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This tiny country is giving $2,000 to every household as an Exxon oil boom supercharges its economy

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Guyana's government is tapping its newfound oil wealth to give $2,000 to every household.

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An Israeli strike on Iran could hurt the Harris campaign in its final stretch if gas prices soar

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An Iranian missile soars down towards Jerusalem at night.
Israel could target Iran's oil facilities in retaliation for the massive ballistic missile strike earlier this week.

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How underwater welders risk death to keep bridges and piers standing

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Underwater welders have one of the world's riskiest jobs. We followed welders in Indonesia who dive with minimal protection in polluted waters to build piers for petrochemical plants that are booming across the country.

Saudi Arabia may be forced to reassess megaprojects like Neom

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A conceptual image of the planned design for The Line in Saudi Arabia's Neom, shows a large mirrored facade extending out into the water from the desert.
The planned design for The Line in Neom.

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Saudi Arabia's futuristic Neom project aims to embrace green flying taxis, and will have 4 airports

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The planned design of The Line in Neom.

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Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries may be proving the Biden Administration wrong, experts say

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Firefighters extinguish oil tanks at a storage facility that local authorities say caught fire after the military brought down a Ukrainian drone, in the town of Klintsy in the Bryansk Region, Russia January 19, 2024.

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Russia's April oil and gas revenue could double despite Ukraine hammering its oilfields with drones, report says

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A fisherman carries his belongings on a sleigh on the ice of the Gulf of Finland against the backdrop of the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal.

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Oil disruption fears in the Middle East are getting real after reports of an Israel strike on Iran

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Russia has finally admitted Western sanctions are hitting its oil exports

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Vladimir Putin.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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Ukraine says it will hit Russia's precious oil refineries even if the US tells it not to

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Smoke rises from an oil refinery after an attack outside the city of Lysychans'k in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 22, 2022, on the 88th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Smoke rises from an oil refinery after an attack outside the city of Lysychans'k in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 22, 2022, on the 88th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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