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Energy Security

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Energy Security

International Automakers Face Challenges and Opportunities with New Chinese EV Safety Measures

After a spate of fires and accidents involving electric vehicles, new regulations from Chinese authorities offer hope for international EV manufacturers to claim greater market share.

topics: Electric Vehicles
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Energy Security

Oil Titans’ Market Strategies Set to Clash as U.S. Prepares to Flex its Energy Muscle

For the United States to realize its foreign policy ambitions, domestic oil demand must be reduced.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

The EC Tells Congress: Expand Federal EV Policies to Enhance U.S. Energy Security

In testimony to Congress, Electrification Coalition VP Ben Prochazka made the energy security case for electrifying the U.S. vehicle fleet and retaining the federal EV tax credit.

topics: Electric Vehicles
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Energy Security

Line 3 Delay Another Headache For Canada’s Oil Industry

Already struggling with a lack of pipeline capacity, Canada’s oil industry hit yet another setback with the recent announcement from Enbridge of delays to its Line 3 replacement project.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

U.S. Policy On Iran Constrained By Venezuela

The U.S. government's goal to knock Iran oil exports down to zero may be boxed in by its own policy towards Venezuela.

topics: Geopolitics, Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

OPEC Cuts Output, Erasing Most of Surplus

While there is a long list of potential factors that could surprise the market in 2019, OPEC+ supply curbs create a tightening baseline that should lead to higher oil prices as the year wears on.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

Eastern Med Gas: A Source of Excitement, And Tension

The Eastern Mediterranean has already become a significant source of natural gas production, but fully developing the region’s gas reserves, as well as finding ways to move that gas to market, has been extremely challenging.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

Are Americans Driving Older Cars or Just Leaving Them in the Driveway?

In their reasoning behind their recommendations for revising U.S. fuel economy standards, the EPA and NHTSA cite the rising age of the U.S. light-duty vehicle fleet. However, their analysis does not account for how often these vehicles are driven.

topics: sustainability
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Energy Security

Canada’s Oil Sector Squeezed Out By Infrastructure Woes

Intractable infrastructure problems caused Canada to miss out on the high prices that characterized much of 2018. A majority of Canadians now believe the lack of pipeline capacity has become a crisis as current supply lines are tapped out, storage facilities are at capacity and Alberta has instituted a production cut.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

In Venezuela, Maduro’s Grip Threatened as Oil Industry Breakdown Continues

Backed by a host of Latin American countries and the United States, Juan Guaido's declaration of himself as the legitimate president of Venezuela represents the sternest test Maduro has faced to his hold on power—and the oil market has already felt the effects.

topics: Oil and Gas