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EIA forecasts new export licensing requirements will reduce U.S. ethane exports

Published: 18 June 2025
Categories: US Energy Information Administration

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In-brief analysis

June 18, 2025

We forecast U.S. ethane exports will decrease by 80,000 barrels per day (b/d) this year and by 177,000 b/d in 2026 in our June Short-Term Energy Outlook because of new licensing requirements for U.S. exports of ethane to China. Any policy changes that relax licensing requirements, such as the outcome of trade negotiations between the United States and China, would lead us to increase our forecasts for U.S. ethane exports again.

China is the largest destination for U.S. ethane exports, accounting for 47% of U.S. ethane exports in 2024. All U.S. ethane exports to China come from two terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Enterprise operates the Orbit terminal in Morgan’s Point, Texas, and Energy Transfer operates a terminal in Nederland, Texas. These terminals have long-term contracts with ethane cracking facilities in

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Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near Sorsogon, Bicol Region, Philippines

Published: 18 June 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake – Masbate Region, Philippines, on Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025, at 01:47 pm (Universal Time)

Published: 18 June 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jun 5, 09:17 pm (Manila)

4.5

10 km65 km (40 mi) to the NE 24 km east of Tabaco, Province of Albay, Bicol, Philippines 2 reportsInfoJun 5, 07:11 pm (Manila)

4.7

72 km94 km (58 mi) to the N Philippine Sea, 37 km northeast of Iriga City, Philippines 1 reportInfoMay 27, 12:03 am (Manila)

4.7

10 km33 km (20 mi) to the SW Philippine Sea, 48 km northwest of Masbate, Philippines 3 reportsInfoMay 21, 02:10 am (Manila)

3.4

8 km64 km (40 mi) to the NE Philippine Sea, 8.1 km southeast of Batan Island, Philippines 2 reportsInfoApr 25, 11:47 am (Manila)

4.4

10 km69 km (43 mi) to the W Philippine Sea, Bicol, 63 km northeast of Sibuyan Island, Philippines 1 reportInfoDec 25, 2020 06:04 pm (Manila)

5.2

10 km128 km (80 mi) to the W Luzon, Philippines 11 reportsInfoFeb 5, 2016 06:41 am (Manila)

5.2

75 km160 km (100 mi) to the NW 21 km northeast of Catanauan, Quezon, Calabarzon, Philippines InfoNov 6, 2010 12:40 am (Manila)

5.8

10 km58 km (36 mi) to the W Philippine Sea, Bicol, 62 km northeast of Sibuyan Island, Philippines InfoNov 5, 2010 10:04 pm (Manila)

5.0

21 km78 km (49 mi) to the W Philippine Sea, Bicol, 55 km northeast of Sibuyan Island, Philippines InfoNov 4, 2010 06:24 am (Manila)

5.1

57 km63 km (39 mi) to the W 29 km WSW of Mabiton, Philippines InfoApr 30, 2010 12:46 am (Manila)

5.2

42 km103 km (64 mi) to the NW 9 km SW of Dalupaon, Philippines InfoJun 3, 2007 06:09 pm (Manila)

5.3

30 km147 km (91 mi) to the NW Luzon, Philippines InfoAug 19, 2004 02:35 pm (Manila)

5.5

44 km115 km (71 mi) to

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NSF ZEUS becomes the most powerful laser in the U.S.

Published: 18 June 2025
Categories: National Science Foundation

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The U.S. National Science Foundation Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (NSF ZEUS) laser facility at the University of Michigan now has the most powerful laser in the U.S., with roughly double the peak power of any other laser in the country. Researchers at NSF ZEUS achieved a laser pulse of two petawatts (2 quadrillion watts) in a brief pulse that lasted 25 quintillionths of a second. In that moment, the laser exceeded the total global output of electrical power by more than 100 times.

The NSF ZEUS laser is available to scientists across the U.S. for experiments in a range of fields, including quantum physics and plasma science with potential applications in medicine, national security, materials science and more.

“The fundamental research done at the NSF ZEUS facility has many possible applications, including better imaging methods for soft tissues and advancing the technology used to treat cancer and other diseases,” said Vyacheslav Lukin, program director in the NSF Division of Physics, which oversees the ZEUS facility. “Scientists using the unique capabilities of ZEUS will expand the frontiers of human knowledge in new ways and provide new opportunities for American innovation and economic growth.”

Credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering

John Nees (left) and laser engineer Paul Campbell work where the first two-petawatt user

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