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Persuade, invade, blockade: what is Beijing's best strategy to reunify Taiwan?

30 November 2020

Beijing's options for reclaiming control of Taiwan discussed.

Israel out to provoke war in dying days of Trump says Khamenei’s adviser after assassination of Iran’s nuclear mastermind

27 November 2020

Tehran sees killing as effort to derail Biden’s move for diplomacy.

Vestas wins 25-MW turbine order from Germany’s Windpark Hopsten

27 November 2020

Germany’s Windpark Hopsten GmbH has placed a 25-MW order with Vestas for the community-run Hopsten wind park in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Enbridge begins work on another solar-powered compressor station

27 November 2020

Enbridge announced last week that it had broken ground on the Heidlersburg solar project – the company’s second solar facility that will be built to supply part of the power needs for a compressor station serving one of its pipelines.

Shell reportedly ready to begin Louisiana refinery shutdown

27 November 2020

Royal Dutch Shell may begin the permanent shutdown of its refinery in Convent, Louisiana next week, according to sources familiar with the plant’s operations that were cited by Reuters.

Chesapeake, Williams resolve midstream contract dispute

27 November 2020

Pipeline operator Williams said this week that it had reached a resolution with Chesapeake Energy, which is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Suncor to assume Syncrude operatorship by end of 2021

27 November 2020

Canada’s Suncor Energy has said it will become the operator of the Syncrude Canada joint venture by the end of 2021.

Peru names new energy minister

26 November 2020

Peru’s new government has named Jaime Galvez as Energy and Mining Minister, thereby completing the Cabinet of interim President Francisco Sagasti.

Mexico’s new infrastructure plan gives CFE dominant position in gas supplies

26 November 2020

Mexico’s government has reportedly assigned nearly all responsibility for domestic natural gas supplies to a state-controlled company, the national power provider CFE.

Imperial to raise production, spending in 2021

26 November 2020

Imperial Oil – one of Canada’s largest oil producers – has unveiled plans to cautiously raise capital expenditure and production in 2021 as it bets on demand continuing to recover.