Day: December 12, 2023

Foreign forces leave conflict-torn East African country

Energy News Beat Nearly a thousand Burundian soldiers have left DR Congo after their mission was terminated by Kinshasa A regional military force has removed almost a thousand Burundian soldiers from from DR Congo as part of a phased withdrawal, Burundi’s military said on Monday. The DR Congo government in Kinshasa has decided to not renew […]

Additional US military aid to Ukraine will be a ‘fiasco’, Kremlin says

Energy News Beat News|Russia-Ukraine war Any further United States aid to Ukraine will be a “fiasco”, the Kremlin has said ahead of a meeting in Washington between US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Moscow is also “very attentively” watching developments as the two leaders are set to meet on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry […]

UN to vote on ceasefire amid Gaza starvation concerns

Energy News Beat A UN refugee agency says too many people in the Palestinian enclave haven’t eaten for days The population of Gaza is suffering from hunger as the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) prepares to vote on a humanitarian ceasefire on Tuesday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported. […]

Japan’s NYK working to replace propulsion on Moss-type LNG carriers

Energy News Beat Japan’s shipping giant NYK is working with Namura Shipbuilding and Sasebo Heavy Industries to replace the main propulsion on steam turbine–driven Moss-type LNG carriers with a dual-fuel diesel engine. In October, NYK has received an approval in principle from the Japanese classification society Class NK to convert the steam turbine of an […]

Daily Energy Standup Episode #268 – Grid Reliability Warning, India’s Oil Expansion, and Occidental’s $10.8B CrownRock Acquisition

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Major grid operator warns legal agreement to shutter coal plant will devastate electric reliability December 11, 2023 Mariel Alumit A major power grid operator that oversees electricity supplies across the mid-Atlantic repeated its warning that the looming shutdown of a coal-fired power plant in Baltimore will threaten the region’s grid reliability […]

3 Podcasters Walk in a Bar Episode 39 – Global Financial Ripples: UAE’s Petrodollar Exit Explored and MORE!!..

Energy News Beat Highlights of the podcast: 04:31 – The significance of UAE ditching the petrodollar and its implications in global trade. 05:56 – Concerns about the Biden administration’s foreign policy and its impact on relationships in the Middle East. 08:03 – Speculation about potential candidates and dynamics in the upcoming 2024 election. 19:48 – […]

ENERGY TRANSITION EPISODE 90 -Filmed Live On YouTube on December 11, 2023

Energy News Beat ENERGY TRANSITION #90-Venezuela wants Guyana’s oil Highlights of the podcast: 01:02 -Guyana is standing on its own 02:08 -Hess and Chevron 02:50 – Guyana’s 11 billion barrels in reserves 05:41 – Inflation rate in Venezuela 08:37 – Financial assistance from China 11:51 – CapEx investment into new wells 13:43 – The Monroe […]