build a major wind turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-says-no-to-chinese-wind-turbines/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-says-no-to-chinese-wind-turbines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chevron Restarts Leviathan Gas Field in Mediterranean Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 7, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Gas markets may be getting a breather soon after a Chevron-led group said it was resuming operations at the giant Leviathan gas field for the first time since fighting began in the Middle East.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chevron-restarts-leviathan-gas-field-in-mediterranean-sea/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chevron-restarts-leviathan-gas-field-in-mediterranean-sea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's April 6 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 6, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-april-6-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-april-6-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Solar's Second-Quarter Kickoffs Point to Sector's Strengths]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 6, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Amid unpredictable trade policies and diminishing federal support, the U.S. solar power-generation sector endured a rocky 2025. But developers still see plenty of domestic opportunities on the horizon.Industrial Info is tracking more than $24 billion worth of active and proposed solar-generation projects across the U.S. that are set to begin construction in the second quarter, more than]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-solars-second-quarter-kickoffs-point-to-sectors-strengths/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-solars-second-quarter-kickoffs-point-to-sectors-strengths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Ammonia Projects See Movement in Texas, Quebec]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, two North American green ammonia projects made moves in regard to procuring equipment. For a project in Quebec, the Canadian branch of Germany's Hy2gen has contracted Plug Power to supply a 275-megawatt (MW) protein exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer system for its plant. In Texas, First Ammonia issued a request for proposals (RFP) for electrolysis equipment needed for a plant at the Port of Victoria.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/green-ammonia-projects-see-movement-in-texas-quebec/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/green-ammonia-projects-see-movement-in-texas-quebec/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA: U.S. Coal Exports Fell in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 6, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- The U.S. exported about 14% less coal in 2025 compared to 2024, a decline of about 15 million short tons, according to an April 1 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Combined exports of thermal and metallurgical coal fell to about 93 million short tons in 2025 from about 108 million short tons in 2024, the EIA said. See the EIA chart below.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-us-coal-exports-fell-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-us-coal-exports-fell-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Rig Count, Leviathan Field Operations:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-rig-count-leviathan-field-operations-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-rig-count-leviathan-field-operations-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany and Italy May Turn Back to Coal]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 6, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Germany and Italy are planning to keep coal-fired power for longer as a way to deal with the fuel crisis gripping Europe.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/germany-and-italy-may-turn-back-to-coal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/germany-and-italy-may-turn-back-to-coal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Plans Grid Expansion to Enable 900 GW Renewable Capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--April 6, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--India is planning a massive expansion of its transmission infrastructure, targeting an additional 137,500 circuit kilometers (ckm) of lines and 827,600 megavolt-amperes (MVA) of substation capacity to support 900 gigawatts (GW) of non-fossil fuel capacity by fiscal years 2035-2036. The program is part of a broader strategy by the Central Electricity Authority to enable large-scale renewable energy integration and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-plans-grid-expansion-to-enable-900-gw-renewable-capacity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-plans-grid-expansion-to-enable-900-gw-renewable-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iranian Attacks Disable Middle East's Two Biggest Aluminum Smelters]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 3, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--On March 28, two of the Middle East's largest aluminum smelters, accounting for about two-thirds of the region's output, reported sustaining major damage from Iranian attacks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iranian-attacks-disable-middle-easts-two-biggest-aluminum-smelters/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iranian-attacks-disable-middle-easts-two-biggest-aluminum-smelters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India's Refining Sector Expands Amid Rising Demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 3, 2026--Written by Abhishek Choudhary for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--India, the fourth-largest refiner in the world and the second-largest in Asia, is investing heavily in its refining sector to meet rising domestic demand and to sustain its position as a major exporter of transportation fuels.The commissioning of the grassroot Barmer Refinery, operated by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited, and its integrated petrochemical complex has increased India's total crude processing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/indias-refining-sector-expands-amid-rising-demand/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/indias-refining-sector-expands-amid-rising-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Pressure on Venezuela Eases, Exports Inch Higher]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 3, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Some four months after U.S. military forces seized the Venezuelan president from his compound in Caracas, data show total imports of Venezuelan crude are up more than 60% from year-ago levels. On Wednesday, the Reuters news service, citing unspecified shipping data, reported total exports from Venezuela passed 1 million barrels per day in March, the highest level since September.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-pressure-on-venezuela-eases-exports-inch-higher/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-pressure-on-venezuela-eases-exports-inch-higher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Prices Spike After Trump Speech on Iran]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 2, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Crude oil prices jumped on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump offered no concrete war developments during a prime-time address to the nation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-prices-spike-after-trump-speech-on-iran/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-prices-spike-after-trump-speech-on-iran/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Waives Rules on Endangered Species for Offshore Drillers]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 2, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Pointing to concerns about a reliance on foreign suppliers, the Trump administration said would-be drillers are freed from regulations on endangered species. Offshore accounts for about 15% of total U.S. oil production.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-waives-rules-on-endangered-species-for-offshore-drillers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-waives-rules-on-endangered-species-for-offshore-drillers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Finds Protracted War Pain for Global Commodities]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 2, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Only around two tankers per day are moving out of the Strait of Hormuz, and it could be July in the most optimistic scenario before liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets return to normal, assessment from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) found.Iran in response to joint U.S.-Israeli military action has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, blocking traffic through a strategic waterway that carrie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/study-finds-protracted-war-pain-for-global-commodities/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/study-finds-protracted-war-pain-for-global-commodities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back to Drawing Board for New Mexico Data Center Gas Supply Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[A large data center being constructed in southern New Mexico just hit a stumbling block. Multiple media outlets report that the New Mexico State Land Office has rejected the proposed path of a 17.7-mile pipeline that would supply the power plants powering the facility, so it's back to the drawing board for the pipeline's developer, Energy Transfer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/back-to-drawing-board-for-new-mexico-data-center-gas-supply-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/back-to-drawing-board-for-new-mexico-data-center-gas-supply-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Sees Record LNG Exports, Planned SPR Release:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-sees-record-lng-exports-planned-spr-release-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-sees-record-lng-exports-planned-spr-release-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia Extends Support for Refineries to 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 2, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The Australian government is extending its subsidy scheme for refiners until 2030 in a move that it claims will ensure the future of its only remaining refineries.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-extends-support-for-refineries-to-2030/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-extends-support-for-refineries-to-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Severe Storms, Flooding Threaten Central U.S. Energy, Logistics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Severe storms and flooding across the Plains, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic threaten refining, power and logistics networks, with repeated convective impacts increasing the risk of localized disruptions and cumulative operational stress across key U.S. energy corridors.A multi-day severe weather and excessive rainfall event will maintain a corridor of risk from the central Plains into the Great Lakes, with repeated impacts to key energy and logistics infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/severe-storms-flooding-threaten-central-us-energy-logistics/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/severe-storms-flooding-threaten-central-us-energy-logistics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhyolite Ridge Survives Legal Challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 1, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The developers of the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mining facility said Tuesday they survived a court challenge from the environmental community and can now move forward.The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Shoshone Defense Project and Green Basin Resource Watch all challenged Ioneer Limited's Rhyolite Ridge project in court. They argued that federal regulators failed to ensure the protected status of Tiehm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rhyolite-ridge-survives-legal-challenge/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rhyolite-ridge-survives-legal-challenge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Oil Production, Suncor Strategy Shift:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-oil-production-suncor-strategy-shift-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-oil-production-suncor-strategy-shift-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constellation Energy Announces Capex Plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Constellation Energy announced a $3.9 billion capital spending plan, as interest grows in the company's clean power output via the U.S.' largest nuclear fleet. Constellation recently acquired Calpine Corporation, which operates geothermal plants and multiple natural gas-fired plants. Both nuclear and natural gas-fired power are expected to be big winners in the rapid growth in U.S. power demand driven by artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-energy-announces-capex-plans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-energy-announces-capex-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Floating Solar Powers Largest Belgian Cement Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--April 1, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Floating solar power projects continue to gain traction in Europe with Swiss building materials major, Holcim, commissioning a 31 megawatt (MW) floating solar installation in Obourg, Belgium, to power its cement production plant.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/floating-solar-powers-largest-belgian-cement-plant/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/floating-solar-powers-largest-belgian-cement-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada to Loan $175M to Rare-Earth Project in Quebec]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 31, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In spite of existing tensions between Ottawa and U.S. President Donald Trump, Canada's government has announced a $175 million loan to a mining project whose major investor has close ties to Trump.Montreal-based Torngat Metals' Strange Lake mine will extract up to 13 million metric tonnes per year of rare earths for 30 years, according to the company's website. Also part of the project is a 105-mile road for s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-to-loan-175m-to-rare-earth-project-in-quebec/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-to-loan-175m-to-rare-earth-project-in-quebec/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grassroot Projects Dominate U.S. Distribution and Warehousing Activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 31, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As e-commerce sales in the U.S. continue to rise, industry giant Amazon, other retailers and logistics companies are building out warehousing and distribution space across the U.S. Industrial Info is tracking $11 billion worth of warehousing and distribution projects under construction in the U.S, with nearly 70% of the activity attributed to grassroot projects.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/grassroot-projects-dominate-us-distribution-and-warehousing-activity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/grassroot-projects-dominate-us-distribution-and-warehousing-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco Records Profits of US$2.42 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Codelco's acquisition of 50% plus one share of Novandino Litio drove a sharp consolidated profit increase, despite production setbacks in 2025 from the El Teniente accident, reduced Chuquicamata processing and lower Gabriela Mistral grades.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-records-profits-of-us242-billion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-records-profits-of-us242-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golden Pass LNG, Ukraine Energy Imports:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/golden-pass-lng-ukraine-energy-imports-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/golden-pass-lng-ukraine-energy-imports-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Continues Texas Power Purchases for Data Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data center operator Google Incorporated last week unveiled yet another Texas solar power purchase agreement (PPA) to power its growing network of facilities.The agreement was with solar power developer Sunraycer for the company's Lupinus and Lupinus 2 projects in Texas, which will have a combined nameplate generating capacity of a little more than 400 megawatts (MW).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/google-continues-texas-power-purchases-for-data-operations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/google-continues-texas-power-purchases-for-data-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Hikes Steel Tariffs to 50%]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 31, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The U.K. government has introduced new 50% tariffs on steel imports in an effort to protect its struggling steel industry. The government's Steel Strategy outlines a number of key measures, including that steel import quotas will be reduced by 60% with higher tariffs of 50% for any steel outside of the new quotas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-hikes-steel-tariffs-to-50/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-hikes-steel-tariffs-to-50/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's March 30 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 30, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-30-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-30-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northeast Leads U.S. in Gas-Fired Power Maintenance through June]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 30, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. natural gas consumption averaged a record 92 billion cubic feet per day in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and operators are trying to keep their plants in the best shape to accommodate demand. Industrial Info is tracking nearly 100 maintenance-related projects at U.S. natural gas-fired power plants that are set to begin in the second quarter,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/northeast-leads-us-in-gas-fired-power-maintenance-through-june/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/northeast-leads-us-in-gas-fired-power-maintenance-through-june/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duke Gets Green Light for New Gas-Fired Plant in South Carolina]]></title><description><![CDATA[In what is expected to be a growing trend, Duke Energy Corporation last week received approval from the Public Service Commission of South Carolina to construct a large natural gas-fired power plant in Anderson County. The facility will have a generating capacity just shy of 1,400 megawatts (MW), with 95 MW owned by South Carolina's Central Electric Power Cooperative and another 100 MW going to the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/duke-gets-green-light-for-new-gas-fired-plant-in-south-carolina/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/duke-gets-green-light-for-new-gas-fired-plant-in-south-carolina/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chile's Fuel Price Spikes Affect Mining, Pressures Kast]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 30, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Chileans were hit with a significant fuel price increase in the domestic market starting March 26, after the government scaled back the cushioning effect on its fuel price stabilization, amid soaring global oil prices linked to the Middle East conflict.The newly elected government of Jose Antonio Kast adjusted the Stabilization Mechanism of Fuel Prices (MEPCO), which had kept fuel prices in check amid higher i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chiles-fuel-price-spikes-affect-mining-pressures-kast/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chiles-fuel-price-spikes-affect-mining-pressures-kast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Rig Count, Argentina Appeals Judgement, Russian Gasoline Exports:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-rig-count-argentina-appeals-judgement-russian-gasoline-exports-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-rig-count-argentina-appeals-judgement-russian-gasoline-exports-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Calls To Fill Gas Storage Early]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 30, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Union (EU) has called on its Member States to start filling their gas storage systems much earlier than normal in an effort to avoid spiking already high gas prices due to the worsening conflict in Iran.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-calls-to-fill-gas-storage-early/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-calls-to-fill-gas-storage-early/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Downstream Metals Developers Prep for Expansions, Upgrades]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 27, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A variety of projects set to kick off across the U.S. could bring more metal end-products to consumers. Industrial Info is tracking more than $1.7 billion worth of capital-spending projects across downstream U.S. Metal &amp; Minerals Industry sectors that are set to begin construction before the end of the second quarter; these sectors cover the casting, forging, rolling, processing an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-downstream-metals-developers-prep-for-expansions-upgrades/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-downstream-metals-developers-prep-for-expansions-upgrades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tulsa Area Raises Resistance to Oklahoma Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 27, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Recently, attempts to thwart data center construction in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the surrounding area gained ground. The Tulsa City Council this week placed a moratorium on data center construction within the city limits. This comes on the heels of citizens of neighboring Sand Springs attempting to oust their entire city council, including the mayor, over its role in facilitating development of another data ce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tulsa-area-raises-resistance-to-oklahoma-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tulsa-area-raises-resistance-to-oklahoma-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Critical Minerals: Roadblocks to an End-to-End Supply Chain]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 27, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Speakers at the "Brazil Summit 2026" on March 20 indicated Brazil has significant critical minerals resources, but there are roadblocks to creating an end-to-end supply chain--such as the need for more geological mapping for mining, as well as a lack of national critical minerals policy and processing capabilities. However, Brazil is seen as a reliable source of capital flows, and countries, such]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-critical-minerals-roadblocks-to-an-end-to-end-supply-chain/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-critical-minerals-roadblocks-to-an-end-to-end-supply-chain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaca Muerta Pushes Argentina's Hydrocarbon Production, New Projects Announced]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 20, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Argentina's hydrocarbon production is close to 900,000 BBL/d with hopes of reaching the million mark by year-end. Companies are announcing major projects in Vaca Muerta to expand production and midstream capacity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vaca-muerta-pushes-argentinas-hydrocarbon-production-new-projects-announced/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vaca-muerta-pushes-argentinas-hydrocarbon-production-new-projects-announced/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pemex, Petrobras Mull Partnership for Gulf of Mexico]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 27, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said during a press conference on Tuesday that Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposed, during a telephone call, a partnership between Mexico's Pemex and Brazil's Petrobras.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-petrobras-mull-partnership-for-gulf-of-mexico/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-petrobras-mull-partnership-for-gulf-of-mexico/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petrobras prevé inversiones potenciales de 9 mil millones de reales en Minas Gerais, con la refinería REGAP como eje central]]></title><description><![CDATA[Petrobras busca fortalecer sus operaciones en el estado de Minas Gerais mediante inversiones potenciales de 9 mil millones de reales (aproximadamente US$1.700 millones) durante la pr&oacute;xima d&eacute;cada, con mejoras enfocadas en la refiner&iacute;a Gabriel Passos (REGAP), con una capacidad de 166.000 barriles de petr&oacute;leo por d&iacute;a (bpd).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-prev-inversiones-potenciales-de-9-mil-millones-de-reales-en-minas-gerais-con-la-refinera-regap-como-eje-central/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-prev-inversiones-potenciales-de-9-mil-millones-de-reales-en-minas-gerais-con-la-refinera-regap-como-eje-central/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chile inicia 2026 con una producción de cobre más lenta e incertidumbre en el sector minero]]></title><description><![CDATA[En enero, Chile produjo 409.900 toneladas de cobre, una disminuci&oacute;n del 3% interanual. Una de las mayores ca&iacute;das se registr&oacute; en la mina El Teniente de Codelco, tras el incidente de julio de 2025 que caus&oacute; la muerte de seis trabajadores e interrumpi&oacute; las operaciones.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chile-inicia-2026-con-una-produccin-de-cobre-ms-lenta-e-incertidumbre-en-el-sector-minero/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chile-inicia-2026-con-una-produccin-de-cobre-ms-lenta-e-incertidumbre-en-el-sector-minero/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Steel Manufacturers Plan Near-Term Capacity Additions]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 26, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Top players in the U.S. steel-manufacturing sector are changing with the times, adopting newer technology and keeping their eyes on operational efficiencies. Domestic steelmakers are plotting investments across the country, often geared toward specific clients.Industrial Info is tracking more than $6 billion worth of capital-spending projects in the U.S. steel-manufacturing sector that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-steel-manufacturers-plan-near-term-capacity-additions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-steel-manufacturers-plan-near-term-capacity-additions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitol Says Oil, LNG Deliveries Up Year-on-Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 26, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Vitol on Wednesday celebrated its 60th anniversary by announcing an increase in product deliveries. An expanding portfolio for crude oil, natural gas and other products is valued at more than $13 billion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vitol-says-oil-lng-deliveries-up-year-on-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vitol-says-oil-lng-deliveries-up-year-on-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War Takes Economic Toll, U.S. Drillers Aren't Responding]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 26, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Would-be drillers in the U.S. shale patch aren't accelerating upstream plans in response to higher oil prices because the geopolitical risk premium could fade by the time actual work begins, executives said at an energy summit in Houston.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/war-takes-economic-toll-us-drillers-arent-responding/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/war-takes-economic-toll-us-drillers-arent-responding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[QatarEnergy Declares Force Majeure on Long-Term LNG Contracts]]></title><description><![CDATA[On March 18, QatarEnergy's Ras Laffan Industrial City, home to liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, gas-to-liquids (GTL) production and a refinery, experienced an Iranian missile attack that took out 17% of the complex's LNG production, or 12.8 million metric tons per annum (MTPA). This week, QatarEnergy declared force majeure on certain related LNG contracts affecting South Korea, Belgium, China and Italy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/qatarenergy-declares-force-majeure-on-long-term-lng-contracts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/qatarenergy-declares-force-majeure-on-long-term-lng-contracts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petrobras Eyes REGAP Refinery, Other Investments in Minas Gerais]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 26, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras aims to strengthen its operations in Minas Gerais by forecasting potential investments of 9 billion reais (US$1.7 billion) over the next decade, with enhancements focused on the 166,000-barrels-per-day (BBL/d) Gabriel Passos Refinery.In March, Petrobras began investing 3.8 billion reais (about US$687 million) to boost capacity by 25,000 BBL/d, with operations set to start up in 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-eyes-regap-refinery-other-investments-in-minas-gerais/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-eyes-regap-refinery-other-investments-in-minas-gerais/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coastal GasLink Expansion, Increasing Venezuelan Oil Production:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/coastal-gaslink-expansion-increasing-venezuelan-oil-production-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/coastal-gaslink-expansion-increasing-venezuelan-oil-production-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chile Starts 2026 with a Slower Copper Output and Mining Uncertainty]]></title><description><![CDATA[In January, Chile produced 409,900 tonnes of copper, a 3% year-on-year decline. One of the largest drops came from Codelco's El Teniente mine, following the July 2025 incident that killed six workers and disrupted operations at the mine.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chile-starts-2026-with-a-slower-copper-output-and-mining-uncertainty/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chile-starts-2026-with-a-slower-copper-output-and-mining-uncertainty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investment in U.S. Data Centers Grows, But More Slowly]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 25, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Capital investment in U.S. data centers continues to grow at an exceptional rate, though there are signs that the blistering pace of growth is slowing. In 2025, companies made capital investments totaling $162.3 billion in U.S. data centers, a 30% gain over 2024, according to data released earlier this month from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/investment-in-us-data-centers-grows-but-more-slowly/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/investment-in-us-data-centers-grows-but-more-slowly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Sets Sight on North American Energy Leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 25, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--While providing few specifics, Alberta's government said it could double crude oil production. Canada, meanwhile, is looking to expand trade outside of North America.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alberta-sets-sight-on-north-american-energy-leadership/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alberta-sets-sight-on-north-american-energy-leadership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vietnam Selects Russia's Rosatom for Revived Nuclear Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 25, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The governments of Russia and Vietnam signed an agreement earlier this week for Russia's state nuclear power company Rosatom to construct the reactors for a 2,400-megawatt (MW) nuclear plant in the Southeast Asian country. The region in general is seeing a revived interest in nuclear power, but while most countries in the area are focusing on small modular reactors (SMRs), Vietnam is bucking the trend in pl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vietnam-selects-russias-rosatom-for-revived-nuclear-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vietnam-selects-russias-rosatom-for-revived-nuclear-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Sea Wind Drives European Power Market Volatility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sharp swings in North Sea wind generation are increasingly driving volatility in European power markets. These shifts complicate pricing dynamics at a time when the region's energy structure is already under strain. Geopolitical risks are rising across the Middle East, and their tendrils are spreading towards Europe. Global energy markets are tightening. As these factors loom, renewable-driven fluctuations are no longer just a forecasting challenge--they have become a core market risk.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-sea-wind-drives-european-power-market-volatility/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-sea-wind-drives-european-power-market-volatility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigeria Plans $750 Million Mini-Solar Grid Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 25, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Nigeria has embarked on a nationwide initiative to roll out more than 1,300 solar mini-grids and off-grid power systems to help electrify poorly served rural areas and boost its renewable energy efforts. With US$750 million in backing the initiative, being overseen by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), is hoping to deploy 1,350 solar mini-grids across the country, including]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nigeria-plans-750-million-mini-solar-grid-strategy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nigeria-plans-750-million-mini-solar-grid-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Clears Way for Major Irish Data Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 25, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--A positive High Court ruling has cleared the way for work to start on a 1.6 billion euro (US$1.8 billion) data center in Ennis, County Clare. It brings to an end almost 6 years of legal challenges to the controversial project by anti-data center activists and environmental groups.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/court-clears-way-for-major-irish-data-center/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/court-clears-way-for-major-irish-data-center/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies Abandons U.S. Offshore Wind Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 24, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--TotalEnergies will no longer have a footprint in the nascent U.S. offshore wind energy industry after reaching a deal with the government to forfeit plans for the Atlantic.TotalEnergies in a press release Tuesday said it signed a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Interior to forfeit leases awarded in 2022 to develop wind energy off the coast of the Carolinas and New York.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-abandons-us-offshore-wind-market/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-abandons-us-offshore-wind-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ships, Robots Take Lead in U.S. Heavy-Manufacturing Kickoffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 24, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Calls for more U.S.-based heavy-manufacturing development are only getting louder, and companies--particularly those involved in transportation and construction equipment--are responding with a variety of projects set to kick off in the near term.Industrial Info is tracking more than $14 billion worth of capital-spending projects in the U.S. heavy-manufacturing sector that are set to b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ships-robots-take-lead-in-us-heavy-manufacturing-kickoffs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ships-robots-take-lead-in-us-heavy-manufacturing-kickoffs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venture Global Launches Ad Campaign Along with Vitol Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[While launching its first-ever U.S. ad campaign, liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier Venture Global said it signed a long-term sales and purchase agreement with global commodity trader Vitol for its cargoes.Venture Global on Monday announced the rollout of a multimillion-dollar, year-long ad campaign that it said introduces it and its products to the U.S. audience for the first time. Titled "Unstoppable Energy," the ad features actor Billy Bob Thornton as the voice-over talent.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-launches-ad-campaign-along-with-vitol-deal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-launches-ad-campaign-along-with-vitol-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metals &amp; Minerals: Playing a Key Role in China's Five-Year Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 24, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--China recently announced its new five-year plan, with the world's dominant miner and processor of minerals looking to gain even more control.The plan's text highlights the country's approach, looking to "continuously enhance competitive advantages in rare earths, rare metals, and superhard materials, and strengthen the high-quality and efficient comprehensive utilization of important strategic mi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/metals-amp-minerals-playing-a-key-role-in-chinas-five-year-plan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/metals-amp-minerals-playing-a-key-role-in-chinas-five-year-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avangrid Passes 11-GW Milestone in Important U.S. Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Avangrid, the renewable energy arm of Spain's Iberdrola SA, late last week announced that it has surpassed 11 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity in the U.S. The U.S. market is the second-largest in terms for net energy production for parent company Iberdrola outside of its home country of Spain.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/avangrid-passes-11-gw-milestone-in-important-us-market/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/avangrid-passes-11-gw-milestone-in-important-us-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies' U.S. Shift, Sinopec Profit Decline: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-us-shift-sinopec-profit-decline-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-us-shift-sinopec-profit-decline-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novo Picks Ireland for Wegovy Weight Loss Tablet Manufacturing]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 24, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Novo Nordisk is backing the rollout of the tablet version of its popular weight loss drug Wegovy by expanding its main Irish manufacturing site in Monksland, Athlone. The company has confirmed that it will invest 430 million euro (US$493 million) to greatly expand its key Irish manufacturing site.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/novo-picks-ireland-for-wegovy-weight-loss-tablet-manufacturing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/novo-picks-ireland-for-wegovy-weight-loss-tablet-manufacturing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyclone Narelle Tracks Along Australia West Coast, Raising Industrial Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 24, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tropical Cyclone Narelle is maintaining its forecast short-term track into northern Western Australia. However, the system's medium-range outlook has shifted significantly, increasing potential impacts across Western Australia's industrial corridor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cyclone-narelle-tracks-along-australia-west-coast-raising-industrial-risk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cyclone-narelle-tracks-along-australia-west-coast-raising-industrial-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perú y Canadá firman un Memorando de Entendimiento sobre Minerales Críticos y avanzan hacia mayores inversiones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Los gobiernos de Per&uacute; y Canad&aacute; firmaron un Memorando de Entendimiento (MdE) el 18 de marzo para cooperar en materia de minerales cr&iacute;ticos y miner&iacute;a sostenible.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/per-y-canad-firman-un-memorando-de-entendimiento-sobre-minerales-crticos-y-avanzan-hacia-mayores-inversiones/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/per-y-canad-firman-un-memorando-de-entendimiento-sobre-minerales-crticos-y-avanzan-hacia-mayores-inversiones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's March 23 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 23, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-23-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-23-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Solar Shifts U.S. Efforts to BESS After Cloudy 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 23, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Canadian Solar faced an increasingly rough market for its product throughout 2025, but executives remain optimistic about the company's long-term potential in North America. After shipments of solar modules saw a sustained decline, the company is turning to its energy-storage business.Industrial Info is tracking more than $8 billion worth of active and proposed projects across the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-solar-shifts-us-efforts-to-bess-after-cloudy-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-solar-shifts-us-efforts-to-bess-after-cloudy-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway Energy Utilities See Modest Gain in Capex Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data center developers are said to have a high level of interest in building new facilities in areas served by Berkshire Hathaway Energy's utility units, but the holding company plans a relatively modest increase in its capital outlays over the next three years, to about $33.3 billion, a gain of about 16%.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/berkshire-hathaway-energy-utilities-see-modest-gain-in-capex-spending/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/berkshire-hathaway-energy-utilities-see-modest-gain-in-capex-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arizona Public Service to Apply for License Renewal for 3,900-MW Nuclear Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[A subsequent license renewal is now in the cards for Arizona's only nuclear power plant, the Palo Verde nuclear power plant, located about 55 miles outside of Phoenix. The plant's three reactors came online in the mid-1980s and continue to provide around 3,900 MW of power, making it the second-largest nuclear facility in the U.S. behind Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arizona-public-service-to-apply-for-license-renewal-for-3900-mw-nuclear-plant/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arizona-public-service-to-apply-for-license-renewal-for-3900-mw-nuclear-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaskan Leaders Declare Energy Comeback]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest auction for drilling rights in far north Alaska set a record and marked the first new lease since 2019. State forecasts suggest oil production could top 600,000 BBL/d by the 2030s.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaskan-leaders-declare-energy-comeback/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaskan-leaders-declare-energy-comeback/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tensions Escalate Between Panama, CK Hutchison Over Canal Ports]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 23, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The dispute between CK Hutchison and the government of Panama has escalated over the past few weeks. On March 19, Panama's President Raul Mulino told journalists that the Asian company's earlier statements were "outrageous" and "lies."On March 16, Panama Ports Company, a local unit of CK Hutchison, released a statement saying that the government of Panama missed the deadline to respond to the arbitration case]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tensions-escalate-between-panama-ck-hutchison-over-canal-ports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tensions-escalate-between-panama-ck-hutchison-over-canal-ports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextEra Energy, North Dakota Production:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextera-energy-north-dakota-production-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextera-energy-north-dakota-production-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Admits Mistake Turning Away from Nuclear Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 23, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Commission (EC) wants to have Europe's first mini nuclear power plants based on small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced modular reactors (AMRs) up and running by the early 2030s. The EC has presented its European Strategy for Small Modular Reactors with funding to fast-track the commercial rollout of SMRs and AMRs with Commission President, Ursula Von Der Leyen, a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-admits-mistake-turning-away-from-nuclear-power/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-admits-mistake-turning-away-from-nuclear-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aumentan las tensiones entre CK Hutchison y Panamá por los puertos del Canal; el presidente Mulino responde]]></title><description><![CDATA[23 de marzo, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--La disputa entre CK Hutchison y el gobierno de Panam&aacute; se ha intensificado en las &uacute;ltimas semanas. El 19 de marzo, el presidente de Panam&aacute;, Ra&uacute;l Mulino, declar&oacute; a la prensa que las declaraciones previas de la empresa asi&aacute;tica eran "infame" y "mentiras".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aumentan-las-tensiones-entre-ck-hutchison-y-panam-por-los-puertos-del-canal-el-presidente-mulino-responde/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aumentan-las-tensiones-entre-ck-hutchison-y-panam-por-los-puertos-del-canal-el-presidente-mulino-responde/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyclone Narelle Makes First Landfall in Far North Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 20, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--After rapidly strengthening over very warm Coral Sea waters, Narelle reached Category 5 intensity before making its first landfall in far north Queensland during the morning hours on Friday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cyclone-narelle-makes-first-landfall-in-far-north-australia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cyclone-narelle-makes-first-landfall-in-far-north-australia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hawaii, Japan's JERA Propose Power-Generation Buildout on Oahu]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 20, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Hawaii is turning to JERA Company Incorporated, which is Japan's largest power provider, to modernize Oahu's energy system. The state is building on a "Strategic Partnering Agreement" signed with JERA in October to "accelerate the replacement of aging, inefficient oil-fired generation" on the island, which is home to state capitol Honolulu, with "modern, high-efficiency infrastructure,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/hawaii-japans-jera-propose-power-generation-buildout-on-oahu/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/hawaii-japans-jera-propose-power-generation-buildout-on-oahu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor Issues at BP Refinery Add Insult to Injury]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 20, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--BP locked out union members at its refinery in Whiting, Indiana, on Thursday. That could add to problems at the pump stemming from war raging in the Middle East.U.S. retail gasoline prices are as high as they were in summer 2022, when global energy markets were upended by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and ongoing labor action at one of the nation's largest refineries could make matters worse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/labor-issues-at-bp-refinery-add-insult-to-injury/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/labor-issues-at-bp-refinery-add-insult-to-injury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global LNG Sector Rocked by War]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 20, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Feed gas levels running to U.S. export terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) remained strong on Thursday, but it might not be enough to offset the mounting losses due to fighting in the Middle East.IIR Energy iput the amount of feed gas supporting export terminals for LNG at 19 billion cubic feet (Bcf), up from 18.3 Bcf the prior day. Routine maintenance on pipelines feeding the terminals influenced th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/global-lng-sector-rocked-by-war/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/global-lng-sector-rocked-by-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungary, Slovakia Strike Refined Products Pipeline Deal to Help Stabilize Supply]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Hungary and Slovakia gave the final green light for the construction of a 127-kilometer (79-mile) pipeline to carry products such as petrol (gasoline) and diesel between the countries. Slovakia and Hungary, in contrast to the other members of the 27-state European Union (EU), are the only two EU countries that continue to receive Russian oil via pipeline.But that supply has been nil since late January, when a portion of the Druzhba Pipeline in Ukraine was damaged by a Russian]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/hungary-slovakia-strike-refined-products-pipeline-deal-to-help-stabilize-supply/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/hungary-slovakia-strike-refined-products-pipeline-deal-to-help-stabilize-supply/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru, Canada Sign Critical Minerals MOU with Investments in Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 20, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The governments of Peru and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday to cooperate on critical minerals and sustainable mining.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/peru-canada-sign-critical-minerals-mou-with-investments-in-mind/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/peru-canada-sign-critical-minerals-mou-with-investments-in-mind/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anglo American Expects Approval Decision for Teck's Merger by Year-End]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 20, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Anglo American expects to receive regulatory approval for its merger with Teck by year-end. The new company would be among the world's largest copper producers, with annual volumes of about 1.2 million tonnes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/anglo-american-expects-approval-decision-for-tecks-merger-by-year-end/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/anglo-american-expects-approval-decision-for-tecks-merger-by-year-end/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Tinto Restarts South African Minerals Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 20, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Rio Tinto has confirmed the restart of the US$473 million Zulti South minerals sands project in South Africa. The project, being developed by Rio's majority-owned Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) has spent five years on the back burner after periods of community unrest, extreme violence and insecurity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-restarts-south-african-minerals-project/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-restarts-south-african-minerals-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade Group Calls for 140,000 Miles of New Natural Gas Pipelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 19, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Through 2052, the U.S. and Canada will require more than $1 trillion in new midstream capital investment to meet projected demand for natural gas and other products, according to a report issued by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA). The INGAA Foundation's 2025 North American Midstream Infrastructure Report is calling for about 140,000 miles of new transmission a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trade-group-calls-for-140000-miles-of-new-natural-gas-pipelines/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trade-group-calls-for-140000-miles-of-new-natural-gas-pipelines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuelan Oil Sector Gets a Lift]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 19, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. on Wednesday eased sanctions on Venezuela to allow U.S. companies to do business there, while glimmers of optimism emerged with the resumption of operations at a facility idled for more than four years that is designed to help deliver heavy crude oil.With U.S. President Donald Trump under pressure from the economic fallout of the war in the Middle East, the U.S. Treasury Department said state-run]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuelan-oil-sector-gets-a-lift/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuelan-oil-sector-gets-a-lift/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology, Advanced Manufacturing and Decarbonization: Three Pillars of China's Five-Year Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 19, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--"In the coming five years, China will continue to build a robust domestic market, foster new growth drivers at a faster pace, step up efforts to achieve greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology, deepen reform in key areas, accelerate the green transition across the board, develop new quality productive forces in light of local conditions, create new forms of smart economy, and nurture indu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/technology-advanced-manufacturing-and-decarbonization-three-pillars-of-chinas-five-year-plan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/technology-advanced-manufacturing-and-decarbonization-three-pillars-of-chinas-five-year-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration's Jones Act Waiver Could Loosen Fuel Shipping]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 19, 2026--Written by Jesse Broehl for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Trump administration has waived the&nbsp;Jones Act&nbsp;for 60 days to loosen shipping rules as the&nbsp;Iran war&nbsp;continues, the White House said Wednesday. Waiving the rule would allow foreign vessels to move fuel, among other products, between U.S. ports, helping to ease supply disruptions and&nbsp;potentially lower energy prices. In particular, easier shipment of petroleum products from the Gulf Co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administrations-jones-act-waiver-could-loosen-fuel-shipping/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administrations-jones-act-waiver-could-loosen-fuel-shipping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Gas Future Bright, But Oil is Uncertain]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 19, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--About 25% of the total natural gas production in Canada will eventually be tied to exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), a federal regulator said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-gas-future-bright-but-oil-is-uncertain/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-gas-future-bright-but-oil-is-uncertain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early-Season Western Heat Wave Drives Power Demand Surge]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 19, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D., Energy Meteorologist &amp; Analyst (Sugar Land, Texas)--A powerful upper-level ridge is producing record-challenging heat across the western United States, with temperatures running 20--30&deg;F above normal. The event is increasing electricity demand, elevating fire-weather risk, and accelerating early-season snowmelt across western mountains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/early-season-western-heat-wave-drives-power-demand-surge/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/early-season-western-heat-wave-drives-power-demand-surge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alabama Legislature Mulls 1-Year Pause on Big Solar Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 19, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Bills are coursing their way through the Alabama State Legislature that could substantially curb the growth of solar energy farms in the state.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alabama-legislature-mulls-1-year-pause-on-big-solar-projects/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alabama-legislature-mulls-1-year-pause-on-big-solar-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Spars with Federal Government Over Fossil Fuels]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 18, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Amid state-level backlash against crude oil developments, the U.S. federal government said Tuesday it was in preliminary plans to conduct surveys of the potential off the coast of California.The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, on Tuesday issued a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for a proposed update to the offshore Santa C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-spars-with-federal-government-over-fossil-fuels/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-spars-with-federal-government-over-fossil-fuels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antimony: Finding its Place in the World's Critical Minerals Footprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 18, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Viewed by the U.S., European Union, Australia and others as a critical mineral, antimony is crucial in military and industrial applications and demand is strong. China controls the global antimony supply chain, however, leaving Western countries aiming to bolster their own mining and processing capacities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/antimony-finding-its-place-in-the-worlds-critical-minerals-footprint/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/antimony-finding-its-place-in-the-worlds-critical-minerals-footprint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tropical Cyclone Narelle Intensifies Over Coral Sea, Threatens Northern Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 18, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tropical Cyclone Narelle is strengthening over the Coral Sea and is forecast to strike far northern Queensland late this week. The storm may reach Category 3 strength, bringing destructive winds, flooding rains, and disruptions to energy and mining operations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tropical-cyclone-narelle-intensifies-over-coral-sea-threatens-northern-australia/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tropical-cyclone-narelle-intensifies-over-coral-sea-threatens-northern-australia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court to Weigh In on Climate Change Lawsuit Against Oil Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 18, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Oil and gas companies have been sued in at least two dozen climate change cases filed by states and cities over the last five years, in jurisdictions ranging from Maine, Maryland and Puerto Rico to California, Oregon and Hawaii, according to a database of climate change litigation maintained by The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School. Typically, the states and cities allege the companies e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/supreme-court-to-weigh-in-on-climate-change-lawsuit-against-oil-companies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/supreme-court-to-weigh-in-on-climate-change-lawsuit-against-oil-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babcock &amp; Wilcox Signs $2.4 Billion Deal to Support Applied Digital Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Babcock &amp; Wilcox (B&amp;W) signed an agreement with industrial power provider (IPP) Base Electron to design, procure and construct four 300-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power systems at upcoming data centers of Dallas-based Applied Digital.<br />
Industrial Info is tracking multiple artificial intelligence-capable campuses in development for Applied Digital, including those in Louisiana, Iowa and the Dakotas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/babcock-amp-wilcox-signs-24-billion-deal-to-support-applied-digital-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/babcock-amp-wilcox-signs-24-billion-deal-to-support-applied-digital-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Prioritizes Domestic Gas Use Over Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 17, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Union (EU) has unveiled its much-anticipated Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), designed to stop the erosion of its industrial sectors by mandating that a significant proportion of goods and services supplied for publicly-funded projects come from the EU. The EU's combined public procurement budget comes to more than 2 trillion euro (US$2.3 trillion).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-prioritizes-domestic-gas-use-over-industry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-prioritizes-domestic-gas-use-over-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novonor Exits Control of Braskem in Deal With IG4 Capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--March 18, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazilian private equity firm IG4 Capital has reached an agreement that could reshape the ownership structure of petrochemical giant Braskem, paving the way for IG4 to assume joint control of the company alongside state-run oil major Petrobras. The transaction would mark the exit of Novonor, formerly known as Odebrecht, as Braskem's controlling shareholder, while leaving it with a small minority stake.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/novonor-exits-control-of-braskem-in-deal-with-ig4-capital/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/novonor-exits-control-of-braskem-in-deal-with-ig4-capital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novonor vende el control de Braskem a IG4 Capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--18 de marzo, 2026--Investigado por IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Investigado por IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--La firma brasile&ntilde;a de capital privado IG4 Capital ha alcanzado un acuerdo que podr&iacute;a redefinir la estructura accionaria del gigante petroqu&iacute;mico Braskem, allanando el camino para que IG4 asuma el control conjunto de la compa&ntilde;&iacute;a junto con la petrolera estatal Petrobras. La operaci&oacute;n marcar&iacute;a la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/novonor-vende-el-control-de-braskem-a-ig4-capital/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/novonor-vende-el-control-de-braskem-a-ig4-capital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thailand's Petrochemical Industry Faces Strains]]></title><description><![CDATA[MANILA--March 18, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With the recent conflict in the Middle East leading to the closure of Strait of Hormuz, Thailand's petrochemical industry has shifted from prospective growth to a heavy operational burden. The impact of the current crisis splits the industry between plants that are natural gas-based and those that rely on imported naphtha.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/thailands-petrochemical-industry-faces-strains/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/thailands-petrochemical-industry-faces-strains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Targets 10 GW of Power Generation Capacity by 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--March 18, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Government of Zambia has announced an ambitious plan to increase its electricity generation capacity to approximately 10,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030, aiming to address persistent power shortages and support long-term economic growth.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/zambia-targets-10-gw-of-power-generation-capacity-by-2030/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/zambia-targets-10-gw-of-power-generation-capacity-by-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. T&amp;D Kickoffs Aim to Boost Efficiency, Reduce Congestion]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 17, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Utilities across the U.S. are mapping out expansions to transmission and distribution (T&amp;D) capacities, as they work to buttress grid efficiency with a sturdier infrastructure. These new developments come as spiking T&amp;D costs are hitting American consumers in their pocketbooks, highlighting concerns about affordability.Industrial Info is tracking more than $10.5 billion worth o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-tampd-kickoffs-aim-to-boost-efficiency-reduce-congestion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-tampd-kickoffs-aim-to-boost-efficiency-reduce-congestion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran War Upends Global Agriculture by Delaying Key Chemicals]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 17, 2026--Written by Sharun Anthony and Jennis Jacob for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The global agricultural industry is facing significant setbacks in its fertilizer supply amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, which has spread to other countries in the Middle East. The region, which is a leading supplier of key agricultural chemicals, is experiencing severe disruptions amid persistent violence.The Middle East has long dominated global agricultural supply due to its low]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iran-war-upends-global-agriculture-by-delaying-key-chemicals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iran-war-upends-global-agriculture-by-delaying-key-chemicals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOE Launches Program to Support U.S. Nuclear Uprates, Restarts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Late last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Utility Power Reactor Incremental Scaling Effort (UPRISE), which "strives to significantly expand the United States' nuclear energy capacity by increasing the power output of existing reactors, bringing dormant facilities back online, and completing stalled projects."The amount of funding available through the UPRISE program appears open-ended, with the DOE noting in a related press release that its Office of Nuclear Energy and Of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-launches-program-to-support-us-nuclear-uprates-restarts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-launches-program-to-support-us-nuclear-uprates-restarts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies Resilient Against War]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 17, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--While about 15% of its total production in the Middle East is sidelined, TotalEnergies said it was holding up against the regional conflict.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-resilient-against-war/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-resilient-against-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. LNG Prospects Up on Plaquemines, Alaskan Developments]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Friday, the Energy Department backed "an immediate" 13% increase in exports from the Plaquemines facility in Louisiana to countries without a U.S. free-trade deal.<br />
"At a time when Iran and its terrorist proxies attempt to disrupt the global energy supply, the Trump Administration remains committed to strengthening American energy dominance," Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a statement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-prospects-up-on-plaquemines-alaskan-developments/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-prospects-up-on-plaquemines-alaskan-developments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell LNG Forecast, Cuba Grid Collapse, Middle East Petroleum Exports:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-lng-forecast-cuba-grid-collapse-middle-east-petroleum-exports-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-lng-forecast-cuba-grid-collapse-middle-east-petroleum-exports-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Unveils 'Made in Europe' Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 17, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Union (EU) has unveiled its much-anticipated Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), designed to stop the erosion of its industrial sectors by mandating that a significant proportion of goods and services supplied for publicly-funded projects come from the EU. The EU's combined public procurement budget comes to more than 2 trillion euro (US$2.3 trillion).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-unveils-made-in-europe-plan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-unveils-made-in-europe-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's March 16 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 16, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-16-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-16-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venture Global Backs New Phase at CP2 LNG Project in Louisiana]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 16, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Venture Global announced Friday it is moving forward with the second phase of its CP2 LNG project in Cameron, Louisiana. The company made its final investment decision (FID) after it reached an $8.6 billion financial close, with the support of a staggering list of global banks and investment firms.Altogether, Industrial Info is tracking more than $88 billion worth of active and propose]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-backs-new-phase-at-cp2-lng-project-in-louisiana/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-backs-new-phase-at-cp2-lng-project-in-louisiana/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Waha Negative Price Streak, Texas NatGas Pipeline Developers Work on Permian Takeaway]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 16, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Natural gas prices at the Waha Hub in West Texas surpassed 25 consecutive days in negative territory last week, according to Reuters, primarily due to a lack of takeaway capacity. Texas pipeline developers are working on providing outlets to move gas out of the Permian to reach lucrative end markets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/with-waha-negative-price-streak-texas-natgas-pipeline-developers-work-on-permian-takeaway/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/with-waha-negative-price-streak-texas-natgas-pipeline-developers-work-on-permian-takeaway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Eyes South America's Critical Minerals]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 16, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The United States is eyeing South America's critical minerals resources amid geopolitical tensions, ambitions to expand its influence and vast opportunities. Brazil and Argentina are central to the U.S.' critical minerals strategy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-eyes-south-americas-critical-minerals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-eyes-south-americas-critical-minerals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Gas Exports Rise as LNG Sector Builds Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 16, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A brush of cold winter weather for North America saw the U.S. market taking in more natural gas from Canada. Canada, meanwhile, is building up its LNG export potential on the western coast.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-gas-exports-rise-as-lng-sector-builds-up/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-gas-exports-rise-as-lng-sector-builds-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Oil Release, U.S. Rig Count, Record U.S. Gas Production:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-oil-release-us-rig-count-record-us-gas-production-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-oil-release-us-rig-count-record-us-gas-production-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway's Bumper Rare Earths Deposit]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 16, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The developers of Europe's largest estimated rare earth elements (REE) mining project in Norway have announced an 81% increase in the estimated mineral resources. Rare Earths Norway AS (REN) revealed that the resource estimate for the Fen Carbonatite Complex in Telemark showed that total rare earth oxide (TREO) content in the mapped resources (Indicated and Inferred) has increase]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/norways-bumper-rare-earths-deposit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/norways-bumper-rare-earths-deposit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DR Congo's Hydropower Ambitions Gain Momentum with 100-GW Renewable Potential]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--March 16, 2026--Written by Yogesh Kumar for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is accelerating plans to expand large-scale hydropower development, aiming to unlock the Congo River's estimated 100 gigawatts of potential renewable energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dr-congos-hydropower-ambitions-gain-momentum-with-100-gw-renewable-potential/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dr-congos-hydropower-ambitions-gain-momentum-with-100-gw-renewable-potential/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auge Minero en Argentina: El Proyecto Rincón de Rio Tinto Obtiene Financiamiento por US$1.170 millones]]></title><description><![CDATA[16 de marzo, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rio Tinto obtuvo un financiamiento por US$1.175 millones de la Corporaci&oacute;n Financiera Internacional (CFI), BID Invest, Export Finance Australia (EFA) y el Banco Japon&eacute;s para la Cooperaci&oacute;n Internacional (JBIC) para apoyar su proyecto de litio Rinc&oacute;n en la provincia argentina de Salta.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/auge-minero-en-argentina-el-proyecto-rincn-de-rio-tinto-obtiene-financiamiento-por-us1170-millones/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/auge-minero-en-argentina-el-proyecto-rincn-de-rio-tinto-obtiene-financiamiento-por-us1170-millones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Storm Iona to Bring Blizzard Conditions, Severe Storms, Energy Disruptions]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 13, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A powerful winter storm, Winter Storm Iona, will develop over the northern High Plains this weekend, bringing hazardous weather to the eastern half of the U.S. and portions of Canada. Heavy snow and blizzard conditions are expected across the northern Plains, while severe thunderstorms and damaging winds are forecast for the Midwest and Mississippi Valley.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/winter-storm-iona-to-bring-blizzard-conditions-severe-storms-energy-disruptions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/winter-storm-iona-to-bring-blizzard-conditions-severe-storms-energy-disruptions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron Ore Pellets Among Goods Constrained by Middle East War]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 13, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A growing list of companies involved in the manufacturing of everyday products are being affected by the ever-widening conflict in the Middle East. Numerous industries stand to be affected by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, including the North American Metals &amp; Minerals Industry, for which the Gulf Region has become a major supplier of products such as iron ore pe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iron-ore-pellets-among-goods-constrained-by-middle-east-war/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iron-ore-pellets-among-goods-constrained-by-middle-east-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Manufacturers Boost Capital-Spending Expectations, but Challenges Remain]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 13, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. manufacturers continue to report an uptrend in expected capital expenditures and optimism, based on the latest outlook survey by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), although respondents indicated challenges remain. Still, Industrial Info's project data shows U.S. manufacturing industry construction remains robust.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-manufacturers-boost-capital-spending-expectations-but-challenges-remain/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-manufacturers-boost-capital-spending-expectations-but-challenges-remain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Gulf Lease Sale Generates Less than $47 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 13, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The second Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil lease sale under 2025's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, dubbed "One Big Beautiful Gulf (BBG2)," received 38 bids totaling $47 million. These came from 13 companies and covered 25 blocks, amounting to about 141,000 acres in federal waters.This is 84% less than the $279.4 million received in BBG1 on December 10, 2025, and the 38 bids this time are almost 83% less than the 219 rece]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gulf-lease-sale-generates-less-than-47-million/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gulf-lease-sale-generates-less-than-47-million/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC Finds Venezuelan Oil Production Below Last Year's Peak]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 13, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--While the international market focus is squarely on oil in the Middle East, data released Thursday from Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) economists show Venezuelan crude oil production remains below year-ago levels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/opec-finds-venezuelan-oil-production-below-last-years-peak/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/opec-finds-venezuelan-oil-production-below-last-years-peak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina's Mining Boom: Rio Tinto's Rincon Project Secures US$1.17 Billion in Financing]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 13, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rio Tinto has secured financing for its Rincon lithium project, one of the lithium projects targeting future operations in Argentina. Lithium exports generated US$905 million for the country in 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentinas-mining-boom-rio-tintos-rincon-project-secures-us117-billion-in-financing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentinas-mining-boom-rio-tintos-rincon-project-secures-us117-billion-in-financing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany's RWE Earmarks Big Investment for U.S. Power Sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 13, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--After reining in U.S. investments in order to get a better grasp on the country's tariff policies, renewables incentives and permitting policies, Germany's RWE is targeting projects in the U.S. power sector with renewed vigor.This week, the company announced global investment plans of 35 billion euro (US$40.3 billion) across the world through 2031, with 17 billion euro (US$19.6 billion) of this going toward]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/germanys-rwe-earmarks-big-investment-for-us-power-sector/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/germanys-rwe-earmarks-big-investment-for-us-power-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies, Iraq Oil Output, Equinor:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-iraq-oil-output-equinor-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-iraq-oil-output-equinor-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Más de 245 mil millones de reales podrían invertirse en la industria minera brasileña para 2032. Cuáles son los minerales clave?]]></title><description><![CDATA[El gobierno brasile&ntilde;o estima inversiones mineras por valor de 245.700 millones de reales (US$47.600 millones) a nivel nacional para 2032, que se espera generen m&aacute;s de 48.000 empleos.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ms-de-245-mil-millones-de-reales-podran-invertirse-en-la-industria-minera-brasilea-para-2032-cules-son-los-minerales-clave/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ms-de-245-mil-millones-de-reales-podran-invertirse-en-la-industria-minera-brasilea-para-2032-cules-son-los-minerales-clave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TVA to Delay Retirement of Two Large Coal-Fired Power Plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 12, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Board of Directors for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) voted February 11 to take the steps necessary to postpone the planned retirement dates of the Cumberland Fossil Plant and Kingston Fossil Plant, two large coal-fired power plants with a combined generation capacity of about 3,868 megawatts (MW).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tva-to-delay-retirement-of-two-large-coal-fired-power-plants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tva-to-delay-retirement-of-two-large-coal-fired-power-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla, Google, Others form Lobbying Coalition for Better Grid Utilization]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 12, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tesla, Google and others founded a coalition that pushes for increasing power grid utilization in order to address energy costs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tesla-google-others-form-lobbying-coalition-for-better-grid-utilization/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tesla-google-others-form-lobbying-coalition-for-better-grid-utilization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golden Pass LNG Ramping Up During Wartime]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though total volumes remain somewhat suppressed, data show the newly commissioned Golden Pass terminal for exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) set a record on Wednesday.Golden Pass entered the commissioning phase, with feed gas running at around 303 million cubic feet on February 19. Natural gas to the facility started at a trickle earlier this year.<br />
On Wednesday, IIR Energy reported in its NATGAS Today report that Golden Pass had processed 0.3 billion cubic feet, its all-time high so far.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/golden-pass-lng-ramping-up-during-wartime/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/golden-pass-lng-ramping-up-during-wartime/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed Refinery in Texas Could Run U.S. Crude]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 12, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A proposed crude oil refinery rebranded to align with U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign platform could be processing 165,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) by the end of the decade, should early proclamations have merit. IIR Energy has been tracking the project since its first development in 2024, but it received new tailwinds with the Trump administration's recent support. The timing of the administration's b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/proposed-refinery-in-texas-could-run-us-crude/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/proposed-refinery-in-texas-could-run-us-crude/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Crude Oil Inventories &amp; 2025 Exports, Columbia-Venezuelan Gas Pipeline Restart:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-crude-oil-inventories-amp-2025-exports-columbia-venezuelan-gas-pipeline-restart-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-crude-oil-inventories-amp-2025-exports-columbia-venezuelan-gas-pipeline-restart-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Crude Oil Inventories &amp; 2025 Exports, Colombia-Venezuelan Gas Pipeline Restart:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-crude-oil-inventories-amp-2025-exports-colombia-venezuelan-gas-pipeline-restart-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-crude-oil-inventories-amp-2025-exports-colombia-venezuelan-gas-pipeline-restart-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helium Investments Gain Momentum as Supply Surge Meets Market Dynamics]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, INDIA--March 12, 2026--Written by Sharun Anthony for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Mainly extracted as a by-product of natural gas from reserves concentrated in countries like the U.S., Russia and Algeria, helium's global supply chain remains fragile.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/helium-investments-gain-momentum-as-supply-surge-meets-market-dynamics/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/helium-investments-gain-momentum-as-supply-surge-meets-market-dynamics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billions Could be Invested in Brazil's Mining Industry by 2032]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Brazilian government estimates there will be 245.70 billion reais (US$47.6 billion) in mining investments nationwide by 2032, expected to generate more than 48,000 jobs.In recent years, Brazil has focused on the mining industry as a strategic priority, aiming to attract international investment and expand local production.<br />
Mining and critical minerals have also raised Brazil's profile in the global race to supply inputs for cleaner technologies and renewable energy, both of which are mineral]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/billions-could-be-invested-in-brazils-mining-industry-by-2032/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/billions-could-be-invested-in-brazils-mining-industry-by-2032/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vietnam to Build Large-Scale Polyester Recycling Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[MANILA--March 12, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Syre Group, a subsidiary of H&amp;M Group, is planning to invest in a polyester recycling complex in Binh Dinh, Vietnam, with a design capacity of up to 250,000 tons per year and an estimated total investment of approximately USD $1 billion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vietnam-to-build-large-scale-polyester-recycling-plant/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vietnam-to-build-large-scale-polyester-recycling-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Los productores de hidrocarburos de América del Sur y Central se benefician de la escalada en Oriente Medio]]></title><description><![CDATA[12 de marzo, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--El conflicto entre Estados Unidos e Israel contra Ir&aacute;n est&aacute; afectando la infraestructura energ&eacute;tica de Oriente Medio, limitando la producci&oacute;n, obstaculizando las rutas mar&iacute;timas, impactando instalaciones y provocando un aumento repentino de los precios mundiales del petr&oacute;leo.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/los-productores-de-hidrocarburos-de-amrica-del-sur-y-central-se-benefician-de-la-escalada-en-oriente-medio/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/los-productores-de-hidrocarburos-de-amrica-del-sur-y-central-se-benefician-de-la-escalada-en-oriente-medio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Smelter Overbuilds, Record Commodity Pricing Squeeze Copper Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With all the interest in lithium and rare earths involved in data centers and electrification of travel and industry, the elephant in the room often is ignored: copper. It is ubiquitous in both wiring and in cooling. Skyrocketing demand, diminished new reserves, and aggressive practices by China have stretched the copper industry in opposite directions, says a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/china-smelter-overbuilds-record-commodity-pricing-squeeze-copper-markets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/china-smelter-overbuilds-record-commodity-pricing-squeeze-copper-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aecon Adds SMR, Critical Minerals Work as Backlog Hits Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Aecon Group Incorporated boasted a record-high year-end backlog for 2025, and executives are optimistic the company's growth will continue in 2026 following a series of acquisitions. Most of these were in the U.S., where the Canada-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm increasingly is turning its attention.Industrial Info is tracking more than US$31 billion worth o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aecon-adds-smr-critical-minerals-work-as-backlog-hits-record/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aecon-adds-smr-critical-minerals-work-as-backlog-hits-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Gas Markets Insulated from War]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. natural gas markets are shielded from the conflict in the Middle East, with domestic prices up only 5.8% since fighting began last week. It's a different story entirely in Europe.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gas-markets-insulated-from-war/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gas-markets-insulated-from-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oklo, Centrus Energy Explore Advanced Nuclear Fuel Joint Venture]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)-Advanced nuclear technology company Oklo and nuclear fuel producer and supplier Centrus Energy agreed to discuss a joint venture "focused on deconversion services for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) and the advancement of related fuel-cycle technologies and supply chains."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oklo-centrus-energy-explore-advanced-nuclear-fuel-joint-venture/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oklo-centrus-energy-explore-advanced-nuclear-fuel-joint-venture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Department Paves Way for Federal Oversight in Contentious California Pipeline Restart]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--After much legal wrangling between the federal government and California's regulators, the U.S. Department of Justice has issued its opinion that U.S. President Donald Trump can override California state regulations and law and allow Texas company Sable Offshore to restart an oil pipeline and production platforms off the coast of Santa Barbara. The facilities were closed in 2015, following a spill of more t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/justice-department-paves-way-for-federal-oversight-in-contentious-california-pipeline-restart/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/justice-department-paves-way-for-federal-oversight-in-contentious-california-pipeline-restart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louisiana Coastal Damage Litigation Enters New Phase After Landmark Verdict]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A landmark Louisiana coastal damage case involving Chevron is entering a pivotal phase as appeals and jurisdictional challenges unfold. These developments are in response to a historic jury verdict against Chevron.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/louisiana-coastal-damage-litigation-enters-new-phase-after-landmark-verdict/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/louisiana-coastal-damage-litigation-enters-new-phase-after-landmark-verdict/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil, Grains Boost Exports at Port of Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Port authorities in Vancouver said a record amount of cargo flowed through its terminals last year, backed in part by crude oil from the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline to British Columbia.The Port of Vancouver reported record volumes last year, with exports of crude oil, grain and potash leading the way. About 187.8 million tons of cargo departed last year, an 8% increase from the previous record set in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-grains-boost-exports-at-port-of-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-grains-boost-exports-at-port-of-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latin America Oil Poised to Benefit from Middle East Disruptions]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The United States/Israel conflict with Iran is disrupting Middle Eastern energy infrastructure, limiting production, impeding shipping routes, damaging facilities and causing global oil prices to surge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/latin-america-oil-poised-to-benefit-from-middle-east-disruptions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/latin-america-oil-poised-to-benefit-from-middle-east-disruptions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record U.S. Power Consumption, LNG Canada Shipments, Spain's Gas Imports: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-power-consumption-lng-canada-shipments-spains-gas-imports-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-power-consumption-lng-canada-shipments-spains-gas-imports-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina Touts Investments Under Incentives Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 11, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Argentina Minister of Economy Luis Caputo recently praised Argentina's Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI) for the economic benefits that it is generating for the country. He also offered insights into the government's efforts to control inflation and increase economic activity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-touts-investments-under-incentives-program/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-touts-investments-under-incentives-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's Wind Energy Grows in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 11, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Europe added 19.1 gigawatts (GW) of new wind energy in 2025, with spending topping 45 billion euro (US$52 billion). The European Union (EU) accounted for 15.1 GW of the total (79%) which was 16% higher than in 2024 when 13 GW were installed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-wind-energy-grows-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-wind-energy-grows-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIGI de Argentina: US$69.200 millones en inversiones, US$75.000 millones en balanza comercial prevista y desarrollo económico]]></title><description><![CDATA[El ministro de Econom&iacute;a de Argentina, Luis Caputo, elogi&oacute; el R&eacute;gimen de Incentivos para Grandes Inversiones (RIGI) de Argentina por los beneficios econ&oacute;micos que est&aacute; atrayendo y generando para el pa&iacute;s. El ministro tambi&eacute;n ofreci&oacute; informaci&oacute;n sobre los esfuerzos del gobierno para controlar la inflaci&oacute;n e impulsar la actividad econ&oacute;mica.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rigi-de-argentina-us69200-millones-en-inversiones-us75000-millones-en-balanza-comercial-prevista-y-desarrollo-econmico/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rigi-de-argentina-us69200-millones-en-inversiones-us75000-millones-en-balanza-comercial-prevista-y-desarrollo-econmico/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Customs Says It Needs Time to Refund Tariffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 10, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A federal trade court was told March 6 that it would take about 45 days to reconfigure the systems and processes used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection before it could begin making refunds totaling about $166 billion, plus interest, of tariffs that were wrongfully collected under President Donald Trump's executive order last April.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-customs-says-it-needs-time-to-refund-tariffs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-customs-says-it-needs-time-to-refund-tariffs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algonquin Plots New T&amp;D, Gas-Generation Projects for 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 10, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Algonquin Power &amp; Utilities Corporation, which services parts of the U.S. and Canada, saw a positive turnaround in 2025 after improved rates bolstered the company's bottom line.Industrial Info is tracking more than $1.5 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Algonquin and its main subsidiary, Liberty Utilities, more than $900 million of which is attributed to projects i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/algonquin-plots-new-tampd-gas-generation-projects-for-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/algonquin-plots-new-tampd-gas-generation-projects-for-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trafigura Signs 10-Year Deal with Smackover Lithium]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 10, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Swiss commodity trader Trafigura said it secured more than 80,000 tons of battery-grade lithium carbonate in a 10-year deal with U.S. domestic producer Smackover Lithium.Smackover Lithium aims to start commercial operations at its South West Arkansas (SWA) Project before the decade is out, churning out around 45,000 metric tons per year of product.Other companies featured: Equinor, Standard Lithium Limited]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trafigura-signs-10-year-deal-with-smackover-lithium/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trafigura-signs-10-year-deal-with-smackover-lithium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: U.S. Renewable Power Growth Sets Record in 2025, Outlook Cloudy]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 10, 2026--U.S. wind, solar and battery capacities grew at a record pace in 2025, according to the American Clean Power Association (ACP). The three energy sources added a total of 50,344 megawatts (MW)/50.3 gigawatts (GW) in 2025, up from 48.7 GW in 2024. This marks the first time annual deployment reached 50 GW.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/report-us-renewable-power-growth-sets-record-in-2025-outlook-cloudy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/report-us-renewable-power-growth-sets-record-in-2025-outlook-cloudy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Possible U.S. SPR Withdrawals, Venture Global's Plaquemines Deliveries:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/possible-us-spr-withdrawals-venture-globals-plaquemines-deliveries-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/possible-us-spr-withdrawals-venture-globals-plaquemines-deliveries-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Australian Energy Hub Starts Next Phase]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 10, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Planning permission has been granted to French developer Neoen for the second phase of the Goyder Renewables Zone (GRZ) of wind, solar and battery storage projects in South Australia. Big Clean Energy BoostThe Federal green light means the company will now move ahead with Goyder North stages 1 and 2 which will boast 99 turbines with a combined generating capacity of 600 megawatts]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/giant-australian-energy-hub-starts-next-phase/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/giant-australian-energy-hub-starts-next-phase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flagship Stargate Data Center Campus Expansion in Texas is Questioned]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's an air of confusion in regard to a recent Bloomberg report regarding OpenAI and Oracle's plans for the flagship campus of their $500 billion, nationwide Stargate Project data center scheme.Bloomberg reported on Friday that plans to expand the Abilene, Texas, campus are off the table, but confirmed details remain up in the air. Bloomberg reported that difficulty between OpenAI and Oracle in reaching terms over issues such as financing details and capacity forecasts led to a breakdown in p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/flagship-stargate-data-center-campus-expansion-in-texas-is-questioned/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/flagship-stargate-data-center-campus-expansion-in-texas-is-questioned/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paris Climate Trial Tests Corporate Responsibilities in Fossil Fuel Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 10, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A historic climate trial in Paris is challenging whether a major oil and gas company can be legally required to limit fossil fuel production to help slow global warming. The case targets TotalEnergies, one of the world's largest integrated multi-energy corporations, and could rewrite the book on corporate climate responsibility across Europe and beyond.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/paris-climate-trial-tests-corporate-responsibilities-in-fossil-fuel-era/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/paris-climate-trial-tests-corporate-responsibilities-in-fossil-fuel-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's Faces New Gas Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 09, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Soaring oil and gas prices have raised fears that Europe could be facing a gas crisis on a scale not seen since 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. The latest Middle East crisis, sparked by U.S. and Israeli bombing of Iran and its subsequent attacks on neighbouring countries and production facilities, has seen a huge disruption of oil and gas deliveries to Europe and Asia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-faces-new-gas-crisis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-faces-new-gas-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Faces New Gas Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 09, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Soaring oil and gas prices have raised fears that Europe could be facing a gas crisis on a scale not seen since 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. The latest Middle East crisis, sparked by U.S. and Israeli bombing of Iran and its subsequent attacks on neighbouring countries and production facilities, has seen a huge disruption of oil and gas deliveries to Europe and Asia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-faces-new-gas-crisis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-faces-new-gas-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's March 9 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 9, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-9-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-9-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AES Nears Acquisition with Strong Slate of Renewable Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 9, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Executives at AES Corporation were positive about the energy company's overall results for 2025, as they kicked off what likely will be AES' final year as an independent company. A consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners, a subsidiary of BlackRock Incorporated, and EQT AB has agreed to acquire AES in a $33.4 billion deal (including debt), expected to close by early 2027.Industr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aes-nears-acquisition-with-strong-slate-of-renewable-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aes-nears-acquisition-with-strong-slate-of-renewable-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smaller Sectors Add to U.S. Manufacturing Projects Under Construction]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 9, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--While higher-profile sectors such as data centers, semiconductors and automotive lead U.S. manufacturing projects under construction, smaller sectors account for their fair share of capital spending. Those include the heavy manufacturing sector, which includes products aimed directly at supporting data centers, as well distribution and warehousing, and fabricated metal products.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/smaller-sectors-add-to-us-manufacturing-projects-under-construction/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/smaller-sectors-add-to-us-manufacturing-projects-under-construction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Keystone XL Back on the Table?]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 9, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--It's possible the Keystone XL crude oil network could be revived, but in a different form. With a long history, new project proposals may run into different obstacles amid a changing world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/is-keystone-xl-back-on-the-table/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/is-keystone-xl-back-on-the-table/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada, Japan Strengthen Trade Ties with Energy Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 9, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In his first official visit to Tokyo, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he was building on decades of strong trade ties with Japan to include clean energy and liquefied natural gas (LNG).Carney is on a visit to Japan after wrapping up a tour of Australia, where he brokered similar trade arrangements. Since U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of tariffs last year, bilateral relations]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-japan-strengthen-trade-ties-with-energy-deal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-japan-strengthen-trade-ties-with-energy-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA: U.S. Sets New Record for Net Power Generation in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 9, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A total of 4.43 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity. That's how much power U.S. providers generated in 2025, which is 2.8% higher than in 2024, and a new record, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The old record had stood for exactly one year, set in 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-us-sets-new-record-for-net-power-generation-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-us-sets-new-record-for-net-power-generation-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Rig Count, Peru Gas Crisis, Druzhba Oil Pipeline:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-rig-count-peru-gas-crisis-druzhba-oil-pipeline-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-rig-count-peru-gas-crisis-druzhba-oil-pipeline-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Pipeline Project to Establish Hydrogen Network for Country]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 9, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Late last week, Italian energy company Snam announced plans to repurpose around 60% of its natural gas pipeline network to carry hydrogen. While a final investment decision remains in the future, Snam's announcement comes as part of its broader capital plan for 2026-2030 in which the company plans to invest around 14 billion euro (US$16.2 billion) for the pipeline project as well as other spending on energy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/italy-pipeline-project-to-establish-hydrogen-network-for-country/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/italy-pipeline-project-to-establish-hydrogen-network-for-country/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy's Energy Decree Threatens EU Power Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 9, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Italy's government has approved its 3 billion euro (US$3.5 billion) Energy Decree that will attempt to lower power prices for homes and businesses by compensating gas-fired power companies for their carbon emissions costs. The controversial decree will subsidize natural gas by covering its emissions costs charged under the European Union's (EU's) Emissions Trading System, as well]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/italys-energy-decree-threatens-eu-power-market/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/italys-energy-decree-threatens-eu-power-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle East Conflict Creates LNG Bottleneck]]></title><description><![CDATA[The war in Iran is causing many disruptions in the energy sector. Crude oil leads the concerns, but a bottleneck in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the region is also a big concern. LNG from the Middle East, primarily from Qatar, has been a critical source of energy via export primarily to Asia, with China, India and Taiwan among buyers, and some capacity increasingly going to Europe as well.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/middle-east-conflict-creates-lng-bottleneck/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/middle-east-conflict-creates-lng-bottleneck/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Beirut Gets Hit, Brent Marches Toward $90]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 6, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Energy prices continued to rally on Friday, with Brent crude oil running toward $90 per barrel as war in the Middle East spreads to Lebanon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/as-beirut-gets-hit-brent-marches-toward-90/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/as-beirut-gets-hit-brent-marches-toward-90/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forces Majeures, Middle East Smelter Closures Boost Aluminum Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 6, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As the U.S.-Iran conflict continues, global markets in many sectors are reacting, and aluminum is one that is directly affected. Force majeure facility closures are threatening a worldwide shortage of the metal.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/forces-majeures-middle-east-smelter-closures-boost-aluminum-prices/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/forces-majeures-middle-east-smelter-closures-boost-aluminum-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delek Looks to Improve Refining, Midstream Operations in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 6, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Delek US, a subsidiary of Israel conglomerate Delek Group, is preparing for a structural reordering in 2026, as the refining and alternative-fuel developer plans to economically separate its midstream company Delek Logistics Partners (DKL). Along with strong refining margins and regulatory relief, which boosted the U.S.-focused subsidiary's results in 2025, executives said they believe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/delek-looks-to-improve-refining-midstream-operations-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/delek-looks-to-improve-refining-midstream-operations-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade Court Rules Importers are Due U.S. Tariff Refunds, With Interest]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 6, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In a ruling on Wednesday, Judge Richard K. Eaton of the International Court of Trade ordered the U.S. government to refund, with interest, all levies paid by all importers over the last year under a presidential executive order that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down February 20.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trade-court-rules-importers-are-due-us-tariff-refunds-with-interest/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trade-court-rules-importers-are-due-us-tariff-refunds-with-interest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shear and Monsoon Dynamics Quickly Dismantle Tropical Cyclone 24P]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 6, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D., Energy Meteorologist &amp; Analyst for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tropical Cyclone 24P weakened rapidly east of northern Queensland after strong wind shear disrupted its structure. The storm reverted to a tropical low, though the remnants may still bring heavy rainfall to parts of far north Queensland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shear-and-monsoon-dynamics-quickly-dismantle-tropical-cyclone-24p/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shear-and-monsoon-dynamics-quickly-dismantle-tropical-cyclone-24p/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Domestic Energy on Rise as Canada's PM Brokers Aussie Trade]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 6, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Canadian energy companies are reporting success, with Scott Stauth, the president of Canadian Natural Resources, saying last year was the best in its operational history.The company said Thursday it was trimming its capital spending forecast to US$2.3 billion, compared to full-year 2025 levels closer to US$4.8 billion. But at the same time, the company increased its production guidance by about 1.5% at the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/domestic-energy-on-rise-as-canadas-pm-brokers-aussie-trade/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/domestic-energy-on-rise-as-canadas-pm-brokers-aussie-trade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NRC Approves Construction of Natrium Advanced Reactor in Wyoming]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 6, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In its first construction approval for a commercial nuclear power project since 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the green light for TerraPower to construct one of its Natrium advanced reactors at the site of a coal-fired power plant that is being converted to natural gas in Kemmerer, Wisconsin, in the west of the state, about 30 miles from the Utah border.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nrc-approves-construction-of-natrium-advanced-reactor-in-wyoming/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nrc-approves-construction-of-natrium-advanced-reactor-in-wyoming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina Bets on BESS to Shield Cities from Power Outages]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 6, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Argentina's government has launched its second tender for battery energy storage systems (BESS), aiming to add up to 700 megawatts (MW) of backup at critical electrical nodes to reduce the risk of power outages. This represents a US$700 million investment across the Argentine interconnected system (SADI).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-bets-on-bess-to-shield-cities-from-power-outages/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-bets-on-bess-to-shield-cities-from-power-outages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina apuesta por sistemas de almacenamiento de energía en baterías (BESS) para proteger a las ciudades de los cortes de energía]]></title><description><![CDATA[6 de marzo, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--El gobierno argentino ha lanzado su segunda licitaci&oacute;n de sistemas de almacenamiento de energ&iacute;a en bater&iacute;as (BESS), con el objetivo de a&ntilde;adir hasta 700 megavatios (MW) de respaldo en nodos el&eacute;ctricos cr&iacute;ticos para reducir el riesgo de cortes de energ&iacute;a. El proyecto representa una inversi&oacute;n de US$700 millones en todo el Sistema Interconectado Argentino]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-apuesta-por-sistemas-de-almacenamiento-de-energa-en-bateras-bess-para-proteger-a-las-ciudades-de-los-cortes-de-energa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-apuesta-por-sistemas-de-almacenamiento-de-energa-en-bateras-bess-para-proteger-a-las-ciudades-de-los-cortes-de-energa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA Sees Supply-Side Squeeze Coming from War]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 5, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The conflict raging in the Middle East could easily flip the market equation from a surplus to a deficit, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday.Regional crude and natural gas prices continued their ascent Thursday, amid escalating tensions in the Middle East triggered by the joint U.S.-Israeli bombing that left Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a handful of top officials dead. The IEA sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-sees-supply-side-squeeze-coming-from-war/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-sees-supply-side-squeeze-coming-from-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War Spilling Over to Retail Gas Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 5, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With supply-side strains and a risk premium propping up crude oil prices, retail gasoline prices for U.S. consumers--who already are fretting over affordability issues--jumped more than 7% over the week, data show.Travel club AAA put the national average retail price at $3.19 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline on Wednesday, up 7.2% from the same period last week. The increase was sparked by a rally i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/war-spilling-over-to-retail-gas-prices/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/war-spilling-over-to-retail-gas-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla Continues to Deploy Revenue-Generating Megapack Batteries]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 5, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tesla continues to deploy its Megapack energy-storage batteries, a growing source of revenue for the company. They are being installed both for utility-scale power and as backup power for xAI.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tesla-continues-to-deploy-revenue-generating-megapack-batteries/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tesla-continues-to-deploy-revenue-generating-megapack-batteries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newfoundland and Labrador Gives Green Light to Bay du Nord]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 5, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador said it opted to advance the Bay du Nord offshore oilfield after reaching agreements with Equinor and BP."Agreements on life-of-field benefits, royalties and an equity option have been reached with partners Equinor and BP," the provincial government said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/newfoundland-and-labrador-gives-green-light-to-bay-du-nord/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/newfoundland-and-labrador-gives-green-light-to-bay-du-nord/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Soft Drink Projects Bring $2.4 Billion in Active Construction]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 5, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Most trade outlets and analysts agree that consumer tastes in soft drinks across the U.S. are shifting.People are moving away from full-calorie sodas and toward low- and zero-sugar options.The International Bottled Water Association notes that bottled water remains the preferred nonalcoholic canned or bottled beverage in the U.S. and that water has consistently outsold soda for the last several years. Most s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-soft-drink-projects-bring-24-billion-in-active-construction/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-soft-drink-projects-bring-24-billion-in-active-construction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elevated Oil Price Forecast, Falling Venezuelan Crude Exports, NextEra Energy:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/elevated-oil-price-forecast-falling-venezuelan-crude-exports-nextera-energy-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/elevated-oil-price-forecast-falling-venezuelan-crude-exports-nextera-energy-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inversiones mineras de Perú en 2025 alcanzan su máximo en una década, con US$6.220 millones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Per&uacute;, el tercer mayor productor mundial de cobre y un proveedor clave de oro, registr&oacute; inversiones mineras por US$6.228 millones en 2025, aproximadamente un 24,3% m&aacute;s que el a&ntilde;o anterior y la cifra m&aacute;s alta en una d&eacute;cada.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/inversiones-mineras-de-per-en-2025-alcanzan-su-mximo-en-una-dcada-con-us6220-millones/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/inversiones-mineras-de-per-en-2025-alcanzan-su-mximo-en-una-dcada-con-us6220-millones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commodity Rally Pauses on Trump's Insurance Proposal]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 4, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Crude oil prices moderated on Wednesday after the U.S. government floated the idea of backing insurance for Persian Gulf shippers, though the lull may be short-lived.Brent crude oil, the global benchmark for the price of oil, was up about 1% pre-market on Wednesday to trade near $82.25 per barrel. It rallied as much as 7.2% on Monday after military action from the U.S. and Israel on Iran spread throughout t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/commodity-rally-pauses-on-trumps-insurance-proposal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/commodity-rally-pauses-on-trumps-insurance-proposal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CF Industries Points to Blooming Fertilizer Market in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 4, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Fertilizer giant CF Industries is upbeat about its 2026 prospects. Executives expect the global nitrogen market will "remain constructive" in the near term, while interest in low-carbon ammonia and low carbon nitrogen products will continue to grow.Industrial Info is tracking more than $8.3 billion worth of active and proposed projects from CF, nearly all of which is attributed to grass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cf-industries-points-to-blooming-fertilizer-market-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cf-industries-points-to-blooming-fertilizer-market-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Manufacturing Activity Expands for Second Straight Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 4, 2026--U.S. manufacturing activity expanded for the second consecutive month in February, according to the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) Purchasing Managers Index, but only the third time in 40 months. Main demand indicators new orders and production continue to show growth--albeit at a slower pace month-over-month.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-manufacturing-activity-expands-for-second-straight-month/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-manufacturing-activity-expands-for-second-straight-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2025 a Record for U.S. LNG Offtake Agreements]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Port Arthur and Corpus Christi LNG facilities in Texas helped lift offtake agreements last year. The future is uncertain, however, as Japan restarts its nuclear energy program, displacing gas imports.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/2025-a-record-for-us-lng-offtake-agreements/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/2025-a-record-for-us-lng-offtake-agreements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru's 2025 Mining Investments Highest in a Decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 4, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Peru, the world's third-largest copper producer and a key gold supplier, recorded mining investments of US$6.23 billion in 2025, about 24.3% more than the previous year and the highest number in a decade.Infrastructure investments increased nearly 40%, while mining exploration and equipment investments increased 38.5% and 31.1%, respectively.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-2025-mining-investments-highest-in-a-decade/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-2025-mining-investments-highest-in-a-decade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway Takes First Steps Towards Nuclear Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 05, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Norway has greenlit an impact assessment for a nuclear power plant based on small modular reactor (SMR) technology in the Aure and Heim region of the country as it inches closer to accepting nuclear power as a future power source. The permit was granted by the Ministry of Energy and marks a pivotal moment for the country which is assessing whether or not to include nuclear power]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/norway-takes-first-steps-towards-nuclear-power/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/norway-takes-first-steps-towards-nuclear-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brasil Prevé Inversiones en Petróleo y Gas por 432 mil Millones de Reales para 2032]]></title><description><![CDATA[4 de marzo, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--El gobierno prev&eacute; que las inversiones en petr&oacute;leo y gas alcancen los 432 mil millones de reales brasile&ntilde;os (aproximadamente US$83.500 millones) y generen 2 millones de empleos para 2032. Aproximadamente el 93 % de las inversiones se destinar&aacute; al desarrollo y la producci&oacute;n de petr&oacute;leo, el 3 % a la capacidad de midstream, el 2 % a downstream y el resto a gas natural.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brasil-prev-inversiones-en-petrleo-y-gas-por-432-mil-millones-de-reales-para-2032/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brasil-prev-inversiones-en-petrleo-y-gas-por-432-mil-millones-de-reales-para-2032/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Gas Prices Surge 45% on Iran Conflict]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 03, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--European gas prices surged by up to 45% in recent days after QatarEnergy called a halt to production at its Ras Laffan LNG plant in Qatar following drone attacks by Iran. In a statement, the company said: "Due to military attacks on QatarEnergy's operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City and Mesaieed Industrial City in the State of Qatar, QatarEnergy has ceased productio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/european-gas-prices-surge-45-on-iran-conflict/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/european-gas-prices-surge-45-on-iran-conflict/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[QatarEnergy Halts Downstream Activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 3, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The war in the Middle East spread quickly to engulf the energy sector, with QatarEnergy saying Tuesday it halted all downstream activity following a drone attack that curbed its LNG capabilities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/qatarenergy-halts-downstream-activity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/qatarenergy-halts-downstream-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ONEOK Seeks to Build on Strong 2025 with Pipeline Expansions]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 3, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Following a slew of acquisitions and project completions, oil and gas midstream operator ONEOK Incorporated reported solid earnings growth for full-year 2025. Strong prices and processing volumes for natural gas and related products were the driving factors behind last year's results and this year's optimism.Industrial Info is tracking more than $8.3 billion worth of active and proposed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oneok-seeks-to-build-on-strong-2025-with-pipeline-expansions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oneok-seeks-to-build-on-strong-2025-with-pipeline-expansions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plug Power Abandons New York Green Hydrogen Project, Sells Space to Data Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[In what seems indicative of the times, Plug Power, one of the U.S.' leading companies in green hydrogen and electrolyzer production, is abandoning a project to construct what it claimed was going to be North America's largest green hydrogen production facility. Instead, it has sold the site and existing infrastructure to data center developer Stream Data Centers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/plug-power-abandons-new-york-green-hydrogen-project-sells-space-to-data-center/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/plug-power-abandons-new-york-green-hydrogen-project-sells-space-to-data-center/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venture Global Reports Record Shipping, Trafigura Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 3, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--While reporting a banner year for revenue, liquefied natural gas (LNG) player Venture Global said it had signed a five-year agreement to sell its supplies to global trading house Trafigura.Venture Global on Monday said that Trafigura signed a binding, five-year agreement to purchase 500,000 metric tons per annum (MTPA) of gas in the liquid form from its U.S. portfolio.Other companies featured: Hanwha Aerosp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-reports-record-shipping-trafigura-deal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-reports-record-shipping-trafigura-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextDecade, Equinor Discovery, Reviving Keystone XL: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextdecade-equinor-discovery-reviving-keystone-xl-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextdecade-equinor-discovery-reviving-keystone-xl-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil Oil &amp; Gas Investments Forecasted to Reach $83.5 Billion by 2032]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 3, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The government expects oil and gas investments to reach 432 billion Brazilian reais (US$83.5 billion) and generate 2 million jobs by 2032. Approximately 93% of the forecasted investments will target oil development and production, while 3% is for midstream capacity, 2% for downstream activities and the rest for natural gas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-oil-amp-gas-investments-forecasted-to-reach-835-billion-by-2032/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-oil-amp-gas-investments-forecasted-to-reach-835-billion-by-2032/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delays Hit U.K.'s Hinkley Point C Nuclear Project Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 03, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The U.K.'s first new nuclear power plant in a generation has been hit by more delays and price increases. The start-up date for the Hinkley Point C project in Somerset, England, has been pushed back a year to 2030 by French developer, EDF.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/delays-hit-uks-hinkley-point-c-nuclear-project-again/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/delays-hit-uks-hinkley-point-c-nuclear-project-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Tropical Disturbances Signal Active Australian Monsoon Pattern]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 3, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A broad zone of tropical disturbance stretches from the eastern Indian Ocean across northern Australia into the Coral Sea. There are four separate areas of interest--Invests 93S, 90S, 92P, and 91P--highlighting an active late-season monsoon pattern. While none are expected to rapidly intensify in the near term, the clustering of disturbances along the monsoon trough raises the potential for localized heavy ra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/four-tropical-disturbances-signal-active-australian-monsoon-pattern/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/four-tropical-disturbances-signal-active-australian-monsoon-pattern/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's March 2 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 2, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-2-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-march-2-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Refinery Closed after Drone Attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 2, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A presumptive drone attack has forced Saudi Arabia's state-owned energy company Aramco to close its Ras Tanura refinery, Industrial Info reported Monday, as the Iran conflict threatens to engulf the broader region.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/saudi-refinery-closed-after-drone-attack/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/saudi-refinery-closed-after-drone-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MP Materials Plans Major Rare Earth Magnet Plant in North Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 2, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. rare earth giant MP Materials announced plans last week to build a new rare-earth magnet complex in Northlake, Texas, near its Independence plant in Ft. Worth. The Las Vegas, Nevada-based integrated rare earth producer plans to spend more than $1.25 billion on the 120-acre site, which will include $200 million from the State of Texas, Denton County and the City of Northlake.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mp-materials-plans-major-rare-earth-magnet-plant-in-north-texas/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mp-materials-plans-major-rare-earth-magnet-plant-in-north-texas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits Soar for Independent Gas Producers for Q4, Full-Year 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spot gas prices at Henry Hub, Louisiana, averaged about $3.75 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in the October-December 2025 period, approximately 54% more than the comparable year-earlier quarter, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Full-year price gains were more muted, the agency said.Higher prices, stronger demand and derivative gains led to improved fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 profits for four large, independent, gas-oriented producers: EQT Corporation, Ra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/profits-soar-for-independent-gas-producers-for-q4-full-year-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/profits-soar-for-independent-gas-producers-for-q4-full-year-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. LNG Drawing Foreign Interest]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 2, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Korean and French energy companies tied the knot with U.S.-based project developers after the federal government said liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports could double by the start of the next decade.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-drawing-foreign-interest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-drawing-foreign-interest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta's Budget Includes Proposed Oil Pipeline Spend]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 2, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Though criticized for adding to the provincial deficit, Alberta's government laid out planned capital support for a proposed crude oil pipeline to the west coast, part of a broad-based trade diversification effort.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/albertas-budget-includes-proposed-oil-pipeline-spend/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/albertas-budget-includes-proposed-oil-pipeline-spend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slipping U.S. Oil Production, Cheniere Energy Tax Break, U.S.-Venezuela Oil Sales:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/slipping-us-oil-production-cheniere-energy-tax-break-us-venezuela-oil-sales-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/slipping-us-oil-production-cheniere-energy-tax-break-us-venezuela-oil-sales-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Swaps Russian Gas Addiction for U.S. LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--March 02, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Europe is running the risk of swapping its historic addiction to Russian gas imports to that of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S.. The European Union (EU) could be reliant on the U.S. LNG for 75-80% of its total LNG by 2030 if itfulfills all its U.S. supply deals and its gas demand reduction efforts falter.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-swaps-russian-gas-addiction-for-us-lng/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-swaps-russian-gas-addiction-for-us-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Senado argentino debate la controversial Ley de Glaciares que impacta proyectos mineros]]></title><description><![CDATA[2 de marzo, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--El 26 de febrero, el Senado argentino inici&oacute; el debate sobre cambios a la actual ley de protecci&oacute;n de glaciares, que podr&iacute;a desbloquear miles de millones de d&oacute;lares en inversiones mineras, pero ha sido duramente criticada por grupos ambientalistas.La ley actual protege los glaciares, que son acumulaciones de hielo y nieve compactadas durante largos per&iacute;odos, y los ambient]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-senado-argentino-debate-la-controversial-ley-de-glaciares-que-impacta-proyectos-mineros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 07:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-senado-argentino-debate-la-controversial-ley-de-glaciares-que-impacta-proyectos-mineros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multi-Day Winter Event Poses Risks to Industry &amp; Infrastructure]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 27, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A broad shift in the large-scale weather pattern is setting the stage for a potential winter weather event stretching from the Canadian Rockies to the Northeast over the weekend into early next week. The extended outlook highlights a classic late-season setup, where Arctic air pushes south while Pacific moisture overrides the cold surface layer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/multi-day-winter-event-poses-risks-to-industry-amp-infrastructure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/multi-day-winter-event-poses-risks-to-industry-amp-infrastructure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Delays Vote on EU/U.S. Trade Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 27, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Europe has pressed pause on a vote to ratify the wide-ranging European Union (EU)/U.S. Trade Deal agreed last year following threats by President Donald Trump to impose a global 15% tax after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that his tariffs are illegal. The wide-ranging trade deal was agreed at the last minute in July to avoid a 30% tariff on a range of EU goods and includes a th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-delays-vote-on-euus-trade-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-delays-vote-on-euus-trade-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas T&amp;D Providers Boost Capex to Support Large-Load Influx]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Sempra Energy this week gave final closure on 2025 with its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results, the company joined the ranks of U.S. utilities giving a significant boost to their multi-year capital spending (capex) plans in order to help meet increased power demand from a growing number of large-load customers, most notably data centers, especially those designed to support artificial intelligence (AI)-based computing. Significant near-term plans are being formulated by Texas power]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-tampd-providers-boost-capex-to-support-large-load-influx/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-tampd-providers-boost-capex-to-support-large-load-influx/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Initial Reaction to New Tariffs Muted as Lawyers Assess Legality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global response has been muted so far to President Donald Trump's proclamation of a new set of tariffs on most goods produced by nearly every country in the world, in response to an adverse ruling from U.S. Supreme Court a week ago. Aside from legal challenges that are said to be under consideration, the rest of the world seems to have taken a "wait-and-see" approach.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/initial-reaction-to-new-tariffs-muted-as-lawyers-assess-legality/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/initial-reaction-to-new-tariffs-muted-as-lawyers-assess-legality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA Sees U.S. Hitting Record Grid Capacity Additions in 2026, Adding 86 GW]]></title><description><![CDATA[As U.S. grid operators struggle to keep up with skyrocketing power demands, they are poised to see a new record for grid capacity additions in 2026, if all expansion plans work out.That's the estimation of a February 20 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA's survey shows a total of 86 gigawatts (GW) coming online this year. At 51% (43.4 GW), solar leads the way.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-sees-us-hitting-record-grid-capacity-additions-in-2026-adding-86-gw/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-sees-us-hitting-record-grid-capacity-additions-in-2026-adding-86-gw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Calls for Caribbean Energy Partnerships]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 27, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--While both Cuba and Venezuela are under considerable pressure, the United States wants to set up energy partnerships in the region. Tensions remain high as the U.S. secretary of state addresses a Caribbean summit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-calls-for-caribbean-energy-partnerships/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-calls-for-caribbean-energy-partnerships/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheniere Marks 10 Years with Taiwan Supply Nod]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 27, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S.-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Cheniere Energy said Thursday it signed a long-term supply agreement with Taiwan's state-owned oil and gas company, days after marking 10 years as an exporter.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cheniere-marks-10-years-with-taiwan-supply-nod/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cheniere-marks-10-years-with-taiwan-supply-nod/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Blockade Threatens Cuba's Heavy Reliance on Oil-Fired Power Plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 27 2026--Written by Jesse Broehl for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. pressure on Cuban oil imports is taking a toll, with the country's largest oil refinery being forced to shut down in early February. And now, the country's electricity infrastructure is at risk since the majority of the country's power plants run on fuel oil, and most of that oil is imported.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-blockade-threatens-cubas-heavy-reliance-on-oil-fired-power-plants/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-blockade-threatens-cubas-heavy-reliance-on-oil-fired-power-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina Senate Debates Glaciers Law Impacting Mining Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[On February 26, Argentina's Senate began discussions on changes to the glaciers protection law, which could unlock billions in mining investments but has been heavily criticised by environmental groups.The law protects glaciers, which are accumulations of ice and snow compacted over long periods, and periglacial environments, to the extent they fulfill relevant water-related functions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-senate-debates-glaciers-law-impacting-mining-projects/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-senate-debates-glaciers-law-impacting-mining-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheniere LNG Export Boost, Eni's Payments in Oil, Swiss Renewables: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cheniere-lng-export-boost-enis-payments-in-oil-swiss-renewables-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cheniere-lng-export-boost-enis-payments-in-oil-swiss-renewables-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India y Brasil buscan acuerdos comerciales por US$20 mil millones, con la minería como un factor clave]]></title><description><![CDATA[27 de febrero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--El presidente brasile&ntilde;o, Luiz In&aacute;cio Lula da Silva, viaj&oacute; a Nueva Delhi para reunirse con el primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, y cerrar nuevos acuerdos econ&oacute;micos y pol&iacute;ticos entre los pa&iacute;ses BRICS. Los l&iacute;deres acordaron impulsar el comercio bilateral de US$15 mil millones en 2025 a US$20 mil millones para 2030, con el objetivo de alcanzar los US$30 m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-y-brasil-buscan-acuerdos-comerciales-por-us20-mil-millones-con-la-minera-como-un-factor-clave/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-y-brasil-buscan-acuerdos-comerciales-por-us20-mil-millones-con-la-minera-como-un-factor-clave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power Provider Southern Company Gets Largest-Ever DOE Loan]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 26, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) $26.54 billion, 30-year loan package will support power generation and grid reliability for Southern Company's Georgia Power and Alabama Power subsidiaries, representing the department's largest-ever investment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/power-provider-southern-company-gets-largest-ever-doe-loan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/power-provider-southern-company-gets-largest-ever-doe-loan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EOG Prepares for Growth Across Eagle Ford, Other Shale Plays]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 26, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Oil and gas exploration company EOG Resources is preparing to grow its activity in the Eagle Ford, Delaware Basin and Utica shale plays following stronger-than-expected operational results in 2025. Strong output and rising natural gas prices offset a drop in crude oil prices, and executives expect the coming year will provide more opportunities.Industrial Info is tracking about $1.6]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eog-prepares-for-growth-across-eagle-ford-other-shale-plays/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eog-prepares-for-growth-across-eagle-ford-other-shale-plays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia to Fast-Track Permitting on Three Critical Minerals Mining Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia late last week listed three mining projects that it will fast-track through the environmental and regulatory permitting processes. The projects include two copper mines and a rare earths mine. All of the facilities include on-site processing plants. The mines' developers will now work closely with the province's Critical Minerals Office to help the facilities break ground and begin producing as soon as is feasible.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/british-columbia-to-fast-track-permitting-on-three-critical-minerals-mining-projects/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/british-columbia-to-fast-track-permitting-on-three-critical-minerals-mining-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Oil Exports Rose in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Total Canadian crude oil exports to the United States were above year-ago levels in 2025, though deliveries to the import-dependent West Coast declined, national data show.The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) published data to December on exports of crude oil, natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Accounting for about 60% of the total amount of foreign-sourced crude oil to the United States, Canadian data show levels have been on the rise.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-oil-exports-rose-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-oil-exports-rose-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. LNG Exports Could Double, EIA Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The export capacity for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to be almost twice as high as December levels by the start of the next decade, the U.S. federal government said.<br />
During the December 11-17 period, the last full week in December for which the government has data, some 18 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of gas in the liquid form departed U.S. terminals.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-exports-could-double-eia-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-exports-could-double-eia-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Possible Oil for Cuba, APA Income Hit, Shell LNG Deal:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/possible-oil-for-cuba-apa-income-hit-shell-lng-deal-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/possible-oil-for-cuba-apa-income-hit-shell-lng-deal-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oman Targets 12 GW of Renewable Energy Capacity by 2031]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--February 26, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Sultanate of Oman is seeking to reduce its long-standing dependence on natural gas by building a diversified electricity mix anchored in clean and renewable sources. Under Oman's energy roadmap, renewable energy is expected to account for 30-40% of total power generation by 2030, rising to 60-70% by 2040, with a long-term goal of achieving a fully renewable energy system by 2050.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oman-targets-12-gw-of-renewable-energy-capacity-by-2031/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oman-targets-12-gw-of-renewable-energy-capacity-by-2031/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newmont-Barrick Nevada JV Tensions Grow]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 25, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Newmont is in an escalating dispute with Barrick Mining regarding their Nevada Gold Mines joint venture, which is majority owned and operated by Barrick.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/newmont-barrick-nevada-jv-tensions-grow/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/newmont-barrick-nevada-jv-tensions-grow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Major Impact from Tariff Decision, North Dakota Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The decision to strike down some of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff agenda shouldn't have much of an impact on the oil and gas sector in North Dakota, a state regulator said.<br />
Nathan Anderson, the director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, said he wasn't expecting much of an impact from tariff relief. Steel, he said, is a large component of project development, but capital is spread across various other sectors.<br />
"It could raise output, but I think you need a little more in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/no-major-impact-from-tariff-decision-north-dakota-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/no-major-impact-from-tariff-decision-north-dakota-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LNG Canada Delivers 50th Cargo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making its debut delivery only last year, the operators of the LNG Canada facility in British Columbia celebrated the 50th shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG).The delivery was made Monday to an undisclosed customer. The shipment came just eight years after project planners made a final investment decision, and less than a year after its first-ever delivery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lng-canada-delivers-50th-cargo/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lng-canada-delivers-50th-cargo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EOG Resources, NRG Energy, Sanctioned Tanker Seized:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eog-resources-nrg-energy-sanctioned-tanker-seized-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eog-resources-nrg-energy-sanctioned-tanker-seized-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tensions Brew Between Ukraine and Hungary, Slovakia Over Disabled Oil Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a bit of tension brewing in Eastern Europe. There is, of course, a war underway between Ukraine and Russia, but now two European Union (EU) countries, Hungary and Slovakia, are withholding funding and power resources over Ukraine's failure to deliver oil to the two countries via Russia's Druzhba pipeline, which runs through Ukraine. Hungary and Slovakia are the two remaining EU countries accepting Russian oil, and their supplies from the pipeline have been cut off since January 27.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tensions-brew-between-ukraine-and-hungary-slovakia-over-disabled-oil-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tensions-brew-between-ukraine-and-hungary-slovakia-over-disabled-oil-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France Prioritizes Nuclear over Renewables in New Energy Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 25, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--France is set to introduce a new energy law that will cut its solar and wind power targets while significantly expanding its nuclear power base. After three years of contentious debate the new 10-year energy decree, known as the Multiannual Energy Plan (PPE), has mandated that state-owned EDF increase nuclear output by 5% to 420 terawatt-hours (TWh) of power annually from its]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/france-prioritizes-nuclear-over-renewables-in-new-energy-law/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/france-prioritizes-nuclear-over-renewables-in-new-energy-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar Leads France's Renewable Expansion Through 2035]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 25, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--France has finalized its multi-year energy roadmap (Programmation Pluriannuelle de l'&Eacute;nergie (PPE)), placing solar power at the center of its renewable transition. Under the plan, national solar capacity is projected to rise from 30.5 gigawatts (GW) in 2024 to 111.2 GW by 2035--a 264% increase that positions solar as the primary driver of renewable energy growth and sets it to overtake hydropower in new capaci]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/solar-leads-frances-renewable-expansion-through-2035/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 07:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/solar-leads-frances-renewable-expansion-through-2035/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic Blizzard Paralyzes U.S. Northeast]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 24, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A powerful blizzard slammed the East Coast on Monday and Tuesday, bringing near--whiteout conditions, heavy snow and damaging wind from the Mid-Atlantic into New England. The Weather Channel named the system Winter Storm Hernando. The hardest-hit corridor stretched from New Jersey, across southern New England and into eastern Massachusetts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/historic-blizzard-paralyzes-us-northeast/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/historic-blizzard-paralyzes-us-northeast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Wants an LNG Facility, Energy Transfer Asks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Energy Transfer Partners in a filing with U.S. federal regulators said it was open to discussing opportunities for a third party to take over development of the Lake Charles LNG facility after it failed to secure adequate funding.<br />
Energy Transfer announced plans in December to suspend efforts to develop the proposed Lake Charles LNG facility in Louisiana to focus more on its midstream assets. The company applied to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for permission to construct]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/who-wants-an-lng-facility-energy-transfer-asks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/who-wants-an-lng-facility-energy-transfer-asks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Targa Eyes Massive Buildout Across Permian in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 24, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Targa Resources is preparing to expand its natural gas processing and gathering assets, following a banner year. The company saw its volumes in the Permian Basin average a record 6.65 billion cubic feet per day in 2025, up 10% from the previous year.Industrial Info is tracking more than $7.5 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Targa, more than half of which is attribu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/targa-eyes-massive-buildout-across-permian-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/targa-eyes-massive-buildout-across-permian-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Gasoline Withstanding a Very Rough Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 24, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With sector tests ranging from severe winter weather to geopolitical risks and trade uncertainty, U.S. retail gasoline prices are showing a certain degree of relative stability, data show.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gasoline-withstanding-a-very-rough-year/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gasoline-withstanding-a-very-rough-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring 2026: Fading La Niña, Western Drought Risk, Eye on Hurricane Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 24, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Spring 2026 outlook for North America is looking like a "transition season" in more than the traditional sense. Examining the climate trends, analysis shows a fading La Ni&ntilde;a in the tropical Pacific.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/spring-2026-fading-la-nia-western-drought-risk-eye-on-hurricane-season/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/spring-2026-fading-la-nia-western-drought-risk-eye-on-hurricane-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India, Brazil Seek $20 Billion in Trade, with Mining in Key Role]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 24, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula travelled to New Delhi to meet India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to close new economic and political agreements between the BRICS nations. The leaders agreed to boost bilateral trade from US$15 billion in 2025 to US$20 billion by 2030, aiming for US$30 billion in the future.The visit included two memoranda of understanding (MoU): one on cooperation in rare earths and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-brazil-seek-20-billion-in-trade-with-mining-in-key-role/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-brazil-seek-20-billion-in-trade-with-mining-in-key-role/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enbridge Readies for Pipeline Expansion to Support Canadian West Coast LNG Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's no secret that Canada is looking for export markets other than the U.S. for its oil and natural gas.With that in mind, a British Columbia LNG project is coming together and is expected to begin exports in 2027--the Woodfibre project near Squamish.<br />
To help meet the plant's natural gas demand, Canada's Enbridge Incorporated is gearing up for the Sunrise expansion project on its Westcoast natural gas pipeline system in Canada, which entails work on multiple compressor stations and several mile]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/enbridge-readies-for-pipeline-expansion-to-support-canadian-west-coast-lng-project/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/enbridge-readies-for-pipeline-expansion-to-support-canadian-west-coast-lng-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamondback Energy, U.S. Battery Installations, Chevron:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/diamondback-energy-us-battery-installations-chevron-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/diamondback-energy-us-battery-installations-chevron-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final Investment Decision For Romania's First SMR]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 24, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The first mini-nuclear project in Romania is going ahead following the announcement of a final investment decision by the country's majority state-owned energy company Nuclearelectrica. Located in Doice&#537;ti, 90 kilometers northwest of capital city Bucharest, Nuclearelectrica will use small modular reactor (SMR) technology from U.S. developer, NuScale Power Corporation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/final-investment-decision-for-romanias-first-smr/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/final-investment-decision-for-romanias-first-smr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's February 23 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 23, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-february-23-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-february-23-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Finalizes Repeal of Biden-era Amendments to MATS Rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continuing the Trump administration's "war for coal," the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last Friday announced its final order repealing tougher Biden-era amendments to limit emissions of mercury and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from coal- and oil-fired power plants.<br />
The repeal of amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule finalized in 2024 by the Biden administration means the power industry would now be bound by the less-stringent emissions rate adopted in 20]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/epa-finalizes-repeal-of-biden-era-amendments-to-mats-rule/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/epa-finalizes-repeal-of-biden-era-amendments-to-mats-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Objects, But Another Offshore Lease Proposed]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 23, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Leaders from Florida were quick to condemn proposals from the Trump administration to open up waters off the U.S. Gulf Coast, many of which are from his own party.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/florida-objects-but-another-offshore-lease-proposed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/florida-objects-but-another-offshore-lease-proposed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Cenovus Upbeat on Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 23, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As Canada continues to deliver crude oil across the border, energy producer Cenovus said its production to December reached an all-time high.Federal U.S. data show Canadian producers delivered about 3.9 million barrels per day (BBL/d) to the U.S. market over the seven-day period ending February 13. Much of the U.S. refining sector is tailored to run the heavier types of crude oil from Canada and other n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-cenovus-upbeat-on-production/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-cenovus-upbeat-on-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Threatens to Leave International Energy Agency over Climate-Focused Forecasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, the Trump administration threatened to drop out of the influential Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) unless the agency changes the way it incorporates climate, energy and emissions information into its forecasting.The comments came from U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright during the IEA's annual meeting of energy ministers in Paris. At the heart of the matter is that officials of the Trump administration want the agency to stop providing a "net-zero" forecasting scenario]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-threatens-to-leave-international-energy-agency-over-climate-focused-forecasts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-threatens-to-leave-international-energy-agency-over-climate-focused-forecasts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investment Plummets for Europe's Chemical Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 23, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Investment in Europe's chemical industry collapsed by 86% in the past year as the sector also experienced record plant closures.<br />
New investment has slowed dramatically as annual announced investment capacity fell from 2.7 million tonnes (Mt) in 2022 to just 0.3 Mt in 2025 for a total of just 7 Mt over 2022-2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/investment-plummets-for-europes-chemical-industry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/investment-plummets-for-europes-chemical-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Rejects Trump Tariffs under IEEPA]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Supreme Court on February 20 ruled 6-3 that President Donald Trump's unlawfully relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 to impose tariffs of varying levels on nearly every country in the world. The ruling was a major setback for the president's economic policy, though Trump and members of Congress vowed to find other ways to achieve the same aims.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/supreme-court-rejects-trump-tariffs-under-ieepa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/supreme-court-rejects-trump-tariffs-under-ieepa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In a ruling certain to have reverberations for global trade, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down most of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said a 1977 "emergency powers" law, which the Trump administration cited as a justification for acting without approval from the U.S. Congress, did not apply to Trump's actions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-trumps-tariffs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-trumps-tariffs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Will Tight Copper Market Affect Data Center Growth?]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Data centers are notable for hogging power for operating and water for cooling. Under the surface are large amounts of metals--and a looming copper shortage could add to data center growth challenges.Copper supply challenges have been looming for a while. Three years ago, in February 2023, CNBC headlines proclaimed a copper shortage that would last through 2030. Now that looks optimistic. More recently, in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/how-will-tight-copper-market-affect-data-center-growth/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/how-will-tight-copper-market-affect-data-center-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PJM Greenlights Nearly $12 Billion in T&amp;D Capacity Expansions]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dominion Energy dominated last week's list of project approvals from the PJM Interconnection's Board of Managers, accounting for about $4.8 billion of the $11.8 billion in baseline transmission and distribution (T&amp;D) projects to be greenlighted. The approvals are the first "Window" of PJM's 2025 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan, which is designed to relieve some of the most]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pjm-greenlights-nearly-12-billion-in-tampd-capacity-expansions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pjm-greenlights-nearly-12-billion-in-tampd-capacity-expansions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major California Ports See Shift Away From China Exports]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Port of Los Angeles and neighboring Port of Long Beach, two of the top U.S. ports for containerized exports, are seeing exports shift away from China.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/major-california-ports-see-shift-away-from-china-exports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/major-california-ports-see-shift-away-from-china-exports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Production, Efficiencies Improve for Occidental]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Selling off its chemicals unit, Occidental Petroleum said global production was nearly 2% above its mid-point guidance for the fourth quarter, led primarily by input from U.S. shale.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/production-efficiencies-improve-for-occidental/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/production-efficiencies-improve-for-occidental/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 80 GW of Coal Plants Could be Targets of Fed's Must-Run Orders]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by Jesse Broehl, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--IIR Energy's power plant tracking shows there is around 78 GW from 167 coal units at 81 plants with planned retirements over the next two decades.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nearly-80-gw-of-coal-plants-could-be-targets-of-feds-must-run-orders/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nearly-80-gw-of-coal-plants-could-be-targets-of-feds-must-run-orders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Ovintiv Leans on Permian, Montney Shale]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Selling off a stake in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma gives Ovintiv room to maneuver in rival U.S. and Canadian reserves, the Canadian-based company said.In a deal expected to close during the second quarter, Ovintiv said it sold off its Anadarko portfolio to an undisclosed buyer in Oklahoma for $3 billion. The Calgary-based company added that a portion of the sale would eat into the $5.2 billion in deb]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-ovintiv-leans-on-permian-montney-shale/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-ovintiv-leans-on-permian-montney-shale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed Ohio Law Would Hinder State's Renewable Energy Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 20, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Introduced late last year and potentially poised to come out of committee hearings, leading to a vote on the state senate floor, Ohio's SB-294 sets stringent criteria for the types of power generation allowed in the state, establishing a minimum capacity factor that wind and solar generation don't meet. Advanced nuclear technology doesn't fare well under the bill either, while natural gas generation come]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/proposed-ohio-law-would-hinder-states-renewable-energy-development/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/proposed-ohio-law-would-hinder-states-renewable-energy-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southern Company &amp; Targa Resources' Spending Plans, U.S. Oil &amp; Fuel Stocks: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/southern-company-amp-targa-resources-spending-plans-us-oil-amp-fuel-stocks-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/southern-company-amp-targa-resources-spending-plans-us-oil-amp-fuel-stocks-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paladin Bullish about Namibia Uranium Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 20, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Australia's Paladin Energy said its majority-owned Langer Heinrich uranium mine (LHM) in Namibia will hit full production this July on the back of strong demand and price hikes for uranium. The project is one of a number of key uranium projects underway in Namibia, which is the third largest uranium supplier in the world after Kazakhstan and Canada.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/paladin-bullish-about-namibia-uranium-project/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/paladin-bullish-about-namibia-uranium-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Centers Bring Critical Water Challenges to Drought-Ridden Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[In November 2025, Texas Royalty Brokers, which normally deals in issues involving mineral rights, published a study regarding artificial intelligence (AI)-capable data centers in the United States and found Texas has more AI computing capacity than any other state. Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database contains more than 560 project reports covering existing and future data center developments in Texas. And some of these current and pending]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/data-centers-bring-critical-water-challenges-to-drought-ridden-texas/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/data-centers-bring-critical-water-challenges-to-drought-ridden-texas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Texas Standoff: AI Growth Collides with Resource Limits]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 19, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rapid AI expansion is driving a global data center "super cycle" centered in North America and Texas, sharply increasing electricity and water demand. Worsening drought and limited recharge across Texas expose planning gaps, forcing tradeoffs among cooling methods, grid reliability, and water supply for sustainable infrastructure growth.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/a-texas-standoff-ai-growth-collides-with-resource-limits/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/a-texas-standoff-ai-growth-collides-with-resource-limits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Energy Secretary Says More Venezuelan Barrels Coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 19, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--After a visit to Venezuela, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he believes the country could add substantially more barrels to production by the end of the year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-energy-secretary-says-more-venezuelan-barrels-coming/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-energy-secretary-says-more-venezuelan-barrels-coming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OGE Energy Not Slowing its Generation, T&amp;D Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 19, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--OGE Energy Corporation, the parent of regulated electric utility Oklahoma Gas &amp; Electric, notched up more customers and an expanding asset base in 2025, with further growth anticipated for the coming year.Industrial Info is tracking nearly $3 billion worth of active and proposed projects from OGE, more than half of which is attributed to a series of unit additions under consider]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oge-energy-not-slowing-its-generation-tampd-development/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oge-energy-not-slowing-its-generation-tampd-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entergy Rides Natural Gas Generation, T&amp;D to Higher Capital Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 19, 2026--With a focus on boosting its natural gas power generation capacity as well as transmission and distribution, Entergy has increased its respective four-year and 2026 capital plans to $43 billion and $11.6 billion. Industrial Info is tracking $28 billion worth of active and planned projects from Entergy, with natural gas generation and grassroot projects leading the way.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/entergy-rides-natural-gas-generation-tampd-to-higher-capital-spending/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/entergy-rides-natural-gas-generation-tampd-to-higher-capital-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golden Pass Becomes Ninth U.S. LNG Terminal]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 19, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. supported its position as the sector's global leader with the commissioning of the Golden Pass facility in Texas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/golden-pass-becomes-ninth-us-lng-terminal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/golden-pass-becomes-ninth-us-lng-terminal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occidental, Indian Oil Imports, SM Energy Asset Sale:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/occidental-indian-oil-imports-sm-energy-asset-sale-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/occidental-indian-oil-imports-sm-energy-asset-sale-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BHP y Lundin invertirán US$18.100 millones en el Proyecto Vicuña en Argentina]]></title><description><![CDATA[19 de febrero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--BHP y Lundin han publicado su evaluaci&oacute;n econ&oacute;mica preliminar (EAP) para el proyecto Vicu&ntilde;a, que demuestra un recurso de clase mundial capaz de producir m&aacute;s de 500.000 toneladas de cobre al a&ntilde;o. Tras la EAP, las compa&ntilde;&iacute;as podr&iacute;an tomar una decisi&oacute;n final de inversi&oacute;n a finales de a&ntilde;o.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bhp-y-lundin-invertirn-us18100-millones-en-el-proyecto-vicua-en-argentina/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bhp-y-lundin-invertirn-us18100-millones-en-el-proyecto-vicua-en-argentina/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru's Congress Ousts New President in Under Six Months]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 18, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Peru's Congress voted on February 17 to oust President Jose Jeri, who had taken power in October, following the impeachment of former President Dina Boluarte, who had come to power after Congress removed President Pedro Castillo in 2022.Jeri's episode is the latest in a saga of political instability dating back to 2016. Since then, seven presidents have headed the nation's executive branch. Over the last de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-congress-ousts-new-president-in-under-six-months/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-congress-ousts-new-president-in-under-six-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Rare Earth Funding Issued Under CHIPS Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 18, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--On January 26, the Department of Commerce's CHIPS Program Office announced the signing of a non-binding letter of intent to provide up to $277 million in direct funding and up to $1.3 billion in a senior secured loan to USA Rare Earth (USAR) under the CHIPS and Science Act.The bipartisan legislation, which is aimed at boosting the U.S. semiconductor industry and critical minerals availability, was signed in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-rare-earth-funding-issued-under-chips-act/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-rare-earth-funding-issued-under-chips-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woodside Boasts of Reserves, Louisiana LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 18, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With facilities in the Americas and at home, Australian energy company Woodside Energy Group Limited said its proved reserves could last nearly 9 years at last year's production rate.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/woodside-boasts-of-reserves-louisiana-lng/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/woodside-boasts-of-reserves-louisiana-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Claims Clean Leadership, for Better or Worse]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 18, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Nearly $1 billion from U.K.-based Octopus Energy will support clean technologies in California, the state's governor said during a tour of Europe. U.S. leaders from the Democratic Party sought to reassure European allies of their steadfast bilateral relationship during a regional tour."Strong international partnerships like today's announcement with the state of California strengthens opportunities for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-claims-clean-leadership-for-better-or-worse/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-claims-clean-leadership-for-better-or-worse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Center Demand Drives DTE's Five-Year Capex Increase, to $36.5 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 18, 2026--Buoyed by data center demand, DTE Energy boosted its five-year investment plan 22%, to $36.5 billion. The investment will support a new agreement with Oracle and comes as Industrial Info is tracking $1.85 billion worth of active and proposed projects from DTE, more than 40% of which is attributed to grassroot projects.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/data-center-demand-drives-dtes-five-year-capex-increase-to-365-billion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/data-center-demand-drives-dtes-five-year-capex-increase-to-365-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Plans for More than $5.5 Billion in Medical Device Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[With what may be the largest research and development pipeline in the world, the United States is responsible for some of the most cutting-edge devices available in the medical sector.Industrial Info is tracking more than $5.5 billion worth of underway and planned medical device capital projects, including more than $1.6 billion worth that are under construction. While North Carolina represents the state with the highest future potential investment in this sector, Illinois leads in the value of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-plans-for-more-than-55-billion-in-medical-device-projects/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-plans-for-more-than-55-billion-in-medical-device-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PacifiCorp Sells Assets, Google-Ormat Power Deal, EQT:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pacificorp-sells-assets-google-ormat-power-deal-eqt-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pacificorp-sells-assets-google-ormat-power-deal-eqt-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BHP, Lundin May Spend $18.1 Billion on Argentina-Chile Copper Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 18, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Mining firms BHP and Lundin have published their preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Vicuna project in Argentina, demonstrating a world-class resource capable of producing more than 500,000 tonnes of copper per year. The companies could make a final investment decision as early as year-end.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bhp-lundin-may-spend-181-billion-on-argentina-chile-copper-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bhp-lundin-may-spend-181-billion-on-argentina-chile-copper-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's Hydrogen Industry Bands Together]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 18, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Six of Europe's leading makers of electrolysers used for clean hydrogen production have formed the Electrolysers for Europe (E4E) coalition, to pressure the European Union (EU) into ramping up its support for European-made technology and projects. ITM Power, John Cockerill, Nel, Sunfire, thyssenkrupp nucera, and Topsoe have banded together and launched a formal manifesto to ex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-hydrogen-industry-bands-together/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-hydrogen-industry-bands-together/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco obtuvo un contrato gubernamental para desarrollar el salar de Maricunga]]></title><description><![CDATA[18 de febrero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Codelco, la minera estatal chilena, recibi&oacute; del gobierno chileno el Contrato Especial para la Operaci&oacute;n de Litio (CEOL) actualizado en el salar de Maricunga para su filial Maricunga SpA. En mayo de 2025, Codelco seleccion&oacute; a Rio Tinto como socio, en el marco de la pol&iacute;tica chilena que prioriza las inversiones p&uacute;blico-privadas en litio.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-obtuvo-un-contrato-gubernamental-para-desarrollar-el-salar-de-maricunga/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-obtuvo-un-contrato-gubernamental-para-desarrollar-el-salar-de-maricunga/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TC Plots Pipeline Capacity for Years-Long Growth in Gas Demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 17, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The long-anticipated boom in energy demand from data centers is taking shape, with Canadian energy giant TC Energy reporting record-high natural gas flows across its pipeline system. Along with expanding export facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG), activity is not slowing anytime soon, with executives at the company projecting a 36% increase in North American natural gas deman]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tc-plots-pipeline-capacity-for-years-long-growth-in-gas-demand/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tc-plots-pipeline-capacity-for-years-long-growth-in-gas-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baker Hughes Secures New Contracts for Growing Non-Oilfield Segment]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 17, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--In the aftermath of reporting softening demand for its oilfield services and strong growth in its industrial and energy-technology services segment, Baker Hughes Company has announced several developments that will add to the latter's backlog.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/baker-hughes-secures-new-contracts-for-growing-non-oilfield-segment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/baker-hughes-secures-new-contracts-for-growing-non-oilfield-segment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chevron's Greece Gas Exploration, AES Indiana Solar Start, China's Russian Oil Imports:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chevrons-greece-gas-exploration-aes-indiana-solar-start-chinas-russian-oil-imports-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chevrons-greece-gas-exploration-aes-indiana-solar-start-chinas-russian-oil-imports-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexico's CFE, SENER Announce Renewable Projects Investment Scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--February 17, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and Ministry of Energy (SENER) have announced a mixed public-private development scheme for the construction of installed renewable energy capacity, with the aim of aligning the development of renewables with the government's long-term strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mexicos-cfe-sener-announce-renewable-projects-investment-scheme/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mexicos-cfe-sener-announce-renewable-projects-investment-scheme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco Receives Government Contract to Further Develop Chile's Maricunga Salt Flat for Lithium]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 17, 2026--Chilean state miner Codelco received the updated Special Contract for Lithium Operations (CEOL) at the Maricunga salt flat from the Chilean government for its subsidiary Maricunga SpA. In May 2025, Codelco chose Rio Tinto as a partner under Chile's policy prioritizing public-private lithium ventures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-receives-government-contract-to-further-develop-chiles-maricunga-salt-flat-for-lithium/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-receives-government-contract-to-further-develop-chiles-maricunga-salt-flat-for-lithium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K., U.S. Join Forces on Critical Minerals]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 17, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The U.K. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the U.S. to help it secure critical minerals supply chains. The agreement with the Trump Administration comes hot on the heels of the recent launch of its Critical Minerals Strategy, which aims to limit imports of any critical mineral from a single country to no more than 60% by 2035.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-us-join-forces-on-critical-minerals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-us-join-forces-on-critical-minerals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CFE y SENER de México anunciaron un nuevo esquema de inversiones mixtas para el desarrollo de proyectos renovables]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--17 de febrero, 2026--Investigado por IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--La Comisi&oacute;n Federal de Electricidad (CFE) junto con la Secretar&iacute;a de Energ&iacute;a (SENER) de M&eacute;xico anunciaron un nuevo esquema de desarrollo mixto p&uacute;blico-privado para la construcci&oacute;n de nueva capacidad instalada en generaci&oacute;n renovable en el pa&iacute;s, con el objetivo de linear el desarrollo de renovables con las estrategias de largo plazo del gobier]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cfe-y-sener-de-mxico-anunciaron-un-nuevo-esquema-de-inversiones-mixtas-para-el-desarrollo-de-proyectos-renovables/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cfe-y-sener-de-mxico-anunciaron-un-nuevo-esquema-de-inversiones-mixtas-para-el-desarrollo-de-proyectos-renovables/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's February 16 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 16, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-february-16-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-february-16-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worldwide BESS, EV Markets Bode Well for Lithium Demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 31, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Of all the substances considered critical in transitioning from storing energy as combustible molecules in a tank to stashing it as electrons in a box, lithium gets the most press. While others are vital in tiny amounts to enable connections and for other tasks, lithium is needed in large quantities because it does the heavy lifting--it's where the collected electrons actually park.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/worldwide-bess-ev-markets-bode-well-for-lithium-demand/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/worldwide-bess-ev-markets-bode-well-for-lithium-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dallas Fed: Oil and Gas Spending on the Decline]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 16, 2026--The Dallas Fed said it expects a downturn in spending in the U.S. oil and gas sector. Crude oil prices may be approaching the breaking point for many shale drillers.Capital spending in the U.S. oil and gas sector is expected to decline by as much as 6% annually, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported Friday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dallas-fed-oil-and-gas-spending-on-the-decline/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dallas-fed-oil-and-gas-spending-on-the-decline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North American Metal Service Center Industry Sees More M&amp;A Activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 16, 2026--As players in the North American steel industry look to consolidate market share, U.S.-based companies are exploring mergers and acquisitions to expand their footprint.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-american-metal-service-center-industry-sees-more-mampa-activity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-american-metal-service-center-industry-sees-more-mampa-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haynesville Draws International Interest]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 16, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Haynesville natural gas basin, which is situated largely in Louisiana, is the fastest-growing shale reserve in terms of percent, drawing investor interest from energy-hungry Japan.Much of the production came from Northeast and Southeast regions, home to the Appalachia and Haynesville plays, respectively. Industrial Info's estimate for Pennsylvania, parked over the Appalachian Shale, was 21.4 Bcf, wh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/haynesville-draws-international-interest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/haynesville-draws-international-interest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pemex Records Highest Crude Processing Rate in More than a Decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 16, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Pemex reached its highest crude processing rates in years in December, yielding higher fuel products. Meanwhile, oil exports averaged the lowest on the company's record.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-records-highest-crude-processing-rate-in-more-than-a-decade/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-records-highest-crude-processing-rate-in-more-than-a-decade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TC Energy, Enbridge, ConocoPhillips:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tc-energy-enbridge-conocophillips-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tc-energy-enbridge-conocophillips-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planned Data Centers Drive Up WEC Proposed Capex--Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 16, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Midwestern utility holding company WEC Energy Group Incorporated has sharply increased, again, its planned five-year capital expenditures plan to about $37.5 billion, mainly to meet expected electric demand growth coming from planned data centers and other large loads in its service area.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/planned-data-centers-drive-up-wec-proposed-capex-again/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/planned-data-centers-drive-up-wec-proposed-capex-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cochilco: Chinese Demand and BESS to Buoy Lithium Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 16, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Cochilco, the Chilean mining authority, said it expects lithium prices to remain elevated in the short term, driven by stronger demand. After low prices in 2025, lithium prices recovered toward year-end, driven by the demand for new technologies. Lithium carbonate prices in 2025 for EXW China averaged US$10,454 per ton.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-chinese-demand-and-bess-to-buoy-lithium-prices/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-chinese-demand-and-bess-to-buoy-lithium-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU's Critical Minerals Goal 'Out of Reach']]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 16, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Union's (EU's) ambitious 2030 targets for critical minerals are "out of reach" according to a sobering report from its own auditors. The region is not doing enough to secure its own supplies and remains dangerously reliant on supplies of critical minerals from non-EU players such as China, Turkey and Chile, according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eus-critical-minerals-goal-out-of-reach/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eus-critical-minerals-goal-out-of-reach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Nils Unleashes Destructive Winds, Deadly Avalanches Across Western Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 13, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As Storm Nils swept across Western Europe, destructive winds, heavy rain and dangerous snow conditions combined to create one of the most disruptive winter storms of the season. The storm formed over the Atlantic, intensifying as it moved toward France. Driven by a strong jet stream, a clash between mild ocean air and colder continental air fueled powerful winds and heavy precipitation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/storm-nils-unleashes-destructive-winds-deadly-avalanches-across-western-europe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/storm-nils-unleashes-destructive-winds-deadly-avalanches-across-western-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump to Pentagon: Use More Coal Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 13, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- In his administration's latest effort to boost coal and coal-fired generation, President Donald Trump, flanked by members of his administration, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and a handful of coal-industry executives wearing hard hats, signed an executive order in the Oval Office Wednesday directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to increase its use of electricity generated by coal-fired power pla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-to-pentagon-use-more-coal-power/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-to-pentagon-use-more-coal-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Siemens Rides High on U.S.-Based Order Growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 13, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Siemens AG is upbeat about its prospects for the coming year--particularly in the U.S., where a rapid growth in energy demand is fueling development of the company's Power Industry equipment.Industrial Info is tracking more than US$60 billion worth of projects across the U.S. that have a medium-to-high likelihood (70% or more) of beginning construction as planned and are using, or c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/siemens-rides-high-on-us-based-order-growth/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/siemens-rides-high-on-us-based-order-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restart of Michigan's Palisades Nuclear Plant Faces Another Potential Delay]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 13, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-Holtec's restart of the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan faces yet another delay. The effort is a key part of Michigan's goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 and supporting a state law requiring 100% carbon-free electricity in 2040.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/restart-of-michigans-palisades-nuclear-plant-faces-another-potential-delay/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/restart-of-michigans-palisades-nuclear-plant-faces-another-potential-delay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Permian Oil Holding Up, Despite Lack of Wells]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crude oil production in the lucrative Permian Basin held steady during the fourth quarter of last year, even as the level of upstream activity declined, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported.The Dallas Fed on Thursday reported that crude oil production in the Permian averaged 6.7 million barrels per day (BBL/d) over the three-month period ending December 31. That comes despite a downturn in drilling-related activity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/permian-oil-holding-up-despite-lack-of-wells/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/permian-oil-holding-up-despite-lack-of-wells/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Voids Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding for Vehicles]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 13, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In a White House event on Thursday, President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency was withdrawing the agency's own finding from 2009 that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles endangered public health and welfare as well as "all subsequent federal GHG emission standards for all vehicles and engines of model years 2012 to 2027 and beyond."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/epa-voids-greenhouse-gas-endangerment-finding-for-vehicles/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/epa-voids-greenhouse-gas-endangerment-finding-for-vehicles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Oil Feeding Europe, as is Oil from Libya, Kazakhstan]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 13, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. provided the largest share of crude oil exports to the European Union last year, though fringe players such as Libya were supportive, economists at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)said Thursday.<br />
The U.S. is the world leader in crude oil production, with output expected to average 13.6 million barrels per day (BBL/d) this year, according to U.S. federal estimates. In]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-oil-feeding-europe-as-is-oil-from-libya-kazakhstan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-oil-feeding-europe-as-is-oil-from-libya-kazakhstan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas Lawmaker Pours Cold Water on County Moratorium for Data Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tolar, Texas, with a population of about 1,300, is facing the prospect of having a hyperscale data center complex with more than 40 buildings next door. But there may be little the community can do about it. This week, commissioners in Hood County, home to Tolar, voted on a proposed six-month moratorium for large industrial developments, which would include data centers as well as the power plants that accompany them. However, before the vote, a letter from a state senator to Texas' attorney gen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-lawmaker-pours-cold-water-on-county-moratorium-for-data-center/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-lawmaker-pours-cold-water-on-county-moratorium-for-data-center/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eliminated Tailpipe Emissions Standards, Exelon &amp; Entergy Spending Plans:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eliminated-tailpipe-emissions-standards-exelon-amp-entergy-spending-plans-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eliminated-tailpipe-emissions-standards-exelon-amp-entergy-spending-plans-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vetter Expands German Operations with New Pharma Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 13, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Germany's Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH &amp; Co KG is expanding its home-country operations with plans to spend 480 million euro (US$574 million) to build a state-of-the-art production facility in Saarlouis, in southwest Germany. A leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for the production of injectable drugs, Vetter has submitted a planning applicat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vetter-expands-german-operations-with-new-pharma-plant/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vetter-expands-german-operations-with-new-pharma-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tropical Cyclone Gezani Strikes Madagascar, Impacting Port and Mining Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 13, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D., Energy Meteorologist &amp; Analyst, for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tropical Cyclone Gezani rapidly intensified before striking Madagascar as a Category 3 storm, causing fatalities, widespread damage, and major disruptions to mining exports and port operations. After weakening inland, it re-intensified over the Mozambique Channel and threatens southern Mozambique with strong winds, flooding, and surge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tropical-cyclone-gezani-strikes-madagascar-impacting-port-and-mining-operations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 01:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tropical-cyclone-gezani-strikes-madagascar-impacting-port-and-mining-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Williams Grows Legacy Pipeline Business and New Power Initiative]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 12, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Williams is investing in its shift from a pure-play midstream pipeline operator to an integrated energy company that also will focus on providing natural gas for data centers, the company said Tuesday.Williams last year announced its new Power Innovation business unit, which, according to the company's 2025 proxy statement, is "focused on delivering turnkey power generation solutions for data]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/williams-grows-legacy-pipeline-business-and-new-power-initiative/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/williams-grows-legacy-pipeline-business-and-new-power-initiative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR North American Outlook: Potential for New Refinery Throughput Emerges]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 12, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Database indicates more than 400,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) of capacity could be added to the North American Petroleum Refining Industry over the next five years, via new-build projects or unit expansions."We haven't built a refinery in 10 years," said Hillary Stevenson, Vice President of Energy Intelligence for Industrial Info. "But more capacity is e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iir-north-american-outlook-potential-for-new-refinery-throughput-emerges/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iir-north-american-outlook-potential-for-new-refinery-throughput-emerges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milder Weather Gives Gas Sector a Break]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 12, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. natural gas sector is back to relative normalcy after Winter Storm Fern, data show,though the demand draw prompted the federal government to raise its forecast for Henry Hub.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/milder-weather-gives-gas-sector-a-break/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/milder-weather-gives-gas-sector-a-break/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quarterly Profits Down for Two Large U.S. Oil Companies, Up for Two U.K.-based Firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 12, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As a group, fourth-quarter 2025 earnings according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for four of the world's top oil companies totaled about $14.9 billion, up about $2 billion over fourth-quarter profits in 2024 and 2023 earnings. But full-year profits fell to $66.1 billion, down sharply from full-year 2024 and 2023 results.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/quarterly-profits-down-for-two-large-us-oil-companies-up-for-two-uk-based-firms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/quarterly-profits-down-for-two-large-us-oil-companies-up-for-two-uk-based-firms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presidents Day Weekend Storm Threats Loom for Southeast, East Coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 12, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The system is expected to organize late Thursday into Friday, February 13, as upper-level energy moves out of the Southwest. Widespread precipitation will develop across southern Plains and ArkLaTex (northwest Louisiana, northeast Texas and south Arkansas), before extending east into the lower Mississippi Valley.On Friday, February 13, and Saturday, February 14, a broad marginal risk for excessive rainfal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/presidents-day-weekend-storm-threats-loom-for-southeast-east-coast/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/presidents-day-weekend-storm-threats-loom-for-southeast-east-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Reaches Nuclear Power Agreement with Armenia]]></title><description><![CDATA[During his visit to Armenia, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance facilitated an agreement between the U.S. and Armenia regarding nuclear power cooperation, with an aim to diversify the former Soviet republic away from Russian energy influence.Signed with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the agreement allows the U.S. to legally license nuclear technology and equipment to Armenia and opens the door for $5 billion of initial U.S. exports to Armenia and an additional $4 billion for ongoing fuel a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-reaches-nuclear-power-agreement-with-armenia/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-reaches-nuclear-power-agreement-with-armenia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kidnapped Mexico Silver Mine Workers Found Dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 12, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Canada-headquartered Vizsla Silver Corporation reported this week that workers who were kidnapped in late January from its Panuco project in Sinaloa, Mexico, have been found dead. The company said it was awaiting further information from Mexican authorities regarding developments in the case.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/kidnapped-mexico-silver-mine-workers-found-dead/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/kidnapped-mexico-silver-mine-workers-found-dead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capstone reanuda sus operaciones de forma normal en la mina Mantoverde tras el fin de la huelga de un mes]]></title><description><![CDATA[12 de febrero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Capstone ha comenzado la reanudaci&oacute;n de las operaciones plenas en su mina Mantoverde, Chile, tras alcanzar con &eacute;xito un nuevo convenio colectivo de tres a&ntilde;os con el Sindicato N.&ordm; 2 de la mina, que se encontraba en huelga desde el 2 de enero.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/capstone-reanuda-sus-operaciones-de-forma-normal-en-la-mina-mantoverde-tras-el-fin-de-la-huelga-de-un-mes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/capstone-reanuda-sus-operaciones-de-forma-normal-en-la-mina-mantoverde-tras-el-fin-de-la-huelga-de-un-mes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duke Energy Boosts Five-Year Capex to $103 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 11, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Duke Energy increased its five-year capital plan 18% to $103 billion. Industrial Info is tracking $38 billion worth of active and proposed projects from the company, with its pipeline being driven by data center demand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/duke-energy-boosts-five-year-capex-to-103-billion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/duke-energy-boosts-five-year-capex-to-103-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AECOM's Backlog Points to More Business in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 11, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Despite year-over-year dips in revenue and earnings, executives at engineering and design-build firm AECOM were all smiles earlier this week when reviewing their most recent quarterly results. Executives pointed to a strong backlog and "book-to-burn ratio" (which weighs new orders secured against those fulfilled) as indications of healthy demand and a promising 2026.Industrial Info]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aecoms-backlog-points-to-more-business-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aecoms-backlog-points-to-more-business-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hydroelectric Upgrades Under Construction in the U.S. and Canada Tops $3.6 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 9.4 gigawatts of hydroelectric upgrades are under construction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/hydroelectric-upgrades-under-construction-in-the-us-and-canada-tops-36-billion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/hydroelectric-upgrades-under-construction-in-the-us-and-canada-tops-36-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cedar LNG Gets FLNG Support]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cedar LNG facility slated for British Columbia moved one step closer to completion with support for its floating liquefaction unit. Powered by renewables, the facility will be one of the cleanest of its kind in the world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cedar-lng-gets-flng-support/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cedar-lng-gets-flng-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fermi America Receives First Gas Turbines for Massive Texas Power-Data Center Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fermi America, a company planning a massive data center and power complex in the Texas Panhandle, said it has received its first natural gas turbines toward its goal of installing 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of power generation this year for what eventually will be 11 GW of generation overall, obtained from a mix of natural gas, solar, wind and nuclear installations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fermi-america-receives-first-gas-turbines-for-massive-texas-power-data-center-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fermi-america-receives-first-gas-turbines-for-massive-texas-power-data-center-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record U.S. Power Use, Williams Companies, China's LNG Purchases:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-power-use-williams-companies-chinas-lng-purchases-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-power-use-williams-companies-chinas-lng-purchases-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's First Gallium Facility Wins Backing]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February XX, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced funding of 90 million euro (US$106 million) for two critical minerals projects in Central Greece. It is the first time that the financial arm of the European Union (EU) has invested in a planned gallium production facility and it stated that the project will strengthen EU supply of critical raw materials essential for the green]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-first-gallium-facility-wins-backing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-first-gallium-facility-wins-backing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Eyes 307 GW of Thermal Capacity by 2035]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 11, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--India's thermal power requirement is projected to reach 307 gigawatts (GW) by 2035, underscoring the continued role of coal- and lignite-based generation in supporting the country's rapidly growing electricity demand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-eyes-307-gw-of-thermal-capacity-by-2035/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-eyes-307-gw-of-thermal-capacity-by-2035/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany's Aluminum Industry Gets Hit by Energy Crisis, Trade Tensions]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--February 11, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Since 2023, the German aluminum industry has faced one of its most challenging periods: war-driven energy price volatility, structural shifts in global supply chains, tariff escalations, distorted scrap markets, and policy uncertainty have combined to shrink production, disrupt traditional trade patterns, and challenge long-standing competitive advantages.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/germanys-aluminum-industry-gets-hit-by-energy-crisis-trade-tensions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/germanys-aluminum-industry-gets-hit-by-energy-crisis-trade-tensions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARC Upbeat on 2026 Natural Gas Outlook, Despite Attachie Woes]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 10, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Canadian natural gas producer ARC Resources plans to boost its output while maintaining its spending levels in 2026, after reporting record annual production for 2025. But setbacks at its Attachie project loomed over the otherwise upbeat news, as the development in British Columbia's Montney Shale is one of the company's most closely watched ventures.Industrial Info is tracking more]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arc-upbeat-on-2026-natural-gas-outlook-despite-attachie-woes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arc-upbeat-on-2026-natural-gas-outlook-despite-attachie-woes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitol Extends 'Peak Oil' Horizon Amid Slow EV Uptake]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 10, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Commodity trader Vitol said in a long-term market outlook published Monday that oil demand is expected to stay strong due in part to the moderation in the electric vehicle (EV) sector, though alternative vehicles are still gaining traction globally.Vitol said that road transportation is the primary factor determining the trajectory for global oil demand. The uptake in EVs, however, is slowing down in th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vitol-extends-peak-oil-horizon-amid-slow-ev-uptake/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vitol-extends-peak-oil-horizon-amid-slow-ev-uptake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan's Snap Elections Seen as Giving Prime Minister a Mandate]]></title><description><![CDATA[After Sunday's election results, Japanese policies on energy, economics, foreign relations, immigration and other key issues will likely be making a hard right turn across the next two years, as led by popular Prime Minister (PM) Sanae Takaichi.By winning 316 seats in yesterday's lower house elections, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party rode the new PM's personal popularity to set an all-time record for seat totals by a single party. It has also surpassed the two-thirds majority threshold of 310 s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/japans-snap-elections-seen-as-giving-prime-minister-a-mandate/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/japans-snap-elections-seen-as-giving-prime-minister-a-mandate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Announces $12 Billion Plan to Stockpile Critical Minerals]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a White House signing ceremony February 2, President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion, public-private partnership to procure and stockpile critical minerals for civilian uses, such as for automotives, mobile devices, advanced manufacturing, aerospace applications and renewable energy, that complements similar U.S. strategic stockpiles for crude oil and military uses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-announces-12-billion-plan-to-stockpile-critical-minerals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-announces-12-billion-plan-to-stockpile-critical-minerals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phillips 66 Cuts Staff Amid California Refinery Closures]]></title><description><![CDATA[........]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/phillips-66-cuts-staff-amid-california-refinery-closures/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/phillips-66-cuts-staff-amid-california-refinery-closures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil Consolidates Position as Digital Hub with Accelerated Data Center Expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 10, 2026--Written by Yago Rossi for IIR News Intelligence (Cordoba, Argentina)--According to the Brazilian Data Center Association (ABDC), the national infrastructure features hundreds of operational units, reaching a milestone of approximately 1 gigawatt (GW) of installed IT capacity through the end of 2025. Much of this growth is fueled by hyperscale and colocation projects from industry giants such as Ascenty, Equinix, Elea Data Centers, Scala Data Centers and ODATA, primarily concen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-consolidates-position-as-digital-hub-with-accelerated-data-center-expansion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-consolidates-position-as-digital-hub-with-accelerated-data-center-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capstone Returns to Normal Operations at Chilean Mine After Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capstone reached an agreement with the striking workers at its Mantoverde mine in Chile. Copper operations at the asset are expected to return to normal levels after operating at 55% capacity during the strike.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/capstone-returns-to-normal-operations-at-chilean-mine-after-strike/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/capstone-returns-to-normal-operations-at-chilean-mine-after-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Approves Total Ban on Russian Gas]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 10, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Union (EU) has formally adopted measures to phase out all Russian imports of pipeline gas and liquified natural gas (LNG) into the EU. The decision marks a milestone moment in the region's REPowerEU strategy to end its historic reliance on Russian energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-approves-total-ban-on-russian-gas/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-approves-total-ban-on-russian-gas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brasil consolida su posición como hub digital con una expansión acelerada de centros de datos hasta 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[10 de febrero, 2026--Escrito por Yago Rossi para IIR News Intelligence (Cordoba, Argentina)--Seg&uacute;n la Asociaci&oacute;n Brasile&ntilde;a de Data Centers (ABDC), la infraestructura nacional cuenta con cientos de unidades operativas, alcanzando un hito de aproximadamente 1 gigavatio (GW) de capacidad TI instalada hacia fines de 2025. Gran parte de este crecimiento est&aacute; impulsado por proyectos hyperscale y de colocation de gigantes de la industria como Ascenty, Equinix, Elea Data Cent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brasil-consolida-su-posicin-como-hub-digital-con-una-expansin-acelerada-de-centros-de-datos-hasta-2028/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brasil-consolida-su-posicin-como-hub-digital-con-una-expansin-acelerada-de-centros-de-datos-hasta-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's February 9 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 9, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-february-9-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-february-9-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ArcelorMittal Expects to Continue Winning Streak in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 9, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Executives at global steel producer ArcelorMittal are upbeat in their outlook for 2026. Steel production and shipments are expected to grow across all the company's regional markets, supported by operational improvements and stronger trade protections. In a sign of confidence, the Luxembourg-headquartered company plans to boost its 2026 capital expenditures (capex) when compared with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arcelormittal-expects-to-continue-winning-streak-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arcelormittal-expects-to-continue-winning-streak-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Roads Diverge: U.S., China Head in Opposite Directions on EV Adoption]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 9, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In the early 2020s, world governments were avidly committing to the energy transition, promising to reduce or eliminate internal combustion engines (ICE) by around 2035. This is key because ICE-powered transportation is seen as accounting for "more than 25% of worldwide carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel in internal combustion engine vehicles (Girod et al., 2013)" said a 2023 story in ScienceDir]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/two-roads-diverge-us-china-head-in-opposite-directions-on-ev-adoption/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/two-roads-diverge-us-china-head-in-opposite-directions-on-ev-adoption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheniere Files for Corpus Christi LNG Expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 9, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Four large-scaled liquefaction trains could be added to its Corpus Christi, Texas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility, Cheniere Energy said in a federal filing. As of now, the facility boasts a net liquefaction capacity of 18 million tons per annum (MTPA).<br />
In a Thursday filing with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC), Cheniere said it wanted to add four new liquefaction units, or t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cheniere-files-for-corpus-christi-lng-expansion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cheniere-files-for-corpus-christi-lng-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Boosts 2026 Capex to $200 Billion Amid Data Center Surge]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 9, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In reporting its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings, Amazon said it boosted capital spending for 2026 by 50% to $200 billion, up from $131 billion in 2025, with most of the spend attributed to data centers. It did not break down the investment by geographical location, but Industrial Info is tracking $176 billion worth of active and planned data center projects from Amazon across the U.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/amazon-boosts-2026-capex-to-200-billion-amid-data-center-surge/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/amazon-boosts-2026-capex-to-200-billion-amid-data-center-surge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Soybean-Crushing Facilities Add Billions to Nation's Project Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Food &amp; Beverage Project Database shows more than $2 billion worth of active projects at U.S. soybean plants, accounting for activity ranging from the earliest planning stages to current construction. About $1.5 billion of U.S. plants are in an active construction phase. Illinois, where one grassroot plant is being constructed and two existing plants are being expanded, represents the largest recipient of soybean project investment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-soybean-crushing-facilities-add-billions-to-nations-project-spending/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-soybean-crushing-facilities-add-billions-to-nations-project-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA: Nuclear, Renewable Generation Continue to Displace Coal to 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 9, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The world's emerging economies are projected to continue powering global electric demand growth through the end of this decade, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its Electricity 2026: Analysis and Forecast to 2030, released Friday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-nuclear-renewable-generation-continue-to-displace-coal-to-2030/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-nuclear-renewable-generation-continue-to-displace-coal-to-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landmark Europe-India Free Trade Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 09, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The European Union (EU) has signed its largest ever free trade agreement with India as it seeks to create new economic ties at a time of geopolitical unrest caused by China, Russia and the U.S..The EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will impact many industrial sectors including machinery, cars, pharmaceuticals and chemicals among others.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/landmark-europe-india-free-trade-deal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/landmark-europe-india-free-trade-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMPC lanza megaproyecto para planta de celulosa]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--9 de febrero, 2026--Investigado por Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--CMPC avanza con una inversi&oacute;n significativa de R$25 mil millones para construir una nueva planta de celulosa en Barra do Ribeiro, en el estado de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. El Proyecto Natureza producir&aacute; 2,5 millones de toneladas anuales de celulosa de eucalipto blanqueada, ampliando la capacidad productiva de CMPC y reforzando su rol como proveedor l&iacute;der mundial de celulos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cmpc-lanza-megaproyecto-para-planta-de-celulosa/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cmpc-lanza-megaproyecto-para-planta-de-celulosa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Tinto and Glencore Walk Away from Merger Talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 6, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rio Tinto confirmed its intention not to make an offer to acquire Glencore after failing to reach an agreement, ending a possibility to create the world's largest mining company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-and-glencore-walk-away-from-merger-talks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-and-glencore-walk-away-from-merger-talks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arctic Blast Brings Snow, Wind, Cold, Energy Risk East]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fast-moving Alberta Clipper will bring snow, damaging winds and Arctic cold to the eastern U.S. this weekend. The storm threatens travel, power reliability, and natural gas production, particularly across Appalachian Shale regions supplying critical winter energy demand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arctic-blast-brings-snow-wind-cold-energy-risk-east/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arctic-blast-brings-snow-wind-cold-energy-risk-east/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Aims to Capitalize on Offshore Barrels]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 6, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With the coastal waters of the United States showing the only real potential for an increase in crude oil production, the federal government is hoping to draw industry interest again with a second round of offshore leases.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-aims-to-capitalize-on-offshore-barrels/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-aims-to-capitalize-on-offshore-barrels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming Soon to a Military Base Near You: Microgrids]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 6, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- A microgrid is a general term for a localized energy system that can operate with or without the main electric grid. Microgrids can come in many shapes and sizes, but in general its core parts include electric generation, storage, controls and connected loads.The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) began formally advancing microgrid development around 2012, driven in large part by the Smart Power Infrastructure D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/coming-soon-to-a-military-base-near-you-microgrids/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/coming-soon-to-a-military-base-near-you-microgrids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Government Facing Pushback Over Coal Support]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Colorado to Michigan, utility companies are crying foul after planning to shut down aging coal-fired plants only to be mandated by the federal government to keep them open, ostensibly for grid stability purposes.<br />
Federal estimates show natural gas and renewable resources account for the bulk of the energy on the grid. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), part of the Department of Energy, said in a January report that natural gas should satisfy about 39% of total U.S. energy dem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-government-facing-pushback-over-coal-support/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-government-facing-pushback-over-coal-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Gas Sector Holding Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 6, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With the U.S. natural gas sector socked by Winter Storm Fern, and with another clipper system moving into the Great Lakes, data show supplies are keeping up with demand.U.S. natural gas production dropped to as low as 94.6 billion cubic feet (Bcf) last week amid sub-freezing temperatures that likely froze off wellheads and led to pipeline issues. Levels were closer to 105 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gas-sector-holding-up/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gas-sector-holding-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phillips 66 Announces 2026 Growth Capital Budget of $1.3 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Touting major accomplishments for the year, including the acquisition of WRB Refining that has led to the full ownership of two refineries in Illinois and Texas, Phillips 66 in January announced an agreement to acquire a mothballed U.K. refinery and its assets. The company has announced a 2026 capital budget of $2.4 billion, which includes $1.3 billion allocated to organic growth and $1.1 billion for sustained operations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/phillips-66-announces-2026-growth-capital-budget-of-13-billion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/phillips-66-announces-2026-growth-capital-budget-of-13-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska Oil Auction, ConocoPhillips Cost Cuts:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaska-oil-auction-conocophillips-cost-cuts-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaska-oil-auction-conocophillips-cost-cuts-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Classifies Coking Coal as Critical and Strategic Mineral]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--February 06, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--India has designated coking coal as a critical and strategic mineral as it seeks ways to reduce its reliance on imports to support its growing steel industry. The Ministry of Coal announced the change and said that it will facilitate faster approvals for projects and accelerate exploration and mining activities, including deep-seated deposits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-classifies-coking-coal-as-critical-and-strategic-mineral/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-classifies-coking-coal-as-critical-and-strategic-mineral/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR North American Outlook: Data Center Buildout Set for Years to Come]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The consistent, month-over-month increase in data center project announcements shows that the pace of development is still accelerating, not just holding steady, according to analysis from Industrial Info.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iir-north-american-outlook-data-center-buildout-set-for-years-to-come/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iir-north-american-outlook-data-center-buildout-set-for-years-to-come/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suncor Eyes Oil-Production Growth as it Cuts Capital Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 5, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Canadian oil titan Suncor Energy plans to boost its crude production in 2026, despite a projected reduction in capital expenditures. Executives insist the company can strike this balance amid a weak outlook for oil prices, with several expansion projects preparing to kick off this year in Canada's most prosperous regions.Industrial Info is tracking US$16.4 billion worth of active and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/suncor-eyes-oil-production-growth-as-it-cuts-capital-spending/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/suncor-eyes-oil-production-growth-as-it-cuts-capital-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas Relies on Solar, Dallas Fed Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 5, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Texas managed to install as much solar power capacity to its grid last year as it did in 2024, despite the lack of federal support and with the additional pressure of tariffs, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas found.Despite the range of headwinds, the Dallas Fed said utility-scale solar power will remain an important source of energy for the grid in Texas for years to come.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-relies-on-solar-dallas-fed-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-relies-on-solar-dallas-fed-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LG Energy Solution Signs Energy Storage Supply Agreement]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 5, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As it aims to be a major player in the growing energy-storage market, LG Energy Solution signed a multi-year agreement to supply battery energy storage systems for utility-scale projects in the U.S. Industrial Info is tracking a directly related manufacturing project from LG as well as BESS-generation projects with offtaker Hanwha QCells as the EPC provider.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lg-energy-solution-signs-energy-storage-supply-agreement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lg-energy-solution-signs-energy-storage-supply-agreement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Industrial Info: Global BESS Projects Top $1.28 Trillion]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Although the U.S. and other first-world nations have slowed their energy transition trajectories, global battery electric storage systems (BESS) growth is still in high gear. Industrial Info is tracking more than 6,600 projects valued at $1.28 trillion, showing that this market is surging worldwide.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/industrial-info-global-bess-projects-top-128-trillion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/industrial-info-global-bess-projects-top-128-trillion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orion Critical Mineral Signs MoU with Glencore to Acquire 40% Stake in DRC Copper Mines]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 5, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Orion Critical Mineral Consortium and Glencore announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Orion to acquire 40% of Glencore's interest in the Mutanda Mining and Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The transaction has an approximate value of US$9 billion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/orion-critical-mineral-signs-mou-with-glencore-to-acquire-40-stake-in-drc-copper-mines/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/orion-critical-mineral-signs-mou-with-glencore-to-acquire-40-stake-in-drc-copper-mines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petronas LNG Deal, Equinor U.S. NatGas Sales, Pemex Cuba Oil Shipments:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petronas-lng-deal-equinor-us-natgas-sales-pemex-cuba-oil-shipments-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petronas-lng-deal-equinor-us-natgas-sales-pemex-cuba-oil-shipments-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pemex's Dos Bocas Refinery Moves Toward Full Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA--February 5, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Pemex's Dos Bocas (Olmeca) Refinery in Tabasco, Mexico, is one of the most strategically important assets within Pemex's refining system.As a highly complex project, it has faced several operational andreliability challenges typical of the early ramp-up phase, which have shaped itsoperational stabilization curve.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemexs-dos-bocas-refinery-moves-toward-full-operations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemexs-dos-bocas-refinery-moves-toward-full-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's Hutchison Launches Arbitration Against Panama Over Port Contract Cancellations]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 5, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Hong Kong-based Hutchinson, acting through its subsidiary, Panama Ports Company (PPC), commenced arbitration proceedings against Panama on February 3. This move follows Panama's void of PPC's contracts to operate the ports of Balboa and Cristobal, both located along the Panama Canal.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chinas-hutchison-launches-arbitration-against-panama-over-port-contract-cancellations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chinas-hutchison-launches-arbitration-against-panama-over-port-contract-cancellations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMPC Launches Mega Pulp Mill Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 5, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--CMPC is moving ahead with a major R$25 billion (US$4.77 billion) investment to build a new pulp mill in Barra do Ribeiro, in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state. The Natureza project will add 2.5 million tonnes of bleached eucalyptus pulp per year, expanding CMPC's production capacity and reinforcing its role as a leading global pulp supplier.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cmpc-launches-mega-pulp-mill-project/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cmpc-launches-mega-pulp-mill-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pemex Refineria Dos Bocas Avanza Hacia la Consolidación Operativa]]></title><description><![CDATA[3 de Febrero, 2026--Investigado por Industrial Info Resources (Cordoba, Argentina)--LaRefiner&iacute;a de Dos Bocas (Olmeca), propiedad de la estatal Pemex, ubicada en el estado de Tabasco, M&eacute;xico, es uno de los activos estrat&eacute;gicos m&aacute;s relevantes del sistema derefinaci&oacute;n de la Compa&ntilde;&iacute;a. Como proyecto de alta complejidad, ha enfrentado diversosretos operativos y de confiabilidad propios de su fase inicial de ramp-up, lo que hamarcado su curva de estabili]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-refineria-dos-bocas-avanza-hacia-la-consolidacin-operativa/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-refineria-dos-bocas-avanza-hacia-la-consolidacin-operativa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Siemens, GE Vernova Increase U.S. Investment to Meet Gas Turbine, Power Demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Siemens Energy AG recently announced it finalized a plan to invest $1 billion to ramp up manufacturing of gas turbines and power-grid solutions in the U.S. This comes after GE Vernova late last month announced plans to invest about $600 million in the U.S. over the next two years for similar output.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/siemens-ge-vernova-increase-us-investment-to-meet-gas-turbine-power-demand/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/siemens-ge-vernova-increase-us-investment-to-meet-gas-turbine-power-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brookfield Upbeat on U.S. Odds for Renewable, Nuclear Growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brookfield Renewable Partners LP, a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, is holding up amid a rough atmosphere for U.S.-based renewable energy. The subsidiary continues to develop wind and solar projects, complemented by a major win for its parent's nuclear-energy business.Industrial Info is tracking more than $23 billion worth of active and proposed renewable-energy projects f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brookfield-upbeat-on-us-odds-for-renewable-nuclear-growth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brookfield-upbeat-on-us-odds-for-renewable-nuclear-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuelan Refinery Capacity at 750,000 BBL/d]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Data from IIR Energy show the Venezuelan oil refining capacity is just more than 750,000 barrels per day (BBL/d), as reports continue to circulate about the sector's rapid recovery.There have been few signs of problems in the Venezuelan oil sector since U.S. military forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife from their compound in Caracas in early January.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuelan-refinery-capacity-at-750000-bbld/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuelan-refinery-capacity-at-750000-bbld/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Permian Gas Production to Increase]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Natural gas production in the southern United States is expected to accelerate as the nature of the legacy oil pools changes, Enterprise Products Partners said.Reporting Tuesday on its fourth-quarter 2026 results, the midstream company said it saw a 6% increase year-on-year in piped natural gas volumes through the three-month period ending Dec. 31. At 8.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), processed natur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/permian-gas-production-to-increase/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/permian-gas-production-to-increase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Eldorado Gold to Buy Foran, Expanding Copper Holdings]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--While not as big as the pending Rio Tinto-Glencore merger, two Canadian miners are joining forces with a primary focus on copper and gold both in Canada and abroad. Eldorado Gold announced this week that it will acquire Foran Mining Corporation, a copper-focused miner. Foran shareholders will receive a certain amount of Eldorado shares depending on their holdings as well as a small cash amount per share.T]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-eldorado-gold-to-buy-foran-expanding-copper-holdings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-eldorado-gold-to-buy-foran-expanding-copper-holdings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New U.S. Oil Export Facility License, Marathon's Venezuelan Crude Purchases:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-us-oil-export-facility-license-marathons-venezuelan-crude-purchases-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-us-oil-export-facility-license-marathons-venezuelan-crude-purchases-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capstone Restarts Mantoverde Copper Mine, but Workers' Strike Continues]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Workers at the Mantoverde copper mine in Chile have been on strike since January 2, though the company was able to reactivate operations after accessing its desalination plant. The Union No. 2 at the mine rejected Capstone's new contract offer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/capstone-restarts-mantoverde-copper-mine-but-workers-strike-continues/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/capstone-restarts-mantoverde-copper-mine-but-workers-strike-continues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antofagasta Misses 2025 Copper Guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Chilean miner Antofagasta reported production of 653,700 tonnes of copper in 2025, about 1.6% lower than 2024 volumes and below the 660,000-700,000 tonnes expected by the company last year.Throughout Q4, Antofagasta produced 177,000 tonnes of copper, about 9.4% more than in Q3.The drop in copper production is due to lower cathode production at the Centinela mineand decreased output at Los Pelambres, both Chi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/antofagasta-misses-2025-copper-guidance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/antofagasta-misses-2025-copper-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vietnam Chemical Project Hastens Progress]]></title><description><![CDATA[MANILA--February 4, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Owners of the Duc Giang Nghi Son Chemical Complex Project in Vietnam have launched a "100-day peak campaign" that continues construction around the clock and through holiday periods to ensure the trial operation of Phase 1 by the second quarter of 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vietnam-chemical-project-hastens-progress/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vietnam-chemical-project-hastens-progress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tunisia Plans 2.3 GW of Wind and Solar Tenders in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--January 4, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tunisia has approved plans to tender more than 2.3 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in 2026, marking a significant step in accelerating its clean energy transition and reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tunisia-plans-23-gw-of-wind-and-solar-tenders-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tunisia-plans-23-gw-of-wind-and-solar-tenders-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devon-Coterra $58 Billion Tie-up Targets Large Inventory of Sub-$40 Wells]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 3, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--On Monday, Devon Energy and Coterra Energy announced that they would join forces as a combined Houston-based company in a deal that values the combined enterprise at $58 billion. The merger provides the new company a large inventory of holdings requiring a lower breakeven oil price.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/devon-coterra-58-billion-tie-up-targets-large-inventory-of-sub-40-wells/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/devon-coterra-58-billion-tie-up-targets-large-inventory-of-sub-40-wells/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LyondellBasell Looks to Brighter Petrochemicals Market in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 3, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrochemicals titan LyondellBasell Industries NV emerged from a difficult 2025 with high hopes for the coming year. Several expansions are planned in the production of propylene, polybutadiene and other chemicals.Industrial Info is tracking about $2.9 billion worth of active and proposed projects from LyondellBasell, more than 85% of which is attributed to projects in North America.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lyondellbasell-looks-to-brighter-petrochemicals-market-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lyondellbasell-looks-to-brighter-petrochemicals-market-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas LNG Closer to FID with New Financing]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 3, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Some $5.7 billion in debt financing puts the Texas LNG facility one step closer to reaching a final investment decision this year, developers said Monday.Texas LNG said it would be able to alleviate at least some environmental concerns by using electric motors powered by renewable energy to drive operations at the Brownsville plant.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-lng-closer-to-fid-with-new-financing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-lng-closer-to-fid-with-new-financing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISM: U.S. Manufacturing Activity Rises to Highest Level Since 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 3, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) Purchasing Managers Index, a leading indicator for the level of economic activity in U.S. manufacturing, reached its highest level since 2022 and showed expansion for the first time in 12 months. Main demand indicators such as new orders showed vast improvement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ism-us-manufacturing-activity-rises-to-highest-level-since-2022/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ism-us-manufacturing-activity-rises-to-highest-level-since-2022/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Storm Gianna Slams Southeast With Intense Snow, Bitter Cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 3, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Winter Storm Gianna rapidly strengthened along the East Coast, bringing heavy snow, strong winds and extreme cold to the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Rare snowfall totals, power outages and travel shutdowns showed that winter remained firmly in control.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/winter-storm-gianna-slams-southeast-with-intense-snow-bitter-cold/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/winter-storm-gianna-slams-southeast-with-intense-snow-bitter-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fresnillo 2025 Gold &amp; Silver Production Within Target Despite Decline]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 3, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Mexico's Fresnillo plc, which says it is the world's largest silver producer, recorded lower silver and gold volumes in 2025 due to lower grades at several mines.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fresnillo-2025-gold-amp-silver-production-within-target-despite-decline/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fresnillo-2025-gold-amp-silver-production-within-target-despite-decline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Nations Back 'World's Largest Energy Hub']]></title><description><![CDATA[February 03, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--European leaders and energy ministers have committed to cooperating on the creation of what they called the world's largest energy hub in the North Sea based around the rollout of more affordable and secure offshore wind and hydrogen.<br />
North Sea countries have agreed to deliver 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power through joint clean&#8209;energy projects by 2040.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/european-nations-back-worlds-largest-energy-hub/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/european-nations-back-worlds-largest-energy-hub/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fresnillo reporta una disminución en la producción anual de plata y oro, pero se mantiene dentro del objetivo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fresnillo, el mayor productor de plata del mundo, registr&oacute; menores vol&uacute;menes de plata y oro en 2025 debido a las menores leyes en varias minas, en particular Ci&eacute;naga, Saucito y San Juli&aacute;n.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fresnillo-reporta-una-disminucin-en-la-produccin-anual-de-plata-y-oro-pero-se-mantiene-dentro-del-objetivo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fresnillo-reporta-una-disminucin-en-la-produccin-anual-de-plata-y-oro-pero-se-mantiene-dentro-del-objetivo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La producción de cobre de Glencore en 2025 se vio afectada por menores leyes en Chile y Perú]]></title><description><![CDATA[3 de febrero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Glencore registr&oacute; descensos interanuales en la producci&oacute;n de algunos de sus minerales, mientras que la producci&oacute;n de cobre cay&oacute; un 11 % debido a menores leyes en m&uacute;ltiples activos.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-produccin-de-cobre-de-glencore-en-2025-se-vio-afectada-por-menores-leyes-en-chile-y-per/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-produccin-de-cobre-de-glencore-en-2025-se-vio-afectada-por-menores-leyes-en-chile-y-per/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's February 2 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 2, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-february-2-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-february-2-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying Again: Carlyle Group in Talks to Buy Lukoil International Assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 3, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The U.S. having blocked two previous sale attempts, Russia's number two oil producer, Lukoil PJSC, is discussing the sale of most of its international assets to U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group. Those assets are valued at approximately $22 billion, but both parties report that no price has been agreed upon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trying-again-carlyle-group-in-talks-to-buy-lukoil-international-assets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trying-again-carlyle-group-in-talks-to-buy-lukoil-international-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators on Permitting Reform: Time to Put Away Swords]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 2, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) are trying to craft legislation to streamline the federal permitting process. Last December, the House of Representatives passed the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act (H.R. 4776), which also is aimed at updating the federal permitting process and expediting the construction of energy infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/senators-on-permitting-reform-time-to-put-away-swords/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/senators-on-permitting-reform-time-to-put-away-swords/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dow Announces Major Restructuring Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chemical company Dow Incorporated, based in the U.S. but with a strong global presence, announced its "Transform to Outperform" corporate restructuring plan, resulting in the elimination of about 4,500 direct Dow jobs as well as some third-party contractors and resources. The announcement came as the company reported its quarterly net sales were more than 9% lower than a year earlier.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dow-announces-major-restructuring-plan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dow-announces-major-restructuring-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Does Mercosur-EU Trade Agreement Mean for South America]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 2, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--More than two decades have been spent negotiating the Mercosur-EU deal, and even after initial signings on January 17, the agreement faces growing scrutiny from European Union member states and several industrial groups in Europe, who are protesting against it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/what-does-mercosur-eu-trade-agreement-mean-for-south-america/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/what-does-mercosur-eu-trade-agreement-mean-for-south-america/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Treasury Eases Sanctions on Venezuela]]></title><description><![CDATA[The window for more Venezuelan crude oil on the market opened further after the U.S. government issued a general license for work in the South American country's delipidated energy sector.A general license runs counter to earlier plans floated by U.S. President Donald Trump to grant individual concessions to companies looking to get involved in the Venezuelan oil sector. Trump hosted executives from major oil companies early last month to discuss the potential for reconstruction, though ExxonMob]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-treasury-eases-sanctions-on-venezuela/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-treasury-eases-sanctions-on-venezuela/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S.' Rising Share of Europe's LNG, Golden Pass LNG, PJM Power Demand:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-rising-share-of-europes-lng-golden-pass-lng-pjm-power-demand-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-rising-share-of-europes-lng-golden-pass-lng-pjm-power-demand-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retail Gasoline Proves Volatile Post-Fern]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 2, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Friday saw another bout of cold-winter air ahead of the next round of severe weather, but while refineries are returning to normal operations, consumers are still seeing some volatility at the pump, data show.Travel club AAA put the average retail price for Friday at $2.87 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline. There's a distinct mismatch, however, between many southern states and those in the Northeas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/retail-gasoline-proves-volatile-post-fern/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/retail-gasoline-proves-volatile-post-fern/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glencore's 2025 Copper Output Hit by Lower Grades in Chile, Peru]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 2, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In 2025, Glencore reported lower production of copper, cobalt, lead, nickel and gold as its copper operations struggled with lower head grades.copper operations struggled with lower head grades.Copper output during the second half of the year hit 507,200 tons, up 48% from the volumes seen in the first six months of the year. The increase was driven by higher grades and recoveries from the Kamoto and Mutanda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/glencores-2025-copper-output-hit-by-lower-grades-in-chile-peru/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/glencores-2025-copper-output-hit-by-lower-grades-in-chile-peru/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Slump Expected in North Sea Oil &amp; Gas Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 02, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Oil and gas investment in the U.K. North Sea is expected to drop sharply in 2026 to below US$3.5 billion, its lowest real terms level since the 1970s.According to data produced by Wood Mackenzie (Edinburgh, U.K.), upstream capital expenditure (capex) will hit new lows, estimating that 2026 may be the last year thatU.K. production exceeds 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/big-slump-expected-in-north-sea-oil-amp-gas-investment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/big-slump-expected-in-north-sea-oil-amp-gas-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Qué significa el acuerdo comercial Mercosur-UE para los países sudamericanos?]]></title><description><![CDATA[2 de febrero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Se han dedicado m&aacute;s de dos d&eacute;cadas a negociar el acuerdo Mercosur-UE, e incluso despu&eacute;s de su firma inicial el 17 de enero, el acuerdo se enfrenta ahora a un creciente escrutinio por parte de los Estados miembros de la UE y varios grupos industriales europeos, que protestan en su contra.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/qu-significa-el-acuerdo-comercial-mercosur-ue-para-los-pases-sudamericanos/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/qu-significa-el-acuerdo-comercial-mercosur-ue-para-los-pases-sudamericanos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Winter Storm Targets Southeast With Snow, Cold and Wind]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 30, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A developing Nor'easter, named Winter Storm Gianna, is forecast to impact North Carolina and much of the Southeast this weekend. prompting multiple states to declare a state of emergency. Gianna is expected to organize rapidly along the coast, but inland impacts remain highly sensitive to track and timing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-winter-storm-targets-southeast-with-snow-cold-and-wind/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-winter-storm-targets-southeast-with-snow-cold-and-wind/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nucor Looks to Brighter 2026, Expects Steel Market Improvement]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 30, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Nucor Corporation expects a strong start to 2026, with earnings forecasted to grow across its major operating segments. The company's steel mills are expected to drive the momentum through stronger volumes and higher realized prices. This follows a somewhat disappointing fourth quarter, when rising costs suppressed margins in its steel-producing segments.Industrial Info is tracking m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nucor-looks-to-brighter-2026-expects-steel-market-improvement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nucor-looks-to-brighter-2026-expects-steel-market-improvement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google, NVIDIA Invest in Redwood Materials to Support Energy Storage]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 30, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Google joined NVIDIA in investing in Redwood Materials as the battery recycling and materials company moves into energy-storage production.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/google-nvidia-invest-in-redwood-materials-to-support-energy-storage/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/google-nvidia-invest-in-redwood-materials-to-support-energy-storage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Natural Gas Rebounding Post-Fern]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 30, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The supply-and-demand equation in the U.S. natural gas sector started returning to normal by Thursday after Winter Storm Fern nearly idled the sector during the weekend, data show.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-natural-gas-rebounding-post-fern/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-natural-gas-rebounding-post-fern/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steady Demand Leads to Modernizations, Expansions at North American Salt Mines]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Winter Storm Fern eases its hold over much of the U.S., one thing seems almost certain--a lot of road salt was spread on roads throughout the storm's area.Mississippi, hardly the most northern locale for Fern's arrival, used 167,800 gallons of salt brine in the state's largest-ever pretreatment operation ahead of the storm, the state's Department of Transportation reported.Most mined salt is used to salt roads, with a much smaller amount arriving on the dinner table or for use in industrial c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/steady-demand-leads-to-modernizations-expansions-at-north-american-salt-mines/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/steady-demand-leads-to-modernizations-expansions-at-north-american-salt-mines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies, Petronas, Reliance Industries Limited:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-petronas-reliance-industries-limited-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-petronas-reliance-industries-limited-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Suspends Nuclear Restart After Alarm Sounds]]></title><description><![CDATA[GALWAY, IRELAND--January 30, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News<br />
Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Japan's accelerated return to nuclear power with the restart of a reactor at the world's largest nuclear power plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, lasted just hours after an alarm sounded and the process was ended. The controversial restart of the Unit 6 reactor was greenlit in late December but hours after the start-up procedures began on January 22, which involved removing fission rod]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/japan-suspends-nuclear-restart-after-alarm-sounds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/japan-suspends-nuclear-restart-after-alarm-sounds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La producción de mineral de hierro, cobre y níquel de Vale superó su previsión para 2025 y los volúmenes de mineral de hierro de Rio Tinto en Pilbara]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vale super&oacute; sus previsiones de producci&oacute;n para 2025, alcanzando su mayor producci&oacute;n de cobre y mineral de hierro desde 2018, y su mayor producci&oacute;n de n&iacute;quel desde 2022.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-produccin-de-mineral-de-hierro-cobre-y-nquel-de-vale-super-su-previsin-para-2025-y-los-volmenes-de-mineral-de-hierro-de-rio-tinto-en-pilbara/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-produccin-de-mineral-de-hierro-cobre-y-nquel-de-vale-super-su-previsin-para-2025-y-los-volmenes-de-mineral-de-hierro-de-rio-tinto-en-pilbara/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Democrats Warn Oil Companies of Venezuelan Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[A handful of House Democrats sent a letter to 21 major oil and upstream services firms warning them that while the current administration favors investments in Venezuela, efforts could be upended should the next administration invalidate those arrangements.Representatives pointed to a handful of roadblocks, from the war powers delegated to Congress in the U.S. Constitution, to concerns about the legal basis for claims made by President Donald Trump that his administration is in charge of Venezue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/house-democrats-warn-oil-companies-of-venezuelan-risks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/house-democrats-warn-oil-companies-of-venezuelan-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woodside Claims Progress on Louisiana LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 29, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Following the introduction of feedgas into the Golden Pass LNG facility in Texas, Australian energy company Woodside said its Louisiana project could be completed before the end of the decade.Woodside Energy in its fiscal report for the fourth quarter said it sold off interest in the Louisiana LNG facility, with U.S. gas infrastructure company Williams contributing some $1.9 billion toward the project in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/woodside-claims-progress-on-louisiana-lng/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/woodside-claims-progress-on-louisiana-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baker Hughes Looks to Power Systems, LNG for Business in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 29, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Baker Hughes isn't discouraged by softening demand for its oilfield services business, because the company is seeing record performance from industrial and energy-technology services, particularly for liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure and power systems. The latter is fueled by growing demand for data centers, which are expected to drive about $3 billion of business by the en]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/baker-hughes-looks-to-power-systems-lng-for-business-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/baker-hughes-looks-to-power-systems-lng-for-business-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextEra Looks to Nuclear, Renewables for Powering Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 29, 2026--&gt;Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--NextEra looks to build out its nuclear and renewables fleet, which features solar and battery storage, in order to serve data center customers.In the recent fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings conference call, Chief Executive Officer John Ketchum said the company is in advanced discussions to add nine gigawatts of nuclear capacity to provide power for data centers, a portion of which]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextera-looks-to-nuclear-renewables-for-powering-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextera-looks-to-nuclear-renewables-for-powering-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vale's 2025 Key Metals Production Surpasses Guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 29, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--Vale (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) exceeded its 2025 production forecasts, achieving its highest copper and iron ore output since 2018 and its strongest nickel production since 2022.The Brazilian miner's iron ore production during Q4 reached 90.4 million tons (Mt), about 6% higher year-on-year, while overall production in 2025 rose to 336 Mt, up 2.6% from 2024. These results surpassed the upper end of its producti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vales-2025-key-metals-production-surpasses-guidance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vales-2025-key-metals-production-surpasses-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF Says Canada Would Get Stimulus through Integration]]></title><description><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund (IMF) said provincial economic integration would further boost growth opportunities.Facing tariff pressures from U.S. President Donald Trump, several provinces in Canada made arrangements last year to remove internal trade barriers, though essentials like food were still protected. The IMF, however, said this creates a "patchwork" economy that could be limiting Canada's economic growth.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/imf-says-canada-would-get-stimulus-through-integration/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/imf-says-canada-would-get-stimulus-through-integration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Picks Leader for New BESS-Manufacturing Unit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan) has named Lisa Drake as the president of a new energy unit that it announced in December, when the company reported strategic shifts in its approach to its manufacture of electric vehicles (EV).A pivot from market adoption of fully battery-powered EVs toward hybrids, as well as a turn back toward internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, have left some U.S. battery-manufacturing capacity underutilized. This capacity was built during years of heady predict]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ford-picks-leader-for-new-bess-manufacturing-unit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ford-picks-leader-for-new-bess-manufacturing-unit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constitution Pipeline Headwinds, Recovering U.S. Oil &amp; Gas Production:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constitution-pipeline-headwinds-recovering-us-oil-amp-gas-production-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constitution-pipeline-headwinds-recovering-us-oil-amp-gas-production-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Signs Landmark South American Trade Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 29, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--It has taken almost 25 years but the European Union (EU) has signed its largest ever free trade agreement with an alliance of key South American countries, which will affect trade across many key sectors from agriculture and cars to pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and critical raw materials. The EU signed the deal with the Mercosur (Southern Common Market) trading group, comprising Brazil, Argenti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-signs-landmark-south-american-trade-deal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-signs-landmark-south-american-trade-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Kristin Impacts Central and Southeastern Spain]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 29, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A rare top-level "red" weather alert has been issued in parts of Spain as an Atlantic storm bring hazardous winds, heavy rains, mountain snow and dangerous coastal conditions across the country. Advisories from the Agencia Estatal de Meteorolog&iacute;a (AEMET), Spain's national weather agency, emphasize an operational reality: at the red level, impacts can escalate quickly from routine disruptions into br]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/storm-kristin-impacts-central-and-southeastern-spain/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/storm-kristin-impacts-central-and-southeastern-spain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Recession Survivor to Industry Pioneer: Ed Lewis's Data Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ed Lewis, the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources (IIR), calls the IIR model "surveillance-grade" because it is active and asset-level. Their researchers connect directly with owners, operators, and engineers, then double-verify details before publishing changes in what is being constructed, added, delayed, or decommissioned across energy, power, chemicals, manufacturing, data centers, mining, and infrastructure. Information may be plentiful, but for Lewis, trust is a rare commodity, an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/from-recession-survivor-to-industry-pioneer-ed-lewiss-data-revolution/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/from-recession-survivor-to-industry-pioneer-ed-lewiss-data-revolution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golden Pass LNG Receiving First Feedgas]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States solidified its position as the world leader in exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Tuesday, when the Golden Pass export facility on the Gulf Coast moved into the commissioning phase, data show.IIR Energy in its NATGAS Today report for Tuesday found that Golden Pass moved into the commissioning phase, becoming the ninth LNG export terminal in the United States.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/golden-pass-lng-receiving-first-feedgas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/golden-pass-lng-receiving-first-feedgas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corning Signs $6 Billion Deal to Supply Meta with Fiber-Optic Cable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Corning Incorporated (Corning, New York), founded in 1851 and which supplied the glass for Thomas Edison's lightbulbs, is a company that has moved with the times and has lately landed significant contracts with some of the biggest players in Big Tech for its glass products. This week, the company announced that Meta Platforms (Menlo Park, California) would pay up to $6 billion through 2030 for Corning to supply Meta's data centers with fiber-optic cabling, a lucrative contract that will lead to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/corning-signs-6-billion-deal-to-supply-meta-with-fiber-optic-cable/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/corning-signs-6-billion-deal-to-supply-meta-with-fiber-optic-cable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Touts Clean Energy Amid Push for Offshore Drilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 28, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With the Trump administration pressing for more drilling in the Pacific, California's governor said Tuesday that his state can be a beacon for a cleaner climate.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-touts-clean-energy-amid-push-for-offshore-drilling/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-touts-clean-energy-amid-push-for-offshore-drilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Storm Fern Causes Power Plant Outages]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 28, 2026--Written by Jesse Broehl for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--At least six power plants were confirmed to have experienced outages since the inclement weather began, either due to mechanical issues or fuel-supply disruptions, or for other reasons. There likely are others that have not reported or been confirmed. It is also possible some of the noted outages below are not due to the weather, but nonetheless are compiled in this summary if the outage coincides during thi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/winter-storm-fern-causes-power-plant-outages/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/winter-storm-fern-causes-power-plant-outages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steel Dynamics Looks to Strong Demand for Aluminum, Steel Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 28, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Steel Dynamics' aluminum and biocarbon/steel operations are on solid footing amid strong demand for both products in the coming year, company executives said Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/steel-dynamics-looks-to-strong-demand-for-aluminum-steel-operations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/steel-dynamics-looks-to-strong-demand-for-aluminum-steel-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[East Coast on Alert for Next Winter Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 28, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A potentially significant winter storm is coming into focus for the U.S. East Coast this upcoming weekend. Once this storm develops it could be named "Gianna" by the Weather Channel. Confidence in specific impacts remains limited due to the lengthy lead time and the sensitivity of the forecast to small changes in storm track and timing. This particular factor was notable in the days and hours prior to the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/east-coast-on-alert-for-next-winter-storm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/east-coast-on-alert-for-next-winter-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gulf Coast Energy Exports, Woodside: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/gulf-coast-energy-exports-woodside-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/gulf-coast-energy-exports-woodside-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queensland's Giant Borumba Hydro Project Advances]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 28, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Commonwealth approval has been granted for the 2,000 megawatt (MW) Borumba Pumped Hydro Project in Queensland, Australia, allowing exploratory works to start in the coming months. Securing regulatory approval under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) to undertake exploratory works is an important step for the A$18 billion (US$12 billion) project which wil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/queenslands-giant-borumba-hydro-project-advances/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/queenslands-giant-borumba-hydro-project-advances/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morocco's Dual Energy Policy: Renewables Rise, Gas Persists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Moroccan energy landscape is evolving, with energy transition taking center stage. After years of reliance on imported fossil fuels to meet its power needs, Morocco is tapping into its solar, wind and hydro potential.Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) database is tracking about 90 active capital-spending projects, totaling more than US$27 billion of investment, for power generation, transmission and distribution acr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/moroccos-dual-energy-policy-renewables-rise-gas-persists/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/moroccos-dual-energy-policy-renewables-rise-gas-persists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scatec Secures PPA with Egypt for Africa's Largest Solar-Plus-Storage Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--January 28, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Norweigian renewable energy developer Scatec ASA (Oslo) has secured a long-term power purchase agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to develop 1.95 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity combined with 3.9 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Egypt, creating the largest integrated solar-and-storage project on the African continent.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/scatec-secures-ppa-with-egypt-for-africas-largest-solar-plus-storage-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/scatec-secures-ppa-with-egypt-for-africas-largest-solar-plus-storage-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Installs Record Renewable Generation]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--January 28, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--India achieved a record-high renewable energy capacity addition of nearly 44 gigawatts (GW) in 2025, led by strong growth in solar and wind power. The country added approximately 37.9 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity and 6.3 GW of wind capacity during the year, marking its highest annual renewable expansion to date.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-installs-record-renewable-generation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-installs-record-renewable-generation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Storm Fern Poses Nationwide Energy Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 27, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Winter Storm Fern's impacts have been dominated by two things: the scale of the power disruptions and the way cold air behind the storm was slowing recovery. By Sunday afternoon, multiple media reports citing PowerOutage.us indicated roughly one million customers were left without power across a wide swath of the South and East, with Tennessee among the hardest hit states.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/winter-storm-fern-poses-nationwide-energy-test/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/winter-storm-fern-poses-nationwide-energy-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coal Use by U.S. Power Plants: Winning a Battle but Still Losing the War?]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 27, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) most recent Electric Power Monthly report contained good news for coal producers: During the first 10 months of the second Trump administration, coal was used to generate more electricity when compared with the Biden years.For the January-October 2025 period, the EIA said, about 616,331 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity was generated from coal by utility-scal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/coal-use-by-us-power-plants-winning-a-battle-but-still-losing-the-war/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/coal-use-by-us-power-plants-winning-a-battle-but-still-losing-the-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petrobras Runs Higher Refining Rates, Downstream Plans Emerge]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 27, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras maintained a refinery utilization rate of 92% between 2023 and 2025, compared with 88% in 2022. At the same time, the company increased its fuel production 3%, with a clear focus on S-10 diesel, in line with its strategic plan.This improved refining performance is closely linked to increased efficiency, optimizations and investments to modernize downstream infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-runs-higher-refining-rates-downstream-plans-emerge/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-runs-higher-refining-rates-downstream-plans-emerge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Taking More Canadian Gas Amid Cold Snap]]></title><description><![CDATA[With more than half of the United States under some form of winter weather advisory, data from IIR Energy show Canadian gas imports are near record highs and helping to address the surge in demand."Winter Storm Ferm is in full swing, driving significant volatility in the natural gas market over the weekend," Maria Sanchez, a senior natural gas analyst at IIR Energy, wrote in the NATGAS Today report for Monday. "Arctic temperatures are pressuring supply through widespread freeze-offs while sharpl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-taking-more-canadian-gas-amid-cold-snap/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-taking-more-canadian-gas-amid-cold-snap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Offline U.S. Oil Production, EU's Russian Gas Ban, Russian LNG Delivery:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/offline-us-oil-production-eus-russian-gas-ban-russian-lng-delivery-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/offline-us-oil-production-eus-russian-gas-ban-russian-lng-delivery-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland Clears Way for Energy-Intensive Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 27, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The Irish government has approved a new energy plan to boost investment in energy intensive facilities including data centers, life sciences, semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Large Energy Action Plan (LEAP) comes just a month after the lifting of an effective moratorium on new data center connections which had been in place since 2021 due to energy concerns.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ireland-clears-way-for-energy-intensive-investment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ireland-clears-way-for-energy-intensive-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's January 26 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 26, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-january-26-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-january-26-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Refining Companies Taking Venezuelan Crude]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid reports of sales of Venezuelan crude oil to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, federal data show imports of the heavy crude oil remain well below-year ago levels.Citing an exclusive, the Reuters news service on Friday reported that both Valero (San Antonio, Texas) and Phillips 66 (Houston, Texas) moved through trading house Vitol (Rotterdam, Netherlands) to purchase cargoes of crude oil sourced from Venezuela. The arrangement, the news service said, was made as a result of an agreement between the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-refining-companies-taking-venezuelan-crude/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-refining-companies-taking-venezuelan-crude/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freeport-McMoRan Boosts 2026, 2027 Capex, Advancing Copper Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 26, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Freeport-McMoRan projects $4.3 billion-$4.5 billion in capital expenditures for 2026 and 2027, respectively, up from $3.9 billion in 2025, which comes as the company is advancing its global and domestic copper footprint.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/freeport-mcmoran-boosts-2026-2027-capex-advancing-copper-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/freeport-mcmoran-boosts-2026-2027-capex-advancing-copper-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iowa State House, Senate Propose Competing Carbon-Pipeline Bills]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 26, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Last week, Iowa's state House of Representatives passed a bill banning the use of eminent domain in the construction of carbon pipelines. The proposed bill, passed 64 to 28 by the House, now moves to a state Senate subcommittee for review.<br />
In a related move, Iowa's Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh (R) introduced legislation regarding all hazardous liquids pipelines, which includes carbon pipelines. One]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iowa-state-house-senate-propose-competing-carbon-pipeline-bills/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iowa-state-house-senate-propose-competing-carbon-pipeline-bills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska LNG Announces Pipeline Developments]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 26, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Glenfarne, a developer behind the Alaska LNG project, said it tapped engineering firm Worley and others for assistance with the Phase 1 pipeline development.Glenfarne said Worley, under a provisional arrangement, will offer engineering, procurement and construction management services for Phase I development. Following a multi-round bidding process that included nearly 20 contactors, a handful of midstre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaska-lng-announces-pipeline-developments/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaska-lng-announces-pipeline-developments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record Europe LNG Imports, U.S. Restructures Biden-Era Clean-Energy Funding:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-europe-lng-imports-us-restructures-biden-era-clean-energy-funding-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-europe-lng-imports-us-restructures-biden-era-clean-energy-funding-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GeoPark Beats 2025 Production Guidance as it Enters Argentina's Vaca Muerta]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 26, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--GeoPark produced 28,233 BOE/d throughout 2025, surpassing its production guidance for the year. The company has begun production in Argentina's Vaca Muerta and expects to further increase production between 2026 and 2028.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/geopark-beats-2025-production-guidance-as-it-enters-argentinas-vaca-muerta/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/geopark-beats-2025-production-guidance-as-it-enters-argentinas-vaca-muerta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capstone Sulphide Operations Halted at Mantoverde Desalination Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capstone announced it temporarily halted sulphide operations at its Mantoverde copper mine in Chile due to water-supply issues related to problems at its desalination plant. The company reported that oxide operations would also need to be halted by January 23 unless the issue was resolved. Meanwhile, the Union No.2 at the copper mine has been on strike since January 2.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/capstone-sulphide-operations-halted-at-mantoverde-desalination-plant/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/capstone-sulphide-operations-halted-at-mantoverde-desalination-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Completes World's Largest Offshore Wind Auction]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 26, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The U.K. has completed Europe's largest ever wind auction, awarding contracts for 8.4 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity which will be capable of powering more than 12 million homes. The seventh auction - Auction Round 7 (AR7) - has been a resounding success for the Labour-led government and the wind sector, especially when compared to AR5 in 2023 which failed to attract a single bid.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-completes-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-auction/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-completes-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-auction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Tinto cerró un sólido desempeño en el cuarto trimestre, liderado por el mineral de hierro y el cobre]]></title><description><![CDATA[26 de Enero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rio Tinto, la minera australiana, report&oacute; una producci&oacute;n de mineral de hierro de 89,7 millones de toneladas en el cuarto trimestre en sus operaciones de Pilbara, un 4% m&aacute;s que en el mismo trimestre del a&ntilde;o anterior, permiti&eacute;ndole cerrar el a&ntilde;o con un volumen de 327,3 millones de toneladas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-cerr-un-slido-desempeo-en-el-cuarto-trimestre-liderado-por-el-mineral-de-hierro-y-el-cobre/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-cerr-un-slido-desempeo-en-el-cuarto-trimestre-liderado-por-el-mineral-de-hierro-y-el-cobre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arctic Air Surges Over Most of U.S. - Winter Storm to Impact Hundreds of Millions]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 23, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Winter Storm Fern is unfolding as the most significant winter weather event since Winter Storm Uni in January 2021. This is forecast to be a substantial, long-duration winter storm lasting from today through Monday, with heavy snow from the southern Rockies and Plains through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast, and a corridor of potentially catastrophic icing from the southern Plains into the Mid-Atla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arctic-air-surges-over-most-of-us-winter-storm-to-impact-hundreds-of-millions/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arctic-air-surges-over-most-of-us-winter-storm-to-impact-hundreds-of-millions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid Growing Concerns, Kinder Morgan All Smiles on U.S. LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 23, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan (Houston, Texas) trumpeted the success that U.S.-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) has in ensuring European energy security, though recent geopolitical developments could impact that status."Few would have predicted that the war in Ukraine would soon be entering its fourth year," Executive Chairman Richard Kinder said Wednesday as U.S. markets were closing. "Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/amid-growing-concerns-kinder-morgan-all-smiles-on-us-lng/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/amid-growing-concerns-kinder-morgan-all-smiles-on-us-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Energy Infrastructure Braces for Winter Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 23, 2026--Written by Maria Sanchez for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A major winter storm this week is expected to impact the U.S., from the southern Plains to the Northeast, bringing extreme cold, heavy snow, and significant icing that could<br />
disrupt transportation, power systems, and energy infrastructure through early next week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-energy-infrastructure-braces-for-winter-storm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-energy-infrastructure-braces-for-winter-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talen Buys Three Gas-Fired Power Plants in PJM Interconnection]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 23, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Talen Energy Corporation (Houston, Texas) is picking up about 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of power generation from its recently announced acquisition of three natural gas-fired power plants from a subsidiary of Energy Capital Partners (Summit, New Jersey). The $3.45 billion deal expands Talen's presence in the westernmost areas of the PJM Interconnection.Industrial Info is tracking more than]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/talen-buys-three-gas-fired-power-plants-in-pjm-interconnection/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/talen-buys-three-gas-fired-power-plants-in-pjm-interconnection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorado Readies 'Just Transition' Strategy for Communities Losing Coal-Fired Plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 23, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--After receiving multiple complaints from Colorado communities regarding exactly how "just" the Colorado Public Service Commission (PUC) and Xcel Energy's (Minneapolis, Minnesota) "Just Transition" strategy actually is in supporting areas losing coal-fired power plants, the PUC last week upped the total available funds by 13% to more than $230 million. Whether that will be adequate to appease some of the m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/colorado-readies-just-transition-strategy-for-communities-losing-coal-fired-plants/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/colorado-readies-just-transition-strategy-for-communities-losing-coal-fired-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Makes Strides on Trade Diversification]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 23, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is making progress with a trade diversification effort. He reached a new comprehensive deal with the European Union after addressing delegates in Davos, Switzerland.Riding high on the response to his address at the World Economic Forum, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government was brokering European trade agreements from energy to steel that he said would]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-makes-strides-on-trade-diversification/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-makes-strides-on-trade-diversification/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru Plans to Add Nine Solar Projects to Grid by 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 23, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines expects nine new solar projects, totaling US$1.26 billion of investment, will add 1,420 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity to the Peru's National Electric Interconnect System (SEIN) between 2026 and 2028.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/peru-plans-to-add-nine-solar-projects-to-grid-by-2028/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/peru-plans-to-add-nine-solar-projects-to-grid-by-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Backs off European Tariff Threat over Greenland]]></title><description><![CDATA[One post on social media from the U.S. president is all it takes to swing markets, revise headlines and alter pending trade policies.After roiling markets on both sides of the Atlantic over the weekend with the announcement that he would implement a 10% tariff on eight European countries--rising to 25% in June--should they fail to support his ambitions for a U.S. takeover of Greenland, U.S. President Donald Trump has now cleared the slate again with another Truth Social post from Wednesday after]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-backs-off-european-tariff-threat-over-greenland/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-backs-off-european-tariff-threat-over-greenland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arctic Outbreak Sets Stage for Winter Storm, Widespread U.S. Impacts]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D., Energy Meteorologist &amp; Analyst for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--A combination of a surging Arctic air mass and Winter Storm Fern will be the two dominant hazards in the coming days. The storm poses risks from both energy demand surges and operational disruptions, including potential natural gas freeze-offs and refinery disruptions. In addition, the forecasted icing corridor may suffer electricity transmission and distribution]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arctic-outbreak-sets-stage-for-winter-storm-widespread-us-impacts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arctic-outbreak-sets-stage-for-winter-storm-widespread-us-impacts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xcel, Other Utilities Plot T&amp;D Growth in North Dakota, Minnesota]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Northern States Power Company, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, is spearheading an effort to bolster transmission and distribution (T&amp;D) capacity between Minnesota and North Dakota through improvements and expansions to an existing 345-kilovolt (kV) line. The utilities involved aim to address thermal and voltage issues by constructing a second circuit to the line, which runs from Dou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/xcel-other-utilities-plot-tampd-growth-in-north-dakota-minnesota/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/xcel-other-utilities-plot-tampd-growth-in-north-dakota-minnesota/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Energy/AI Ecosystem Takes Shape in Utah]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Three hundred miles northeast of Las Vegas, in west-central Utah, energy companies, an equipment supplier and a data center developer have placed multibillion-dollar bets on the future of the energy industry and artificial intelligence (AI). Ground zero for this future-focused activity is Millard County, Utah, population about 13,000.Companies featured: Chevron Corporation and Fibernet Corporation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-energyai-ecosystem-takes-shape-in-utah/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-energyai-ecosystem-takes-shape-in-utah/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PJM Board's Data Connection Plan Includes Backstop Auction]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Managing speed of implementation, reliability, and price is the three-legged balancing act faced by today's power grid operators. On Friday PJM Interconnection's board, following a White House meeting of governors of many PJM-managed states, issued instructions for dealing with those issues, including a reliability backup auction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pjm-boards-data-connection-plan-includes-backstop-auction/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pjm-boards-data-connection-plan-includes-backstop-auction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea's KHNP Secures Stake in TerraPower, Will Support Natrium Reactor]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Korea Hydro &amp; Nuclear Power Company secured a stake in the Bill Gates-backed mini-nuclear developer TerraPower after SK Innovation transferred part of its 10% stake in the company. The two South Korean companies pledged to support construction of TerraPower's Natrium reactor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/south-koreas-khnp-secures-stake-in-terrapower-will-support-natrium-reactor/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/south-koreas-khnp-secures-stake-in-terrapower-will-support-natrium-reactor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halliburton Ends 2025 on Down Note in North America]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Amid forecasts for a lower-for-longer price cycle for crude oil, upstream services firm Halliburton Company (Houston, Texas) said its North American revenue was down 7% sequentially in the fourth quarter.Halliburton on Wednesday helped kick off the reporting season with fourth-quarter results, amid broad-based concern about the global economy and shifting demand centers for energy products away from China.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/halliburton-ends-2025-on-down-note-in-north-america/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/halliburton-ends-2025-on-down-note-in-north-america/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Oil Surplus, U.S. Arctic Blast, Venture Global Prevails Again: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/world-oil-surplus-us-arctic-blast-venture-global-prevails-again-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/world-oil-surplus-us-arctic-blast-venture-global-prevails-again-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron Ore and Copper Lead Rio Tinto to Solid Q4 Performance]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rio Tinto reported higher year-on-year production of iron ore, copper and lithium. Major assets across commodities, such as Simandou, Oyu Tolgoi and Olaroz, continue to move forward.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iron-ore-and-copper-lead-rio-tinto-to-solid-q4-performance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iron-ore-and-copper-lead-rio-tinto-to-solid-q4-performance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morocco's Automotive Growth Shapes Africa's Industrial Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2026--Written by Sharun Anthony for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Morocco's strategic location positions it as a gateway to European markets, enhancing its appeal for foreign automotive investment. According to BNP Paribas, about 95% of Morocco's car exports are destined for Europe. With government initiatives such as tax breaks, free trade zones, reduced import duties and incentives on corporate electric vehicle purchases, Morocco offers a highly competitive environment]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/moroccos-automotive-growth-shapes-africas-industrial-future/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/moroccos-automotive-growth-shapes-africas-industrial-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA Finds Solar Power Leading Global Renewables]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 21, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--"Despite some headwinds, in many countries around the world, renewables are meeting much if not all of the rising demand for electricity, often because they are the most competitive option," the International Energy Agency (IEA) wrote in an early-year World Economic Outlook Update.The IEA said it expected global renewable power capacity to increase by nearly 4,600 gigawatts (GW) by the end of the decade, d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-finds-solar-power-leading-global-renewables/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-finds-solar-power-leading-global-renewables/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dangerous Winter Storm Forecast to Impact at Least 75 Million People]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 21, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D., Energy Meteorologist &amp; Analyst for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Winter Storm Fern is forecast to develop later this week, impacting almost 700,000 square miles from the Texas Panhandle to the Northeast. The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) is already highlighting the impending Arctic outbreak and the forecast storm to be the two dominant national hazards for the upcoming week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dangerous-winter-storm-forecast-to-impact-at-least-75-million-people/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dangerous-winter-storm-forecast-to-impact-at-least-75-million-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andritz Wins South Korean Hydropower Supply Contract, Adding to Global Project Backlog]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 21, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--Austrian hydropower equipment provider Andritz (Graz) this week announced that it has chalked up another major project win. South Korea's Doosan Enerbility (Changwon) and its partner awarded Andritz the contract to design and supply key equipment for a grassroot 500-megawatt (MW) pumped-storage hydropower project in Chungcheong province. Andritz will supply two 250-MW turbines, generators, auxiliary system]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/andritz-wins-south-korean-hydropower-supply-contract-adding-to-global-project-backlog/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/andritz-wins-south-korean-hydropower-supply-contract-adding-to-global-project-backlog/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cochilco Forecasts Strong Chilean Copper Output through 2033]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 21, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Cochilco, a state-owned mining agency, forecasted Chile's copper output through 2034. Based on published numbers, Chile would experience two production peaks over the next decade, with 5.97 million tons of copper in 2027 and 6.06 million tons in 2033. For 2026, Cochilco expects a production of 5.61 million tons.For 2027, Cochilco forecasts an increase in copper production, driven by the ramp-up of projects t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-forecasts-strong-chilean-copper-output-through-2033/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-forecasts-strong-chilean-copper-output-through-2033/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Nuclear Design from GE Vernova Hitachi Clears U.K. Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 21, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The U.K.'s nuclear assessment authority, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), has successfully completed assessing the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) designed by GE Vernova Hitachi (Wilmington, North Carolina). The ONR stated that there are "no fundamental safety, security, safeguards or environmental protection shortfalls with the design that could prevent its deployment in Great Britain"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/small-nuclear-design-from-ge-vernova-hitachi-clears-uk-process/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/small-nuclear-design-from-ge-vernova-hitachi-clears-uk-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan PM's Snap Elections Could Strengthen Her Energy Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 21, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Only in office since October 21 of last year, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called for snap elections. Her order dissolves the Lower House on January 23, with elections set for February 8.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/japan-pms-snap-elections-could-strengthen-her-energy-policy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/japan-pms-snap-elections-could-strengthen-her-energy-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brasil añadió 7.403 MW de nueva capacidad instalada a su sistema eléctrico en 2025, y se espera una mayor incorporación en 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[21 de Enero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brasil a&ntilde;adi&oacute; 7.403 MW de nueva capacidad instalada, liderada por fuentes renovables. Para 2026, se prev&eacute; la incorporaci&oacute;n de otros 9.142 MW. El impulso a las energ&iacute;as renovables est&aacute; convirtiendo al pa&iacute;s en un destino atractivo para los centros de datos.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brasil-aadi-7403-mw-de-nueva-capacidad-instalada-a-su-sistema-elctrico-en-2025-y-se-espera-una-mayor-incorporacin-en-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brasil-aadi-7403-mw-de-nueva-capacidad-instalada-a-su-sistema-elctrico-en-2025-y-se-espera-una-mayor-incorporacin-en-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions Emerge over Future of U.S. Trade Deal with Europe, Including LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 20, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With a German political party looking to snub U.S.-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the row over Greenland, the International Monetary Fund said the decline in relations among western powers poses a risk to global growth.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/questions-emerge-over-future-of-us-trade-deal-with-europe-including-lng/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/questions-emerge-over-future-of-us-trade-deal-with-europe-including-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automakers Pull a Slow U-Turn on EVs]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 20, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--The decision by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan) to book a $19.5 billion asset impairment charge last month, most of which was tied to reversing or abandoning its prior pursuit of electric vehicles (EVs), was a dramatic demonstration of the power President Donald Trump exercised over the sector in 2025. Between imposing tariffs on imported vehicles and parts, which is under review by the U.S. Supreme Cour]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/automakers-pull-a-slow-u-turn-on-evs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/automakers-pull-a-slow-u-turn-on-evs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western U.S. Home to Most Geothermal Power, Other Opportunities]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 20, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Geothermal power's installed nameplate capacity in 2024, 3,969 gigawatts-electric (GWe), was 8% greater than the 3,6773 GWe reported in 2020. That's the finding of the "2025 U.S. Geothermal Market Report," issued by the DOE's Office of Geothermal and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR, formerly the National Renewable Energy Lab). The previous geothermal report came out in 2021.The net increase came]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/western-us-home-to-most-geothermal-power-other-opportunities/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/western-us-home-to-most-geothermal-power-other-opportunities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mosaic Endures Rough 2025 for Phosphates, But Upbeat on 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 20, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Declining fertilizer demand, attributed to rising phosphate prices and an early onset of winter weather, is challenging agricultural chemical producer The Mosaic Company (Tampa, Florida) as it heads into 2026, following a rough year for market conditions. Nonetheless, the company is expecting a significantly better operating environment for the coming year.Industrial Info is tracking]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mosaic-endures-rough-2025-for-phosphates-but-upbeat-on-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mosaic-endures-rough-2025-for-phosphates-but-upbeat-on-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar Expansion Leads Projected U.S. Power Generation Growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 21, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Solar power will be the primary driver of electricity generation growth in the United States over the next two years, even as the nation's power grid faces growing pressure from rising demand.Substantial solar capacity that has been in various stages of development and construction in recent years is being commissioned and adding new generation to the grid.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/solar-expansion-leads-projected-us-power-generation-growth/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/solar-expansion-leads-projected-us-power-generation-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chipmaker TSMC Projects 2026 Capex will Reach $52 Billion-$56 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 20, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--TSMC plans for between $52 and $56 billion in capital spending for 2026, an increase of as much as 40% from 2025's figure. Industrial Info is tracking more than $150 billion worth of active and planned U.S. projects from the company, all of which is attributed to its Fab 21 campus expansion in Phoenix, Arizona.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chipmaker-tsmc-projects-2026-capex-will-reach-52-billion-56-billion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chipmaker-tsmc-projects-2026-capex-will-reach-52-billion-56-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil Boosts Power Output in 2025, with More Expected in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 20, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazil's National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) reported the South American nation added 7,403 megawatts (MW) of new installed capacity throughout 2025. For 2026, ANEEL expects 9,142 MW of new capacity additions, a 23.4% increase.A total of 136 power plants began commercial operations last year; Rio de Janeiro was the state with the most newly installed capacity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-boosts-power-output-in-2025-with-more-expected-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-boosts-power-output-in-2025-with-more-expected-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's Lower Fossil-Fueled Power Use, India-UAE LNG Deal:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chinas-lower-fossil-fueled-power-use-india-uae-lng-deal-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chinas-lower-fossil-fueled-power-use-india-uae-lng-deal-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding Bump for Austria's Largest Green Hydrogen Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 20, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for IIR News Intelligence (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The largest green hydrogen project in Austria has been given a 123 million euro (US$144 million) boost by the state-owned Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS) bank. Construction is expected to start later this year on the planned green hydrogen plant in Bruck an der Leitha (Lower Austria), which is being co-developed by a joint venture of Austria's oil and gas major, OMV (Vienna) and Abu Dhabi's state-backe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/funding-bump-for-austrias-largest-green-hydrogen-project/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/funding-bump-for-austrias-largest-green-hydrogen-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EDF-France Raises Nuclear Investment Estimate]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--France's state-owned utility Electricite de France (Paris) has raised the estimated investment required to build six new nuclear reactors to &euro;72.8 billion (US$84.8 billion), reflecting higher construction costs and revised project assumptions since the program was announced in 2022.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/edf-france-raises-nuclear-investment-estimate/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/edf-france-raises-nuclear-investment-estimate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dangote Lekki Refinery Expansion Advances with $350 Million Construction Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 20, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dangote Industries has announced a $350 million contract with Engineers India Limited (EIL) for the latter to be project management consultant (PMC) and to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for an expansion that will more than double the capacity of Dangote's 650,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Lekki Refinery in Lagos, Nigeria, up to 1.4 million BBL/d.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dangote-lekki-refinery-expansion-advances-with-350-million-construction-deal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dangote-lekki-refinery-expansion-advances-with-350-million-construction-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Plans to Award 14 GW of Renewable Energy Projects in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Saudi Arabia is set to award around 14 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity in 2026 as it accelerates progress toward its clean energy ambitions under Vision 2030. The planned awards will be made through the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) and will include solar and wind projects under the Saudi Power Procurement Company's (SPPC) Round 7 tenders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/saudi-arabia-plans-to-award-14-gw-of-renewable-energy-projects-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/saudi-arabia-plans-to-award-14-gw-of-renewable-energy-projects-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ube Corporation Announces Asian Restructuring]]></title><description><![CDATA[KOFU, JAPAN--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) --Ube Corporation's (Tokyo, Japan) "Vision for 2030" roadmap aims to shift focus from production of basic chemicals to specialty chemicals due to weak market conditions and oversupply. This restructuring transformation affects its Thailand operations, Ube Chemicals (Asia) Public Company Limited (UCHA) and UBE Fine Chemicals (Asia) Company Limited (UFA), with shutdowns accelerating by March 2026, a year ear]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ube-corporation-announces-asian-restructuring/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ube-corporation-announces-asian-restructuring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Leaders Vow to Not Bow to Trump's Tariff Threats]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 19, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Europe's leading nations have reacted strongly to threats by the U.S. President Donald Trump to impose fresh tariffs on eight allied nations which are opposed to his proposed takeover of Greenland. Last year's specter of a narrowly avoided Europe-U.S. tariff war is hovering again after Trump announced a 10% tariff on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/european-leaders-vow-to-not-bow-to-trumps-tariff-threats/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/european-leaders-vow-to-not-bow-to-trumps-tariff-threats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's January 19 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 19, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-january-19-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-january-19-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Signs Off on Alabama Coal-Mining Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, various branches of the federal government paved the way for Warrior Met Coal's planned mine-expansion projects in Alabama, opening the door to extracting an additional 53 million tons of metallurgical coal.<br />
Both the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) have signed off on various portions of two projects from Alabama-focused metallurgical coal (met coal) miner Warrior Met Coal (Brookwood, Alabama).The projects include the expansions of the Blue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-signs-off-on-alabama-coal-mining-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-signs-off-on-alabama-coal-mining-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House Meeting Calls for PJM Emergency Power Auction]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 19, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--At a Friday White House meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump, members of his administration, and a group of Mid-Atlantic governors urged PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) to hold an emergency power auction to help cover increasing power demands and reverse the trend of rising consumer electric bills connected to such buildouts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/white-house-meeting-calls-for-pjm-emergency-power-auction/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/white-house-meeting-calls-for-pjm-emergency-power-auction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Targa Expands Permian Footprint with Acquisition, New Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 19, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Targa Resources recently closed its acquisition of Stakeholder Midstream LLC (San Antonio, Texas) for $1.25 billion, adding a tier to its already-significant presence in the Permian Basin. The deal also adds 480 miles to Targa's 31,200 miles of natural gas pipelines, as well as 180 million cubic feet to its 11.7 billion cubic feet per day of cryogenic natural gas processing and sour]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/targa-expands-permian-footprint-with-acquisition-new-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/targa-expands-permian-footprint-with-acquisition-new-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panama's Mulino to Announce Decision on Future of Copper Mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 19, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said during a press conference that he expects to announce a final decision on the Cobre Panama mine by mid-year."I expect and trust that the process will be completed by mid-year, and I will make the corresponding announcement to the country," said Mulino.<br />
Additionally, Mulino highlighted that Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast offered him three copper experts to h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/panamas-mulino-to-announce-decision-on-future-of-copper-mine/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/panamas-mulino-to-announce-decision-on-future-of-copper-mine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Levithan Gas Field Expansion, Talen's PJM Acquisition:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/levithan-gas-field-expansion-talens-pjm-acquisition-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/levithan-gas-field-expansion-talens-pjm-acquisition-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leviathan Gas Field Expansion, Talen's PJM Acquisition:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/leviathan-gas-field-expansion-talens-pjm-acquisition-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/leviathan-gas-field-expansion-talens-pjm-acquisition-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petrobras Surpasses 2025 Production Targets]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 19, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) surpassed its annual production record by 0.5 percentage points in 2025, reaching oil output of 2.4 million barrels per day (BBL/d), about 11% more than the volumes seen in 2024.<br />
Meanwhile, total oil and gas production also beat 2025's goals by 2.8 percentage points to close at 2.99 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d), which is 11% higher year on year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-surpasses-2025-production-targets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-surpasses-2025-production-targets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equinor Spending US$10 Billion To Maintain Norway's Output]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 19, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Norway's oil and gas heavyweight Equinor (Stavanger) has awarded almost US$10 billion in framework contracts to maintain the company's offshore installations and onshore plants on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The 12 framework agreements with seven suppliers, including Aibel (Stavanger), Aker Solutions (Oslo), Moreld Apply AS (Stavanger), Wood Group (Aberdeen, Scotland), Rosenberg Worley (Stavang]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/equinor-spending-us10-billion-to-maintain-norways-output/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/equinor-spending-us10-billion-to-maintain-norways-output/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mitsubishi Makes Haynesville Shale Grab]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 16, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi said its acquisition of acreage in the Haynesville shale play will give it an advantage in the natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) sectors."By acquiring cost-competitive gas assets, we will build a natural gas value chain that addresses global energy challenges such as increasing energy demand and the transition to decarbonization," the company said late Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mitsubishi-makes-haynesville-shale-grab/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mitsubishi-makes-haynesville-shale-grab/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada, China Ink Strategy Agreements]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 16, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--During the first visit for a sitting Canadian prime minister to China since 2017, Mark Carney said both sides have reset bilateral relations with an agreement on energy, clean technology and climate competitiveness.Carney, a former central bank governor, met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of broad-based meetings in Beijing. A five-point plan outlined in a joint statement includes everyt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-china-ink-strategy-agreements/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-china-ink-strategy-agreements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Hydropower to Begin Flowing into New England]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 15, 2026--Written by Jesse Broehl, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, IIR News Intelligence (Pennsylvania)--Full commercial operations will begin January 16 on the 145-mile New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) transmission line, which is designed to deliver about 1.2 GW of hydroelectric power into the New England region. The capacity added to the system will change market dynamics for electricity, relieving some demand, and competing against other regional power producers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-hydropower-to-begin-flowing-into-new-england/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-hydropower-to-begin-flowing-into-new-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Sources Copper from Environmentally Friendlier Arizona Mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making a move toward acquiring the raw materials required by the many data centers it is building in the U.S., Amazon Web Services has agreed to source thousands of tons of copper from a recently restarted mine in Arizona using technology that requires significantly less water and produces less carbon emissions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/amazon-sources-copper-from-environmentally-friendlier-arizona-mine/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/amazon-sources-copper-from-environmentally-friendlier-arizona-mine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuelan Barrels Trickle in Amid U.S. Sale Claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. government said it made the first sale of Venezuelan crude after it captured the nation's president, though recent federal data show flows from South America had declined.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuelan-barrels-trickle-in-amid-us-sale-claims/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuelan-barrels-trickle-in-amid-us-sale-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. LNG Levels Down, Deals Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though the amount of gas feeding U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities is on the decline, there's no shortage of interest in the super-cooled gas given the bevy of recent deals brokered for Gulf Coast installations.The United States is the world leader in exports of LNG, supported by the vast volumes of natural gas found in domestic shale basins. The federal government this week reported that LNG volumes were the equivalent of 15 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) last year and shou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-levels-down-deals-up/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-levels-down-deals-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco Gets Green Light to Extend Chilean Copper Mine Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 16, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Chilean state mining company Codelco has received environmental impact assessment (EIA) approval for the life-of-mine extension of its Ministro Hales copper mine in the Atacama Desert. The project would allow the mine to extend operations to 2054, and it will cost an investment of US$2.8 billion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-gets-green-light-to-extend-chilean-copper-mine-life/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-gets-green-light-to-extend-chilean-copper-mine-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia to Stockpile Critical Minerals]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 16, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The Australian government is moving forward with its A$1.2 billion (US$800 million) plan to buy and stockpile strategic critical minerals essential for clean-energy and high-technology manufacturing as well as advanced military equipment. The aim of the Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) will be to allow Australia to secure its own supplies, reduce its reliance on China and become a leading]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-to-stockpile-critical-minerals/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-to-stockpile-critical-minerals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Seeks to Limit States', Tribes' Use of Clean Water Act to Stop Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed a rule change to an element of the Clean Water Act, which was initially signed into law in 1972. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act gives states and tribes the right "to grant, deny, or waive certification of proposed federal licenses or permits that may discharge into waters of the United States."<br />
The EPA is now seeking to narrow the scope with which Section 401 can be used, asserting that the statute previously has been imprope]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/epa-seeks-to-limit-states-tribes-use-of-clean-water-act-to-stop-projects/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/epa-seeks-to-limit-states-tribes-use-of-clean-water-act-to-stop-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuelan Barrels Point to Lower Crude Oil Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 15, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday pointed to headwinds from a potential rush of Venezuelan crude on the market.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuelan-barrels-point-to-lower-crude-oil-prices/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuelan-barrels-point-to-lower-crude-oil-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Plans to Pay More for Data Centers' Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 15, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Microsoft says it is working to prevent residents from seeing data center-driven electricity price hikes by requesting that utilities charge the tech giant higher rates. Community backlash around the issue of electricity prices has become a point of contention around data center construction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/microsoft-plans-to-pay-more-for-data-centers-power/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/microsoft-plans-to-pay-more-for-data-centers-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is CEQ Rule the End 'Regulatory Reign of Terror' or the Start of Legal Chaos?]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 15, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Trump administration finalized a rule January 7 scaling back the requirement that the White House Council on Environmental Quality set uniform standards for federal agencies to conduct environmental analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), continuing its effort to cut regulation and expedite the construction of infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/is-ceq-rule-the-end-regulatory-reign-of-terror-or-the-start-of-legal-chaos/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/is-ceq-rule-the-end-regulatory-reign-of-terror-or-the-start-of-legal-chaos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Low Oil Prices to Geopolitics, U.S. Energy Feeling Pressured]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 15, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--Though U.S. inflationary pressures are modest even with global trade tensions, there may be some lingering headwinds for employment in the energy sector.Examining data delayed by the federal U.S. government shut down last year, the Texas Independent Producers &amp; Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO), a trade group representing the interests of nearly 3,000 upstream companies, found employment was soft in th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/from-low-oil-prices-to-geopolitics-us-energy-feeling-pressured/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/from-low-oil-prices-to-geopolitics-us-energy-feeling-pressured/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commonwealth LNG Sales Agreement, Indonesia Biodiesel Mandates, BP:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/commonwealth-lng-sales-agreement-indonesia-biodiesel-mandates-bp-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/commonwealth-lng-sales-agreement-indonesia-biodiesel-mandates-bp-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arabia Saudita busca fortalecer su presencia minera en Latinoamérica]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arabia Saudita est&aacute; estableciendo nuevas alianzas con gobiernos latinoamericanos, mientras Riad acoge el Foro de Minerales del Futuro.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arabia-saudita-busca-fortalecer-su-presencia-minera-en-latinoamrica/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arabia-saudita-busca-fortalecer-su-presencia-minera-en-latinoamrica/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continúa la huelga de trabajadores en la mina de cobre Capstone Mantoverde en Chile]]></title><description><![CDATA[15 de Enero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--El Sindicato N.&ordm; 2 de la mina de cobre Mantoverde, operada por Capstone en Chile, se encuentra en huelga desde el 2 de enero. Las negociaciones entre la empresa y los trabajadores fracasaron, y el sindicato rechaz&oacute; el acuerdo propuesto por Capstone, seg&uacute;n inform&oacute; el medio El Zorro Nortino.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/contina-la-huelga-de-trabajadores-en-la-mina-de-cobre-capstone-mantoverde-en-chile/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/contina-la-huelga-de-trabajadores-en-la-mina-de-cobre-capstone-mantoverde-en-chile/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Supports Revoking Minnesota Mining Ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 14, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--Congress has 60 days to act on legislation introduced by U.S. House member Pete Stauber (R-Minnesota) to overturn a mining ban near Minnesota's Boundary Waters area, paving the way for a subsidiary of Chilean-focused Antofagasta to construct a copper-nickel mine in the area.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-supports-revoking-minnesota-mining-ban/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-supports-revoking-minnesota-mining-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing Export Capacity Drives Canada's Oil, Gas Project Starts]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 14, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As Canada seeks new customers for its oil and gas output amid ongoing trade disputes with the U.S., several fossil-fuel producers are beginning work on extraction and processing projects in some of Canada's biggest resource hotspots.Industrial Info is tracking more than US$11 billion worth of active and proposed projects in Canada's Oil &amp; Gas Production Industry that are set to b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/growing-export-capacity-drives-canadas-oil-gas-project-starts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/growing-export-capacity-drives-canadas-oil-gas-project-starts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Lets Orsted Resume U.S. Offshore Wind Project Despite Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 14, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Renewable energy company Orsted (Fredericia, Denmark), said Monday it will resume work on its Revolution Wind project off the U.S. Atlantic Coast after a court ruled against a federal stop-work order.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/court-lets-orsted-resume-us-offshore-wind-project-despite-trump/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/court-lets-orsted-resume-us-offshore-wind-project-despite-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia Points to Big LNG Ambitions]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 14, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Working to expand opportunities with non-U.S. trading partners, the premier of British Columbia said there are at least a half dozen liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the works in his province.British Columbia Premier David Eby is leading a trade mission to India to promote bilateral trade in a variety of goods, from critical minerals to wood products. With U.S. tariffs on Canada jeopardizing pro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/british-columbia-points-to-big-lng-ambitions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/british-columbia-points-to-big-lng-ambitions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies' Venezuela Stance, Record U.S. Power Consumption:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-venezuela-stance-record-us-power-consumption-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-venezuela-stance-record-us-power-consumption-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Seeks to Strengthen its Latin American Mining Footprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 14, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Saudi Arabia and Brazil agree on new partnerships, as Chile's minister of mines travels to Riyadh for the Future Minerals Forum, where new partnerships with the Saudi government could be announced.Brazil's Minister of Energy and Mines, Alexandre Silveira, and his Saudi counterpart, Bandar Al-khorayef, met prior to the international conference to strengthen ties. Silveira highlighted Brazil's interest in rece]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/saudi-arabia-seeks-to-strengthen-its-latin-american-mining-footprint/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/saudi-arabia-seeks-to-strengthen-its-latin-american-mining-footprint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain Awards Almost $1 Billion for Energy Storage]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 14, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Spain's government has announced 818 million euro (US$956 million) in financial support for 126 energy storage projects designed to strengthen its power supplies. The funding and the 126 winning projects were announced by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/spain-awards-almost-1-billion-for-energy-storage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/spain-awards-almost-1-billion-for-energy-storage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike at Major Chilean Copper Mine Continues]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 13, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-Workers at the Mantoverde copper mine in Chile continue their strike that began January 2. The union highlights that operations remain practically halted, with the concentrator being fed at 30% using stockpiled ore. The company has not issued an update since January 1.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/strike-at-major-chilean-copper-mine-continues/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/strike-at-major-chilean-copper-mine-continues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela, Permitting Reform Top U.S. Oil &amp; Gas Priority List]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 13, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Executives from the American Petroleum Institute (API) spend almost half of their 60-minute media briefing Monday discussing Venezuela."Venezuela is the biggest oil story in the world," said API Chief Executive Officer Mike Sommers. He noted that Venezuelan oil reserves have been estimated at about 300 billion barrels, the world's largest, but cautioned that "reserves don't equal production."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuela-permitting-reform-top-us-oil-amp-gas-priority-list/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venezuela-permitting-reform-top-us-oil-amp-gas-priority-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Pushes Battery Storage, Low-Carbon Energy Buildout]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 13, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Electric bills in Illinois jumped 15% during 2025, and state leaders are renewing a push to reduce the burden on consumers while developing long-term generation resources..Industrial Info is tracking nearly $24 billion worth of active and proposed renewable energy-generation projects across Illinois, as well as more than $7.5 billion worth of BESS projects.Companies featured: Vistra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/illinois-pushes-battery-storage-low-carbon-energy-buildout/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/illinois-pushes-battery-storage-low-carbon-energy-buildout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Boosts Nuclear Agreements, Adds Vistra, TerraPower, Oklo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Working to provide power to its increasing lineup of data centers, Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, announced three new agreements to fund generation facilities. The total involved will be up to 6.6 gigawatts of power, new and existing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/meta-boosts-nuclear-agreements-adds-vistra-terrapower-oklo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/meta-boosts-nuclear-agreements-adds-vistra-terrapower-oklo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feedgas for U.S. LNG Hits Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 13, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With more export commitments emerging, the amount of feedgas running to the eight operational LNG terminals across the U.S. set a record Monday, data from IIR Energy show.IIR Energy in its NATGAS Report for Monday showed feedgas reached 19.45 billion cubic feet (Bcf), besting the previous record of 19.3 Bcf set on December 8.Companies featured: Cheniere Energy, Venture Global, KBR and Tecnicas Reunidas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/feedgas-for-us-lng-hits-record/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/feedgas-for-us-lng-hits-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Worried about Venezuelan Oil Competition]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 13, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Concerned about the potential influx of Venezuelan crude oil into the United States, the provincial leader of oil-rich Alberta urged the Canadian federal government to put more emphasis on trade expansion plans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alberta-worried-about-venezuelan-oil-competition/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alberta-worried-about-venezuelan-oil-competition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TSMC's Phoenix Fab 21 Expansion Strengthens U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 13, 2026--Written by Jennis Jacob for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--TMSC's manufacturing complex expansion underway in Phoenix, Arizona, is poised to boost domestic production of semiconductors.Against a backdrop of capacity expansions and shifting geopolitics, the U.S. continues to emerge as a key market focused on rebuilding domestic fabrication and lowering supply-chain risks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tsmcs-phoenix-fab-21-expansion-strengthens-us-semiconductor-manufacturing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tsmcs-phoenix-fab-21-expansion-strengthens-us-semiconductor-manufacturing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenland's Mining Projects Draw Attention]]></title><description><![CDATA[The potential mining of rare earth elements is increasingly entering the rhetoric justifying the possible acquisition of Greenland by the U.S., in addition to other issues such as opening Arctic trade routes.What sort of mines currently operate in Greenland, and in particular, what is the country's status in regard to rare earths-mining projects?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/greenlands-mining-projects-draw-attention/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/greenlands-mining-projects-draw-attention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commonwealth LNG, Diamondback Energy:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/commonwealth-lng-diamondback-energy-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/commonwealth-lng-diamondback-energy-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru Expects Eight Major Mining Projects to Begin This Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines reported that it expects eight mining projects worth US$7.61 billion to begin in 2026. The eight projects are in advanced feasibility and engineering stages, according to vice minister Carlos Talavera.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/peru-expects-eight-major-mining-projects-to-begin-this-year/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/peru-expects-eight-major-mining-projects-to-begin-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poland Awards First Offshore Wind Auction]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 13, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Poland's first offshore wind auction has awarded financial support for 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of capacity spread across three projects. Four companies competed in the auction, which was looking for up to 4 GW of capacity, and three winners were chosen for Contracts for Difference (CfD): state-owned Orlen Group (Plock), state-owned PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) (Warsaw), and a consortium of Norway']]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/poland-awards-first-offshore-wind-auction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/poland-awards-first-offshore-wind-auction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's January 12 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 12, 2026--Researched by IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-january-12-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-january-12-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ed Lewis Of Industrial Info Resources On How To Leverage Data To Grow Your Business]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 12, 2026--Researched by IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ed Lewis is the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources, which for the last 42 years has been providing data and market intelligence across the entire supply chain of companies involved in industrial and energy-related markets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ed-lewis-of-industrial-info-resources-on-how-to-leverage-data-to-grow-your-business/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ed-lewis-of-industrial-info-resources-on-how-to-leverage-data-to-grow-your-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back on the Radar: U.S. Acquisition of Greenland for Strategic Reasons]]></title><description><![CDATA[After about a year on the back burner, recent U.S. action in Venezuela and White House comments about security have pushed talk of the U.S. acquiring Greenland back to the forefront.Almost exactly a year ago (right after the Inauguration), IIR News ran a story titled "Why Would Anybody Want to Buy Greenland?" It listed resources such as minerals and oil and gas, most of which are a long way from being mined at all, and even further from profitability.At the bottom of that list was national secur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/back-on-the-radar-us-acquisition-of-greenland-for-strategic-reasons/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/back-on-the-radar-us-acquisition-of-greenland-for-strategic-reasons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glenfarne Seeks Financing for Texas LNG Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Glenfarne Group (New York, New York) has been making quite a few moves in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewables sectors. , Bloomberg reported last week that Glenfarne has begun seeking financing for its Texas LNG project in Brownsville, Texas, a planned 4 million-ton-per-annum (MTPA) facility with a portion of its production already promised to various companies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/glenfarne-seeks-financing-for-texas-lng-plant/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/glenfarne-seeks-financing-for-texas-lng-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holtec Pushes Palisades Nuclear Restart to February]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 12, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Despite previously saying the shuttered Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan would officially reopen by the end of 2025, Holtec (Jupiter, Florida) earlier this month said now it expects the plant to be connected to the grid by the end of February.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/holtec-pushes-palisades-nuclear-restart-to-february/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/holtec-pushes-palisades-nuclear-restart-to-february/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North America's Near-Term Weather Outlook and its Implications for Energy Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 12, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D. for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The 2025-26 late-winter outlook is defined by short-term polar vortex variability, rather than a sustained cold regime. While seasonal temperature averages favor milder conditions across the southern U.S., sharp cold surges remain the primary risk driver for energy demand, grid reliability, and fuel logistics.Guidance suggests the next three months will be shaped by short-term variability in the polar vortex, ra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-americas-near-term-weather-outlook-and-its-implications-for-energy-markets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-americas-near-term-weather-outlook-and-its-implications-for-energy-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithium Argentina Eyes Two Major Project Kickoffs in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 12, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Lithium Argentina closed 2025 at the upper end of its production guidance with an output of 34,100 tons of lithium carbonate from its Cauchari-Olaroz Mine in Argentina's Jujuy province.It expects to proceed with two new projects in Argentina this year.The company announced that it is moving forward with a major expansion, after submitting its environmental permit and the project to Argentina's Incentive Regime for Large]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lithium-argentina-eyes-two-major-project-kickoffs-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lithium-argentina-eyes-two-major-project-kickoffs-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Working to Thwart Offshore Drilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though its refinery sector is on the decline, a bipartisan group of California legislators is backing a measure that would impose a moratorium on offshore drilling in state waters."Our coastline is the crown jewel of California," state assembly member Dawn Addis said in a statement Thursday. "We are here to say with one voice--Republican, Democrat, and Independent--that our shores are not for sale."<br />
Addis recently introduced Assembly Bill 1536, which calls for additional legislation meant to lim]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-working-to-thwart-offshore-drilling/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/california-working-to-thwart-offshore-drilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Gas Exports to U.S. Declining]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 12, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The amount of natural gas flowing into the United States from Canada slumped recently, with federal Canadian data showing the value in energy exports in general is on the decline.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-gas-exports-to-us-declining/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-gas-exports-to-us-declining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Does the Possible Rio Tinto-Glencore Merger Mean for the Mining Sector?]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 12, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Rio Tinto-Glencore merger could create one of the world's largest miners, with assets ranging from mines to smelters, downstream processing, and recycling facilities.Glencore (Baar, Switzerland) is one of the world's largest copper producers, with 2024's output at 951,600 tons, and owns mines such as Collahuasi in Chile and Antamina in Peru, both among the world's top 10 producing mines.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/what-does-the-possible-rio-tinto-glencore-merger-mean-for-the-mining-sector/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/what-does-the-possible-rio-tinto-glencore-merger-mean-for-the-mining-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies' Lebanon Permit, Norway's Declining Production, Shell's Revenue Declines:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-lebanon-permit-norways-declining-production-shells-revenue-declines-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-lebanon-permit-norways-declining-production-shells-revenue-declines-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Ditches 'Zombie' Projects to Free Up Power Grid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jaunary 12, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The U.K. has overhauled its grid connection system by ditching most of the 700-gigawatts (GW) of power and storage projects in the queue that have been stopping shovel-ready projects from getting started. Of the 700 GW of projects in the queue for connection to the national grid, only 283 GW of energy and storage projects have survived the cull, along with 99 GW of transmission-connected demand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-ditches-zombie-projects-to-free-up-power-grid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-ditches-zombie-projects-to-free-up-power-grid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El campo petrolero brasileño Búzios alcanza una capacidad instalada de 1,15 millones de bpd]]></title><description><![CDATA[12 de Enero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras, la petrolera estatal, anunci&oacute; oficialmente el 31 de diciembre el inicio de la producci&oacute;n de petr&oacute;leo de la plataforma P-78, la s&eacute;ptima unidad de producci&oacute;n del campo B&uacute;zios, ubicado en la Cuenca de Santos, frente a la costa del estado de R&iacute;o de Janeiro. Con esta incorporaci&oacute;n, el campo alcanza una capacidad operativa de 1,15 millones de barriles de pet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-campo-petrolero-brasileo-bzios-alcanza-una-capacidad-instalada-de-115-millones-de-bpd/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-campo-petrolero-brasileo-bzios-alcanza-una-capacidad-instalada-de-115-millones-de-bpd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brasil alcanzó su máximo valor de exportación en 2025, con US$348.700 millones]]></title><description><![CDATA[12 de Enero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brasil cerr&oacute; 2025 con un valor total de exportaciones de US$348.700 millones, un nuevo m&aacute;ximo hist&oacute;rico y US$9.000 millones por encima del r&eacute;cord previo de 2023, seg&uacute;n datos del Ministerio de Desarrollo, Industria, Comercio y Servicios. En t&eacute;rminos de volumen, tanto el mineral de hierro como el petr&oacute;leo tambi&eacute;n alcanzaron nuevos m&aacute;ximos hist&oacute;ricos.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brasil-alcanz-su-mximo-valor-de-exportacin-en-2025-con-us348700-millones/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brasil-alcanz-su-mximo-valor-de-exportacin-en-2025-con-us348700-millones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valero Plans Gasoline Imports as California Refineries Close]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 9, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Valero Energy Corporation isn't giving up on California, despite the looming closure of a major refinery within the state. The company said it "anticipates importing additional gasoline volumes to the (San Francisco) Bay Area in the near term," which could come as a relief to Californians already facing the highest gasoline prices in the nation.Industrial Info is tracking about $1.3 billion worth]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/valero-plans-gasoline-imports-as-california-refineries-close/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/valero-plans-gasoline-imports-as-california-refineries-close/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mining Giants Rio Tinto and Glencore Back in Merger/Acquisition Talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 9, 2026--Written by Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rio Tinto (London, England) is in talks again to acquire all or part of Glencore (Baar, Switzerland) in a move that could potentially create the world's largest mining company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mining-giants-rio-tinto-and-glencore-back-in-mergeracquisition-talks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mining-giants-rio-tinto-and-glencore-back-in-mergeracquisition-talks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska LNG Looks to Supply Domestic Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 9, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The developer of a gold mine in Alaska signed a preliminary agreement to secure natural gas from the first phase of the planned Alaska LNG facility, which is slated to address domestic demands.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaska-lng-looks-to-supply-domestic-market/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaska-lng-looks-to-supply-domestic-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constellation Energy Completes Calpine Acquisition]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 9, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Constellation Energy, the largest nuclear power company in the U.S., has finalized its acquisition of Calpine Corporation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-energy-completes-calpine-acquisition/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-energy-completes-calpine-acquisition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. to See New &amp; Restarted Sawmills Coming Online in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite an escalation in U.S. sawmill closures and consolidations, a few grassroot sawmills are set to come online in the U.S. in 2026, in addition to a restarted operation in Washington state.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-to-see-new-amp-restarted-sawmills-coming-online-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-to-see-new-amp-restarted-sawmills-coming-online-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Opens Up Nuclear Power Sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 09, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--India will allow private developers to take part in its nuclear power market for the first time as the country makes nuclear power a cornerstone of the country's future energy transition. The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill was passed by both houses of the Indian parliament and is a win for its main proponent, President Narendra Modi.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-opens-up-nuclear-power-sector/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-opens-up-nuclear-power-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Says It's Marketing Venezuelan Crude Oil]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. federal government said it would begin marketing millions of barrels of crude oil from Venezuela under the terms of a deal announced by the Trump administration with few details."The United States government has begun marketing Venezuelan crude oil in the global marketplace for the benefit of the United States, Venezuela and our allies," a readout from the U.S. Department of Energy stated late Wednesday. "We have engaged the world's leading commodity marketers and key banks to execute a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-says-its-marketing-venezuelan-crude-oil/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-says-its-marketing-venezuelan-crude-oil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flooding, Severe Weather Risks Loom for Southeast U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 8, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D. for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for portions of central and northeast Oklahoma, far southeast Kansas, and far southwest Missouri for this morning into early Friday, January 9. A tornado watch remains in effect for northeast Oklahoma through midday, reflecting the near-term risk as convection moves rapidly northeast.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/flooding-severe-weather-risks-loom-for-southeast-us/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/flooding-severe-weather-risks-loom-for-southeast-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Market Factors Alone Create Venezuelan Headwinds]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 8, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas)--The break-even price for Venezuelan crude oil is likely the highest for major global producers, which adds further complications to U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions to overhaul a delipidated industry.Various media outlets are reporting that Trump said that interim leaders in Venezuela will hand over between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S. That, in turn, would be sold on the open market, wit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/market-factors-alone-create-venezuelan-headwinds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/market-factors-alone-create-venezuelan-headwinds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TechnipFMC Racks Up Work in Gulf with Contract for BP's Tiber]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 8, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--TechnipFMC added another line to its U.S. deepwater roster after BP awarded it an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract for the Tiber offshore oilfield development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The project joins a list that includes work for Cenovus Energy and Shell on some of those companies' heaviest deepwater investments.Industrial Info is tracking more than $17 billion]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/technipfmc-racks-up-work-in-gulf-with-contract-for-bps-tiber/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/technipfmc-racks-up-work-in-gulf-with-contract-for-bps-tiber/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Backing 'Northwest Coast Oil Pipeline']]></title><description><![CDATA[January 8, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The provincial government of Alberta has opened a webpage dedicated to proposals for a potentially new oil export artery from the western coast of Canada, part of a broader push to expand non-U.S. trade.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alberta-backing-northwest-coast-oil-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alberta-backing-northwest-coast-oil-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pattern Energy Obtains Active Renewables Projects in Cordelio Acquisition]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 8, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News (Sugar Land Texas)--Renewable energy and power transmission company Pattern Energy (San Francisco, California) has announced it will acquire independent renewables developer Cordelio Power (Toronto, Ontario). The deal includes Cordelio's 16 operational and under-construction projects as well as a pipeline of other planned developments in key U.S. locations.<br />
Both companies are linked to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pattern-energy-obtains-active-renewables-projects-in-cordelio-acquisition/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pattern-energy-obtains-active-renewables-projects-in-cordelio-acquisition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA: U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices Drop in 2025 for Third Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 8, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Global oversupply of both crude and oil refined products led to a third consecutive year of lower pump prices for gasoline in 2025. That's according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-us-retail-gasoline-prices-drop-in-2025-for-third-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-us-retail-gasoline-prices-drop-in-2025-for-third-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ExxonMobil Lower Upstream Earnings, Iraqi Field Nationalization, U.S. Crude Oil Inventories:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxonmobil-lower-upstream-earnings-iraqi-field-nationalization-us-crude-oil-inventories-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxonmobil-lower-upstream-earnings-iraqi-field-nationalization-us-crude-oil-inventories-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil Hit its Highest Export Value at US$348.7 Billion in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brazil exported US$348.7 billion in 2025, led by the manufacturing(US$188.68 billion) and extractive (US$80.43 billion) sectors. Volumes of oil and iron ore exported in 2025 broke all previous records.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-hit-its-highest-export-value-at-us3487-billion-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-hit-its-highest-export-value-at-us3487-billion-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy Transfer Plots Up to $5.5 Billion in 2026 Growth Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 7, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Energy Transfer Partners isn't slowing down. The industry titan expects to invest $5 billion to $5.5 billion in growth capital throughout 2026, especially on its natural gas-transportation network. The company, which believes it will have invested about $5 billion for 2025, says the projects it expects to bring online this year are backed by long-term commitments.Industrial Info is tracking more t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/energy-transfer-plots-up-to-55-billion-in-2026-growth-projects/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/energy-transfer-plots-up-to-55-billion-in-2026-growth-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Con Ed Capital Plans Caught Between Affordability and Reliability Concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 7, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Jennifer Hensley, senior vice president of corporate affairs for Consolidated Edison Incorporated (Con Ed) (New York, New York) told investors last October that it needed to make about $72 billion of investments over the next decade "to maintain the safety and reliability of our system and to manage growth as more customers electrify their heating and transportation. And also to fortify our grid against extreme weather event]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/con-ed-capital-plans-caught-between-affordability-and-reliability-concerns/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/con-ed-capital-plans-caught-between-affordability-and-reliability-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOE Awards $2.7 Billion to Uranium-Enrichment Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has gone to significant lengths to encourage the development of nuclear power in the U.S.: Regulatory and permitting requirements have been eased, funding has been allocated for the addition of small modular reactors (SMRs) at two sites, and the authorities have given the green light for the installation of a small-capacity advanced reactor in Wyoming. Earlier this week, the administration made another move in support of the sector by awarding more than $2.7 billion to c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-awards-27-billion-to-uranium-enrichment-companies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-awards-27-billion-to-uranium-enrichment-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vistra Grows Gas Generation Portfolio with Cogentrix Acquisition]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 7, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Vistra Corporation has agreed to acquire Cogentrix Energy and its 10 natural gas generation assets totaling approximately 5,500 MW of capacity in a deal valued at $4 billion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vistra-grows-gas-generation-portfolio-with-cogentrix-acquisition/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vistra-grows-gas-generation-portfolio-with-cogentrix-acquisition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. LNG in Overdrive in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supported in large part by operations at the Plaquemines export facility in Louisiana, feed gas for the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector ended 2025 on a high note, data from IIR Energy show.Drawing on its vast shale natural gas deposits inland, the United States emerged as the world leader in exports of LNG in 2022. That came just as global energy security was at risk due to the loss of Russian gas from sanctions invoked over its invasion of Ukraine that year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-in-overdrive-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-lng-in-overdrive-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big 'Ifs' on Venezuelan Oil Sector Revival]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 7, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas)--It's possible the Venezuelan oil sector will return to its previous glory from the mid-1970s, but it will require substantial investments and decades-long commitments, analysis from IIR Energy found.Venezuela is a founding member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and sits on top of the largest oil reserves in the world. Oil production peaked in the 1970s at 3.7 million barrels per day (BB]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/big-ifs-on-venezuelan-oil-sector-revival/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/big-ifs-on-venezuelan-oil-sector-revival/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Questions About Oil and the Future of Venezuela]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicol&aacute;s Maduro and his wife over the weekend roiled both energy and geopolitical waters worldwide. U.S. President Donald Trump is promising to use the capture as leverage to help U.S. oil companies recover assets lost in Venezuela's 2007 nationalization of its oil industry--and to "run the county" if necessary to accomplish that.Many questions arise from these declarations. Are any oil companies willing to risk an investment that might never pay ou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/big-questions-about-oil-and-the-future-of-venezuela/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/big-questions-about-oil-and-the-future-of-venezuela/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transport, Steel Pipe Needs Fuel Downstream U.S. Metal Sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 6, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Technological changes across the energy and transportation sectors are driving product development for companies that process metals into industrial components. Industrial Info is tracking more than $2 billion worth of capital-spending projects across downstream U.S. Metal &amp; Minerals Industry sectors that are set to begin construction before the end of the first quarter; these sectors cover th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/transport-steel-pipe-needs-fuel-downstream-us-metal-sector/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/transport-steel-pipe-needs-fuel-downstream-us-metal-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel's Nofar Energy Grows U.S. Solar Presence with Pine Gate Assets Acquisition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Israel's Nofar Energy (Tel Aviv) has taken a US$285 million dive into the U.S. solar sector, shoring up the assets of its U.S. subsidiary Nofar USA (Boca Raton, Florida), with the purchase of nine U.S. assets from troubled company Pine Gate Renewables (Asheville, North Carolina). The transaction comes about as a result of Pine Gate's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November last year, prompting it to surrender assets at seemingly bargain prices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/israels-nofar-energy-grows-us-solar-presence-with-pine-gate-assets-acquisition/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/israels-nofar-energy-grows-us-solar-presence-with-pine-gate-assets-acquisition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISM: U.S. Manufacturing Activity Reaches Lowest Level in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 6, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) Purchasing Managers Index, a leading indicator for the level of economic activity in U.S. manufacturing, reached its lowest figure for 2025 (and a 14-month low) as manufacturers continue to face challenges related to tariffs and other economic uncertainty.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ism-us-manufacturing-activity-reaches-lowest-level-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ism-us-manufacturing-activity-reaches-lowest-level-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vistra, Japan's New Gas-Fired Power Plant, Oil Exec Meeting:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vistra-japans-new-gas-fired-power-plant-oil-exec-meeting-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vistra-japans-new-gas-fired-power-plant-oil-exec-meeting-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Buzios Field Reaches 1.15 Million BBL/d]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 6, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has announced the first oil from the P-78 platform, the seventh production platform at the Buzios oil field in the Santos Basin offshore Rio de Janeiro. With P-78, the field will reach an operational oil production capacity of 1.15 million barrels of oil per day (BBL/d).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-buzios-field-reaches-115-million-bbld/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-buzios-field-reaches-115-million-bbld/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Chilean Copper Mine Slows Production Amid Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 6, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Union #2, the labor union at Capstone Copper Corporation's Mantoverde Copper Mine in Chanaral, Chile, began a strike January 2, following failed negotiations between the company and the union.In a statement, Capstone, the owner of the asset, said that the mine will operate at up to 30% of its normal production during the strike.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/major-chilean-copper-mine-slows-production-amid-strike/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/major-chilean-copper-mine-slows-production-amid-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Critical of Venezuelan Developments]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 5, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Similarly awash in the heavy crude oil favored by U.S. refiners, a Canadian government looking for energy opportunities outside North America was critical of U.S. military action in Venezuela.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-critical-of-venezuelan-developments/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 18:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-critical-of-venezuelan-developments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's January 5 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 5, 2026--Researched by IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-january-5-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-january-5-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Petrochemical Producers Plot Turnarounds Amid Weak Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 5, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. petrochemical sector endured a rough 2025, with prices pushed downward by weak demand, oversupply, lower energy costs and persistent trade uncertainty. Producers aim to keep their existing units in the best shape in the current market.Industrial Info is tracking more than $480 million worth of maintenance-related projects at chemical-processing plants across the U.S. that are set to begin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-petrochemical-producers-plot-turnarounds-amid-weak-prices/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-petrochemical-producers-plot-turnarounds-amid-weak-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Gears Up for Multiple Hatchery Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[While estimates are still out on exactly how U.S. egg consumption fared in 2025, one thing seems relatively certain--egg consumption remains at quite high levels in comparison with historical trends, and the per capita consumption of chicken has been steadily rising for years.This comes despite things turning south for the industry in 2024 and into 2025.That's when the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) really hit the U.S. poultry and hatchery sectors in a big way, despite c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gears-up-for-multiple-hatchery-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gears-up-for-multiple-hatchery-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Developers Challenge Revolution Wind Suspension]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 5, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News (Sugar Land Texas)--The developers of the Revolution Wind facility off the coast of Rhode Island took legal action against the Trump administration for working to thwart its progress.Joint venture partners Orsted (Fredericia, Denmark) and Skyborn Renewables (Hamburg, Germany) filed a supplemental complaint in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia challenging a suspension order issued December 22 by the U.S. Department of the I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/developers-challenge-revolution-wind-suspension/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/developers-challenge-revolution-wind-suspension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco Secures Financing from HSBC, Santander to Decarbonize]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 5, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Codelco, Chile's state-owned mining company, received US$600 million in financing from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) and Banco Santander to decarbonize its electricity matrix. The agreement is backed by the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.The mining company aims to source 100% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030. The plan began in 2018 with contract renego]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-secures-financing-from-hsbc-santander-to-decarbonize/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-secures-financing-from-hsbc-santander-to-decarbonize/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record U.S. LNG Exports, Serbia Refinery Resumes Operations:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-lng-exports-serbia-refinery-resumes-operations-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-lng-exports-serbia-refinery-resumes-operations-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record U.S. LNG Exports, Serbia Refinery Resume Operations:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-lng-exports-serbia-refinery-resume-operations-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-lng-exports-serbia-refinery-resume-operations-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru's Metallic Mining Exports through September Reached US$42.12 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines reported that between January and September of 2025, metallic mining exports amounted to US$42.12 billion, about 20.6% more than the same period in 2024.Copper accounted for roughly 46% of the total amount, about 12.1% more than the same period in 2024. Closely behind was gold, accounting for 37.3% of the total and 43.1% more than in 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-metallic-mining-exports-through-september-reached-us4212-billion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-metallic-mining-exports-through-september-reached-us4212-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump: Big Plans for U.S. Oil Companies After Venezuela Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 3, 2026--Written by Brian Ford for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Saying that the U.S. will "run" Venezuela for an undetermined period following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, U.S. President Donald Trump has asserted that he wants U.S. oil companies to spend billions of dollars to help repair Venezuela's ailing oil infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-big-plans-for-us-oil-companies-after-venezuela-strike/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-big-plans-for-us-oil-companies-after-venezuela-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NiSource Capex Plan Soars 45%, Driven Largely by Planned Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 2, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News (Sugar Land Texas)--What a difference a year, and artificial intelligence (AI), can make! NiSource Incorporated (Merrillville, Indiana), a holding company for gas and electric utilities in six Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states, plans to increase capital expenditures (capex) about 45% over the 2026-2030 period, to an estimated $28 billion. Additional capital outlays of up to $2 billion may be made over the 2026-2030 period, the company told inve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nisource-capex-plan-soars-45-driven-largely-by-planned-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nisource-capex-plan-soars-45-driven-largely-by-planned-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Urenco USA Produces First Domestic Enriched Uranium Supply]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 2, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Urenco USA (Eunice, New Mexico) is enlarging its Eunice facility by about 15%, after it enriched uranium above 5% U-235 (8.5%, to be exact) in December. This falls under the category known as "low enriched uranium plus" (LEU+), which includes all uranium enriched to 5-10% U-235. It is the first such production from a commercial uranium-enrichment facility in the U.S.Other companies featured: Urenco and Westinghouse]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/urenco-usa-produces-first-domestic-enriched-uranium-supply/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/urenco-usa-produces-first-domestic-enriched-uranium-supply/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Acquires Intersect Power Specializing in Large Solar Plants, BESS]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 31, 2026--Written by Jesse Broehl for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Google parent Alphabet Incorporated (Mountain View, California) has announced it will acquire Intersect Power (San Francisco), an independent power producer (IPP), focused on large, utility-scale, solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants co-located with data center infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/google-acquires-intersect-power-specializing-in-large-solar-plants-bess/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/google-acquires-intersect-power-specializing-in-large-solar-plants-bess/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent Flooding Impacts California]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 2, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D. for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--California's late-December onslaught of storms has produced a significantly different impact than earlier-season precipitation, driven less by rainfall totals and more by the compounding effects of antecedent moisture, terrain-focused enhancement and the storm's slow movement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/recent-flooding-impacts-california/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/recent-flooding-impacts-california/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low U.S. Oil Imports, New Venezuela Sanctions, Saipem Contract Win:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/low-us-oil-imports-new-venezuela-sanctions-saipem-contract-win-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/low-us-oil-imports-new-venezuela-sanctions-saipem-contract-win-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La decisión de Ecopetrol de avanzar con el proyecto eólico Windpeshi marca un hito para el desarrollo de la energía eólica en Colombia]]></title><description><![CDATA[2 de Enero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ecopetrol, la compa&ntilde;&iacute;a petrolera colombiana, aprob&oacute; la Decisi&oacute;n Final de Inversi&oacute;n (DFI) de su proyecto e&oacute;lico Windpeshi, de 205 megavatios (MW), ubicado en La Guajira, Colombia. La compa&ntilde;&iacute;a adquiri&oacute; el proyecto a Enel en 2025; la empresa italiana lo hab&iacute;a suspendido en 2023 debido a protestas de la comunidad y retrasos en la construcci&oacute;n.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-decisin-de-ecopetrol-de-avanzar-con-el-proyecto-elico-windpeshi-marca-un-hito-para-el-desarrollo-de-la-energa-elica-en-colombia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 07:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-decisin-de-ecopetrol-de-avanzar-con-el-proyecto-elico-windpeshi-marca-un-hito-para-el-desarrollo-de-la-energa-elica-en-colombia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duke Submits Early Site Permit Application for North Carolina Nuclear Unit]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 31, 2025--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Duke Energy Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) has taken a preliminary step in placing one or more small modular reactors (SMRs) at its Belews Creek site in North Carolina. This week, Duke submitted an early site permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the placement of a nuclear unit at the existing two-unit coal- and natural gas-fired plant in Stokes County.An early site permit ap]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/duke-submits-early-site-permit-application-for-north-carolina-nuclear-unit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/duke-submits-early-site-permit-application-for-north-carolina-nuclear-unit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Refineries Prepare for Maintenance Ahead of a Busy 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 31, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Next year is expected to be a busy one for the U.S. Petroleum Refining Industry, with high utilization rates at operational units resulting from the recent closures of several key refineries, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Several of the industry's biggest players are preparing for turnarounds in the coming quarter at some of their largest units.Industrial Info is]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-refineries-prepare-for-maintenance-ahead-of-a-busy-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-refineries-prepare-for-maintenance-ahead-of-a-busy-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPEED Act Seeks to Streamline Permitting of Energy Assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 31, 2025--Written by John Egan for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Federal lawmakers and agencies have wrangled for years over how to update and streamline one of the nation's foundational environmental laws, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which was enacted in 1970.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/speed-act-seeks-to-streamline-permitting-of-energy-assets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/speed-act-seeks-to-streamline-permitting-of-energy-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nickel Processing Grows with EV Demand, Production Efforts]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 31, 2025--Written by Jennis Jacob for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--An essential mineral for clean energy, nickel has been rising in demand in recent years. This increase is primarily tied to traditional sectors such as stainless steel and specialty alloys, with stainless steel alone accounting for roughly 70% of global primary nickel use.Further contributing to this growth is the expansion of lithium-ion battery production for electric vehicles (EVs), where nickel-rich cathodes are use]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nickel-processing-grows-with-ev-demand-production-efforts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nickel-processing-grows-with-ev-demand-production-efforts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold-Driven Demand Tightens U.S. Natural Gas Balances]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 31, 2025--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D. for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. natural gas markets have entered the heart of winter with demand running decidedly above seasonal norms, driven by a sustained period of below-normal temperatures across major regions for consumption. The result has been a drastically tighter supply-demand balance, heightened storage draw risk, and increased price sensitivity to near-term weather forecasts.Recent data show total U.S. natural gas demand ris]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cold-driven-demand-tightens-us-natural-gas-balances/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cold-driven-demand-tightens-us-natural-gas-balances/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chevron to Receive American Crude from Canada's Frontera]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 31, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Canadian energy company Frontera (Calgary, Alberta) said it would receive up to $120 million in pre-payments from Chevron (Houston, Texas) in exchange for crude oil sourced from its operations in the Americas.Some $80 million of that is in advance payment for an unspecified amount of crude oil for a period of two years. Frontera did not provide specific details about the origin of the crude, adding only that the agree]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chevron-to-receive-american-crude-from-canadas-frontera/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chevron-to-receive-american-crude-from-canadas-frontera/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vår Energi Spending US$15 billion in Norwegian North Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 31, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for IIR News (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Leading independent oil and gas developer, V&aring;r Energi (Stavanger, Norway), plans to spend roughly US$15 billion in the coming years on 20 projects in the Norwegian North Sea and Barents Sea. The company said that the investment will add 350,000-400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d) through 2030 and beyond.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vr-energi-spending-us15-billion-in-norwegian-north-sea/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vr-energi-spending-us15-billion-in-norwegian-north-sea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Invests in Ansan, Osong Plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[KOFU, JAPAN--December 31, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Shin Poong Pharmaceutical (Seoul, South Korea) is seeking to secure funding for a large-scale manufacturing investment at its Osong (Cheongju) and Ansan plants in South Korea.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shin-poong-pharmaceutical-invests-in-ansan-osong-plants/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shin-poong-pharmaceutical-invests-in-ansan-osong-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: India's Cement Industry to Add Capacity by 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--December 31, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--India is currently witnessing an uptick in cement demand driven by sizable public infrastructure development, a thriving real estate sector and rapid urbanization.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/report-indias-cement-industry-to-add-capacity-by-2030/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/report-indias-cement-industry-to-add-capacity-by-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Severe Tropical Cyclone Hayley Barrels Into Western Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 31, 2025--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tropical Cyclone Hayley developed rapidly in the southern Indian Ocean as a tropical low overnight on Sunday before intensifying into a tropical cyclone on Monday. Rapid intensification continued as Hayley moved across warm waters and was supported by favorable upper-level winds. By Tuesday, it rapidly intensified to severe tropical cyclone (STC) strength with 195 kilometers-per-hour (kph) (120 miles-per-hour) winds (]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/severe-tropical-cyclone-hayley-barrels-into-western-australia/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/severe-tropical-cyclone-hayley-barrels-into-western-australia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Heavy Manufacturing Takes Flight in 2026's First Quarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 30, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The armed forces and data-center developers are among the top customers for the heavy-manufacturing corner of the U.S. Industrial Manufacturing Industry. Industrial Info is tracking about $3.4 billion worth of heavy-manufacturing projects across the U.S. that are slated to begin construction in the first quarter of 2026, with aircraft and electrical components among the sectors seeing the strong]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-heavy-manufacturing-takes-flight-in-2026s-first-quarter/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-heavy-manufacturing-takes-flight-in-2026s-first-quarter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K.'s Harbour Energy Buys GOM Producer LLOG for $3.2 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 30, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Harbour Energy announced last week its purchase of LLOG Exploration for $3.2 billion. Harbour, founded in 2014, is a large independent producer with operating assets in Norway, the U.K., Argentina and Mexico. It is also involved in Southeast Asia and Africa.Other companies featured: Wintershall Dea, Waldorf Energy Partners Limited, Waldorf Production Limited and Shell plc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uks-harbour-energy-buys-gom-producer-llog-for-32-billion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uks-harbour-energy-buys-gom-producer-llog-for-32-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey's BOTAS Taps U.S. LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 30, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Turkish energy company BOTAS turned a non-binding LNG deal into a nine-year commitment with Woodside Energy. Woodside is busy developing an export terminal on the U.S. Gulf Coast.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/turkeys-botas-taps-us-lng/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/turkeys-botas-taps-us-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOE Orders Indiana Coal Units To Remain Available into 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 30, 2025--Written by Jill Sampson for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Continuing the trend to disallow retirement of aging coal-fired power, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has ordered three Indiana generating units to continue running beyond their planned retirement dates, previously set for this month. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) units represent a total of 952 megawatts (MW) in generation capacity and per DOE orders must continue to be available to run throug]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-orders-indiana-coal-units-to-remain-available-into-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-orders-indiana-coal-units-to-remain-available-into-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New England Power Rates, U.S. Fuel Stocks, Russia's Delayed LNG Production Target:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-england-power-rates-us-fuel-stocks-russias-delayed-lng-production-target-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-england-power-rates-us-fuel-stocks-russias-delayed-lng-production-target-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexico Fast-Tracks Approvals of 20 Renewables Projects with Energy Storage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, Mexico gave the go-ahead for 15 solar projects and five wind projects that will come online between 2027 and 2029. The announcement presents a quick turnaround on the projects as the government only opened the process for submissions in mid-October.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mexico-fast-tracks-approvals-of-20-renewables-projects-with-energy-storage/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mexico-fast-tracks-approvals-of-20-renewables-projects-with-energy-storage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boost for Floating Offshore Wind in the U.K.]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 30, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The U.K.'s state-body in charge of renewable energy has made its first offshore wind investment in the proposed Pentland floating offshore project in Scottish waters. GB Energy (GBE) (Aberdeen, Scotland) has taken a minority stake in the 100-megawatt project, along with the National Wealth Fund (NWF) (Leeds, England) and Scottish National Investment Bank (Edinburgh, Scotland).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/boost-for-floating-offshore-wind-in-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/boost-for-floating-offshore-wind-in-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's December 29 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 29, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-29-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-29-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA: Global Coal Use Up Slightly in 2025, But Declines Seen to 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 29, 2025--Written by John Egan for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Global demand for all forms of coal in 2025 is expected to rise slightly from 2024's record, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) (Paris, France), though the agency cautioned that the trajectory of the world's coal markets will be driven by a number of variables, including weather, fuel prices and policy decisions by national governments.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-global-coal-use-up-slightly-in-2025-but-declines-seen-to-2030/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-global-coal-use-up-slightly-in-2025-but-declines-seen-to-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA: It Is Difficult to Track Many Critical Minerals Supply/Demand and Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 29, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Many minerals deemed critical for the data center revolution and for the energy transition have no standard reporting mechanisms for supply, demand, reserves, or mining costs. This challenges forecasters and planners for producers and end users.Most days for most minerals, traders can check current market price fluctuations and make decisions on buying, selling, or mining. Oil, gas, gold, silver, and others go through t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-it-is-difficult-to-track-many-critical-minerals-supplydemand-and-markets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-it-is-difficult-to-track-many-critical-minerals-supplydemand-and-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ESG Projects Attract Pulp &amp; Paper Investments]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 29, 2025--Written by Sharun Anthony for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--As the world shifts towards sustainability with net-zero targets and recyclability, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) projects have evolved from being optional to a standard industry practice. Helping firms to balance growth with environmental responsibilities through sustainable resourcing, supply-chain optimization and regulatory compliance, ESG initiatives enable industries to advance towards a cleaner fut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/esg-projects-attract-pulp-amp-paper-investments/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/esg-projects-attract-pulp-amp-paper-investments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU: Carbon Tax Extended To Protect Metals Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 29, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Europe has strengthened the protections for its struggling steel and aluminum industries by overhauling its Carbon Cross-Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the world's first carbon emissions tax on imports of heavy industrial goods.Designed to prevent "carbon leakage" CBAM was introduced in 2023 to add a price to imported goods, like steel, based on carbon emitted during production in an effort to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-carbon-tax-extended-to-protect-metals-industry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-carbon-tax-extended-to-protect-metals-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortescue refuerza su interés en Perú ante el optimismo del mercado del cobre]]></title><description><![CDATA[29 de Diciembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--El aumento de la demanda de cobre, los contratiempos operativos en grandes operaciones y los elevados precios del metal est&aacute;n llevando a las mineras a buscar mayor exposici&oacute;n en productores clave como Per&uacute;, a medida que Fortescue redobla sus inversiones en el pa&iacute;s sudamericano.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fortescue-refuerza-su-inters-en-per-ante-el-optimismo-del-mercado-del-cobre/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fortescue-refuerza-su-inters-en-per-ante-el-optimismo-del-mercado-del-cobre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pemex avanza hacia 2026 con desafíos operativos, pero mantiene el respaldo gubernamental]]></title><description><![CDATA[29 de Diciembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Pemex, la empresa estatal mexicana, contin&uacute;a enfrentando desaf&iacute;os estructurales en materia de producci&oacute;n y lucha por alcanzar la capacidad m&aacute;xima de procesamiento en Dos Bocas. Sin embargo, el gobierno de Claudia Sheinbaum seguir&aacute; respaldando firmemente a la compa&ntilde;&iacute;a.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-avanza-hacia-2026-con-desafos-operativos-pero-mantiene-el-respaldo-gubernamental/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-avanza-hacia-2026-con-desafos-operativos-pero-mantiene-el-respaldo-gubernamental/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Records Historic Growth in Non-Fossil Power Capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--December 29, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas--According to India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India has achieved a significant milestone in its clean-energy journey by adding a record 31.25 gigawatts (GW) of non-fossil fuel power capacity during the financial year 2025-26. This is the highest annual addition ever recorded in the country and clearly reflects the accelerating pace of India's transition toward cleaner and more sustainable energ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-records-historic-growth-in-non-fossil-power-capacity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/india-records-historic-growth-in-non-fossil-power-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will GOP Food Fight Break Out Over AI Regulation, Affecting Data Center Buildout?]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 24, 2025--Written by John Egan for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Grid Strategies L.L.C. (Washington, D.C.) last month issued its annual report on projected load growth by electricity companies, a roll-up of near-term load forecasts that utilities and grid managers submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/will-gop-food-fight-break-out-over-ai-regulation-affecting-data-center-buildout/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/will-gop-food-fight-break-out-over-ai-regulation-affecting-data-center-buildout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Efficient Cooperation or SMR Growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 24, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--In today's energy market, small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) are getting a lot of interest, a situation that has changed greatly since the 1970s. At one time, nuclear power was "on the same list with cocaine and human trafficking," said David Brock, vice president, Nuclear Development SaskPower. Brock was among four speakers at a recent Reuters webinar, Unlocking SMR Growth: Strategic Partnerships Driving the Nuclear]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/efficient-cooperation-or-smr-growth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/efficient-cooperation-or-smr-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortescue Reinforces Interest in Peru Amid Bullish Copper Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 24, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Amid increased copper demand, operational setbacks and high copper prices, Fortescue Metals Group Limited (Perth, Australia) is doubling down on its investments in Peru.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fortescue-reinforces-interest-in-peru-amid-bullish-copper-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fortescue-reinforces-interest-in-peru-amid-bullish-copper-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecopetrol's Wind Project FID Marks Milestone for Colombia's Renewable Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 24, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ecopetrol has decided to move ahead with the Windpeshi wind project in Colombia. Wind and solar power are forecasted to be the fastest-growing forms of power generation in the country in the next decade.Windpeshi will allow Colombia to boost wind power capacity by about fivefold.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ecopetrols-wind-project-fid-marks-milestone-for-colombias-renewable-development/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ecopetrols-wind-project-fid-marks-milestone-for-colombias-renewable-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies Creates Largest North Sea Player in U.K.]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 24, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for IIR News (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--French energy major TotalEnergies SE (Courbevoie, France) has agreed to merge its U.K. North Sea upstream business with Neo Next Energy (Aberdeen, Scotland). The expanded company, Neo Next+, will, according to the partners, be the largest independent oil and gas producer in the U.K. with a production of more than 250,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE/d) per day in 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-creates-largest-north-sea-player-in-uk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-creates-largest-north-sea-player-in-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Pauses Site Leases at Offshore Projects Under Construction]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-pauses-site-leases-at-offshore-projects-under-construction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-pauses-site-leases-at-offshore-projects-under-construction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocky Mountains, West Coast Regions Lead U.S. T&amp;D Buildouts]]></title><description><![CDATA[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&amp;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&amp;D projects are in areas most affected by these tren]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rocky-mountains-west-coast-regions-lead-us-tampd-buildouts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rocky-mountains-west-coast-regions-lead-us-tampd-buildouts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bakken Shale Feeling Low-Price Pressure]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bakken-shale-feeling-low-price-pressure/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bakken-shale-feeling-low-price-pressure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pemex Moves to 2026 with Operational Challenges, Maintains Government Backing]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-moves-to-2026-with-operational-challenges-maintains-government-backing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-moves-to-2026-with-operational-challenges-maintains-government-backing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government Acts to Save the Last U.K. Ethylene Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 &pound;120 (US$160 million) million funding. The plant, which employs 500 people, will also benefit from &pound;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.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/government-acts-to-save-the-last-uk-ethylene-plant/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/government-acts-to-save-the-last-uk-ethylene-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's December 22 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 22, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-22-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-22-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LNG Econ 101: Rising Supply Could Dent Profits, Hurt Some Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 22, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) buildout began in earnest about decade ago. Over the 2010-2019 period, terminals totaling nearly 300 billion cubic meters (Bcm) of gas processing capacity began operating, according to the "World Energy Outlook 2025" ("WEO 2025") report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) (Paris, France). That works out to about 10.6 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of processing capa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lng-econ-101-rising-supply-could-dent-profits-hurt-some-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lng-econ-101-rising-supply-could-dent-profits-hurt-some-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhyolite Ridge Expecting 'Transformational' Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 22, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The developer of the Rhyolite Ridge facility, among the few U.S. lithium mining operations, said next year would be a "transformational" one as it approaches a final investment decision.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rhyolite-ridge-expecting-transformational-year/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rhyolite-ridge-expecting-transformational-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Gas Turbine Delivered to Support Georgia Power's New Generation Capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 22, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Georgia Power (Atlanta, Georgia), which is in the process of adding, developing and proposing mainly natural gas and battery energy storage system power generation, has received the second of three new simple-cycle gas combustion turbines at Plant Yates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/second-gas-turbine-delivered-to-support-georgia-powers-new-generation-capacity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/second-gas-turbine-delivered-to-support-georgia-powers-new-generation-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Transportation Sector Energy Demand Could Reach 836 Million Barrels in 2035]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 22, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazil is expected to consume 836 barrels of oil equivalent in transportation energy demand by 2035. Diesel will account for the largest share of fuel, followed by gasoline. Land transportation will dominate the sector requiring 93% of the total energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-transportation-sector-energy-demand-could-reach-836-million-barrels-in-2035/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-transportation-sector-energy-demand-could-reach-836-million-barrels-in-2035/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Petrobras Signs $17.8 Billion Feedstock Deals with Braskem]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 22, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras has signed long-term agreements to supply Braskem operations with feedstock with an estimated value of US$17.84 billion over the next few years. The deals were agreed prior to the expiration of current contracts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-petrobras-signs-178-billion-feedstock-deals-with-braskem/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-petrobras-signs-178-billion-feedstock-deals-with-braskem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Backs Down on Ban for Petrol and Diesel Cars]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 22, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The European Union (EU) has been forced to climb down on its landmark ambition to ban all internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035 following mounting pressure from key Member States and the motoring industry. The proposed ban - a world first - had called for manufacturers to ensure that 100% of production of cars and vans had zero emissions by 2035.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-backs-down-on-ban-for-petrol-and-diesel-cars/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-backs-down-on-ban-for-petrol-and-diesel-cars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lake Charles LNG Suspended]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 19, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Energy Transfer (Dallas, Texas) said it was suspending its efforts to develop the proposed Lake Charles LNG facility in Louisiana to focus more on its midstream assets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lake-charles-lng-suspended/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lake-charles-lng-suspended/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rescue Plan for Australia's Largest Aluminum Smelter]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 19, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The Australian government has agreed a plan to save the country's largest aluminum smelter from closure. Rio Tinto (London, England), the majority shareholder in the Tomago Aluminum Company smelter in Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW), had warned in October that the future of the operation was in doubt due to energy costs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rescue-plan-for-australias-largest-aluminum-smelter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rescue-plan-for-australias-largest-aluminum-smelter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dallas Fed: Doubt, Uncertainty Continue to Slow Oil &amp; Gas Activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 19, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- The fourth-quarter Dallas Fed Energy Survey released this week shows a continued negative vibe among oil and gas executives, but slightly improved from the previous quarter. The broadest indicator, the business activity index, came in at -6.2, little changed from the third quarter. And the company outlook index improved slightly from -17.6 in the third quarter to -15.2.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dallas-fed-doubt-uncertainty-continue-to-slow-oil-amp-gas-activity/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dallas-fed-doubt-uncertainty-continue-to-slow-oil-amp-gas-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Energy Sector Mood Up, U.S. Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 19, 2025--With U.S. survey data pointing to growing pessimism in the oil and gas sector, various analyses suggest the Canadian energy sector may be able to withstand a lower-for-longer price cycle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-energy-sector-mood-up-us-down/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-energy-sector-mood-up-us-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Manufacturers Boost Capex Expectations, but Tariffs Remain a Business Challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 19, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. manufacturers' capital-spending expectations are up from last quarter, according to a quarterly survey by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), but respondents continue to indicate tariffs are impacting their operations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-manufacturers-boost-capex-expectations-but-tariffs-remain-a-business-challenge/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-manufacturers-boost-capex-expectations-but-tariffs-remain-a-business-challenge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North American LNG Race in High Gear]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 19, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Developments across North America help highlight the growing importance of the potential to support energy security with liquefied natural gas (LNG), though both Canada and the United States are in something of a competition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-american-lng-race-in-high-gear/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-american-lng-race-in-high-gear/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France's Flamanville 3 Nuclear Reactor Achieves 100% Power After Years of Delays]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--December 19, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--France's long-delayed Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor has reached full power for the first time, marking a major milestone for the country's nuclear program. State-owned utility &Eacute;lectricit&eacute; de France S.A. (EDF) (Paris) confirmed that on December 14, the European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) achieved 100% power output, generating 1,669 megawatts (MW), shortly after receiving regulatory approval fro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/frances-flamanville-3-nuclear-reactor-achieves-100-power-after-years-of-delays/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/frances-flamanville-3-nuclear-reactor-achieves-100-power-after-years-of-delays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As U.S. House Passes Coal-Fired Legislation, DOE Orders Another Retiring Coal Plant to Stay Open]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Power Plant Reliability Act, which grants FERC broad authority to order coal-fired plants to stay open.Also on Tuesday, the Department of Energy ordered a coal-fired plant in Washington, slated for retirement within weeks, to continue operating.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/as-us-house-passes-coal-fired-legislation-doe-orders-another-retiring-coal-plant-to-stay-open/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/as-us-house-passes-coal-fired-legislation-doe-orders-another-retiring-coal-plant-to-stay-open/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Natural Resources Outlines Plan to Grow Oil &amp; Gas Production, Drilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 18, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Executives at Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) (Calgary, Alberta) outlined the company's 2026 capital-spending (capex) budget earlier this week, highlighting an estimated 3% increase in overall production from 2025. They offered details on short-term production growth and engineering-stage development on some of the company's long-term projects in Canada's oil sands reg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-natural-resources-outlines-plan-to-grow-oil-amp-gas-production-drilling/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-natural-resources-outlines-plan-to-grow-oil-amp-gas-production-drilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phillips 66 Boosts 2026 Capex to $2.4 Billion, Focusing on NGLs, Refining]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 18, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Philips 66 has approved a $2.4 billion capital budget for 2026, which is slightly above this year's forecast, with growth spending geared toward the company's midstream natural gas liquids network and high-return refining projects.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/phillips-66-boosts-2026-capex-to-24-billion-focusing-on-ngls-refining/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/phillips-66-boosts-2026-capex-to-24-billion-focusing-on-ngls-refining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mining Industry: Pursue ESG Goals, Drop the Acronym]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 17, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The term ESG (environment, social and governance) has become highly politicized and weaponized in some areas, but in others it is seen as vital for the Metals &amp; Minerals Industry, according to a new survey from Mining IQ, published by Aspermont Limited.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mining-industry-pursue-esg-goals-drop-the-acronym/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/mining-industry-pursue-esg-goals-drop-the-acronym/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warmup Gives U.S. Gas Pressures a Break]]></title><description><![CDATA[After strains from severe winter weather, the U.S. natural gas sector has been subdued since the weekend cold snap, with both feed gas to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals and production on the decline, IIR Energy data show.A cold front descended from Canada last week to bring frigid cold to much of the continental United States. High temperatures in the Chicago metropolitan area struggled to break out of the single digits during the weekend and the Midcontinent Independent System]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/warmup-gives-us-gas-pressures-a-break/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/warmup-gives-us-gas-pressures-a-break/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Line 5 Pipeline, Canada Emissions Targets, Russia Sanction Waiver:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/line-5-pipeline-canada-emissions-targets-russia-sanction-waiver-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/line-5-pipeline-canada-emissions-targets-russia-sanction-waiver-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petrobras to Acquire a 49.9% Stake in Lightsource BP's Brazil Subsidiary]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 18, 2025--Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has agreed to acquire a 49.9% stake in Lightsource BP's Brazil subsidiary to create an onshore renewable joint venture. The partnership is still pending regulatory approval, but it would open the door for Petrobras to acquire a renewable operational power plant and a pipeline of advanced projects between 1 gigawatt (GW) and 1.5 GW, according to the companies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-to-acquire-a-499-stake-in-lightsource-bps-brazil-subsidiary/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-to-acquire-a-499-stake-in-lightsource-bps-brazil-subsidiary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[José Antonio Kast gana las elecciones en Chile. Qué significa esto para la industria minera?]]></title><description><![CDATA[18 de Diciembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Jos&eacute; Antonio Kast, candidato de derecha en Chile, gan&oacute; las elecciones presidenciales con el 58,1% de los votos el 14 de diciembre. El pol&iacute;tico, que lider&oacute; una campa&ntilde;a centrada en frenar la migraci&oacute;n, reducir el gasto p&uacute;blico y fortalecer la seguridad en el pa&iacute;s, tambi&eacute;n busca acelerar el desarrollo minero.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/jos-antonio-kast-gana-las-elecciones-en-chile-qu-significa-esto-para-la-industria-minera/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/jos-antonio-kast-gana-las-elecciones-en-chile-qu-significa-esto-para-la-industria-minera/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMOC adquiere las operaciones de Equinox Gold en Brasil por US$1.015 millones]]></title><description><![CDATA[18 de Diciembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--El Grupo CMOC acord&oacute; la compra de las operaciones aur&iacute;feras brasile&ntilde;as de Equinox Gold por US$1.015 millones, con un pago inicial de US$900 millones y un pago en efectivo vinculado a la producci&oacute;n por US$115 millones un a&ntilde;o despu&eacute;s del cierre de la transacci&oacute;n.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cmoc-adquiere-las-operaciones-de-equinox-gold-en-brasil-por-us1015-millones/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cmoc-adquiere-las-operaciones-de-equinox-gold-en-brasil-por-us1015-millones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Global Refining Slows, Producers Look to Petrochemicals]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 17, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The global Petroleum Refining Industry has seen a steady decline in capacity additions and fuel demand in the past few years. But Hillary Stevenson, Vice President for Energy Intelligence for Industrial Info, told attendees at a recent industry-oriented presentation that demand remains strong in many areas, particularly the Eastern Hemisphere.Industrial Info is tracking more tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/as-global-refining-slows-producers-look-to-petrochemicals/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/as-global-refining-slows-producers-look-to-petrochemicals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maryland Invites Bids for Offshore Wind Project, but Will Anyone Bite?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, Maryland invited bids for a new offshore wind project after a judge ruled that the White House's moratorium on offshore wind permitting was unlawful. However, a government review of a previously permitted project in Maryland's waters demonstrates the administration's strong stance against the technology and suggests that any company placing a bid on a new project may be in store for serious challenges from the feds.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/maryland-invites-bids-for-offshore-wind-project-but-will-anyone-bite/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/maryland-invites-bids-for-offshore-wind-project-but-will-anyone-bite/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's LNG Gets Further Support]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 17, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Natural gas producer Ovintiv Incorporated (Calgary, Alberta) said it signed a 12-year supply agreement with a developer of the planned Cedar LNG export facility in British Columbia, part of a Canadian effort to diversify its trade.Ovintiv signed an agreement to deliver a half-million tons of gas in the liquid form per year toPembina Pipeline, which will deliver it through the proposed Cedar LNG facili]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-lng-gets-further-support/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-lng-gets-further-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Gulf Buoyed After Recent Lease Sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 17, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Deepwater-focused Seadrill Limited (London, England) said Tuesday it awarded two months-long contracts for its drilling rigs off the U.S. Gulf Coast, the only source of oil production growth to next year.Seadrill said it awarded LLOG Exploration (Scott, Louisiana) a contract to use the West Neptune rig for drilling off the U.S. Gulf Coast. The ultra-deepwater drillship can operate in waters as deep as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gulf-buoyed-after-recent-lease-sale/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gulf-buoyed-after-recent-lease-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pemex On Track for Oil Production Target Amid Increasing Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 17, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Pemex seeks to stabilize oil production at 1.8 million BBL/d over the next decade. The Mexican company's investments have increased thanks to the Ministry of Finance's financing plan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-on-track-for-oil-production-target-amid-increasing-investment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pemex-on-track-for-oil-production-target-amid-increasing-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cochilco: Chile's High Costs Could Discourage Greenfield Copper Investments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chile is the world's largest producer of copper and contains vast reserves of the demanded mineral. However, a recent study by Cochilco, the government mining authority, suggests that the costs of Chile's open-pit copper mining with concentrators are the highest in the Americas, driven by electricity and labor costs and lower grades.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-chiles-high-costs-could-discourage-greenfield-copper-investments/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-chiles-high-costs-could-discourage-greenfield-copper-investments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe 'Turning Off the Tap on Russian Gas']]></title><description><![CDATA[December 17, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Europe has taken its most decisive step yet to achieving energy independence from Russia by agreeing to permanently stop the import of Russian gas by 2027 and a phase-out of Russian oil. A provisional political agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council sets a concrete timeline for the end of Russian gas and oil dominance in Europe's energy mix for many decades.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-turning-off-the-tap-on-russian-gas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-turning-off-the-tap-on-russian-gas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Mulls Offshore Mineral Lease Sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 16, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Keen on protectionist policies meant to insulate the U.S. economy from foreign suppliers, the federal government started the early-stage processes for a proposed lease sale for critical minerals off the coast of Virginia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-mulls-offshore-mineral-lease-sale/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-mulls-offshore-mineral-lease-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Extends Operating License for TVA's Alabama Nuclear Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Knoxville, Tennessee) has announced that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given second license extensions for all three reactors at the utility's Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Alabama. Following power uprates performed in 2018 and 2019, the combined units generate around 3.8 gigawatts (GW), making the plant TVA's largest generating asset.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-extends-operating-license-for-tvas-alabama-nuclear-plant/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-extends-operating-license-for-tvas-alabama-nuclear-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Clean Power Growth Sets Record in Q3, but Long-Term Outlook Darkens]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 16, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. wind, solar and battery capacities grew at a record pace in the third quarter of 2025, according to the American Clean Power Association (ACP). The three energy sources added a total of 11.7 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale capacity, 14% more than in third-quarter 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-clean-power-growth-sets-record-in-q3-but-long-term-outlook-darkens/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-clean-power-growth-sets-record-in-q3-but-long-term-outlook-darkens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold Snap Chills U.S. Gas Sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A blast of cold winter weather socked much of the continental United States, leading to a surge in demand for natural gas that was met by higher imports from Canada, IIR Energy data show.A cold front started sweeping across the northern Plains last week, pushing regional temperatures to some 30 degrees Fahrenheit below normal. Wind chills as low as 7 degrees were expected on Monday as far south as Louisville, Kentucky.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cold-snap-chills-us-gas-sector/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cold-snap-chills-us-gas-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phillips 66 Capex, Faster Pipeline Permitting: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/phillips-66-capex-faster-pipeline-permitting-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/phillips-66-capex-faster-pipeline-permitting-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMOC Acquires Equinox Gold Operations in Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[CMOC Group (Luoyang, China) has agreed to buy Equinox Gold's (Vancouver, British Columbia) Brazilian gold operations for US$1.01 billion, with an upfront payment of US$900 million and a production-linked cash payment of US$115 million one year after the closing of the transaction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cmoc-acquires-equinox-gold-operations-in-brazil/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cmoc-acquires-equinox-gold-operations-in-brazil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thyssenkrupp Close to Steel Business Sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 16, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany) has agreed a deal with German unions that opens the way for the sale of one of Europe's largest steel companies, Thyssenkrupp Steel (Essen, Germany), to India's Jindal Steel Limited (New Delhi, India). The exact details of the deal hammered out with key German workers' union, IG Metall, have not been disclosed but it opens the way for restructuring and job cuts to b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/thyssenkrupp-close-to-steel-business-sale/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/thyssenkrupp-close-to-steel-business-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Does Jose Antonio Kast's Win in Chile Affect Country's Mining Industry?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Jose Antonio Kast, Chile's right-wing candidate, won the presidential election with 58.1% of the vote on December 14. The politician, who ran a campaign focused on curbing migration, cutting down public spending and strengthening security in Chile, is also seeking to speed up mining development.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/how-does-jose-antonio-kasts-win-in-chile-affect-countrys-mining-industry/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/how-does-jose-antonio-kasts-win-in-chile-affect-countrys-mining-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's December 15 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-15-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-15-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Steelmakers Prep for $1.6 Billion in 1Q Project Starts]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With the dust settled after a major acquisition, U.S.-based steelmakers are preparing to expand capacity to meet rising demand. Industrial Info is tracking more than $1.6 billion worth of active and proposed steel-manufacturing projects across the U.S. that are set to begin construction in the first quarter of 2026, nearly 70% of which is attributed to projects believed by Indus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-steelmakers-prep-for-16-billion-in-1q-project-starts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-steelmakers-prep-for-16-billion-in-1q-project-starts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA Lowers Oil Glut Expectations]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Declines in production from non-OPEC countries such as the United States and Brazil led to a drop in global oil supplies, the International Energy Agency said in lowering its glut expectations.The International Energy Agency in its flagship oil market report cut its expectations for an oversupplied market for the first time since May. The agency in its report, published Thursday, said the "relentless]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-lowers-oil-glut-expectations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-lowers-oil-glut-expectations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ESG-Related Projects Advance Despite Trump's Agenda]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking $90 billion worth of ESG-related projects across the U.S. set to kick off in the first quarter, with about 45% of the total spend attributed to projects that it estimates have a medium-to-high likelihood (70% or more) of beginning construction. This is despite the White House's opposition to development that can involve environmental, social and governance (ESG)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/esg-related-projects-advance-despite-trumps-agenda/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/esg-related-projects-advance-despite-trumps-agenda/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed U.S. LNG Bunkering Hub Gets Offtake Arrangement]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Developers of a proposed bunkering port for liquefied natural gas (LNG) off the coast of Texas announced they have signed fueling commitments with an international shipper.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/proposed-us-lng-bunkering-hub-gets-offtake-arrangement/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/proposed-us-lng-bunkering-hub-gets-offtake-arrangement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina's Vicu&ntilde;a Submits Copper Projects for Gov't Benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Argentina's Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI) continues to attract companies interested in investing in the South American nation to develop key infrastructure projects. Lundin (Vancouver, British Columbia) and BHP Group (Melbourne, Australia) join the extensive list of those companies with their Josemaria and Filo del Sol deposits, encompassed under Vicu&ntilde;a.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentinas-vicuntildea-submits-copper-projects-for-govt-benefits/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentinas-vicuntildea-submits-copper-projects-for-govt-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chile's 2025-2034 Mining Portfolio Reaches US$104.5 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Chile's mining portfolio for the next decade could total US$104.5 billion in investments. Copper projects account for the majority of investments, with 89.8% of the total. Meanwhile, lithium projects will amount to US$4.7 billion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chiles-2025-2034-mining-portfolio-reaches-us1045-billion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chiles-2025-2034-mining-portfolio-reaches-us1045-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite Political Instability, Peru Expects Mining Investments to Reach $5.1 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Luis Bravo, Peru's new minister of Energy and Mines, said that mining investments through September reached US$3.9 billion, 15.3% more than last year, though expectations are set for US$5.1 billion in mining investments by the end of the year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/despite-political-instability-peru-expects-mining-investments-to-reach-51-billion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/despite-political-instability-peru-expects-mining-investments-to-reach-51-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ovens On! Global Baked Goods Sector Attracts Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Jennis Jacob for Industrial Info Resources (New Delhi, India)--As lifestyles become busier and disposable incomes rise, aspirational buying is driving stronger demand for ready-to-eat and grab-and-go bakery products. For example, frozen baked goods are rising in popularity as they offer cost-saving convenience and extended shelf life without compromising on taste or quality. E-commerce is further accelerating baked-goods demand as fast-growing online sales rise thro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ovens-on-global-baked-goods-sector-attracts-investment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ovens-on-global-baked-goods-sector-attracts-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billions of Euro for Europe's Critical Raw Materials Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The European Commission (EC) has adopted a new plan to help it secure critical raw materials and reduce its massive reliance on China. Backed by billions of euros, the RESourceEU Action Plan will set out to secure raw materials, reduce dependencies and boost competitiveness.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/billions-of-euro-for-europes-critical-raw-materials-plan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/billions-of-euro-for-europes-critical-raw-materials-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ExxonMobil to Close Steam Cracker in Singapore by June]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 15, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Southeast Asia's ethylene cracker plants are undergoing a major shift, with several plants either facing delayed start-up, extended shutdowns or closure.The global petrochemical overcapacity crisis is seen as the primary reason for these closures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxonmobil-to-close-steam-cracker-in-singapore-by-june/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxonmobil-to-close-steam-cracker-in-singapore-by-june/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's New Energy Vehicle Production Soars for Year Through October]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEIJING--December 15, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), show the cumulative production of new energy (electric) vehicles (NEVs) in China reached 13.015 million units from January through October 2025, a year-over-year increase of 33.1%. In October, production stood at 1.772 million units, up 21.1% year-over-year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chinas-new-energy-vehicle-production-soars-for-year-through-october/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chinas-new-energy-vehicle-production-soars-for-year-through-october/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP Starts Up U.S. Gulf Expansion Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 12, 2025--British energy company BP (London, England) said Thursday it expected peak production of 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day through an expansion to its Atlantis platform off the U.S. Gulf Coast.BP said it delivered first oil from the Atlantis Drill Center 1, an expansion to one of BP's longest-operational platforms off the U.S. Gulf Coast. The facility boasts a net production capacity of 200,000 barrels of oil per day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bp-starts-up-us-gulf-expansion-project/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bp-starts-up-us-gulf-expansion-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santee Cooper Advances Potential Restart of Nuclear Project, Reactor Sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 12, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After Santee Cooper picked Brookfield Asset Management to revive construction of two partially built nuclear units next to the V.C. Summer Plant in South Carolina, the state-owned utility approved a memorandum of understanding that establishes a feasibility study for completing the project. This paves the way for Brookfield's purchase of the two reactors, pending a final investment decisio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/santee-cooper-advances-potential-restart-of-nuclear-project-reactor-sale/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/santee-cooper-advances-potential-restart-of-nuclear-project-reactor-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ONEOK: Touch as Many Molecules as We Can, as Often as We Can, as Long as We Can]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 12, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Midstream giant ONEOK (Tulsa, Oklahoma) has greatly increased its footprint in both geography and product since it made a decision in 2021. At an investor call on Tuesday, company leaders explained their strategy. Leading the discussion was ONEOK President and Chief Executive Officer Pierce Norton's declaration, "We want to touch as many molecules as we can, basically as often as we can, for as long as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oneok-touch-as-many-molecules-as-we-can-as-often-as-we-can-as-long-as-we-can/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oneok-touch-as-many-molecules-as-we-can-as-often-as-we-can-as-long-as-we-can/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Oil Producers Upbeat on 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 12, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With a low-end break-even price for drillers, below US$50 per barrel in some cases, Canadian energy companies expressed optimism for 2026, with both Cenovus and Suncor pointing to year-on-year production expansions.The Canadian economy is struggling under the burden of tariffs. On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada opted to keep its lending rates stable, adding the economy was starting to show signs of rec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-oil-producers-upbeat-on-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-oil-producers-upbeat-on-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copper Mining Projects Continue to Gain Traction in Argentina]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 12, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The senate in Mendoza province has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for PSJ's San Jorge copper project, also known as Cobre Mendocino. With this approval, the project moves into the feasibility stage, which the company estimates will take about a year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/copper-mining-projects-continue-to-gain-traction-in-argentina/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/copper-mining-projects-continue-to-gain-traction-in-argentina/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last-Minute Deal to Save South African Smelters]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 12, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--South Africa's struggling power utility Eskom (Johannesburg, South Africa) has agreed to talks with the owners of some of the country's leading aluminum smelters to prevent their imminent closure with the loss of almost 5,000 jobs. Eskom has signed separate memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with the Glencore-Merafe Chrome (Johannesburg, South Africa) joint venture and Samancor Ltd. (Sandton, Sout]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/last-minute-deal-to-save-south-african-smelters/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/last-minute-deal-to-save-south-african-smelters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El gobierno argentino recibe ofertas por más de US$700 millones por la privatización del sistema hidroeléctrico del COMAHUE]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--12 Diciembre, 2025--Investigado por Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--El pasado viernes 28 de noviembre la Secretar&iacute;a de Energ&iacute;a de Argentina realiz&oacute; la apertura de ofertas econ&oacute;micas del proceso de licitaci&oacute;n p&uacute;blica iniciado en agosto pasado para la venta del 100% del paquete accionario de las empresas p&uacute;blicas Alicur&aacute; Hidroel&eacute;ctrica Argentina S.A., El Choc&oacute;n Hidroel&eacute;ctrica Argentina S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-gobierno-argentino-recibe-ofertas-por-ms-de-us700-millones-por-la-privatizacin-del-sistema-hidroelctrico-del-comahue/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-gobierno-argentino-recibe-ofertas-por-ms-de-us700-millones-por-la-privatizacin-del-sistema-hidroelctrico-del-comahue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El relanzamiento de la minería en Ecuador: ¿Pueden los nuevos proyectos cupríferos reavivar el interés internacional?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ecuador contin&uacute;a siendo una jurisdicci&oacute;n minera menos desarrollada que sus vecinos Per&uacute; y Chile, que han consolidado industrias cupr&iacute;feras de clase mundial. Sin embargo, los recientes anuncios sobre un posible proyecto cupr&iacute;fero a gran escala podr&iacute;an renovar el inter&eacute;s internacional en el pa&iacute;s.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-relanzamiento-de-la-minera-en-ecuador-pueden-los-nuevos-proyectos-cuprferos-reavivar-el-inters-internacional/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-relanzamiento-de-la-minera-en-ecuador-pueden-los-nuevos-proyectos-cuprferos-reavivar-el-inters-internacional/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell se retira del proyecto de GNL de YPF en Argentina un año después de su incorporación]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shell dej&oacute; el proyecto Argentina LNG 2, liderado por YPF, apenas un a&ntilde;o despu&eacute;s de incorporarse. El plan contempla el despliegue de dos Unidades Flotantes de Gas Natural Licuado (FLNG), cada una con capacidad para exportar 5 millones de toneladas anuales (MTPA), as&iacute; como la construcci&oacute;n de un gasoducto de 600 kil&oacute;metros para transportar la producci&oacute;n de Vaca Muerta hasta Punta Colorada.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-se-retira-del-proyecto-de-gnl-de-ypf-en-argentina-un-ao-despus-de-su-incorporacin/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-se-retira-del-proyecto-de-gnl-de-ypf-en-argentina-un-ao-despus-de-su-incorporacin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Prices Slump from Early Risk Premium]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 12, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Crude oil prices on Thursday were in retreat after AI computing giant Oracle Corporation (Austin, Texas) expressed concerns about the sector, erasing some of the geopolitical risk premium from U.S. tensions with Venezuela.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-prices-slump-from-early-risk-premium/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/oil-prices-slump-from-early-risk-premium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Semiconductor Plant Construction Advances, Other Work Slows Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 11, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Amid President Donald Trump's push to boost domestic semiconductor production, major related construction projects are moving forward, while others are being delayed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-semiconductor-plant-construction-advances-other-work-slows-down/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-semiconductor-plant-construction-advances-other-work-slows-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S., Allies Seek to Lessen China's Hold on Critical Minerals]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 11, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Looking to improve and secure supply chains for computer chips and AI-related critical minerals, the White House plans to host eight allies for a meeting on Friday. That announcement came from Jacob Helberg, the U.S. State Department's undersecretary for economic affairs in a Bloomberg interview.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-allies-seek-to-lessen-chinas-hold-on-critical-minerals/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-allies-seek-to-lessen-chinas-hold-on-critical-minerals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dallas-Fort Worth Area is Key U.S. Data Center Destination Next Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certain areas of the U.S. have drawn a substantial number of data centers, the most prominent of which is northern Virginia, which holds the largest concentration of data centers in the world.Other states and regions have grown in prominence as well, including Texas.<br />
Texas Data CentersIndustrial Info is tracking more than 200 operational data centers in Texas and another 35 that are under construction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dallas-fort-worth-area-is-key-us-data-center-destination-next-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/dallas-fort-worth-area-is-key-us-data-center-destination-next-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Tinto Targets 1 Million Tons Per Year of Copper Output]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 11, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rio Tinto (London, England) has outlined its strategy and announced production targets, with a focus on expanding current volumes and developing new assets in copper, iron ore and lithium.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-targets-1-million-tons-per-year-of-copper-output/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-targets-1-million-tons-per-year-of-copper-output/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Light for U.K.'s Largest Floating Solar Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 10, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland)--The largest planned floating solar power project in the U.K. has been granted planning permission. The Barrow EnergyDock project located in the Port of Barrow in Cumbria in the north of England will be home to a 46,500-panel array capable of generating 32-megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough for roughly 14,000 homes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/green-light-for-uks-largest-floating-solar-project/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/green-light-for-uks-largest-floating-solar-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HF Sinclair Seeks Westward Growth with Less Capital Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 10, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--HF Sinclair, which owns nine petroleum refineries across the U.S., is trimming its capital-spending plans for 2026 after management reported the company would face fewer maintenance costs, when compared with the previous two years. The company also is expanding its role in the Rocky Mountain and West Coast markets, where refinery closures are impacting the market.Industrial Info]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/hf-sinclair-seeks-westward-growth-with-less-capital-spending/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/hf-sinclair-seeks-westward-growth-with-less-capital-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Energy Sector Optimism for 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 10, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Energy companies are already pointing to the future, with the likes of Exxon Mobil Corporation (Spring, Texas) and Kinder Morgan (Houston, Texas) expecting tailwinds in the U.S. energy sector for 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/early-energy-sector-optimism-for-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/early-energy-sector-optimism-for-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Gulf Oil &amp; Gas Lease Sale Planned for Wednesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 10, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Trump administration plans to hold its first lease sale under his signature spending bill on Wednesday, offering up nearly 80 million acres up for auction off the U.S. Gulf Coast.But the next few years could be challenging for the domestic fossil fuels sector, despite the overwhelming political support from Trump's administration.Companies featured: Chevron Corporation and Shell plc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gulf-oil-amp-gas-lease-sale-planned-for-wednesday/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gulf-oil-amp-gas-lease-sale-planned-for-wednesday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chile's ENAP Signs Massive Deal to Buy Oil from Argentina's Vaca Muerta Region]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 10, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Chilean energy company Empresa Nacional del Petr&oacute;leo (Enap) (Santiago) signed a deal to buy crude oil from YPF (Buenos Aires, Argentina) as well as Vista Energy, Shell Argentina and Equinor through June 2033.The oil will come from the Vaca Muerta region, in Argentina's Neuquen province. The deal will secure up to 70,000 barrels per day (BBL/d), or 35% of Enap's crude oil demand, and could be wort]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chiles-enap-signs-massive-deal-to-buy-oil-from-argentinas-vaca-muerta-region/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chiles-enap-signs-massive-deal-to-buy-oil-from-argentinas-vaca-muerta-region/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil Incorporates New Transmission Lines, Power Generation]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 10, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazil brought 3,646 km of new transmission lines into commercial operation between January and November and expects to add 7.1 GW of new power generation this year. Novo Pac's investments in new power generation will continue to next year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-incorporates-new-transmission-lines-power-generation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazil-incorporates-new-transmission-lines-power-generation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southwest Power Pool Set for Faster Power Expansions]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 9, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is allowing power plant owners in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) to expand power-generation facilities by up to 20% under a temporary priority review process, in an effort to speed up the process amid a rising demand for electricity.Industrial Info is tracking more than $26 billion worth of active and proposed capacity-expansio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/southwest-power-pool-set-for-faster-power-expansions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/southwest-power-pool-set-for-faster-power-expansions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jobs, Nuclear Energy Bolstered in Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 9, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--While boasting of job creation during tough economic times, the provincial government of Alberta said it was mulling the prospects of expanded nuclear energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/jobs-nuclear-energy-bolstered-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/jobs-nuclear-energy-bolstered-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fluor Completes LNG Canada Phase 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 9, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Engineering firm Fluor Corporation (Irving, Texas) announced Monday that it's completed the second liquefaction unit for the LNG Canada project in British Columbia, the only functioning North American facility of its kind.James Ticer, Fluor's project director for LNG Canada, said Monday that project development was made with the environment and the interests of the aboriginal community in mind.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fluor-completes-lng-canada-phase-2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fluor-completes-lng-canada-phase-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antero Resources, Kinder Morgan, China Oil Imports:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/antero-resources-kinder-morgan-china-oil-imports-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/antero-resources-kinder-morgan-china-oil-imports-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Points to Brazil's Growth in Hydrocarbon Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Brazilian Ministry of Mines and the Energy Research Company (EPE) published a report on Brazil's 10-year energy expansion plan to 2035. The plan outlines oil production of 4.9 million barrels per day (BBL/d) by 2035, about 44% more than 2024's volume. Production will peak at 5.1 million BBL/d in 2032.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/report-points-to-brazils-growth-in-hydrocarbon-production/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/report-points-to-brazils-growth-in-hydrocarbon-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell, Equinor Launch Adura as Biggest Player in U.K. North Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 9, 2025--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Shell plc (London, England) and Equinor (Stavanger, Norway) are now the largest independent producer in the U.K. North Sea having launched their merged offshore oil and gas assets into a new company, Adura (Aberdeen, U.K.). The 50:50 joint venture will now manage Equinor's equity interests in Mariner, Rosebank and Buzzard, and Shell's equity interests in Shearwater, Penguins, Gannet, Nelson, Pierce,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-equinor-launch-adura-as-biggest-player-in-uk-north-sea/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-equinor-launch-adura-as-biggest-player-in-uk-north-sea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina Receives More than US$700 Million in Bids to Privatize COMAHUE Hydroelectric System]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--December 9, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--On November 28, the Ministry of Energy of Argentina opened the public bidding process for the sale of 100% of the shares of the public companies Alicur&aacute; Hidroel&eacute;ctrica Argentina S.A., El Choc&oacute;n Hidroel&eacute;ctrica Argentina S.A., Cerros Colorados Hidroel&eacute;ctrica Argentina S.A. and Piedra del &Aacute;guila Hidroel&eacute;ctrica Argentina S.A, initiated in August 2024. Co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-receives-more-than-us700-million-in-bids-to-privatize-comahue-hydroelectric-system/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-receives-more-than-us700-million-in-bids-to-privatize-comahue-hydroelectric-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's December 8 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 8, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-8-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-8-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Data Center Buildout Hits Obstacles--Speed Bumps or an Iceberg?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local opposition has caused the planned construction of a small percentage of planned U.S. data centers to be cancelled or delayed. The pushback is at an early stage, but it may expand. Companies can work to defuse local opposition by practicing authentic stakeholder engagement.It turns out that not every U.S. community is welcoming large industrial campuses of low, flat, grey buildings that hum 24/7 with the sound of thousands of servers performing millions of calculations every second, accompa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-data-center-buildout-hits-obstacles-speed-bumps-or-an-iceberg/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-data-center-buildout-hits-obstacles-speed-bumps-or-an-iceberg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Solar Kicks Off 2026 with Nearly $9 Billion of Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. has now seen more gigawatts (GW) of solar energy installed in 2025 than in the previous year, according to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). While renewable energy is facing much less receptive leadership in Washington, D.C., many states continue to support new developments for solar plants and accompanying battery energy-storage system (BESS) units.Industrial Info is tracking more than $8.8 billion worth of solar power-generation projects across the U.S. that it est]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-solar-kicks-off-2026-with-nearly-9-billion-of-development/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-solar-kicks-off-2026-with-nearly-9-billion-of-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Record for LNG Feed Gas as Markets Approach Potential Glut]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 8, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- U.S. terminals delivering liquefied natural gas (LNG) to foreign economies were in overdrive during the first week of December, with feed gas setting a record amid concerns of a supply-side overhang, data show.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-record-for-lng-feed-gas-as-markets-approach-potential-glut/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-record-for-lng-feed-gas-as-markets-approach-potential-glut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer Spills Off British Columbia]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 8, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Trade group and federal Canadian data show the amount of oil tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia has increased steadily since the Trans Mountain Pipeline was expanded, though pollution is down.The Canadian Energy Center, a group working to advance energy initiatives under the provincial government of oil-rich Alberta, reported that oil tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia is up]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fewer-spills-off-british-columbia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fewer-spills-off-british-columbia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador's Mining Reboot: Can New Copper Projects Revive International Interest?]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 8, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ecuador's mining industry remains less developed than those in neighboring Peru and Chile, both of which have built world-class copper industries. However, recent announcements regarding a potential large-scale copper project could renew international interest in Ecuador.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ecuadors-mining-reboot-can-new-copper-projects-revive-international-interest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ecuadors-mining-reboot-can-new-copper-projects-revive-international-interest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constellation Energy's Calpine Deal, Chevron's Gorgon LNG:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-energys-calpine-deal-chevrons-gorgon-lng-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-energys-calpine-deal-chevrons-gorgon-lng-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell Pulls Out of YPF's Argentina LNG Project a Year After Joining]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shell is leaving YPF's Argentina LNG 2 project, which could have added up to 10 MTPA. La Naci&oacute;n suggests YPF could be talking to Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil about joining.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-pulls-out-of-ypfs-argentina-lng-project-a-year-after-joining/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-pulls-out-of-ypfs-argentina-lng-project-a-year-after-joining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP Drops One of U.K.'s Largest Hydrogen Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oil and gas major BP (London, England) has ditched plans to build one of the U.K.'s largest planned blue hydrogen projects due to an ongoing dispute over whether the site should be used for an artificial intelligence (AI) data center instead. The H2Teesside (H2T) project is targeting 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of hydrogen production in the heavily industrialized Teesside region, which equates to more than 10% of the U.K.'s 2030 hydrogen production target.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bp-drops-one-of-uks-largest-hydrogen-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bp-drops-one-of-uks-largest-hydrogen-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Seeks to Nearly Halve Vehicle Mileage Efficiency Standards]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 5, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Flanked by about 18 lawmakers, automobile representatives and members of his administration, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration was reducing vehicle efficiency standards "to lower costs for American consumers, protect American auto jobs and make buying a car more affordable for countless American families." He said the proposed "reset" also would make cars safer in the future while]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-seeks-to-nearly-halve-vehicle-mileage-efficiency-standards/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-seeks-to-nearly-halve-vehicle-mileage-efficiency-standards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than Half of Chevron's Capex Set for U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 5, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S.-based supermajor Chevron Corporation (Houston, Texas) said that about $10.5 billion, more than half of its planned budget for next year, would target operations in the domestic market.The company reported Wednesday, after U.S. markets closed, that it planned to spend between $18 billion and $19 billion for 2026. That's at the low end of its long-term guidance range of between $18 billion and $21 b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/more-than-half-of-chevrons-capex-set-for-us/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/more-than-half-of-chevrons-capex-set-for-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crescent Sheds Non-Core Assets, Turns to Oil &amp; Gas Hotspots]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 5, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Crescent Energy Company (Houston, Texas), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has spent much of 2025 shedding its non-core assets and focusing efforts on its most profitable developments. Earlier this week, the company announced it had closed a sale of its non-operated assets in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin to an unnamed private buyer for $90 million]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/crescent-sheds-non-core-assets-turns-to-oil-amp-gas-hotspots/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/crescent-sheds-non-core-assets-turns-to-oil-amp-gas-hotspots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas LNG Gains Momentum with Offtake Agreement]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 5, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Designated as medium-probability in the database for IIR Energy, the proposed Texas LNG facility secured support from a 20-year purchase agreement from Macquarie.Project leader Glenfarne Group (New York, New York) said late Wednesday that it converted a previous non-binding Heads of Agreement arrangement with Macquarie Energy (Sydney, Australia) into a 20-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA). Over t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-lng-gains-momentum-with-offtake-agreement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/texas-lng-gains-momentum-with-offtake-agreement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the Storm: How Microgrids Keep Communities Open for Business]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 5, 2025--Written by Aaron Studwell for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--When the large-scale electrical grid fails after hurricanes, wildfires, or ice-laden winter storms, microgrids can operate on an "island," generating and managing local power until bulk transmission is restored.That combination of local generation, intelligent controls and storage is what makes a microgrid more than a backup generator; it's a miniature power system that can operate both connected to an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/after-the-storm-how-microgrids-keep-communities-open-for-business/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/after-the-storm-how-microgrids-keep-communities-open-for-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Closer to Restarting World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world's largest nuclear power plant could be restarted in Japan as soon as next month, 14 years after it was forced to close by government decree. The owner and operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) (Tokyo), has been pushing for the controversial restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the Niigata Prefecture.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/japan-closer-to-restarting-worlds-largest-nuclear-power-plant/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/japan-closer-to-restarting-worlds-largest-nuclear-power-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco, Glencore to Build Smelter in Chile]]></title><description><![CDATA[Codelco (Santiago, Chile) and Glencore (Baar, Switzerland) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that contemplates the construction of a smelter with a capacity to process 1.5 million dry metric tons per year in Chile's Antofagasta region.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-glencore-to-build-smelter-in-chile/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-glencore-to-build-smelter-in-chile/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina Expands Fertilizer Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--December 5, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Pampa Energ&iacute;a (Buenos Aires, Argentina), historically a power-generation company, plans to build a nitrogen fertilizer plant at the port of Bah&iacute;a Blanca. The project is part of a broader effort to reduce Argentina's dependence on fertilizer imports.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-expands-fertilizer-production/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-expands-fertilizer-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina amplía producción de fertilizantes]]></title><description><![CDATA[5 de Diciembre, 2025--Escrito por Mariana Soko para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Hoy en d&iacute;a, Argentina se encuentra en una etapa en la cual apunta a disminuir la dependencia de la importaci&oacute;n de fertilizantes. En este marco, la empresa Pampa Energ&iacute;a, cuyo principal foco de operaciones ha sido hist&oacute;ricamente la generaci&oacute;n de energ&iacute;a el&eacute;ctrica, dio un paso hacia el sector qu&iacute;mico y se encuentra desarrollando un plan para la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-ampla-produccin-de-fertilizantes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 07:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-ampla-produccin-de-fertilizantes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Gas-Fired Power Plants Prep for Maintenance Outages]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 4, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. natural gas-fired power sector is wrestling with both short-term and long-term bursts in demand, as a recent onset of winter weather only added to the years of growth in power consumption expected from data centers. These trends highlight the necessity of keeping power plants in the best possible shape.Industrial Info is tracking more than 120 maintenance-related project]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gas-fired-power-plants-prep-for-maintenance-outages/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-gas-fired-power-plants-prep-for-maintenance-outages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan Oil Exports Hobbled after Drone Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 4, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--IIR Energy continues to monitor developments in Kazakhstan after a suspected Ukrainian drone strike hobbled an export terminal for one of the larger crude oil delivery networks in the world.Crude oil prices started the week with a heavy risk premium after U.S. military pressure increased on Venezuela and a drone hit a port on Kazakhstan. Authorities reported damage to a berth at the Novorossiysk Refine]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/kazakhstan-oil-exports-hobbled-after-drone-strike/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/kazakhstan-oil-exports-hobbled-after-drone-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Decides on No More Russian Gas]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 4, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The European Commission said it was finally ready to abandon what it said was an unreliable supplier in deciding to do away with Russian-supplied natural gas."This historic decision will end the EU's dependence on an unreliable supplier, which has repeatedly destabilized European energy markets, put at risk security of supply with energy blackmail and harmed the European economy," the European Commissi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-decides-on-no-more-russian-gas/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-decides-on-no-more-russian-gas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump EPA Seeks to Vacate Tougher Biden-era Regulation of Particulate Matter]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 4, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- The Clean Air Act, in its section on National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), regulates the sizes and durations over which particulates that can be emitted from industrial facilities such as power plants, oil refineries and other smokestack industries. Vehicles also emit particulate matter. Particulate matter also is created by wildfires.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-epa-seeks-to-vacate-tougher-biden-era-regulation-of-particulate-matter/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-epa-seeks-to-vacate-tougher-biden-era-regulation-of-particulate-matter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOE Awards $800 Million for U.S. SMR Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[Furthering the White House's encouragement to increase nuclear power generation in the U.S., the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said it will provide up to $800 million in funding to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Holtec International (Jupiter, Florida) to construct small modular reactors (SMRs) in Tennessee and Michigan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-awards-800-million-for-us-smr-development/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-awards-800-million-for-us-smr-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changing Fuel Economy Standards, EU Gas Imports, Aramco:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/changing-fuel-economy-standards-eu-gas-imports-aramco-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/changing-fuel-economy-standards-eu-gas-imports-aramco-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina's Southern Energy Signs LNG Export Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 4, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Southern Energy consortium signed an agreement for an eight-year deal to export up to 2 MTPA of LNG, marking Argentina's first large-scale LNG export agreement. The project is valued at US$15 billion and could generate up to US$20 billion in exports over nine years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentinas-southern-energy-signs-lng-export-deal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentinas-southern-energy-signs-lng-export-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asia's Pulp &amp; Paper Sector Investing Heavily]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asia is emerging as an active region for global paper mill investments, driven by a combination of factors like rising consumption, manufacturing expansion, and sustained demand from fast-growing end-use sectors. While several Western markets continue to face slower growth in graphic and printing paper grades, Asian economies (namely, China, Indonesia, and India) continue to attract investments toward new capacity developments as well as expansions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/asias-pulp-amp-paper-sector-investing-heavily/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/asias-pulp-amp-paper-sector-investing-heavily/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El gobierno brasileño anuncia dos subastas de transmisión de energía para 2026 por un valor superior a 25 mil millones de reales]]></title><description><![CDATA[4 de Diciembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--El ministro de Minas y Energ&iacute;a de Brasil, Alexandre Silveira, inform&oacute; que el gobierno realizar&aacute; dos subastas de l&iacute;neas de transmisi&oacute;n de energ&iacute;a en 2026, una en cada semestre, con inversiones totales superiores a 25 mil millones de reales (aproximadamente US$4.700 millones) y cerca de 4.500 kil&oacute;metros de nuevas l&iacute;neas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-gobierno-brasileo-anuncia-dos-subastas-de-transmisin-de-energa-para-2026-por-un-valor-superior-a-25-mil-millones-de-reales/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/el-gobierno-brasileo-anuncia-dos-subastas-de-transmisin-de-energa-para-2026-por-un-valor-superior-a-25-mil-millones-de-reales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vale Foresees Higher Iron Ore, Copper &amp; Nickel Production Next Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vale expects a 3% increase in iron ore and copper production, and 10% more nickel for next year's guidance. By 2025, production should hit the high end of goals. Capital investments for 2026 are projected at US$5.4 billion to $US5.7 billion, and slightly higher in 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vale-foresees-higher-iron-ore-copper-amp-nickel-production-next-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vale-foresees-higher-iron-ore-copper-amp-nickel-production-next-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecopetrol planea invertir entre 22 y 27 billones de pesos colombianos en 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[4 de Diciembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ecopetrol, la empresa estatal colombiana, anunci&oacute; inversiones de entre 22 y 27 billones de pesos (aproximadamente US$5.700 millones - 7.000 millones) como parte de su Plan Anual de Inversiones 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ecopetrol-planea-invertir-entre-22-y-27-billones-de-pesos-colombianos-en-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ecopetrol-planea-invertir-entre-22-y-27-billones-de-pesos-colombianos-en-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Primed for $11 Billion in Gas-Fired Power Gen Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 3, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--To the surprise of few, natural gas-fired power generation will remain in demand across the U.S. for the foreseeable future, as more data centers and other heavy energy-consuming facilities are planned.Industrial Info is tracking more than $11 billion worth of active and proposed projects for U.S.-based gas-fired power plants that are set to kick off in the first quarter of 2026,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-primed-for-11-billion-in-gas-fired-power-gen-projects/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-primed-for-11-billion-in-gas-fired-power-gen-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Expecting Upstream Drilling Increase in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 3, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As Canadian leaders mull their options for expanded energy trade outside of North America, a trade group said it expected a net increase in activity across the nation's upstream sector.The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) published a forecast for 2026 activity, showing that drilling activity is on pace for an increase. By next year, CAOEC expects to see 5,709 new wells drilled across]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-expecting-upstream-drilling-increase-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-expecting-upstream-drilling-increase-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Demand Rises on U.S. Winter Storm Activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 3, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With much of the U.S. Midwest still digging out from heavy weekend snows, data from IIR Energy show regional consumer and residential demand for natural gas for heating jumped 15% over the last two days.A parade of systems similar to an Alberta Clipper brought cold air and heavy snow to parts of the Midwest during the weekend. Parts of the greater Chicago metropolitan area received as much as 10 inches]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/gas-demand-rises-on-us-winter-storm-activity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/gas-demand-rises-on-us-winter-storm-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colombia's Ecopetrol Plans to Invest Up to US$7 Billion in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 3, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ecopetrol, the Colombian state company, announced investment of between 22 and 27 trillion Colombian pesos (approximately US$5.7 billion and US$7 billion) as part of its 2026 Annual Investment Plan.Hydrocarbon exploration and production will receive 14 trillion pesos (US$3.7 billion), with 89% for oil and 11% for gas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/colombias-ecopetrol-plans-to-invest-up-to-us7-billion-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/colombias-ecopetrol-plans-to-invest-up-to-us7-billion-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Government to Hold Power Transmission Auctions Worth $4.7 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 3, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira said that the government will hold two energy transmission line auctions in 2026, one for each half of the year, with planned investments of more than 25 billion reais (US$4.7 billion) and close to 4,500 kilometers of transmission lines.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-government-to-hold-power-transmission-auctions-worth-47-billion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-government-to-hold-power-transmission-auctions-worth-47-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norsk Hydro Building Largest Hydro Project in Decades]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norsk Hydro (Oslo, Norway) has committed to building one of Norway's largest pumped hydro power projects in more than two decades. The aluminum, renewables and metals company will build the 48-megawatt (MW) Illvatn pumped hydro plant in western Norway. It will provide 107-gigawatt hours (GWh) of new annual renewable energy for its aluminum production operations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/norsk-hydro-building-largest-hydro-project-in-decades/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/norsk-hydro-building-largest-hydro-project-in-decades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding Russian Oil Sanctions, Indian Refiners Buy 4 Million Barrels from Guyana]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With the introduction of U.S. sanctions on Russia's top oil exporters, Rosneft PJSC (Moscow) and Lukoil PJSC (Moscow), many nations are scrambling to find other suppliers. India, as a major world importer, is going to great lengths, literally, to do that.The journey for two very large crude carriers (VLCCs), Cobal Nova and Olympic Lion, will be 11,000 miles, from Guyana's Stabroek block to refineries in India. They left i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/avoiding-russian-oil-sanctions-indian-refiners-buy-4-million-barrels-from-guyana/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/avoiding-russian-oil-sanctions-indian-refiners-buy-4-million-barrels-from-guyana/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deere Warns of Rough Ride Ahead for U.S., Canadian Ag Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 2, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Deere &amp; Company reported stronger-than-expected results for its 2025 fiscal year, but its outlook is not so good. While higher shipments and commodity prices elevated results for the agricultural equipment producer, executives warned the impacts of tariffs and economic uncertainty will weigh on the U.S. ag sector for the foreseeable future.Industrial Info is tracking about $6]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/deere-warns-of-rough-ride-ahead-for-us-canadian-ag-markets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/deere-warns-of-rough-ride-ahead-for-us-canadian-ag-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['New' Oil Pipeline for Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[The provincial government of Alberta said it reached an agreement with federal leaders for additional expansions to the Trans Mountain crude oil pipeline to accommodate additional exports to Asia.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith backed a new crude oil pipeline for the western coast amid the height of bilateral trade tensions with the U.S. government. The U.S. economy is the main destination for Canadian exports, though tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump have led Canadian officials to p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-oil-pipeline-for-canada/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-oil-pipeline-for-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Mexico, Gulf Lift U.S. Oil Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 2, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--New Mexico and offshore crude oil production helped U.S. levels reach a new high, federal data to September show.The pace of annual growth in U.S. crude oil production is slowing down, if not declining. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects total U.S. crude oil production to show an average of 13.59 million barrels per day (BBL/d) for 2025. If accurate, that would be a 2.7% increase]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-mexico-gulf-lift-us-oil-production/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-mexico-gulf-lift-us-oil-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISM: U.S. Manufacturing Activity Continues Contraction]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 2, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) latest Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) survey indicates U.S. manufacturing activity contracted for the ninth straight month, as tariffs and economic uncertainty continue to disrupt the domestic manufacturing sector.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ism-us-manufacturing-activity-continues-contraction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ism-us-manufacturing-activity-continues-contraction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barrick to Explore IPO of North American Gold Assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Barrick Mining Corporation (Toronto, Ontario) announced that it would begin considering an initial public offering (IPO) for its gold assets in North America, which primarily affects existing facilities and pending projects in Nevada and the Dominican Republic. Barrick announced its plans Monday, specifically calling attention to its joint venture company Nevada Gold Mines (Elko, Nevada), of which it holds a 61.5% ownership stake, with the remaining 38.5% held by Newmont Corporation (]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/barrick-to-explore-ipo-of-north-american-gold-assets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/barrick-to-explore-ipo-of-north-american-gold-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record U.S. LNG Exports, Fast-Tracked MISO Projects, Targa Resources:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-lng-exports-fast-tracked-miso-projects-targa-resources-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-lng-exports-fast-tracked-miso-projects-targa-resources-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's Offshore Wind Auctions Come Under Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some of Europe's leading offshore wind auctions in the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands are being called into question after some failed to attract any bids in their latest rounds. The auctions, which are designed by governments to promote faster expansion of offshore wind, have suffered notable failures in recent weeks and months with many industry groups and developers calling for change and more financial support.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-offshore-wind-auctions-come-under-fire/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europes-offshore-wind-auctions-come-under-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's December 1 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 1, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-1-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-december-1-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delegates Unable to Advance Fossil Fuel Phase-Out at U.N. Climate Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 1, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--For two weeks, representatives of nearly 200 nations met in Bel&eacute;m, Brazil, for the 30th annual U.N. climate summit, the Conference of the Parties (COP30). Fossil fuels were front and center before, during and after the event ended November 22.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/delegates-unable-to-advance-fossil-fuel-phase-out-at-un-climate-summit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/delegates-unable-to-advance-fossil-fuel-phase-out-at-un-climate-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[November Was a Record-Setter for U.S. LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 1, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--November levels for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector in the United States stood out for successive records in throughput, data from IIR Energy showed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/november-was-a-record-setter-for-us-lng/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/november-was-a-record-setter-for-us-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyson's Nebraska, Texas Plant Reductions Show U.S. Beef Woes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents of Lexington, Nebraska, population 10,000, were subject to bad news on the Friday before Thanksgiving when Tyson Foods Incorporated (Springdale, Arkansas) announced that it would close its local beef-processing facility, which employs 3,200 people. Workers at a Tyson beef plant in Amarillo, Texas, were greeted with slightly less drastic news as the company will be reducing the plant's operations to a single shift, affecting some 1,700 employees. The changes are expected to be implement]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tysons-nebraska-texas-plant-reductions-show-us-beef-woes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tysons-nebraska-texas-plant-reductions-show-us-beef-woes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woodside, Petrobras, U.S. Rig Count:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/woodside-petrobras-us-rig-count-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/woodside-petrobras-us-rig-count-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Tinto Changes Direction on Green Iron]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global mining and metals company Rio Tinto (London, England) has stopped working on its own branded low-carbon ironmaking product 'BioIron' and instead is teaming up with Australian environmental technology company Calix (Pymble) to make green iron using electric heating and hydrogen reduction. The company said it will invest more than A$35 million (US$$23 million) to support Calix's Zero Emissions Steel Technology (Zesty) demonstration plant in Western Australia, which will allow Rio Tinto's Pi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-changes-direction-on-green-iron/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-tinto-changes-direction-on-green-iron/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belarus Opts for New Nuclear Power Unit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Belarus has decided to build a third unit at its Ostovets nuclear power plant in the northwest of the country. It forms part of the country's plan to boost nuclear power while reducing its dependence on gas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/belarus-opts-for-new-nuclear-power-unit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/belarus-opts-for-new-nuclear-power-unit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Precious Metals in Focus: Gold Holds Momentum Amid Market Swings]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--November 26, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--From ornaments to investments, gold has graced both treasures and trust over time and 2025 marks another stellar year for this precious metal. With record highs, steep swings and spot prices hovering around US$4,000 per ounce, gold is likely to record its strongest annual gain since 1979 despite arecent dip in prices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/precious-metals-in-focus-gold-holds-momentum-amid-market-swings/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/precious-metals-in-focus-gold-holds-momentum-amid-market-swings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Grande LNG Project Pre-Files for Train 6]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 26, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The developers of the as-yet-operational Rio Grande liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Brownsville, Texas said Monday they have started a pre-filing process for additional liquefaction capacity.NextDecade Corporation (Houston, Texas) began the pre-filing process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a sixth liquefaction train and an additional marine berth for the facili]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-grande-lng-project-pre-files-for-train-6/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-grande-lng-project-pre-files-for-train-6/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Port Houston Sees Robust Cargo Activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 26, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Port Houston's October container volumes were up both for the month and year-over-year, which comes as the port is investing to expand import and export cargo capacity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/port-houston-sees-robust-cargo-activity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/port-houston-sees-robust-cargo-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Oil Exports to U.S. Up Year-on-Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid internal debates on a possible new crude oil export pipeline for Canada, national data show exports to the U.S. economy were up more than 4% to September.Much of the U.S. refining sector is tailored to run heavy-grade crude oils, rather than the light, sweet crude oil found in domestic shale basins. West Canadian Select is a heavy, sour crude oil, and helps position Canada as the top foreign crude oil supplier to the U.S. economy. Much of that goes to facilities such as BP's refinery in Whi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-oil-exports-to-us-up-year-on-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadian-oil-exports-to-us-up-year-on-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K.'s First SMR Plant Goes to Wales]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.K. government has picked Wylfa in Wales for the country's first small nuclear reactor (SMR) plant. The proposed plant will feature three SMRs designed by Rolls-Royce SMR (London, England) based on small pressurized water reactors (PWR) technology and each capable of generating up to 470 megawatts (MW) of electricity--enough to power up to 1 million homes for 60 years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uks-first-smr-plant-goes-to-wales/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uks-first-smr-plant-goes-to-wales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco y Adani firman un acuerdo para explorar sus proyectos cupríferos en Chile]]></title><description><![CDATA[26 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Codelco, la minera estatal de Chile, firm&oacute; un memorando de entendimiento (MdE) con Kutch Copper Ltd, filial del Grupo Adani de India, para explorar de manera conjunta tres proyectos cupr&iacute;feros en las regiones de Antofagasta y Atacama.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-y-adani-firman-un-acuerdo-para-explorar-sus-proyectos-cuprferos-en-chile/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-y-adani-firman-un-acuerdo-para-explorar-sus-proyectos-cuprferos-en-chile/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Offshore Proposal, USGS Reviews Inland California Reserves]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 25, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After the U.S. Interior Department announced plans for drilling off the coast of California, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Friday that inland California could hold as much as 56 billion cubic feet of gas and 67 million barrels of oil.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/after-offshore-proposal-usgs-reviews-inland-california-reserves/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/after-offshore-proposal-usgs-reviews-inland-california-reserves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seasonal Issues, Low Oil Prices, Curb North Dakota Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crude oil prices are below budgeted levels and production is on the decline, data from North Dakota state regulators showed.North Dakota regulators released production data for September, showing oil production averaged 1.16 million barrels per day (BBL/d). That equates to about 10% of total U.S. inland crude oil production, but marks a 0.43% decline from August levels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/seasonal-issues-low-oil-prices-curb-north-dakota-production/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/seasonal-issues-low-oil-prices-curb-north-dakota-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arkansas Prepares to Implement Wind Power-Halting Legislation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arkansas' wind power industry is in its nascent stages, with the state's first commercial windfarm beginning commercial operations only last week; but the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) is preparing to hold a hearing on the implementation of laws passed by state legislators in April that make developing windfarms in the state extremely difficult, if not outright impossible.The bill in question is Senate Bill 437, known as the Arkansas Wind Development Act, which establishes "setback re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arkansas-prepares-to-implement-wind-power-halting-legislation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/arkansas-prepares-to-implement-wind-power-halting-legislation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextDecade, Georgia Power, ADNOC:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextdecade-georgia-power-adnoc-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/nextdecade-georgia-power-adnoc-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco, Adani Sign MOU to Explore Copper Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 25, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Codelco, the state mining company of Chile, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kutch Copper, a subsidiary of the Adani Group, to jointly explore three copper projects in the Antofagasta and Atacama regions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-adani-sign-mou-to-explore-copper-projects/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-adani-sign-mou-to-explore-copper-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Agrees on Weaker 2040 Climate Goal]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new binding climate target for the European Union (EU) for 2040 has been voted through despite efforts by the far-right to quash it. The European Parliament voted in favour of the European Commission's (EC's) proposal for an amendment to the EU Climate Law, setting a new intermediate and binding 2040 EU climate target of reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% compared to 1990 levels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-agrees-on-weaker-2040-climate-goal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/europe-agrees-on-weaker-2040-climate-goal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea's Pharma-Biotech Companies to Invest US$10.7 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[kOFU, JAPAN--November 25, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking 426 active pharmaceutical and biotech projects in South Korea with a total investment value of US$10.7 billion. Among them, Lotte Biologics and Samsung Biologics Company Limited account for the largest investment in the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) plants.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/south-koreas-pharma-biotech-companies-to-invest-us107-billion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/south-koreas-pharma-biotech-companies-to-invest-us107-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's November 24 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 24, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-november-24-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-november-24-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Electric Prices Up 6% on Average Amid Hefty Planned Capital Outlays]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 24, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--When discussing inflation and the state of the U.S. economy, news reporters, analysts and some politicians often use a simple term, "gas and groceries," as a proxy for the health of the nation's $30 trillion economy.<br />
"Electric bills" increasingly are being added to "gas and groceries" as a new way to summarize the challenges facing consumers. U.S. electricity companies have been on an investment surge in r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-electric-prices-up-6-on-average-amid-hefty-planned-capital-outlays/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-electric-prices-up-6-on-average-amid-hefty-planned-capital-outlays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entergy Moves to Further Build Out Natural Gas Generation Capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 24, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Entergy Corporation recently provided updates on its efforts to build out natural gas generation capacity, which includes wrapping up a major plant in Texas as well as new investment.Industrial Info is tracking $27 billion worth projects from Entergy, with about 75% of the spend attributed to natural gas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/entergy-moves-to-further-build-out-natural-gas-generation-capacity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/entergy-moves-to-further-build-out-natural-gas-generation-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freeport Issues Curb LNG Feed Gas]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 24, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Issues at the Freeport terminal for exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) once again curtailed the amount of feed gas running to the U.S. Gulf Coast, data from IIR Energy showed.IIR Energy in its NATGAS TODAY report from November 21 found that the amount of natural gas flowing to the operational export terminals for LNG was down to 17.8 billion cubic feet due to lower volumes at Freeport.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/freeport-issues-curb-lng-feed-gas/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/freeport-issues-curb-lng-feed-gas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA Notes Rise in U.S. Associated Natural Gas Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 25, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that natural gas associated with oil production increased by nearly 6% in 2024 over the previous year. That increase mirrored the oil production growth in the Permian Basin of western Texas and southeast New Mexico.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-notes-rise-in-us-associated-natural-gas-production/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-notes-rise-in-us-associated-natural-gas-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colder-Than-Normal Winter Start Expected Across Western Canada, Northern U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 24, 2025--Written by Aaron Studwell for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The North American power grid enters the season with a distinct set of reliability considerations. According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) 2025-2026 Winter Reliability Assessment, nearly all assessment areas report year-on-year demand growth, with winter peak demand rising by more than 20 gigawatts (GW). Although resource additions continue, mainly from batteries and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/colder-than-normal-winter-start-expected-across-western-canada-northern-us/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/colder-than-normal-winter-start-expected-across-western-canada-northern-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aramco Inks 17 MOUs with United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 24, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Lauding its historic relationship with the United States, Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday it had signed a handful of preliminary deals in the U.S. energy sector after delegates met with U.S. officials.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aramco-inks-17-mous-with-united-states/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/aramco-inks-17-mous-with-united-states/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell Drops Two Major U.K. Offshore Wind Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shell plc's (London, England)scaling down of renewable energy investment continues with the company's decision to abandon two of the world's largest planned floating offshore wind projects in Scotland. These include the 3-gigawatt (GW) MarramWind project and the 2 GW CampionWind project, both located off the east coast of Scotland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-drops-two-major-uk-offshore-wind-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/shell-drops-two-major-uk-offshore-wind-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ExxonMobil Shutting Scottish Ethylene Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation (Spring, Texas) is closing its plastics plant at Mossmorran in Scotland after failing to agree on a path forward with the U.K. government. It has blamed a number of factors for its decision including the government's current economic and policy environment, poor market conditions, high supply costs and plant efficiency.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxonmobil-shutting-scottish-ethylene-operations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxonmobil-shutting-scottish-ethylene-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Announces Another Offshore Lease Sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 21, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A March 2026 lease sale for around 80 million acres in the U.S. territorial waters of the Gulf of Mexico marks the second of the 30 such auctions slated under a major spending bill, the government announced.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-announces-another-offshore-lease-sale/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-administration-announces-another-offshore-lease-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helmerich &amp; Payne Eyes Growth in Global Drilling for Oil &amp; Gas]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 21, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Helmerich &amp; Payne Incorporated (H&amp;P) (Tulsa, Oklahoma) wrapped up its 2025 fiscal year with a stronger presence in the Permian Basin and other hotspots for oil and gas drilling, despite a lower rig count and an increasingly challenging environment for oil exploration. The company, which remains the largest drilling contractor by active rig count in the U.S., also aims to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/helmerich-amp-payne-eyes-growth-in-global-drilling-for-oil-amp-gas/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/helmerich-amp-payne-eyes-growth-in-global-drilling-for-oil-amp-gas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debates Stir Over Canadian Oil Pipeline Options]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 21, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Provincial leaders in Canada are mulling their options for expanded crude oil exports, with the debate stirring over adding a new artery from Alberta or expanding the existing Trans Mountain pipeline to British Columbia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/debates-stir-over-canadian-oil-pipeline-options/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/debates-stir-over-canadian-oil-pipeline-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cochilco Increases Copper Price Forecast Through 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 21, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Cochilco, the Chilean mining authority, has raised its copper price forecast for this year and next. Initially expected at US$4.3 per pound in 2025 and 2026, Cochilco now expects its copper price for 2025 to be US$4.45 per pound and for 2026 to be US$4.55 per pound.The price increase is the result of the U.S. dollar weakness, changes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, lower-than-expected copper supply, and ge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-increases-copper-price-forecast-through-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-increases-copper-price-forecast-through-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cochilco eleva su pronóstico del precio del cobre para este año y el próximo]]></title><description><![CDATA[21 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Cochilco, la autoridad minera chilena, elev&oacute; su pron&oacute;stico del precio del cobre para este a&ntilde;o y el pr&oacute;ximo. Inicialmente previsto en US$4,3 por libra para 2025 y 2026, ahora estima que el precio promedio ser&aacute; de US$4,45 por libra en 2025 y de US$4,55 por libra en 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-eleva-su-pronstico-del-precio-del-cobre-para-este-ao-y-el-prximo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cochilco-eleva-su-pronstico-del-precio-del-cobre-para-este-ao-y-el-prximo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thailand's AGC Vinythai Completes Chlor-Alkali and Vinyl Expansions]]></title><description><![CDATA[METRO MANILA--November 21, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--AGC Vinythai's expansion projects across its two sites in Rayong--Sakura and RCA-5--have started commercial operation. The expansion projects increase the annual production capacities for caustic soda to 940,000 tons per year (T/yr), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) to 850,000 T/yr, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) to 400,000 T/yr and chlorine gas to 193,200 T/yr.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/thailands-agc-vinythai-completes-chlor-alkali-and-vinyl-expansions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/thailands-agc-vinythai-completes-chlor-alkali-and-vinyl-expansions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ioneer Cites Progress at Rhyolite Ridge]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 20, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The developer of the proposed Rhyolite Ridge lithium mining facility praised the addition of boron to a critical minerals list, while boasting of its overall improvements in processing capabilities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ioneer-cites-progress-at-rhyolite-ridge/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ioneer-cites-progress-at-rhyolite-ridge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IEA Connects Energy Security with National Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 20, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A variety of new threats, including some stemming from extreme weather, have placed energy security "at the heart of today's geopolitical tensions," the International Energy Agency (IEA) (Paris, France) declared at the start of its "World Energy Outlook 2025" ("WEO-25"), released November 12.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-connects-energy-security-with-national-security/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iea-connects-energy-security-with-national-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Extend Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 20, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Citing the risk of high demand, the U.S. Department of Energy issued its third order keeping Consumers Energy's (Jackson, Mississippi) 60-year-old, 1.5-gigawatt J.H. Campbell coal-fired plant in Michigan open, well after it was initially scheduled to close in May.Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of environmental groups are challenging the DOE's orders keeping the plant]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/feds-extend-order-to-keep-michigan-coal-plant-running/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/feds-extend-order-to-keep-michigan-coal-plant-running/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada, Sweden Embrace Energy in Strategic Partnership]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 20, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Climate, the environment and energy were among the five pillars laid out in a strategic partnership between Canada and Sweden, the Canadian government announced Tuesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-sweden-embrace-energy-in-strategic-partnership/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-sweden-embrace-energy-in-strategic-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru's Mining Sector Received Investments Worth US$3.9 Billion through September]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 20, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Peru's mining sector received US$3.9 billion in investments from January through September, representing a 15.3% increase compared to the same period last year, according to a report by Peru's ministry of energy and mines. All mining activity segments have recorded more funding in 2025 than in the previous year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-mining-sector-received-investments-worth-us39-billion-through-september/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-mining-sector-received-investments-worth-us39-billion-through-september/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina Agrees to End Conventional Oil Export Duties]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 20, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Argentine government officials met with the governor of Chubut Province to finalize an agreement to eliminate export duties on conventional (non-shale) crude oil. The government aims to protect oil production amid a national focus on shale outputs from the Vaca Muerta region.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-agrees-to-end-conventional-oil-export-duties/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/argentina-agrees-to-end-conventional-oil-export-duties/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exxon, Chevron, ADNOC, Others, Eye Lukoil International Assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 20, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With Russia's Lukoil PJSC (Moscow) about to be sanctioned beginning December 13 by the U.S. Treasury Department due to Russia's military activity in Ukraine, Lukoil's attempts to sell its $22 billion in foreign assets is drawing a crowd of tire-kickers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxon-chevron-adnoc-others-eye-lukoil-international-assets/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxon-chevron-adnoc-others-eye-lukoil-international-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massive Gas Turbine Demand Powers Up Siemens, Other Providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 19, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) is just the latest energy-technology developer to report a dramatic increase in orders for gas turbines--particularly within the U.S., where technological change is driving one of the most significant industrial trends in decades. In the race to power the rapidly growing fleet of energy-hungry data centers, particularly those geared toward the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/massive-gas-turbine-demand-powers-up-siemens-other-providers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/massive-gas-turbine-demand-powers-up-siemens-other-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venture Global Seeks Plaquemines Expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 19, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--An application to the U.S. federal government seeks permission to more than double the export capacity at the Plaquemines LNG facility in Louisiana, operator Venture Global (Arlington, Virginia) said.Venture Global late Monday announced it filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) to increase the export capacity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 30 million metric tons pe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-seeks-plaquemines-expansion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-seeks-plaquemines-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TVA Builds Out Gas, Nuclear Generation]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 19, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Tennessee Valley Authority (Knoxville, Tennessee) says that "additional load growth for the foreseeable future is expected to challenge TVA's capacity position. New capacity will be needed to support this load growth, replace retiring and expiring capacity, and enable further electrification of the economy."New-build nuclear and gas-fired generation are key to the Tennessee Valley Auth]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tva-builds-out-gas-nuclear-generation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tva-builds-out-gas-nuclear-generation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA: Link Between Rigs and Production Trends is Broken]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 18, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The historical association between upstream activity and production levels has weakened, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), with year-over-year production gains on the decline.Upstream services firm Baker Hughes listed 737 active rigs working across North America during the seven-day period ending November 14. That's about 6% below year-ago levels, though production trends, at least in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-link-between-rigs-and-production-trends-is-broken/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-link-between-rigs-and-production-trends-is-broken/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP Delays Unit Closure at Main Germany Refinery]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.K. oil major BP plc (London, England) has delayed the the planned permanent closure of a 70,000 barrel per day (BBL/d) Crude Distillation Unit and a 40,000 BBL/d Vacuum Distillation Unit at its largest German refinery, the 140,000 BBL/d Gelsenkirchen Scholven. It is the second time closure plans have been reversed at the refinery as the company looks for a buyer. It follows a decision in July to keep the units running in order to take advantage of favorable market conditions and profitability]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bp-delays-unit-closure-at-main-germany-refinery/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bp-delays-unit-closure-at-main-germany-refinery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La industria del acero latinoamericana está preocupada por el dumping de las exportaciones chinas, que aumentaron un 233%]]></title><description><![CDATA[La Asociaci&oacute;n Latinoamericana del Acero (Alacero) ha advertido sobre el impacto del dumping de acero chino en los productores de la regi&oacute;n. En su conferencia de Cartagena, el 11 de noviembre, Jorge Oliveira, presidente de Alacero, declar&oacute;: "A pesar de nuestros esfuerzos, el mercado sider&uacute;rgico latinoamericano se est&aacute; deteriorando debido a la sobrecapacidad global proveniente de Asia", seg&uacute;n se&ntilde;al&oacute; el sitio web de noticias Valor Internationa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-industria-del-acero-latinoamericana-est-preocupada-por-el-dumping-de-las-exportaciones-chinas-que-aumentaron-un-233/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-industria-del-acero-latinoamericana-est-preocupada-por-el-dumping-de-las-exportaciones-chinas-que-aumentaron-un-233/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecopetrol registró una utilidad neta de US$681 millones en el tercer trimestre, manteniendo una operación sólida]]></title><description><![CDATA[19 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ecopetrol report&oacute; una utilidad neta de 2,56 billones de pesos colombianos (aproximadamente US$681 millones) en el tercer trimestre, un 29,8% menos que en el mismo periodo del a&ntilde;o anterior. El menor desempe&ntilde;o financiero, independiente del desempe&ntilde;o operativo, se debi&oacute; a la baja en los precios y las ventas del crudo.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ecopetrol-registr-una-utilidad-neta-de-us681-millones-en-el-tercer-trimestre-manteniendo-una-operacin-slida/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ecopetrol-registr-una-utilidad-neta-de-us681-millones-en-el-tercer-trimestre-manteniendo-una-operacin-slida/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tokyo Gas Dumps Haynesville Shale Holdings]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 18, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tokyo Gas Company Limited said it remains committed to U.S. natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) value chains after selling off a U.S.-based subsidiary working in the Louisiana shale patch.The Japanese energy company said it sold off its entire stake in subsidiary TG Natural Resources to Grayrock Energy (Dallas, Texas) for $255 million. The subsidiary acquired assets primarily in the Haynesvill]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tokyo-gas-dumps-haynesville-shale-holdings/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/tokyo-gas-dumps-haynesville-shale-holdings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keyera Eyes Long-Term Growth in Canada's Nat Gas, NGL Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 18, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As the market for natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) heats up across Canada, Keyera Corporation (Calgary, Alberta) is rapidly developing its assets through large-scale expansions and acquisitions. With Asian markets on its growing list of customers, the company is locking up long-term contracts across its portfolio.Industrial Info is tracking US$2.5 billion worth of acti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/keyera-eyes-long-term-growth-in-canadas-nat-gas-ngl-markets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/keyera-eyes-long-term-growth-in-canadas-nat-gas-ngl-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woodfibre LNG Ramps Up for Expanded Workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 18, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A second, offshore housing vessel was approved by Canadian authorities to support construction of the Woodfibre LNG facility near Vancouver. The MV Saga X is expected in Canadian waters by the end of the month.<br />
On Monday, the project developer said it secured approval from federal, provincial and aboriginal authorities to build a so-called "floatel" (from "floating hotel") to house construction worker]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/woodfibre-lng-ramps-up-for-expanded-workforce/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/woodfibre-lng-ramps-up-for-expanded-workforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Grants Texas Primacy to Regulate Carbon Storage Wells]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 18, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted the state of Texas primacy in the permitting of Class VI injection wells. Texas had requested such approval to speed the permitting process, required under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).Now the state can implement Underground Injection Control (UIC) programs covering all well-types (Class I-VI), allowing better coordination and improved eff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/epa-grants-texas-primacy-to-regulate-carbon-storage-wells/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/epa-grants-texas-primacy-to-regulate-carbon-storage-wells/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latin American Steel Industry Decries China's Export Dumping]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 18, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) is voicing concerns about the impact of Chinese steel dumping on the region's producers. At a conference on November 11 in Cartagena, Jorge Oliveira, president of Alacero, said that "despite our efforts, Latin America's steel market is deteriorating due to global overcapacity from Asia."During its third-quarter conference call, executives at Brazilian steel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/latin-american-steel-industry-decries-chinas-export-dumping/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/latin-american-steel-industry-decries-chinas-export-dumping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colombia's Ecopetrol Reports Weaker Q3 Earnings]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 18, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ecopetrol (Bogota, Colombia) reported net income of 2.56 trillion Colombian pesos (US$681 million) in the third quarter, down 29.8% from the same period last year. The weaker financial performance, unrelated to operational performance, was driven by lower crude prices and sales.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/colombias-ecopetrol-reports-weaker-q3-earnings/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/colombias-ecopetrol-reports-weaker-q3-earnings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eli Lilly Targets Netherlands with US$3 billion Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. pharma major Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, Indiana) has announced plans to spend US$3 billion to build an oral medicines manufacturing facility in Katwijk, Netherlands. The decision follows an aggressive expansion plan announced for the U.S. earlier this year where it plans to spend US$27 billion on four new production plants. The new plant in south Holland will be constructed in two phases, comprising a 753,000 square foot (sqft) facility to start and another 800,000 sqft facility t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eli-lilly-targets-netherlands-with-us3-billion-investment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eli-lilly-targets-netherlands-with-us3-billion-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's November 17 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 17, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-november-17-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-november-17-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Presses for Alaskan Oil &amp; Gas Drilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 17, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Re-opening up parts of Alaska for oil and gas drilling is part of a "common-sense" approach to energy management, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-presses-for-alaskan-oil-amp-gas-drilling/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-presses-for-alaskan-oil-amp-gas-drilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire No More? Safer Batteries Discussed at Industry Conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 17, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--There's a growing consensus in and around the electricity business that battery energy storage systems (BESS) are a critical part of the evolving electricity landscape, both for grid stability and decarbonization. For more on that, see October 27, 2025, article - U.S. Battery Market Sees Strong Growth Despite Near-Term Hurdles. But high-profile utility battery fires in California this past January and in A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fire-no-more-safer-batteries-discussed-at-industry-conference/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/fire-no-more-safer-batteries-discussed-at-industry-conference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Unveils New List of Nation-Building Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[From liquefied natural gas (LNG) to critical minerals, Canada's prime minister has unveiled the second batch of projects meant to support the nation's economy."Faced with uncertainty, Canada's new government is making bold choices to grow our economy stronger than ever before -- with major investments, faster approvals, and a clear signal to workers and industry: it's time to build," Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-unveils-new-list-of-nation-building-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-unveils-new-list-of-nation-building-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guyana Signs TotalEnergies-led Consortium to Offshore Exploration License]]></title><description><![CDATA[A three-party consortium led by TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France) has signed a production sharing agreementfor Block S4 with Guyana's Ministry of National Resources. The block was awarded in 2023, based on the consortium's successful bid in the 2022 licensing bid round. Other partners include QatarEnergy (Doha, Qatar)(35%) and Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (25%).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/guyana-signs-totalenergies-led-consortium-to-offshore-exploration-license/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/guyana-signs-totalenergies-led-consortium-to-offshore-exploration-license/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackstone Power Investment, U.K. SMR Site: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/blackstone-power-investment-uk-smr-site-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/blackstone-power-investment-uk-smr-site-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ExxonMobil Threatens to Quit Europe over EU Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation (Spring, Texas) has warned that it will be forced to stop doing business in the European Union (EU) if it does not make changes to one of its most contentious sustainability laws. The company is referring to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), adopted by the EU in July 2024. It requires companies doing business in the EU to identify and address human rights and environmental risks across their supply chains, including outside of Europe.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxonmobil-threatens-to-quit-europe-over-eu-law/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exxonmobil-threatens-to-quit-europe-over-eu-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critical Minerals, Iron, Highlight Latin America Mining]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 17, 2025--Written by Renzo Castillo for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking more than 3,500 active projects across Latin America's Metals &amp; Minerals Industry, representing investments of more than US$325 billion. The investment structure in the region remains stable, led by Chile and Brazil, which together account for 52% of total investments, followed by Peru and Mexico, each with 16% of the market.During 2025, the pace of investment execution]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/critical-minerals-iron-highlight-latin-america-mining/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/critical-minerals-iron-highlight-latin-america-mining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesia Accelerates Waste-to-Energy Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 17, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Indonesian government has enacted Presidential Regulation No. 109 of 2025 to accelerate the rollout of waste-to-energy projects across 33 cities. The policy merges and replaces three previous decrees in order to simplify permitting, improve coordination and attract stronger private investment into the country's waste-to-power sector.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/indonesia-accelerates-waste-to-energy-development/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/indonesia-accelerates-waste-to-energy-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizaciones ambientalistas demandan al gobierno de Ecuador por no detener la producción petrolera del Bloque ITT]]></title><description><![CDATA[17 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Yasunidos, organizaci&oacute;n ambientalista que aboga por la protecci&oacute;n de la reserva Yasun&iacute;, ha demandado al gobierno de Daniel Noboa ante la Corte Constitucional por continuar la producci&oacute;n petrolera en los campos Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini, conocidos como Bloque 43 o Bloque ITT, a pesar de los resultados del refer&eacute;ndum de 2023.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/organizaciones-ambientalistas-demandan-al-gobierno-de-ecuador-por-no-detener-la-produccin-petrolera-del-bloque-itt/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/organizaciones-ambientalistas-demandan-al-gobierno-de-ecuador-por-no-detener-la-produccin-petrolera-del-bloque-itt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occidental Ups Oil &amp; Gas Efforts as OxyChem Selloff Nears End]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 14, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Houston, Texas) is preparing for a large-scale transformation, as executive express optimism that the pending sale of the company's largest chemical business, OxyChem, to Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated (Omaha, Nebraska) will allow it to reduce debt and focus on its oil and gas business. The company also is reducing its global exposure risk, as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/occidental-ups-oil-amp-gas-efforts-as-oxychem-selloff-nears-end/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/occidental-ups-oil-amp-gas-efforts-as-oxychem-selloff-nears-end/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Advances Efforts to Power AI Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 14, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Meta continues to advance its efforts to obtain power for major AI data centers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/meta-advances-efforts-to-power-ai-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/meta-advances-efforts-to-power-ai-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA Lifts Oil Price Forecast Amid Chinese Storage, Russian Sanctions]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 14, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Signs point to a continued build in crude oil inventories through next year, though storage levels in China and sanctions on Russia are expected to offset any major declines in crude oil prices, the U.S. government said Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-lifts-oil-price-forecast-amid-chinese-storage-russian-sanctions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-lifts-oil-price-forecast-amid-chinese-storage-russian-sanctions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Brings Trade Message Overseas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hits the road next week for bilateral meetings in the UAE and the summit of the G20. From timber to energy, Canada is looking to halve its amount of U.S. trade. Canada has the potential to establish itself as a global trading powerhouse with its "robust" portfolio of critical minerals and natural resources, the prime minister said ahead of a meeting of the G20.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-brings-trade-message-overseas/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-brings-trade-message-overseas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Environmental Group Sues Ecuador Government for Not Halting Oil Production from ITT Block]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 14, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Yasunidos, an environmental group advocating the protection of the Yasuni reserve, has sued the government of Daniel Noboa in the constitutional court for continuing oil production in the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini fields, known as Block 43, or ITT Block, despite the 2023 referendum results.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/environmental-group-sues-ecuador-government-for-not-halting-oil-production-from-itt-block/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/environmental-group-sues-ecuador-government-for-not-halting-oil-production-from-itt-block/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia: Renewables Overtake Fossil-Fuel Power For First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia's renewable energy sector produced more power than coal and gas sources for the first time in October, marking a pivotal shift in the country's power mix. For the month of October, utility-supplied electricity from renewable sources hit 9.88 terawatts hours (TWh), edging past the 9.82 TWh produced by fossil fuels, according to the latest data from energy researcher, Ember (London, England).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-renewables-overtake-fossil-fuel-power-for-first-time/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-renewables-overtake-fossil-fuel-power-for-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithium Argentina reporta una pérdida neta de US$64,5 millones en el tercer trimestre, mientras continúa el desarrollo del proyecto Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes]]></title><description><![CDATA[14 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Lithium Argentina, la compa&ntilde;&iacute;a canadiense, report&oacute; una p&eacute;rdida neta de US$64,5 millones en el tercer trimestre, en comparaci&oacute;n con una p&eacute;rdida de US$2 millones durante el mismo per&iacute;odo del a&ntilde;o anterior. Los resultados financieros se explican por una p&eacute;rdida de US$52,5 millones en la mina Cauchari-Olaroz.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lithium-argentina-reporta-una-prdida-neta-de-us645-millones-en-el-tercer-trimestre-mientras-contina-el-desarrollo-del-proyecto-pozuelos-pastos-grandes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lithium-argentina-reporta-una-prdida-neta-de-us645-millones-en-el-tercer-trimestre-mientras-contina-el-desarrollo-del-proyecto-pozuelos-pastos-grandes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco y SQM reciben la aprobación regulatoria china para operar en el Salar de Atacama]]></title><description><![CDATA[14 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--El regulador del mercado chino aprob&oacute; una empresa conjunta entre Codelco y SQM para desarrollar el Salar de Atacama. Esta era la &uacute;ltima aprobaci&oacute;n internacional necesaria para concretar el acuerdo.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-y-sqm-reciben-la-aprobacin-regulatoria-china-para-operar-en-el-salar-de-atacama/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-y-sqm-reciben-la-aprobacin-regulatoria-china-para-operar-en-el-salar-de-atacama/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baytex Leaves U.S. as Eagle Ford Proves Too Costly]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 13, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Baytex Energy Corporation (Calgary, Alberta) is packing up and heading home to Canada. The oil and gas producer announced Wednesday it had agreed to sell its U.S. Eagle Ford assets to an undisclosed buyer for US$2.305 billion, which will end its U.S.-based operations. Executives at the company believe it will benefit from focusing its efforts on its Canadian assets.Industrial In]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/baytex-leaves-us-as-eagle-ford-proves-too-costly/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/baytex-leaves-us-as-eagle-ford-proves-too-costly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural Gas Dominates New U.S. Power Plants in Third Quarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 13, 2025--Written by Jesse Broehl, News Editor for IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas)--After multiple quarters where solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity led new U.S. power generation, natural gas power capacity was on top for third-quarter 2025. Total power generation capacity installed during the quarter was approximately 5 gigawatts (GW), according to IIR Energy's tracking of all power generation projects in the U.S. market.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/natural-gas-dominates-new-us-power-plants-in-third-quarter/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/natural-gas-dominates-new-us-power-plants-in-third-quarter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automakers Continue to Boost U.S. Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 13, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Major automakers, including Toyota, Stellantis and GM, continue to pledge investment in the U.S. This comes as President Donald Trump aims to reshore manufacturing and production.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/automakers-continue-to-boost-us-investment/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/automakers-continue-to-boost-us-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIA: Three U.S. Regions Outproduce Most Nations in Natural Gas]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 13, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. has led the world in natural gas production since 2009. And according to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), in 2023, the most recent year for which worldwide production data is available, three individual U.S. basins would be among the world's top 10 producers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-three-us-regions-outproduce-most-nations-in-natural-gas/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eia-three-us-regions-outproduce-most-nations-in-natural-gas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Makes Power Arrangements for Arkansas, Ohio Data Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google Incorporated (Mountain View, California) this week made power purchase agreements (PPAs) with solar developers Treaty Oak Clean Energy (Austin, Texas) and TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France) that will help offset the power consumed by Google's Ohio and Arkansas data center facilities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/google-makes-power-arrangements-for-arkansas-ohio-data-operations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/google-makes-power-arrangements-for-arkansas-ohio-data-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco, SQM Get Chinese Regulatory Approval Chilean Lithium JV]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 13, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--China's market regulator approved a joint venture between Codelco and SQM to develop the Atacama salt flats for lithium. This was the last international approval required to move forward with the agreement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-sqm-get-chinese-regulatory-approval-chilean-lithium-jv/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-sqm-get-chinese-regulatory-approval-chilean-lithium-jv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithium Argentina Reports Quarterly Net Loss]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lithium Argentina recorded a net loss of US$64.5 million in Q3. However, its production from the Cauchari-Olaroz projects remains solid, and it is expected to meet this year's guidance. The company's Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes project has already received its environmental permit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lithium-argentina-reports-quarterly-net-loss/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/lithium-argentina-reports-quarterly-net-loss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alaska Energy Enjoying Major Political Support]]></title><description><![CDATA[Days after the federal government announced plans for a drilling auction offshore Alaska, administration officials praised a supply deal for Baker Hughes at a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in the northern-most state.Glenfarne Alaska LNG (Anchorage, Alaska) late Monday tapped Baker Hughes (Houston, Texas) to supply the compressors for a slated LNG export terminal and power-generation equipment for a gas treatment plant on the North Slope.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaska-energy-enjoying-major-political-support/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alaska-energy-enjoying-major-political-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Products Returns Focus to Industrial Gases, Slashes Capex]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 12, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Air Products and Chemicals is going back to basics. Following a series of big-ticket project cancellations, the company is returning its focus to lower-risk industrial-gas projects with committed offtake and potential for expansion. Industrial Info is tracking more than $4.5 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Air Products globally, including more than $1.5 billio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/air-products-returns-focus-to-industrial-gases-slashes-capex/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/air-products-returns-focus-to-industrial-gases-slashes-capex/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaca Muerta Dominates YPF's 3Q Results with Solid Shale Numbers]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 12, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--YPF reported adjusted EBITDA of US$1.4 billion, flat from last year, and a net loss of US$198 million, compared to net income of US$1.4 billion in third-quarter 2024. The negative financial result was due to a deferred tax charge of US$537 million.Meanwhile, the company's investments in third-quarter 2025 stood at US$1 billion, with 73.8% destined for the upstream sector and 21.4% for midstream and down]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vaca-muerta-dominates-ypfs-3q-results-with-solid-shale-numbers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/vaca-muerta-dominates-ypfs-3q-results-with-solid-shale-numbers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOE Will Prioritize Nuclear Power Projects for Funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 12, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said the Trump administration will prioritize nuclear power for DOE loans.Speaking at a conference hosted by the American Nuclear Society in Washington, D.C., he said he expects demand from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers will attract billions of dollars in equity capital for new nuclear capacity, adding the DOE could match that funding with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-will-prioritize-nuclear-power-projects-for-funding/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-will-prioritize-nuclear-power-projects-for-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More U.S. Solar Power Coming, with Fewer Delays]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a banner year in solar power additions, the U.S. Department of Energy said it's expecting even greater expansion with fewer project delays over the next 12 months.Last year, some 31 gigawatts (GW) of power were added to the national grid by way of utility-scale solar facilities. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the data arm of the Energy Department, said it's expecting to see another 32 GW of solar power added over the next 12 months.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/more-us-solar-power-coming-with-fewer-delays/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/more-us-solar-power-coming-with-fewer-delays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poland Speeds Up Coal Mining Exit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Polish government has approved a bill to help mining companies to shut unprofitable mines and support workers as it transitions to cleaner energy sources. The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft amendment to its Act on the Operation of the Hard Coal Mining Industry to allow mining companies to "independently close mines, limit subsidies for mine operations, and introduce a package of protective benefits for employees".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/poland-speeds-up-coal-mining-exit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/poland-speeds-up-coal-mining-exit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La Comisión de Energía Nuclear de Chile aprueba la producción de 545.000 toneladas de litio en el salar de Altoandinos, propiedad de Enami]]></title><description><![CDATA[12 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- La Comisi&oacute;n de Energ&iacute;a Nuclear de Chile (CChEN) autoriz&oacute; a Enami, la minera estatal, a extraer 545.000 toneladas m&eacute;tricas de litio met&aacute;lico equivalente (LME) del salar de Altoandinos hasta 2060, con la capacidad de ampliar la producci&oacute;n a 1,22 millones de toneladas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-comisin-de-energa-nuclear-de-chile-aprueba-la-produccin-de-545000-toneladas-de-litio-en-el-salar-de-altoandinos-propiedad-de-enami/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-comisin-de-energa-nuclear-de-chile-aprueba-la-produccin-de-545000-toneladas-de-litio-en-el-salar-de-altoandinos-propiedad-de-enami/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La minera de cobre Lundin cierra otro trimestre con una sólida situación financiera y superando las expectativas de producción]]></title><description><![CDATA[12 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Lundin, la minera canadiense, report&oacute; ganancias netas de US$184,6 millones en el tercer trimestre, un aumento respecto de los US$110,7 millones del mismo per&iacute;odo del a&ntilde;o anterior. En los primeros nueve meses del a&ntilde;o, las ganancias netas alcanzaron los US$525,5 millones, lo que representa un incremento interanual del 68%.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-minera-de-cobre-lundin-cierra-otro-trimestre-con-una-slida-situacin-financiera-y-superando-las-expectativas-de-produccin/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-minera-de-cobre-lundin-cierra-otro-trimestre-con-una-slida-situacin-financiera-y-superando-las-expectativas-de-produccin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venture Global Sets LNG Delivery Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 11, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Riding the wave of success in the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, Venture Global (Arlington, Virginia) said Monday it set a record for cargo deliveries during the third quarter.Venture Global is behind both the Calcasieu Pass and Plaquemines export facilities for LNG from Louisiana. Combined, the facilities account for about 30% of total LNG export capacity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-sets-lng-delivery-record/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/venture-global-sets-lng-delivery-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price Increases, Derivative Gains Boost Earnings for Independent Gas Producers]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 11, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Higher realized prices for natural gas, aided by gains on derivatives, coupled with stronger demand and aggressive cost containment were the keys to improved third-quarter earnings reports from four large, independent, gas-oriented producers: EQT Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Range Resources Corporation (Fort Worth, Texas), Antero Resources Corporation (Denver, Colorado) and Coterra Energy Incorp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/price-increases-derivative-gains-boost-earnings-for-independent-gas-producers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/price-increases-derivative-gains-boost-earnings-for-independent-gas-producers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Offshore Drilling Leases Slated for Early 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 11, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. federal government announced it was readying for offshore lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Cook Inlet off Alaska, the first such offerings from President Donald Trump's signature spending bill.Matt Giocano, the acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), on Friday announced plans for the first offshore lease sales as mandated by Trump's so-called One Big Beaut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-offshore-drilling-leases-slated-for-early-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-offshore-drilling-leases-slated-for-early-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Issues Key Permit for Previously Shunned Gas Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York environmental groups were up in arms on Friday after the state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued a key water-quality permit allowing for the construction of Williams Companies' (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) natural gas pipeline project on the company's Transco network. The NESE would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey into parts of New York City and Long Island that are experiencing tight gas supplies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-york-issues-key-permit-for-previously-shunned-gas-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/new-york-issues-key-permit-for-previously-shunned-gas-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploration &amp; Production Efforts Lead Petrobras' Capital Spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Petrobras' capital investments in Q3 totaled US$5.5 billion, with exploration and production projects accounting for 84.8% of the total. Investments into Brazil's Buzios field, the nation's largest, amounted to US$1.7 billion. About 11% of the capex was spent in midstream and downstream projects.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exploration-amp-production-efforts-lead-petrobras-capital-spending/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/exploration-amp-production-efforts-lead-petrobras-capital-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Confirms End to Chinese Block on Rare Earths Exports]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Union (EU) looks set to benefit from a decision by China to suspend its recent restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals. The European Commission (EC) has confirmed that the one-year suspension agreed between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump will also apply to the EU. Rare earths are vital to the region's defense, automotive, technology and clean-tech industries and China supplies most of Europe's needs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-confirms-end-to-chinese-block-on-rare-earths-exports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-confirms-end-to-chinese-block-on-rare-earths-exports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's November 10 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 10, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-november-10-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-november-10-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More U.S. LNG Headed to Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) developer Venture Global (Arlington, Virginia) said Friday it secured a deal to deliver the super-cooled gas to Greece under a 20-year arrangement.Venture Global is behind both the Calcasieu Pass and the Plaquemines facilities in Louisiana. Plaquemines is the larger of the two, with a feed gas capacity of 3.85 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). Calcasieu Pass has a nameplate capacity of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/more-us-lng-headed-to-europe/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/more-us-lng-headed-to-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cenovus Eyes Long-Term Growth with MEG, Oil Sands Developments]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 10, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Cenovus Energy's (Calgary, Alberta) pending acquisition of MEG Energy made headlines over the past few months amid a protracted, ultimately victorious battle with Strathcona Resources. But Cenovus' third-quarter results show this is part of a bigger buildout in Canada's oil sands region, with its neighboring facilities slated for expansions.Industrial Info is tracking more than]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cenovus-eyes-long-term-growth-with-meg-oil-sands-developments/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cenovus-eyes-long-term-growth-with-meg-oil-sands-developments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decisions, Movement Seen in Delayed U.S. LNG Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Energy Transfer holds out for equity partners for its Lake Charles LNG project, Delfin LNG made a key sales agreement, advancing the possibility of an FID on its delayed LNG project, while Commonwealth LNG has been granted a construction extension for its Louisiana plant as it faces a revoked state environmental permit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/decisions-movement-seen-in-delayed-us-lng-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/decisions-movement-seen-in-delayed-us-lng-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Enbridge Furthers Investment in Diverse North American Portfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 10, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Enbridge Incorporated (Calgary, Alberta) last week provided an update on its plans to build out its diverse North American portfolio, which include new capital investments to meet growing energy demand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-enbridge-furthers-investment-in-diverse-north-american-portfolio/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-enbridge-furthers-investment-in-diverse-north-american-portfolio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Carried Energy Message to ADIPEC]]></title><description><![CDATA[With many of the Canadian energy majors boasting of strong production performance, leaders from Alberta said they worked to enhance the provincial status as an energy powerhouse at this year's Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) energy conference.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alberta-carried-energy-message-to-adipec/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/alberta-carried-energy-message-to-adipec/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record U.S. Gas Production, U.S. Rig Count: Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-gas-production-us-rig-count-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-gas-production-us-rig-count-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. First Pick for Bill Gates-backed TerraPower]]></title><description><![CDATA[TerraPower (Bellevue, Washington), the mini-nuclear power innovation power company founded by tech mogul Bill Gates, has chosen the U.K. as its first international market. The company has submitted its Natrium reactor design to the U.K.'s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process, which is in charge of approving all nuclear power designs before use in the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-first-pick-for-bill-gates-backed-terrapower/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-first-pick-for-bill-gates-backed-terrapower/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copper Miner Lundin Surpasses Output Expectations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)Lundin Mining Corporation (Vancouver, British Columbia) has reported net earnings of US$184.6 million for the third quarter, up from US$110.7 million in the same period last year. For the first nine months of the year, net earnings totaled US$525.5 million, up 68% year over year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/copper-miner-lundin-surpasses-output-expectations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/copper-miner-lundin-surpasses-output-expectations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chile Greenlights Lithium Output from Altoandinos Salt Flats]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Chilean Commission of Nuclear Energy (CChEN) authorized Enami (Santiago, Chile), the state miner, to extract 545,000 metric tons of lithium metallic equivalent (LME) from the Altoandino salt flatsuntil 2060, with the capacity to expand the output to 1.220 million tons.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chile-greenlights-lithium-output-from-altoandinos-salt-flats/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chile-greenlights-lithium-output-from-altoandinos-salt-flats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss Trader Gunvor Backs Off Deal to Buy Lukoil Assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 10, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Commodity trader Gunvor Group (Geneva, Switzerland) abruptly pulled its offer to purchase Russian oil producer Lukoil PJSC's (Moscow) international assets last week after the U.S. government said it would never accept the deal, calling Gunvor "the Kremlin's puppet."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/swiss-trader-gunvor-backs-off-deal-to-buy-lukoil-assets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/swiss-trader-gunvor-backs-off-deal-to-buy-lukoil-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petronas y Chevron se adjudican dos nuevos bloques en aguas de Surinam]]></title><description><![CDATA[10 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Surinam contin&uacute;a atrayendo a compa&ntilde;&iacute;as petroleras internacionales a sus bloques marinos con la esperanza de encontrar yacimientos similares a los de sus vecinos, y Petronas y Chevron ampl&iacute;an su presencia en el pa&iacute;s.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petronas-y-chevron-se-adjudican-dos-nuevos-bloques-en-aguas-de-surinam/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petronas-y-chevron-se-adjudican-dos-nuevos-bloques-en-aguas-de-surinam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petrobras alcanza el millón de barriles diarios en su campo Búzios y próximamente se espera un aumento de la producción]]></title><description><![CDATA[10 de Noviembre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras report&oacute; una producci&oacute;n r&eacute;cord de un mill&oacute;n de barriles de petr&oacute;leo por d&iacute;a (bpd) en su campo petrol&iacute;fero B&uacute;zios, ubicado en la Cuenca de Santos, frente a las costas de R&iacute;o de Janeiro, a finales de octubre, convirti&eacute;ndose as&iacute; en el mayor productor de petr&oacute;leo de Brasil. B&uacute;zios es el segundo campo pe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-alcanza-el-milln-de-barriles-diarios-en-su-campo-bzios-y-prximamente-se-espera-un-aumento-de-la-produccin/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petrobras-alcanza-el-milln-de-barriles-diarios-en-su-campo-bzios-y-prximamente-se-espera-un-aumento-de-la-produccin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Precious Metals in Focus: Platinum Group Metals at a Glance]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI--November 10, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Known for their resilience, value and outstanding catalytic properties, platinum group metals (PGM) stand significant in today's era of clean energy and sustainability. A family of six (namely platinum, palladium, ruthenium, iridium, rhodium and osmium), these rare metals are extracted from primary PGM ores and can also be recovered as a by-product of nickel and copper mining. They have strong industrial v]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/precious-metals-in-focus-platinum-group-metals-at-a-glance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/precious-metals-in-focus-platinum-group-metals-at-a-glance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia Hits GO For Guarantee of Origin Scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia's government has officially launched a scheme to guarantee the source of renewable electricity used by companies and in the creation of key domestic and export products like green hydrogen. The Guarantee of Origin (GO) scheme, launched by the country's Clean Energy Regulator, is a voluntary national emissions certification scheme that verifies renewable energy sources, allowing businesses to showcase sustainability and prevent fraud in energy reporting.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-hits-go-for-guarantee-of-origin-scheme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/australia-hits-go-for-guarantee-of-origin-scheme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strathcona Looks to Grow Natural Gas Assets After Rough 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 7, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Strathcona Resources Limited (Calgary, Alberta) is projecting optimism about its near-term prospects, after it lost a high-profile rivalry with Cenovus Energy (Calgary) over its acquisition of MEG Energy (Calgary). Overall production grew from 109 million to 116 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d) during the third quarter, when adjusting for recently sold assets in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/strathcona-looks-to-grow-natural-gas-assets-after-rough-2025/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/strathcona-looks-to-grow-natural-gas-assets-after-rough-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOE Tips its Hand Towards Coal-to-Gas Projects with New Funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Jesse Broehl for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is opening up a process to award funds to refurbish or modernize U.S. coal-fired power plants. However, in doing so, the DOE may be revealing--intentionally or not--a preference in transitioning coal to natural gas since two of the program's three areas of funding focus on fuel switching and co-firing between coal and natural gas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-tips-its-hand-towards-coal-to-gas-projects-with-new-funding/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/doe-tips-its-hand-towards-coal-to-gas-projects-with-new-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Wells Needed to Sustain Production, EIA Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 7, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With oil and gas production levels expecting only marginal variances by next year, the U.S. Department of Energy said new wells are necessary to at least sustain production.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/more-wells-needed-to-sustain-production-eia-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/more-wells-needed-to-sustain-production-eia-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Dependency on U.S. LNG Too High, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 7, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With the U.S. leading the world in exports of super-cooled gas, an international study found its European customers may have switched their heavy dependency from Russia to U.S. supplies.A study released Thursday by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) found that U.S. supplies of LNG took a 57% market share in the European economy during the first half of the year. Germany a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-dependency-on-us-lng-too-high-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-dependency-on-us-lng-too-high-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utility PPL Makes Moves to Meet Data Center Power Demand in Kentucky, Pennsylvania]]></title><description><![CDATA[With service areas in eastern Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Virginia, PPL Corporation (Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an important energy provider on the PJM Interconnection. The company is witnessing a surge in data center development within its coverage area and is making moves to build natural gas-fired power plants in both Kentucky and Pennsylvania, where data center construction is escalating.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/utility-ppl-makes-moves-to-meet-data-center-power-demand-in-kentucky-pennsylvania/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/utility-ppl-makes-moves-to-meet-data-center-power-demand-in-kentucky-pennsylvania/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips' Rising Alaska Costs, Energy Transfer's Lake Charles LNG:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/conocophillips-rising-alaska-costs-energy-transfers-lake-charles-lng-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/conocophillips-rising-alaska-costs-energy-transfers-lake-charles-lng-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petronas, Chevron Secure Two New Blocks Offshore Suriname]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chevron and Petronas have secured two new exploration blocks in Suriname, as the country hopes to become a new hydrocarbon hub. Recent oil discoveries and development of the GranMorgu project offer hope to the country of becoming a significant oil player.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petronas-chevron-secure-two-new-blocks-offshore-suriname/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/petronas-chevron-secure-two-new-blocks-offshore-suriname/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atvos de Brasil anuncia inversiones en etanol de maíz y biometano]]></title><description><![CDATA[Atvos (S&atilde;o Paulo, Brasil), un actor clave en el mercado brasile&ntilde;o de etanol, anunci&oacute; recientemente inversiones en sus instalaciones de Nova Alvorada do Sul y Costa Rica, en el estado centro-occidental de Mato Grosso do Sul.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/atvos-de-brasil-anuncia-inversiones-en-etanol-de-maz-y-biometano/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/atvos-de-brasil-anuncia-inversiones-en-etanol-de-maz-y-biometano/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The $90 Billion Question: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Trump Tariffs Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A case over whether the president can legally impose tariffs by using the International Economic Emergency Powers Act of 1977 was heard Wednesday by the Supreme Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/the-90-billion-question-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-in-trump-tariffs-case/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/the-90-billion-question-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-in-trump-tariffs-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Boosts Five-Year Capex to $60 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Incorporated (Minneapolis, Minnesota) last week boosted its five-year (2026-2030) capital spending plan to $60 billion from $45 billion, and the spend includes significant investments in transmission and distribution (T&amp;D), renewably sourced generation and natural gas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/xcel-energy-boosts-five-year-capex-to-60-billion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/xcel-energy-boosts-five-year-capex-to-60-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gevo Shifting Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project to North Dakota]]></title><description><![CDATA[Colorado-based Gevo Incorporated (Englewood) is maintaining momentum on a plan to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the Dakotas. SAF is a low-carbon fuel that can receive tax credits similar to renewable diesel via the 45z section of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. Gevo secured a $1.46 billion loan through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in October 2024 on a project to build a SAF plant in Lake Preston, South Dakota.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/gevo-shifting-sustainable-aviation-fuel-project-to-north-dakota/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/gevo-shifting-sustainable-aviation-fuel-project-to-north-dakota/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural Gas Keeping U.S. Emissions Low, TotalEnergies Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France) said in a report issued Wednesday that the carbon intensity of the global energy sector is on the decline. Improved living standards in the world's largest economies are leading to an increase in energy demand and emissions as well. But the growth in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has slowed down since 2015.This, the energy company said, is largely the result of renewable energy, which it said accounted for nearly 80% of the increase in electricity production a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/natural-gas-keeping-us-emissions-low-totalenergies-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/natural-gas-keeping-us-emissions-low-totalenergies-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malaysia's Petronas Secures Canadian LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written for Industrial Info Resources by Daniel Graeber (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Following a trade-related tour of Asia from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the developers of the planned Cedar LNG facility in British Columbia reached a supply deal with Malaysian energy company Petroliam Nasional Berhad, better known as Petronas (Kuala Lumpur).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/malaysias-petronas-secures-canadian-lng/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/malaysias-petronas-secures-canadian-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constellation Provides Maryland with 5,800-MW Menu of Generation, Storage Options]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Maryland, like other U.S. states, faces an upcoming crunch on its power sector due to high demand, Constellation Energy (Baltimore, Maryland), owner of the state's largest generating facility, has proposed a range of projects to state regulators to bring up to 5,800 megawatts (MW) of additional power to the state. Much of Maryland's increased power demand will come from data centers, for which Governor Wes Moore (D) opened the door last year with legislation easing permitting and backup power]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-provides-maryland-with-5800-mw-menu-of-generation-storage-options/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/constellation-provides-maryland-with-5800-mw-menu-of-generation-storage-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delfin LNG, Woodside Energy, U.S. Oil Stocks:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/delfin-lng-woodside-energy-us-oil-stocks-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/delfin-lng-woodside-energy-us-oil-stocks-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADNOC's XRG Agrees to Join Eni, YPF in Argentina LNG Export Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 6, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (United Arab Emirates) international arm, XRG, has signed a non-binding framework agreement with YPF (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Eni SpA (Rome, Italy) for its potential involvement in the Argentina LNG midstream project.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/adnocs-xrg-agrees-to-join-eni-ypf-in-argentina-lng-export-project/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/adnocs-xrg-agrees-to-join-eni-ypf-in-argentina-lng-export-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Codelco Maintains High Copper Volumes, Despite Major Accident]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 6, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Codelco reported a copper output of 937,000 tons between January and September, a 2.1% increase compared to the same period last year. Including the company's production share from its minority mines El Abra (49%) and Quebrada Blanca (10%), Codelco's total output for that same period is 1.01 million tons, 1.4% higher than last year.The volumes represent a positive outcome for Codelco, especially given th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-maintains-high-copper-volumes-despite-major-accident/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/codelco-maintains-high-copper-volumes-despite-major-accident/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marathon Builds Out Permian Assets as Maintenance Costs Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 5, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Marathon Petroleum faced a rough third quarter, as rising inflation and maintenance-related costs largely negated financial benefits from strong refining margins. The company is building out its capacity to gather and process natural gas in the Permian Basin through a series of acquisitions and organic expansion projects.Industrial Info is tracking more than $5.8 billion worth of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/marathon-builds-out-permian-assets-as-maintenance-costs-rise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/marathon-builds-out-permian-assets-as-maintenance-costs-rise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP Sells Shale Stake, But Stays on as Operator]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 5, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ostensibly for the sake of generating capital, British energy company BP (London, England) said it was selling off a stake in U.S. shale to a private investment firm for $1.5 billion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bp-sells-shale-stake-but-stays-on-as-operator/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/bp-sells-shale-stake-but-stays-on-as-operator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISM: U.S. Manufacturing Activity Contracts for Eighth Straight Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 5, 2025--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) latest Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) survey indicates U.S. manufacturing activity contracted for the eighth straight month as tariffs and related uncertainty continue to have an impact.All four of the PMI's demand indicators--the New Orders, New Export Orders, Backlog of Orders, and Customers' Inventories indexes--improved from September, altho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ism-us-manufacturing-activity-contracts-for-eighth-straight-month/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/ism-us-manufacturing-activity-contracts-for-eighth-straight-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Oil Payouts Exceed Earnings for Three Integrated Supermajors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Third-quarter earnings slid at three large integrated supermajor oil companies - Exxon Mobil Corporation (Spring, Texas), Chevron Corporation (Houston, Texas) and BP plc (London, England) - and quarterly payouts to shareholders outstripped earnings for ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell plc (London, England), forcing them to use proceeds from asset sales or dig into their retained earnings to fund hefty dividend payments and share buybacks. BP's reported earnings for the quarter equaled its investor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/big-oil-payouts-exceed-earnings-for-three-integrated-supermajors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/big-oil-payouts-exceed-earnings-for-three-integrated-supermajors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freeport LNG Recovering from Offtake Issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 4, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Long beset by issues ranging from pipeline problems to weather, the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas is recovering from offtake issues. The facility was operating at only about 70% of its design capacity as of Tuesday.After a decline in feed gas volumes early this week, the Freeport LNG export terminal in Texas is back in action, though deliveries on Tuesday remained below record levels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/freeport-lng-recovering-from-offtake-issues/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/freeport-lng-recovering-from-offtake-issues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Steel Outlines $14 Billion Capital Growth Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- U.S. Steel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) outlined a plan on Tuesday that includes $14 billion in growth capital, including $11 billion to be invested by the end of 2028. In June, U.S. Steel was acquired by Nippon Steel (Tokyo, Japan) for $14.9 billion in a deal that included the U.S. government having a "golden share" in U.S. Steel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-steel-outlines-14-billion-capital-growth-plan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-steel-outlines-14-billion-capital-growth-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies, Venezuela's Crude Oil Exports, Exelon:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-venezuelas-crude-oil-exports-exelon-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/totalenergies-venezuelas-crude-oil-exports-exelon-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Petrobras Hits 1 Million BBL/d at Buzios Field]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras (Rio do Janeiro, Brazil) reported record output of 1 million barrels per day (BBL/d) of oil from its Buzios oil field in the Santos Basin, offshore Rio de Janeiro, by the end of October, making it Brazil's largest oil producer. Buzios is the second oil field to reach such volumes after the Tupi field, which reached the mark in 2019, but has since then averaged lower volumes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-petrobras-hits-1-million-bbld-at-buzios-field/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/brazils-petrobras-hits-1-million-bbld-at-buzios-field/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Sea Services Major Petrofac Enters Administration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leading U.K. energy services company Petrofac (London) has entered administration putting up to 2,000 Scottish jobs at risk after losing a major contract for the connection of offshore grid systems in the Netherlands and Germany.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-sea-services-major-petrofac-enters-administration/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/north-sea-services-major-petrofac-enters-administration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Steps Up Critical Mineral Investment, Policies with G7 Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a meeting of the G7 countries last week, Canada Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson announced that Canada and fellow G7 members were investing around US$4.6 billion in Canadian critical minerals projects. In addition, the Canadian federal government is facilitating the projects by guaranteeing itself as a buyer of the projects' output as well as a minimum price floor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-steps-up-critical-mineral-investment-policies-with-g7-countries/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-steps-up-critical-mineral-investment-policies-with-g7-countries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Tamarack Narrows Priorities as Oil Prices Weaken]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Crude oil prices are in the doldrums, and Tamarack Valley Energy Limited is not expecting the trend to reverse itself anytime soon. The Alberta-focused producer recently sold off underperforming properties and aims to better develop others.Industrial Info is tracking nearly US$1 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Tamarack, more than half of which is attributed to drilling programs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-tamarack-narrows-priorities-as-oil-prices-weaken/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canadas-tamarack-narrows-priorities-as-oil-prices-weaken/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperial Oil Sets Production Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imperial Oil (Calgary, Alberta) said Friday that third-quarter 2025 production averaged 462,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), its highest quarterly level in more than 30 years. Much of the production strength came from the Kearl heavy crude oil facility, which churned out 316,000 boe/d during the quarter.Starting operations in 2013, the Alberta-based facility has a peak design capacity of 380,000 barrels of heavy bitumen per day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/imperial-oil-sets-production-record/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/imperial-oil-sets-production-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Center, Defense, Renewable Developers Cheer U.S.-China Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The one-year delay in an embargo on Chinese exports of rare earth minerals (REMs) will benefit supply chains and pricing for U.S. industry. But stateside rare-earth producers are decades away from overcoming China's production dominance.Because China dominates the world in critical REMs, accounting for 60% of production and 90% of processing, the newly negotiated delay in restrictions on exports headed for the U.S. will b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/data-center-defense-renewable-developers-cheer-us-china-deal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/data-center-defense-renewable-developers-cheer-us-china-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Offers Funds to Keep Coal Plants Open]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In the face of declining exports and increased clean energy, the U.S. government has opted to offer funding to refurbish and upgrade existing coal-fired power plants.On Friday, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright put $100 million in federal funding on the table to support coal-fired power, arguing that previous presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden were relentless in targeting the nation's coal industry, which he maintai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-offers-funds-to-keep-coal-plants-open/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/us-offers-funds-to-keep-coal-plants-open/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record U.S. LNG Exports, QatarEnergy's North Field Development, Diamondback Energy:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-lng-exports-qatarenergys-north-field-development-diamondback-energy-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/record-us-lng-exports-qatarenergys-north-field-development-diamondback-energy-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Permits Next Major Solar Power Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.K. government has given the green light to the country's second largest planned solar farm as it pursues an aggressive renewable energy strategy. Permission has been granted for the Tillbridge Solar Farm project near Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, which will have a generating capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) and generate enough power for roughly 300,000 homes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-permits-next-major-solar-power-project/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/uk-permits-next-major-solar-power-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Quantum y el gobierno de Panamá mantienen una postura positiva sobre el futuro de la mina Cobre Panamá]]></title><description><![CDATA[Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-El presidente paname&ntilde;o, Jos&eacute; Ra&uacute;l Mulino, afirm&oacute; que las tensiones con First Quantum respecto a la mina Cobre Panam&aacute; se est&aacute;n reduciendo, allanando el camino para posibles negociaciones.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/first-quantum-y-el-gobierno-de-panam-mantienen-una-postura-positiva-sobre-el-futuro-de-la-mina-cobre-panam/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/first-quantum-y-el-gobierno-de-panam-mantienen-una-postura-positiva-sobre-el-futuro-de-la-mina-cobre-panam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Las exportaciones peruanas de minerales alcanzaron los US$31.100 millones hasta julio, lo que representa un aumento interanual del 15,9%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)- Las exportaciones peruanas de minerales alcanzaron los US$31.100 millones entre enero y julio, un 15,4% m&aacute;s que en el mismo periodo del a&ntilde;o anterior. Tan solo en julio, las exportaciones de minerales sumaron US$4.500 millones, un 8,9% m&aacute;s que los niveles previstos para 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/las-exportaciones-peruanas-de-minerales-alcanzaron-los-us31100-millones-hasta-julio-lo-que-representa-un-aumento-interanual-del-159/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/las-exportaciones-peruanas-de-minerales-alcanzaron-los-us31100-millones-hasta-julio-lo-que-representa-un-aumento-interanual-del-159/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IIR's November 3 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 3, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-november-3-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iirs-november-3-market-scorecard-brings-you-breaking-geopolitical-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Face of Declining Exports, U.S. Administration Props Up Coal Sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a recent press release, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted that coal exports from the U.S. declined 11% in the first half of 2025, compared with the same period in 2024.Out of 46.8 million short tons of U.S. coal sent abroad in the first half of the year, thermal coal exports (used for power generation) amounted to 22.5 million short tons, representing a 10% decline from last year, while metallurgical coal (used in steelmaking) accounted for 24.2 million short tons, a 13%]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/in-face-of-declining-exports-us-administration-props-up-coal-sector/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/in-face-of-declining-exports-us-administration-props-up-coal-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Bright Outlook for U.S. Power Industry be Dimmed by Labor, Manufacturing Shortfalls?]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 3, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--All segments of the electric power industry are growing faster now than in recent memory, but the growth of the generation segment was particularly exciting, speakers told about 725 attendees at the Experience POWER conference, sponsored by Access Intelligence (Rockville, Maryland) October 29 and 30.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/will-bright-outlook-for-us-power-industry-be-dimmed-by-labor-manufacturing-shortfalls/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/will-bright-outlook-for-us-power-industry-be-dimmed-by-labor-manufacturing-shortfalls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Says China Keen on Alaskan Energy]]></title><description><![CDATA[China, the second-largest economy in the world, may be keen on purchasing oil and gas from Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump said.Trump left South Korea on Thursday as part of a broader tour of Asian economies, with stopovers in Malaysia and Japan. Meeting last week in South Korea with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, the U.S. president said bilateral talks were "amazing" in their efforts to resolve their trade issues.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-says-china-keen-on-alaskan-energy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/trump-says-china-keen-on-alaskan-energy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Grande to Account for 5% of Global LNG]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Operating the Rio Grande export facility for liquefied natural gas (LNG), NextDecade (Houston, Texas) said it believes it will account for 5% of the global volumes for the super-cooled gas by the early part of the 2030s.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-grande-to-account-for-5-of-global-lng/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/rio-grande-to-account-for-5-of-global-lng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheniere Energy, ExxonMobil, Xcel Energy:  Your Daily Energy News]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cheniere-energy-exxonmobil-xcel-energy-your-daily-energy-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/cheniere-energy-exxonmobil-xcel-energy-your-daily-energy-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Quantum, Panama Government Positive About Future of Copper Mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said that tensions with First Quantum (Vancouver, British Columbia) over the Cobre Panama copper mine are easing, further paving the way for possible negotiations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/first-quantum-panama-government-positive-about-future-of-copper-mine/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/first-quantum-panama-government-positive-about-future-of-copper-mine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Seeks to Break China's Critical Minerals Stranglehold]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Union (EU) is working on a long-term plan to cut its overreliance on China for critical raw materials vital for its electronics, energy, automotive and defence industries.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-seeks-to-break-chinas-critical-minerals-stranglehold/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/eu-seeks-to-break-chinas-critical-minerals-stranglehold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan Reaffirms 60% Renewable Energy Target by 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 3, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Pakistan has set its sights on a cleaner, brighter future by reaffirming its goal of generating 60% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. The vision places regional cooperation at the heart of the transition, recognizing that shared challenges can become shared opportunities for sustainable growth, energy security and climate resilience. The launch of the ECO Clean Energy Centre (CECECO) marks a powerful]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pakistan-reaffirms-60-renewable-energy-target-by-2030/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/pakistan-reaffirms-60-renewable-energy-target-by-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iberdrola Seeks Permit for 3 GW Australian Offshore Windfarm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spanish renewable energy major Iberdrola (Bilbao, Spain) has submitted planning for a 3-gigawatt (GW) offshore windfarm in Victoria, Australia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iberdrola-seeks-permit-for-3-gw-australian-offshore-windfarm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/iberdrola-seeks-permit-for-3-gw-australian-offshore-windfarm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG Flows Keep U.S. at the Top]]></title><description><![CDATA[October 31, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Led in part by an increase in flows at Cheniere Energy's (Houston, Texas) Sabine Pass terminal, IIR Energy shows the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector continues to perform above expectations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chenieres-sabine-pass-lng-flows-keep-us-at-the-top/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/chenieres-sabine-pass-lng-flows-keep-us-at-the-top/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Touts Clean Energy During G7 Meeting in Toronto]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's natural resources minister was showcasing the nation's CCS potential for delegates of the G7. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to do the rounds in Asia, seeking to shore up non-U.S. trade partnerships.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-touts-clean-energy-during-g7-meeting-in-toronto/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/canada-touts-clean-energy-during-g7-meeting-in-toronto/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peru's Mineral Exports Jump 15.4% to $31.1 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[October 31, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Peruvian exports of minerals reached US$31.1 billion during the first seven months of this year, a 15.4% jump from the same period last year, according to a report by Peru's. ministry of energy and mines. In July only, mineral exports reached US$4.5 billion, an 8.9% increase from 2024 levels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-mineral-exports-jump-154-to-311-billion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/perus-mineral-exports-jump-154-to-311-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La minera Grupo México cierra un sólido trimestre con una utilidad neta de US$1.200 millones a pesar de la menor producción de cobre]]></title><description><![CDATA[31 de octubre, 2025--Escrito por Amir Richani para Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Grupo M&eacute;xico registr&oacute; una utilidad neta de US$1.200 millones durante el tercer trimestre, un 20,3% m&aacute;s que en el mismo periodo del a&ntilde;o anterior, gracias a su divisi&oacute;n minera, que aport&oacute; US$1.000 millones. Estos resultados financieros se lograron por el alza en los precios de minerales como el cobre y por las mayores ventas de molibdeno, plata y zinc.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-minera-grupo-mxico-cierra-un-slido-trimestre-con-una-utilidad-neta-de-us1200-millones-a-pesar-de-la-menor-produccin-de-cobre/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/production-and-industry/la-minera-grupo-mxico-cierra-un-slido-trimestre-con-una-utilidad-neta-de-us1200-millones-a-pesar-de-la-menor-produccin-de-cobre/</guid></item></channel></rss>