The American continents—North and South America combined—have reached a landmark in global energy: roughly 42 million barrels per day of total liquids production. This figure, drawn from recent assessments of crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), other petroleum fuels, ethanol, and biodiesel, marks a decisive shift in the world’s oil map. It has already surpassed […]
Saudi Arabia is offering to sell crude oil cargoes on a ship-to-ship basis from locations off the coast of Oman, including near Sohar in the Gulf of Oman. This move signals that the kingdom may be ramping up the practice of shuttling barrels through the Strait of Hormuz—often with transponders switched off—mirroring tactics already used […]
The elusive hydrogen economy continues to face setbacks as another high-profile green hydrogen initiative collapses under the weight of economic and regulatory uncertainties. The HyScale 100 project at Raffinerie Heide in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, has been canceled for the second time, highlighting the persistent difficulties in scaling clean hydrogen production and the broader challenges of […]
This is rolling out on the ENB Podcast and the Energy Impacts Podcast with David Blackmon Welcome to Rate Payers First, where we cut through the noise on America’s energy crisis. Join host David Blackmon, Stu Turley, and Frm Representative Jason Isaac as we expose the policies destroying your wallet, threatening national security, and crippling […]
Noreva (formerly Karbone Research), an AI-powered energy market intelligence platform, recently expanded its offerings with enhanced U.S. natural gas forecasting tools. These include merchant curves, scenario modeling, fundamentals analysis, basis and logistics analytics, and capacity pricing forecasts that integrate real transactional data, supply-demand balances, policy factors, and proprietary models. The service aims to provide clearer […]
U.S. oil and gas drillers posted a modest weekly gain according to the industry’s most widely followed benchmark, while production continues to hold near record levels. This points to ongoing capital discipline even as output edges higher. The Latest Rig Counts Baker Hughes reported the U.S. rotary rig count rose 5 week-over-week to 593 for […]
As the Iran-U.S. conflict grinds toward the six-month mark in mid-August 2026, Tehran continues to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz—the critical chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of global oil and LNG once flowed—while the United States maintains a naval blockade on Iranian ports and escalates economic pressure. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has signaled […]
California’s aggressive pursuit of Net Zero and 100% clean electricity has produced record solar milestones, massive battery buildouts, and political talking points about climate leadership. It has also delivered some of the nation’s highest electricity prices, chronic reliability problems, heavy reliance on out-of-state imports, and a grid vulnerable to regional shortfalls and global energy shocks. […]
Oracle’s ambitious $165 billion Project Jupiter data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico—near the U.S.-Mexico border—has hit a low-tech but high-stakes snag. The natural gas pipeline critical to powering it will not be ready on the original timeline. Energy Transfer subsidiary Transwestern Pipeline has delayed the in-service date for its Green Chile Project […]
Australia’s Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink), the flagship project of SunCable (now controlled by Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures), is sold as the pathway to making Australia a “Green Energy Superpower.” It promises the world’s largest solar array, the world’s largest battery, and the world’s longest subsea HVDC cable—exporting firmed renewable power from the Northern Territory’s Barkly region […]
