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Shares of major wind turbine manufacturers slumped on European markets on Wednesday as the U.S. presidential election—with the two candidates differing strongly on energy policy—continued to be too close to call as of 10 a.m. ET. The biggest manufacturers of wind turbines have a strong presence on the U.S. wind market, which has been rapidly growing in recent years. U.S. President Donald Trump’s energy agenda continues to be pro-oil and favoring the fossil fuel industries, while Democratic candidate Joe Biden has an energy plan that would strongly favor renewable power…

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The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association has welcomed the cut in power tariff for small and medium enterprises and the omitting of peak-hour charges to encourage manufacturing. They added that the three-year relief package will boost the exports and enhance the competitiveness of the local industry. Zonal chairman of PHMA, Faisal Mehboob Sheikh, and its chief coordinator, Adil Butt, observed that the Industrial Energy Package announced by the prime minister would boost productivity, lower costs and generate employment. “Elimination of peak hours from electricity tariff of all industries, 50…

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Last week was devastating for Venezuela, its people and nearly collapsed oil industry. Oil production since the start of 2020 has fallen catastrophically to multi-decade lows, the extremely fragile economy continues to contract and poorly maintained infrastructure keeps failing. Washington is turning the screws on Maduro’s regime, imposing ever tighter sanctions aimed at isolating Caracas from economically crucial global energy and financial markets. The near implosion of Venezuela’s oil industry is evident from crude oil inventories rising at a savage clip. According to Bloomberg, for the three weeks from the…

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China plans to further increase oil and gas exploration and accelerate the construction of more oil and gas storage infrastructure, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday. Last week, China’s Communist Party adopted the principles of the five-year development plan 2021-2025. China will also aim to build more oil and gas pipelines, according to its authorities. China has been looking to increase its energy security in recent years, including by increasing domestic oil and gas production and expanding its storage facilities. Over the past decade, China’s oil production has been…

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A 386,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) cut in Saudi Arabia’s crude oil shipments kept total seaborne exports of the OPEC+ group stable in October compared to September, although Russia boosted its seaborne exports by nearly 300,000 bpd, data from IHS Markit showed on Tuesday. Total OPEC+ crude oil exports by sea averaged 22.5 million bpd in October, slightly up from 22.37 million bpd in September, due to the large drop in Saudi shipments, as well as lower exports from Venezuela and continued low levels of exports from West African producers and OPEC members,…

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