The document discusses several energy-related news stories: 1) Safety tests were completed successfully at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the UAE. 2) The UAE's Dewa awarded an EPC contract for a 2,400 MW clean coal power plant project. 3) Honeywell and Technip see growth opportunities in India's $4.3 billion effort to upgrade refineries to reduce air pollution by 2020. 4) Fossil fuels still dominated US energy consumption in 2015 at 81.5% despite recent declines, though renewables are growing rapidly.

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UAE nuclear energy plant passes safety tests
The National staff
Safety tests have taken place at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the Western Region. The
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation carried out a structural test and an integrated leak rate test
over several weeks at the plant in Al Gharbia.
The tests demonstrated the robustness of the structure and the plant’s ability to perform safely
under normal and extraordinary circumstances, said Mohamed Al Hammadi, chief executive of
Enec.
“The commissioning phase of a nuclear energy plant is a critical step towards the first fuel load,"
said Mr Al Hammadi. “Before loading the fuel it is essential that the plant is tested under the
highest standards of safety, security and quality."
Other tests to verify that the reactor coolant system and other associated systems met the Federal
Authority for Nuclear Regulation’s regulations were also successfully conducted.
“With the completion of these tests on Unit 1, we are moving closer to achieving our goal of
supplying up to a quarter of our nation’s electricity needs with low-carbon, sustainable nuclear
energy," said Mr Al Hammadi. “Our work at Barakah continues to support the UAE’s energy mix
strategy as well as the future social and economic growth of the UAE."
The project at Barakah’s Unit 1 is now 88 per cent complete, Unit 2 is 72 per cent complete, Unit
3 is 50 per cent complete and Unit 4 is 31 per cent complete. When fully operational, the four
reactors are expected to supply about 25 per cent of the country’s electricity by 2020.

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UAE:Dewa awards EPC contract for 2,400 MW power project
DEWA
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) said its joint venture firm Hassyan Energy Company
has awarded a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Harbin Electric
International and General Electric (GE) for its ambitious 2,400 megawatt (MW) Hassyan Clean
Coal project.
Hassyan Energy Company is a joint venture between Dewa (51 per cent) and Acwa Power Harbin
Holding Company (49 per cent).
The signing of the EPC agreement follows the close of the 25-year power purchase agreement
(PPA) between Dewa and Saudi-based Acwa Power for the development of Phase One of the
Hassyan Clean Coal independent power project (IPP) project.
The first clean coal power plant in the Middle East, Hassyan will see the ultra-supercritical plant
deliver best-in-class performance on efficiency, output and adherence to global environmental
best practices.
The EPC agreement pushes forward the development of the project, which will produce 2,400 MW
of net electricity using clean coal, stated Saeed Al Tayer, the managing director and chief
executive of Dewa after signing the deal with Qu Aimin, the vice-chairman of Harbin Electric
International, and Andreas Lusch, the president and chief executive of GE’s Steam Power
Systems.
It will also works towards achieving the objectives outlined in Dubai’s Clean Energy Strategy 2050,
in particular the fifth pillar, which prioritises eco-friendly energy according to the following
percentages: 25 per cent - solar energy, seven per cent each for nuclear energy and clean coal
and 61 per cent natural gas by 2030.
According to him, the first unit is expected to be operational by March 2020 – before Expo 2020 in
Dubai.

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Phase One of the project - which consists of four units of 600 MW net power each - will be
operational in March 2020, March 2021, March 2022 and March 2023, respectively.
Lauding the project, Al Tayer said it reflects Dewa's commitment to achieve Dubai’s Clean Energy
Strategy 2050, which considers the production of electricity through the use of clean coal a key
component.
"Hassyan will utilise the latest global clean coal technologies, such as the ultra-supercritical
technology, and the latest environmental standards. Hassyan Clean Coal IPP will also be
implemented under a BOO (build-own-operate) model," he added.
Acwa Power chairman Mohammed Abunayyan said: "With this agreement, we have taken a
significant step towards starting the engineering and construction works as per the stated
timeframe for the first plant of generating electricity with clean coal in the Gulf region within our
strategic businesses and projects in the UAE."
"We are committed to supporting, with all our best-in-class expertise, capabilities and
technologies, Dubai’s Clean Energy Strategy 2050," he added.
Qu Aimin said: "As a Chinese saying goes, distance tests a horse’s strength, time will reveal a
person’s sincerity. With our state-of-art-service and highly efficient EPC teams, we will put in place
all efforts, and make Hassyan plant a benchmarking project in Dubai and beyond."
Lusch said the Hassyan Clean Coal IPP is a flagship project that highlights the focus of the UAE
government and Dewa to diversify the region’s energy mix in a clean and sustainable way.
"Along with our partners, GE is proud to celebrate this significant milestone in a project that will
showcase our highly efficient ultra-supercritical coal technology to help meet Dubai’s growing
demand for efficient and reliable power, at very competitive costs, while keeping an exceptionally
low environmental footprint," he added.-

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India: Honeywell Unit Eyes India’s $B 4.3 Effort to Clean Air.
Bloomberg - Debjit Chakraborty JournoDebjit
Refining technology companies Honeywell UOP and Technip SA see growth opportunities in India
as oil demand booms and the government seeks cleaner fuels within four years to tackle air
pollution.
France’s Technip projects as much as 20 percent annual sales growth in Asia’s third-largest
economy, while UOP India Pvt., a unit of New Jersey-based Honeywell International Inc., expects
an increase of at least 15 percent.
"That’s exciting for us," UOP India’s Managing Director Steven C. Gimre said in an interview near
New Delhi on Monday. "We’re in the process of bidding on some projects that are coming up, and
we’ve also signed up some projects."
Technip India Ltd.’s Senior Vice President Shekhar Balvalli said India is fast-tracking
improvements at state-run refiners so that petrol and diesel comply with a local equivalent of
European Euro 6 emission standards by April 2020. While refiners plan a 288-billion-rupee ($4.3-
billion) outlay on upgrades, the timeline is aggressive in a nation where infrastructure deadlines
have slipped.
“From the context of time, it’s very difficult unless very professionally managed,” said Deepak
Mahurkar, leader for the oil and gas team at PricewaterhouseCoopers in India. “They are very,
very complicated projects.”

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Gimre said UOP is tying up with engineers such as Larsen & Toubro Ltd. to prefabricate the
refinery units that state-run companies need by 2020, a model that he argued allows for a
speedier shift to making cleaner fuel.
Surpass Japan
India is expected to surpass Japan as the world’s third-largest oil user this year and will be the
fastest-growing crude consumer in the world through 2040, the Paris-based International Energy
Agency estimates.
The nation’s refineries plan to add over 55 million metric tons of annual capacity at their existing
refineries by 2020, according to the annual reports and websites of Indian Oil Corp., Bharat
Petroleum Corp. and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. The government has also announced a plan to
build a 60-million-metric-ton-a-yearrefinery on the west coast.
As the same time, officials are grappling with some of the worst air pollution in the world, stoked
by everything from tailpipe emissions to crop burning and smoke-stack power plants."We’re
seeing a big market on the refining side due to upcoming opportunities for BS-VI fuel," Balvalli
said, referring to the Bharat Stage VI emissions standards.
The Indian government brought forward the introduction of BS-VI to 2020 from 2024 on increasing
concern about the high levels of toxic PM2.5 particles in the air. The benchmark seeks to reduce
nitrous oxide and particulate matter such as sulphur.

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US:Fossil fuels still dominate U.S. energy consumption despite
recent market share decline… Source: U.S. EIA, Monthly Energy Review
Three fossil fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—have provided more than 80% of total U.S.
energy consumption for more than 100 years. In 2015, fossil fuels made up 81.5% of total U.S.
energy consumption, the lowest fossil fuel share in the past century.
In EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2016 Reference case projections, which reflect current laws and
policies, that percentage declines to 76.6% by 2040. Policy changes or technology breakthroughs
that go beyond the trend improvements included in the Reference case could significantly change
that projection.
In 2015, the renewable share of energy consumption in the United States was its largest since the
1930s at nearly 10%. The greatest growth in renewables over the past decade has been in solar
and wind electricity generation. Liquid biofuels have also increased in recent years, contributing to
the growing renewable share of total energy consumption.
The most significant decline in recent years has been coal: U.S. coal consumption fell 13% in
2015, the highest annual percentage decrease of any fossil fuel in the past 50 years. The only
similar declines were in 2009 and 2012, when coal fell 12% below the level in the previous year.
In EIA's Reference case projection, petroleum consumption remains similar to current levels
through 2040, as fuel economy improvements and other changes in the transportation sector
offset growth in population and travel. Coal consumption continues to decline, especially in the

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electric power sector. Natural gas consumption increases in theindustrial sector and the electric
power sector.
Some electric fuels, such as nuclear and hydroelectric, remain relatively flat in the Reference
case, with little change in capacity or generation through 2040. Biomass, which includes wood as
well as liquid biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel, remain relatively flat, as wood use declines and
biofuel use increases slightly.
In contrast, wind and solar are among the fastest-growing energy sources in the projection,
ultimately surpassing biomass and nuclear, and nearly exceeding coal consumption in the
Reference case projection by 2040.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, Annual Energy Outlook 2016

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Brent Holds Gains Above $50 as Nigeria Militants Claim
Attacks
Bloomberg + NewBase
Brent oil held gains above $50 a barrel as Nigerian militants claimed fresh attacks over the
weekend, threatening the country’s efforts to raise output.
Futures rose as much as 0.7 percent in London after advancing 1.3 percent Friday. Niger Delta
Avengers said it attacked five crude-pumping facilities overnight Sunday, dealing a blow to
government effort to enforce a cease-fire. Shale drillers in the U.S.brought back the most oil rigs
of any week this year as confidence in a stabilized market prompts talk of expansion.
Brent has recovered about 80 percent since tumbling to a 12-year low in January amid supply
disruptions and falling U.S. supply. Pledges from central banks have halted a rout in global
markets following the U.K. decision to leave the European Union, and both the International
Energy Agency and OPEC forecast the oil market is heading toward a supply-demand balance.
Brent for September settlement increased as much as 33 cents to $50.68 a barrel on the London-
based ICE Futures Europe exchange and traded at $50.42 at 9:29 a.m. Seoul time. The contract
advanced 64 cents to $50.35 a barrel on Friday. The global benchmark crude was at a 76-cent
premium to WTI for September delivery.
West Texas Intermediate for August delivery rose as much as 24 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $49.23
a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. WTI climbed 66 cents to settle at $48.99 on
Friday. Total volume traded was about 59 percent below the 100-day average.
Oil price special
coverage

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NewBase Special Coverage
News Agencies News Release 04 july 2016
ENERGY - Julian Lee
Could it be that the U.S. demand that's helped drive a near doubling of oil prices since mid-
February was illusory? That may be a reasonable conclusion to draw from the latest data
published by the country's Department of Energy.
The DoE, through the Energy Information Administration, produces two sets of U.S. demand data
that drive sentiment and influence trading. The first shows monthly figures. They're two months
out of date, but they give the most accurate assessment of what's going on in the world's largest
oil-consuming country.
The second set of numbers come out each Wednesday, giving preliminary estimates for the
previous week. For crude markets these weekly figures -- though less reliable -- are arguably
more important, largely because they're bang up to date.
It's the discrepancy between the two sets of data that gives cause for concern.
When taking the weekly figures, it looks like U.S. gasoline demand is soaring. According to
those data, it's been on a steady upward path all year, reaching a record high of 9.8 million barrels
in the week ending June 17, with the summer driving season barely started. But the latest monthly
data, showing the numbers for April, paint a very different picture.
Fantasy Driving?
Booming U.S. gasoline demand may be a figment of the imagination as monthly data show a slump

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They show U.S. gasoline consumption falling between March and April and imply a downward
revision of April demand of 260,000 barrels a day, or 2.7 percent, from the preliminary figures.
That might not seem a lot. But when the same agency forecasts that U.S. gasoline demand will
grow overall this year by just 170,000 barrels a day, it's enough to change the whole outlook for
one of the few countries where demand is robust.
The problem isn't confined to gasoline. According to the weekly numbers, overall U.S. oil demand
has exceeded 20 million barrels a day in each of the past three months and, like gasoline, is on a
steady upward path. Here, again, the monthly numbers show something very different. This time
the revision is a whopping 800,000 barrels a day.
DISAPPEARING DEMAND SURGE
Strong U.S. oil demand growth, particularly for gasoline, has combined with supply disruptions in
places like Canada and Nigeria to support the price rally. That recovery began in
February when OPEC and other producers started talking about an output freeze.
The freeze never happened and the supply disruptions are easing. Canadian oil is coming back
after the Alberta wildfires disrupted about 1.2 million barrels a day of production. The volume of
output still shut in is now less than a third of the peak. Nigerian production is also returning, thanks
to a ceasefire between the government and local militants.
So with the supply-side dynamics offering less of a prop to the crude price, more weight is being
placed on demand. Yet analysts are becoming more pessimistic. Barclays has reduced its
forecast of global demand growth this year to 1.1 million barrels a day from 1.2 million, after
cutting its economic growth expectations because of the U.K. decision to leave the EU.
Last month, the World Bank lowered its forecast of global GDP growth in 2016 to 2.4 percent from
2.9 percent -- and that was before Brexit. With all this in mind, it's natural to look at the EIA's
monthly U.S. data and wonder about the crude rally's robustness.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Bloomberg LP and its owners.

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