Today's headlines on the Daily Brief include:

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• Proposed U.S. sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will target subsea construction vessel operators;
  
• Exxon has prevailed over New York in its climate change lawsuit;
  
• A giant oil find in Mexico won’t be a miracle cure for an ailing Pemex;
  
• Saudi Arabia isn’t counting on an oil price rise in its 2020 budget.
  

Today we’ll also have a quick chat with Ben Schuler, CEO of Infinitum Electric, who has just closed a funding round with Chevron Technology Partners, and others, as part of Chevron’s carbon-reduction program.