** The Trump administration says Japan is interested in purchasing fuel from the proposed Alaska liquefied natural gas pipeline and export terminal project, if it is built.
** Exxon Mobil projects its new acquisitions in the Permian Basin will enable it to increase oil and gas production up to 50% by 2030.
** A California petroleum refinery continues to investigate last week’s fire that forced Bay Area residents to shelter in place.
** Iowa lawmakers advance a bill, backed by a GOP lawmaker and frequent critic of carbon pipelines, to prohibit state regulators from considering climate change when issuing a permit for carbon, oil and gas pipelines.
** A Texas hydrogen startup announces it will lay off more than half its staff in response to the Trump administration’s clean energy rollbacks.
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** The Ukrainian parliament has authorized the purchase of two Soviet-designed nuclear reactors from Bulgaria as it looks to boost its power generation amid the ongoing war with Russia.
** Europe may need to attract as many as 350 extra cargoes of liquefied natural gas this year to refill its quickly depleting storage facilities, according to one of the region’s top suppliers of the fuel. In a worst-case scenario, European gas reserves could be only 30% full by the end of the winter, said Helge Haugane, senior vice president for gas and power at Equinor ASA.
** Data centers for major tech companies — including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok — are found in Dublin and across the country of Ireland. They consume more power than all of the urban homes in the country combined, a full 21% of the country’s electricity in 2023.
** Crude shipments from Russia’s Sakhalin Island projects aren’t being discharged after the tankers carrying them were sanctioned by the US. About 6.3 million barrels of Pacific crude is being held on vessels that have been stationary for at least a week.