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Mitsubishi Makes Haynesville Shale Grab

Mitsubishi pays $5.2 million for U.S. natural gas acreage. Japan, with few resources of its own, has been on a streak of U.S. asset purchases.

By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

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  • Canada, China Ink Strategy Agreements

    Eager to halve U.S. trade, Canada's prime minister made the first visit to Beijing since 2017. Both sides agreed to improve bilateral relations, with Canada bucking U.S. trends on EV protectionism.

    By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

  • Canadian Hydropower to Begin Flowing into New England

    Full commercial operations will begin January 16 on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line.

    By Jesse Broehl, News Editor

  • Amazon Sources Copper from Environmentally Friendlier Arizona Mine

    Making a move toward acquiring the raw materials required by the many data centers it is building in the U.S., Amazon Web Services has agreed to source thousands of tons of copper from a recently restarted mine in Arizona using technology that requires significantly less water and produces less carbon emissions.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

  • Venezuelan Barrels Trickle in Amid U.S. Sale Claims

    The U.S. government claims it netted $500 million from the sale of Venezuelan crude oil.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

  • U.S. LNG Levels Down, Deals Up

    The amount of natural gas supporting U.S. exports of LNG is subdued. Commitments keep coming though, even for facilities not yet built.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

Codelco Gets Green Light to Extend Chilean Copper Mine Life

Chile's Codelco can extend the life of its Ministro Hales copper mine to 2054 after receiving environmental approval..

By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

Australia to Stockpile Critical Minerals

The Australian government is moving forward with its A$1.2 billion (US$800 million) plan to buy and stockpile strategic critical minerals essential for clean-energy and high-technology manufacturing as well as advanced military equipment..

By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

EPA Seeks to Limit States', Tribes' Use of Clean Water Act to Stop Projects

The EPA is proposing to narrow the scope that states and indigenous tribes can use Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to justify stopping major infrastructure projects..

By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

Venezuelan Barrels Point to Lower Crude Oil Prices

U.S. refiners may already be plotting in Venezuelan crude oil runs. That could lead to lower crude oil prices and create headwinds domestically..

By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

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Microsoft Plans to Pay More for Data Centers' Power

Microsoft says it is working to prevent residents from seeing data center-driven electricity price hikes by requesting that utilities charge the tech giant higher rates.

By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

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Spain Awards Almost $1 Billion for Energy Storage

Spain's government has announced 818 million euro (US$956 million) in financial support for 126 energy storage projects designed to strengthen its power supplies.

By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

  • Poland Awards First Offshore Wind Auction

    Poland's first offshore wind auction has awarded financial support for 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of capacity spread across three projects.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

  • Ed Lewis Of Industrial Info Resources On How To Leverage Data To Grow Your Business

    Ed Lewis is the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources, which for the last 42 years has been providing data and market intelligence across the entire supply chain of companies involved in industrial and energy-related markets.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

  • Glenfarne Seeks Financing for Texas LNG Plant

    Glenfarne has made sales agreements for about half of the LNG from its planned 4-MTPA Texas LNG plant in Brownsville, Texas. The company has reportedly begun seeking financing for the project.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

  • Holtec Pushes Palisades Nuclear Restart to February

    Holtec now expects the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan will reopen by the end of February, later than previously scheduled, after which the company plans to begin preparing the site for the addition of two SMRs.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    January 12, 2026 Read Article
  • North America's Near-Term Weather Outlook and its Implications for Energy Markets

    The 2025-26 late-winter outlook is defined by short-term polar vortex variability, rather than a sustained cold regime.

    By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

    January 12, 2026 Read Article
  • U.K. Ditches 'Zombie' Projects to Free Up Power Grid

    The U.K. has overhauled its grid connection system by ditching most of the 700-gigawatts (GW) of power and storage projects in the queue that have been stopping shovel-ready projects from getting started.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    January 12, 2026 Read Article
  • Constellation Energy Completes Calpine Acquisition

    Constellation Energy, the largest nuclear power company in the U.S., has finalized its acquisition of Calpine Corporation.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    January 9, 2026 Read Article
  • India Opens Up Nuclear Power Sector

    India will allow private developers to take part in its nuclear power market for the first time as the country makes nuclear power a cornerstone of the country's future energy transition.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    January 9, 2026 Read Article
  • Flooding, Severe Weather Risks Loom for Southeast U.S.

    A multi-day storm system will create episodic, weather-driven risks for energy and industrial operations from the Plains into the Southeast through Saturday.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

    January 8, 2026 Read Article

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Valero Plans Gasoline Imports as California Refineries Close

Industrial Info is tracking about $1.3 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Valero across the U.S., nearly 90% of which is attributed to U.S.-based crude oil-refining projects.

By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

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Canadian Gas Exports to U.S. Declining

Canadian gas exports to the United States averaged 9 billion cubic feet per day in January 2025. As of Friday, that level was closer to 5.4 billion cubic feet.

By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

  • Alberta Backing 'Northwest Coast Oil Pipeline'

    The Alberta government created a new website that looks to be advocating for an entirely new crude oil pipeline to British Columbia. Canada in general is in pursuit of non-U.S. trade options.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

  • Recent Flooding Impacts California

    Late-December storms in Southern California produced rapid runoff, flooding, outages and pipeline risks, boosting reservoirs via rain-driven inflows.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

  • SPEED Act Seeks to Streamline Permitting of Energy Assets

    The U.S. House of Representatives this month passed a bill that aims to streamline the federal permitting process to facilitate faster construction of energy infrastructure.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

  • Bakken Shale Feeling Low-Price Pressure

    Crude oil prices are taking their toll on performance in the Bakken shale, North Dakota state regulators said in their monthly production report.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    December 23, 2025 Read Article
  • Canadian Energy Sector Mood Up, U.S. Down

    Canadian energy companies seem keen on expanding production next year, despite lower crude oil prices and other economic headwinds. Their U.S. counterparts feel differently.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    December 19, 2025 Read Article
  • Line 5 Pipeline, Canada Emissions Targets, Russia Sanction Waiver: Your Daily Energy News

    Scan through a selection of energy-related news highlights that we think will interest our clients.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

    December 18, 2025 Read Article
  • Canada's LNG Gets Further Support

    Natural gas producer Ovintiv said it signed a 12-year supply agreement with a developer of the planned Cedar LNG export facility in British Columbia, part of a Canadian effort to diversify its trade.

    By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

    December 17, 2025 Read Article
  • Phillips 66 Capex, Faster Pipeline Permitting: Your Daily Energy News

    Scan through a selection of energy-related news highlights that we think will interest our clients.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

    December 16, 2025 Read Article
  • U.S. Gulf Oil & Gas Lease Sale Planned for Wednesday

    The Trump administration plans to hold its first lease sale under his signature spending bill on Wednesday, offering up nearly 80 million acres up for auction off the U.S. Gulf Coast.

    By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

    December 10, 2025 Read Article

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U.S. Petrochemical Producers Plot Turnarounds Amid Weak Prices

Industrial Info is tracking more than $480 million worth of maintenance-related projects at chemical-processing plants across the U.S. that are set to begin in the first quarter.

By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

  • ExxonMobil to Close Steam Cracker in Singapore by June

    Southeast Asia's ethylene cracker plants are undergoing a major shift, with several plants either facing delayed start-up, extended shutdowns or closure.

    By Ralph Diasanta, Research Specialist

    December 15, 2025 Read Article
  • BP Drops One of U.K.'s Largest Hydrogen Projects

    Oil and gas major BP (London, England) has ditched plans to build one of the U.K.'s largest planned blue hydrogen projects due to an ongoing dispute over whether the site should be used for an artificial intelligence (AI) data center instead.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    December 8, 2025 Read Article
  • Argentina Expands Fertilizer Production

    Pampa Energía plans to build a nitrogen fertilizer plant at the port of Bahía Blanca. The project is part of a broader effort to reduce Argentina's dependence on fertilizer imports

    By Mariana Soko, Chemical Processing Industry Manager - Latin America

    December 5, 2025 Read Article
  • Argentina amplía producción de fertilizantes

    Hoy en día, Argentina se encuentra en una etapa en la cual apunta a disminuir la dependencia de la importación de fertilizantes. En este marco, la empresa Pampa Energía, cuyo principal foco de operaciones ha sido históricamente la generación de energía eléctrica, dio un paso hacia el sector químico y se encuentra desarrollando un plan para la construcción de una planta de fertilizantes nitrogenados en el puerto de Bahía Blanca

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

    December 5, 2025 Read Article
  • Delegates Unable to Advance Fossil Fuel Phase-Out at U.N. Climate Summit

    The United Nations' annual climate summit was not able to add details to the high-level goals of the 2023 climate summit

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

    December 1, 2025 Read Article
  • Europe Agrees on Weaker 2040 Climate Goal

    A new binding climate target for the European Union (EU) for 2040 has been voted through despite efforts by the far-right to quash it.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    November 25, 2025 Read Article

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DOE Awards $2.7 Billion to Uranium-Enrichment Companies

Furthering the Trump administration's goal of bringing a nuclear renaissance to the U.S., the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week announced more than $2.7 billion in funding to uranium-enrichment companies.

By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

  • ISM: U.S. Manufacturing Activity Reaches Lowest Level in 2025

    The Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) Purchasing Managers Index, a leading indicator for the level of economic activity in U.S. manufacturing, reached its lowest figure for 2025 (and a 14-month low) as manufacturers continue to face challenges related to tariffs and other economic uncertainty.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

  • NiSource Capex Plan Soars 45%, Driven Largely by Planned Data Centers

    Utility holding company NiSource Incorporated has increased its planned five-year capital budget about 45%, to an estimated $28 billion, largely to serve planned data centers, and it has an approved corporate structure that would insulate residential and business customers from the costs and risks of serving large-load customers such as data centers.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

  • Google Acquires Intersect Power Specializing in Large Solar Plants, BESS

    Alphabet Incorporated has acquired Intersect Power.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Hayley Barrels Into Western Australia

    Severe Tropical Cyclone Hayley has crossed Western Australia's Kimberley coast near the Dampier Peninsula, bringing destructive winds, heavy rain, and flooding risk.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

    December 30, 2025 Read Article
  • U.S. Heavy Manufacturing Takes Flight in 2026's First Quarter

    Industrial Info is tracking about $3.4 billion worth of heavy-manufacturing projects across the U.S. that are slated to begin construction in the first quarter of 2026.

    By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

    December 30, 2025 Read Article
  • EU: Carbon Tax Extended To Protect Metals Industry

    Europe has strengthened the protections for its struggling steel and aluminum industries by overhauling its Carbon Cross-Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the world's first carbon emissions tax on imports of heavy industrial goods.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    December 29, 2025 Read Article
  • Will GOP Food Fight Break Out Over AI Regulation, Affecting Data Center Buildout?

    Sharp differences among Republican elected officials on artificial intelligence (AI) could add fresh uncertainties over Big Tech's plans for AI, and with it, electric companies' plans to build new energy assets.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

    December 24, 2025 Read Article
  • EU Backs Down on Ban for Petrol and Diesel Cars

    The European Union (EU) has been forced to climb down on its landmark ambition to ban all internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035 following mounting pressure from key Member States and the motoring industry.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    December 22, 2025 Read Article
  • U.S. Manufacturers Boost Capex Expectations, but Tariffs Remain a Business Challenge

    Although U.S. manufacturers expect to increase capital spending over the next 12 months, tariffs continue to have a negative impact on their business operations.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    December 19, 2025 Read Article

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IIR's January 5 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News

Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies

By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

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Market Factors Alone Create Venezuelan Headwinds

The break-even price for Venezuelan crude oil is likely the highest for major global producers, which adds further complications to U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions to overhaul a delipidated industry.

By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

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TotalEnergies' Venezuela Stance, Record U.S. Power Consumption: Your Daily Energy News

Scan through a selection of energy-related news highlights that we think will interest our clients.

By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

  • Venezuela, Permitting Reform Top U.S. Oil & Gas Priority List

    The American Petroleum Institute echoed elements of President Donald Trump's "energy dominance" agenda at a media briefing on Monday, which took place days after U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and tried to convince U.S. oil companies to begin or expand investment and operations in Venezuela.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

  • Illinois Pushes Battery Storage, Low-Carbon Energy Buildout

    Industrial Info is tracking nearly $24 billion worth of active and proposed renewable energy-generation projects across Illinois, as well as more than $7.5 billion worth of BESS projects

    By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

  • Alberta Worried about Venezuelan Oil Competition

    The provincial leader of oil-rich Alberta is concerned about competition from Venezuela. Canada is the largest crude oil exporter to the U.S. economy.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

  • Feedgas for U.S. LNG Hits Record

    With more export commitments emerging, the amount of feedgas running to the eight operational LNG terminals across the U.S. set a record Monday

    By William Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

    January 13, 2026 Read Article
  • Meta Boosts Nuclear Agreements, Adds Vistra, TerraPower, Oklo

    Working to provide power to its increasing lineup of data centers, Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, announced three new agreements to fund generation facilities. The total involved will be up to 6.6 gigawatts of power, new and existing.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

    January 13, 2026 Read Article
  • Greenland's Mining Projects Draw Attention

    The potential mining of rare earth elements is increasingly entering the rhetoric justifying the possible acquisition of Greenland by the U.S., in addition to other issues such as opening Arctic trade routes.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

    January 13, 2026 Read Article
  • TSMC's Phoenix Fab 21 Expansion Strengthens U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing

    TMSC's manufacturing complex expansion underway in Phoenix, Arizona, is poised to boost domestic production of semiconductors.

    By Jennis Jacob, Content Editor

    January 13, 2026 Read Article
  • Commonwealth LNG, Diamondback Energy: Your Daily Energy News

    Scan through a selection of energy-related news highlights that we think will interest our clients.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

    January 13, 2026 Read Article
  • IIR's January 12 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News

    Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    January 12, 2026 Read Article

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Vistra, Japan's New Gas-Fired Power Plant, Oil Exec Meeting: Your Daily Energy News

Scan through a selection of energy-related news highlights that we think will interest our clients.

By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

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Israel's Nofar Energy Grows U.S. Solar Presence with Pine Gate Assets Acquisition

Israel's Nofar Energy has bought both functioning and under-construction solar facilities from Pine Gate Renewables, which declared Chapter 11 in November.

By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

  • Vår Energi Spending US$15 billion in Norwegian North Sea

    Leading independent oil and gas developer, Vår Energi (Stavanger, Norway), plans to spend roughly US$15 billion in the coming years on 20 projects in the Norwegian North Sea and Barents Sea.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

  • Turkey's BOTAS Taps U.S. LNG

    Turkish energy company BOTAS turned a non-binding LNG deal into a nine-year commitment with Woodside Energy, which is busy developing an export terminal on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

  • Boost for Floating Offshore Wind in the U.K.

    The U.K.'s state-body in charge of renewable energy has made its first offshore wind investment in the proposed Pentland floating offshore project in Scottish waters.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

  • TotalEnergies Creates Largest North Sea Player in U.K.

    French energy major TotalEnergies SE has agreed to merge its U.K. North Sea upstream business with Neo Next Energy.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    December 24, 2025 Read Article
  • France's Flamanville 3 Nuclear Reactor Achieves 100% Power After Years of Delays

    France's long-delayed Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor has reached full power for the first time.

    By Yogesh Kumar, Lead Researcher-Power

    December 19, 2025 Read Article
  • Mining Industry: Pursue ESG Goals, Drop the Acronym

    Over seven in 10 executives globally who work in and around mining believe ESG is an overused term, but that same percentage--72%--believe the acronym's constituent elements of environment, social and governance are essential to the industry's future.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

    December 18, 2025 Read Article
  • Thyssenkrupp Close to Steel Business Sale

    Thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany) has agreed a deal with German unions that opens the way for the sale of one of Europe's largest steel companies, Thyssenkrupp Steel (Essen, Germany), to India's Jindal Steel Limited (New Delhi, India).

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    December 16, 2025 Read Article
  • IEA Lowers Oil Glut Expectations

    The International Energy Agency said a "relentless surge" in crude oil supplies has come to an end, although there will still be a supply overhang next year.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    December 15, 2025 Read Article
  • Billions of Euro for Europe's Critical Raw Materials Plan

    The European Commission (EC) has adopted a plan to help it secure critical raw materials and reduce its massive reliance on China.

    By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

    December 15, 2025 Read Article

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Last-Minute Deal to Save South African Smelters

South Africa's struggling power utility Eskom (Johannesburg, South Africa) has agreed to talks with the owners of some of the country's leading aluminum smelters to prevent their imminent closure with the loss of almost 5,000 jobs.

By Martin Lynch, European News Editor

  • South Africa's Long-Term Power Resource Plan Highlights Renewables

    South Africa has approved its updated integrated resource plan (IRP 2025), setting a roadmap for over 105 gigawatts (GW) of new generation capacity to be added between 2025 and 2039, including 25 GW of solar photovoltaic and 34 GW of wind by 2039

    By Yogesh Kumar, Lead Researcher-Power

    October 29, 2025 Read Article
  • TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG Project, Lukoil Asset Sale: Your Daily Energy News

    Scan through a selection of energy-related news highlights that we think will interest our clients.

    By Eric Funderburk, Promotions & Advertising Specialist

    October 28, 2025 Read Article
  • IIR's October 27 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News

    Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    October 27, 2025 Read Article
  • IEA Report Wrestles with Global Oil and Gas Investment as Fields Decline

    A recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) (Paris, France) noted rates of decline in the world's oil and gas fields, although the largely technical report touched only briefly on the varying levels of oil and gas investment that might be needed to meet different amounts of global oil and gas demand to 2050

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    October 20, 2025 Read Article
  • Rio Tinto Updates Growth Projects

    Industrial Info is tracking $40 billion worth of projects from Rio Tinto across the globe

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

    October 15, 2025 Read Article
  • Market Reports Point to Oil Glut

    The combined increase in output from North America and the Middle East last month led to the largest increase in global oil inventories since the COVID-19 pandemic

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

    October 15, 2025 Read Article

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Report: India's Cement Industry to Add Capacity by 2030

India is currently witnessing an uptick in cement demand driven by sizable public infrastructure development, a thriving real estate sector and rapid urbanization.

By Sharun Anthony, Content Editor

  • India Records Historic Growth in Non-Fossil Power Capacity

    According to India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India has achieved a significant milestone in its clean-energy journey by adding a record 31.25 gigawatts (GW) of non-fossil fuel power capacity during the financial year 2025-26.

    By Yogesh Kumar, Lead Researcher-Power

  • China's New Energy Vehicle Production Soars for Year Through October

    Data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show the cumulative production of new energy (electric) vehicles (NEVs) in China reached 13.015 million units from January through October 2025, a year-over-year increase of 33.1%.

    By Daniel Levin, Assistant Editor

  • Rio Tinto Targets 1 Million Tons Per Year of Copper Output

    Rio Tinto plans to sell US$5 billion to $10 billion in assets from its portfolio as it targets annual copper output to 1 million tons by 2030.

    By Brian Ford, Editor-in-Chief

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Rescue Plan for Australia's Largest Aluminum Smelter

The Australian government has agreed a plan to save the country's largest aluminum smelter from closure.

By Martin Lynch, European News Editor


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