The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opened bids yesterday for the first competitive oil and gas lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A) since 2019 — and the results are stunning. Industry submitted 430 bids on 187 tracts covering approximately 1.335 million acres out of the 5.5 million acres offered across more than 600 […]
Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar In a dramatic escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict spilling into the Persian Gulf, QatarEnergy’s flagship Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) complex — the world’s largest — has been struck and is burning. Satellite thermal imaging from FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System) shows multiple active hot spots across Ras Laffan’s industrial […]
In a major escalation of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, strikes hit key processing facilities tied to the world’s largest natural gas field — Iran’s South Pars — today, knocking out critical infrastructure that supplies the bulk of the country’s energy needs. Iranian state media and multiple international reports confirm the attack targeted onshore […]
This is a fun discussion with John Calce, Founder and Chairman of Element Fuels and America First Refining. This podcast is hosted by Stu Turley, Energy News Beat Host, and David Blackmon is the host of the Energy Impacts Podcast. Don’t kid yourself, with the geopolitical issues around the world right now, this story is […]
Energy News Beat Analysis – March 2026 Oil prices have spiked in early 2026 amid escalating Middle East tensions, with WTI futures recently trading in the $75–$90+ range and Brent pushing even higher on supply disruption fears. Geopolitical risks around the Strait of Hormuz have flipped the script from the soft-price environment many producers budgeted […]
Energy News Beat – March 18, 2026 HONOLULU — Hawaii is moving decisively to break its decades-long dependence on expensive imported petroleum for electricity, with Japan’s largest power company, JERA Co., delivering a detailed blueprint that puts a new LNG-to-power solution firmly on track. The proposal, shared after a closed-door meeting with Trump administration officials […]
In a significant development for U.S. energy security and Alaska’s Railbelt grid, Terra Energy Center (an Alaska-focused affiliate advancing what was previously known as the Flatlands Energy project) has secured a $1 billion investment commitment and an in-principle agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries Power Systems for power-plant boilers. The U.S. Interior Department highlighted the deal […]
The global LNG market is in full turmoil following the March 2026 escalation in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura refinery — the kingdom’s largest domestic facility at 550,000 barrels per day and a critical export terminal — remains shut after drone strikes, part of a broader wave of precautionary closures across the Gulf. […]
It is a wild news cycle, and Energy Security is in every single news story – Buckle up. The gang from Bulgaria, the US, and the UK is rolling. We are going to talk about the top energy topics rolling around the world. We were live on YouTube and LinkedIn, and we tried X. The […]
Doomberg stops by the Energy Impacts and Energy News Beat podcasts to talk about the Global Oil and Gas Markets Update. Hosted by David Blackmon and Stu Turley, they have a rich history of having way too much fun talking about the energy, oil, and gas markets. 1. Geopolitical Tensions & Iran-US Conflict The transcript […]
