Welcome to the Energy News Beat podcast, where hosts Stu Turley and Rey Trevino (Pecos Operating) break down nine major stories shaping the global energy landscape. In this episode, they explore how oil and diesel markets are adapting to geopolitical disruptions—from Saudi Arabia’s innovative shuttle tanker routes around the Houthis to China’s strategic pivot toward […]
Energy News Beat | August 27, 2026 The U.S. diesel market is doing what tight commodity markets always do: it is advertising the shortage in the only language that matters — price. For the week ending August 21, EIA distillate stocks fell 2.2 million barrels, or 2.1%, to 103.4 million barrels. That is the lowest […]
President Trump signs Executive Order 14420, targeting foreign-made grid equipment, software, and remote-access gear as electricity demand from AI, manufacturing, and defense rises. President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14420 on August 26, 2026, declaring a national emergency to secure the United States bulk-power system. The order invokes the International Emergency Economic Powers Act […]
Jeff Currie, founder and CEO of Real Macro and a veteran commodities strategist formerly of Goldman Sachs and Carlyle, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on August 26, 2026, and cut through the usual noise. The segment title said it plainly: “The Strait of Hormuz is just one of many choke points being squeezed right now.” […]
In Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm delivers one of cinema’s most memorable lines: “Life finds a way.” Nature adapts, persists, and routes around obstacles no matter how carefully the fences are built. In the summer of 2026, crude oil is doing the same thing. Blockades and attacks have choked the Strait of Hormuz and the […]
It was an honor to be on the Energy Gab with Amy Cooke, and we had a blast. This was an absolute blast, and I am looking forward to having Amy Cooke and the Energy Bad Boys on the Energy News Beat Podcast. Amy does a great job wrangling tPowerGab Podcast: Energy Policy, Grid Reliability, and the Cost […]
ENB Pub Note: This article from Stephen Heins, The Word Merchant’s Substack, hits home. Steve Reese is a friend and a sponsor of the Energy News Beat podcast. He is a true “National Treasure and has made many people’s lives better by being the great energy leader that he is. Well done, Stephen, and a […]
Gavin Newsom’s California is set to become more expensive starting in 2029 under new state tire efficiency rules approved last week by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Dunlop Tires North America President and CEO Darren Thomas used a lengthy Monday press conference to warn of higher costs, reduced consumer choice, and unintended consequences for drivers […]
A recent JPMorgan report titled “Food Security is National Security: A Compounding Storm,” led by senior global economist Nora Szentivanyi, has sounded the alarm on rising risks of elevated global food inflation into 2027. The bank projects food inflation accelerating from about 2.8% in the first half of 2026 to around 5% annualized in the […]
Energy consultant Kathryn Porter, founder of Watt-Logic, has issued one of the clearest practical warnings yet about the United Kingdom’s electricity system. In her recent Daily Mail piece, she describes a nightmare scenario in which the National Grid collapses under the weight of Net Zero policies: supply-demand imbalance triggers cascading failures, plunging homes, businesses, hospitals, […]
