Chris Johnson, President of the American Energy Leadership Institute, stops by the Energy News Beat podcast. What a great conversation, and you will recognize Chris from his many interviews. I have seen him on Mornings with Maria, and he’s all over the map. It is very encouraging to have young leaders trying to help with […]
ENB Pubnote: This article was run on David Blackmon’s Energy Additions Substack, and we highly recommend subscribing. This morning on Mornings with Maria, Secretary Chris Wright hit it out of the park, and we will have that information out later. California is a self-imposed energy island with a crisis brewing, and Secretary Wright is spot […]
Oslo, Norway – In a significant move to bolster European energy security, Norway’s Ministry of Energy has approved the reopening of three long-idle North Sea gas fields that were shut down in 1998. The fields—Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk, and Tommeliten Gamma—are located less than 10 km west of the giant Ekofisk complex and will resume production […]
UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is under fire for blocking the release of a key government document that critics say would expose how Labour’s net zero policies are set to drive up household electricity bills while protecting profits for offshore wind developers. The controversy centers on Miliband’s decision last year to scrap proposals for zonal (or […]
In a move that perfectly symbolizes the self-inflicted wounds of blue-state energy policy, Illinois is not only hemorrhaging residents — it’s literally watching critical power infrastructure roll out of the state on flatbed trucks headed for Texas. The owner of two-thirds of the massive Elwood Energy natural-gas-fired peaker plant in Will County has decided it’s […]
ENB Pub Note: I wrote about this a few days ago, and Andrew Korybko, Substack Author, just put out his article with some key points. Geopolitical choke points for energy are heating up around the world. The strategic stakes are simply too high as NATO encroaches on Russia’s entire southern periphery via TRIPP and Turkiye […]
QatarEnergy has formally extended its force majeure declaration on liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies through mid-June, according to Bloomberg. Customers received the latest notice as the Strait of Hormuz remains almost entirely closed to tanker traffic following Iranian missile strikes on the Ras Laffan Industrial City in March. This isn’t a surprise—it’s a continuation of […]
UAE Hit by drones, U.S. Navy escorts ships out, and California is up to no good. What a wild day on the News Desk. President Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran started lobbing drones and missiles around. Bagdad Bob showed up in Iran and claimed that […]
According to the Bloomberg article (May 4, 2026) and Diamondback’s Q1 2026 earnings release/letter to shareholders: The company is currently pumping >520,000 barrels per day of oil (3% above its original full-year 2026 guidance midpoint of ~505,000 bpd). It is raising full-year 2026 guidance to 520,000+ bpd oil and 972,000+ boe/d total (up from the […]
Nissan has officially scrapped its ambitious plans to convert its massive Canton, Mississippi, assembly plant into an electric-vehicle (EV) manufacturing hub. Instead, the Japanese automaker is redirecting operations — and a $500 million investment originally earmarked for EVs — toward gas-powered and hybrid trucks and SUVs that American consumers actually want to buy. This isn’t […]
