Day: March 11, 2025

New Internal Docs Expose Biden EPA’s Push for DEI Policies Across Agency, Entire Govt

Energy News Beat New internal docs show Biden EPA pushed DEI policies, including gender-neutral restrooms and pronouns, across the agency and entire government. ​ Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency employees spent work hours implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI] policies throughout the agency—focusing in particular on “de-gendering” bathrooms, hiring more gay and transgender employees, and introducing […]

Germany Is Rethinking Everything Nuclear

Energy News Beat Berlin is rapidly reconsidering its nuclear weapons posture. ​ Analysis Germany Is Rethinking Everything Nuclear Berlin is rapidly reconsidering its nuclear weapons posture. By Thorsten Benner, a co-founder and the director of the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin. Friedrich Merz and Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder address the media after a visit […]

Cheniere gets FERC OK for two more Corpus Christi LNG trains

Energy News Beat FERC said in its approval dated January 10 it had a granted an application filed by Corpus Christi Liquefaction and CCL Midscale 8-9 in March 2023, requesting authorization for a second expansion of Cheniere’s Corpus Christi LNG terminal in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, Texas. The proposed midscale trains 8 and 9 […]

Spanish LNG imports down in February

Energy News Beat LNG imports decreased by 37.8 percent year-on-year to 12.6 TWh in February and accounted for 61.9 percent of the total gas imports, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas. Imports also dropped compared to 23 TWh in January, which marked a 14.7 percent year-on-year rise. Including pipeline imports […]

PetroVietnam Gas seeks three LNG cargoes

Energy News Beat According to a tender document posted on the company’s website, the cargoes, each with a quantity of 3,400,000 – 3,800,000 MMBtu, will be delivered from April 15 to May 29. PV Gas said the specific quantity requirements and the specific delivery window for each LNG cargo “shall be written in the term […]

Fires continue to burn in North Sea following yesterday’s ship collision

Energy News Beat Source: X The search for a missing crewmember from the containership Solong that struck the tanker Stena Immaculate in the UK North Sea has been called off as fires aboard both ships continued to burn overnight. The 140-m-long Solong, owned by Hamburg-based Ernst Russ, hit the 183-m-long Stena Immaculate while anchored near […]

RWE slashes US offshore wind jobs over Trump’s renewables policies

Energy News Beat RWE German utility RWE has laid off some of its offshore wind employees in the US following president Donald Trump starting his assault on the industry. RWE employs around 1,500 people in the US and its offshore wind section is headquartered at the company’s office in Boston. In a regulatory filing, RWE […]

Pertamina hires Chinese jackup rig for four years

Energy News Beat CPOE Indonesia’s Pertamina has awarded a four-year contract to a jackup rig owned by Chinese driller CNPC Petroleum Offshore Engineering (CPOE). The contract for the CPOE 16 rig will be both the rig’s and the company’s first drilling project in Indonesia, marking its first foray into Southeast Asia’s offshore drilling services sector. […]

Shipping on alert as Houthi deadline passes with no Gaza aid resumption

Energy News Beat Royal Navy Shipping is watching movements in the Red Sea closely today to see if Yemen’s Houthis renew attacks on commercial vessels passing through the Middle East.  The Houthis have said they stand by today’s deadline they gave Israel, pledging to resume naval attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden […]

Noble gets $14m from Shell for short-term drillship hire

Energy News Beat Noble UK-based energy supermajor Shell has awarded a new contract to one of Noble Corporation’s drillships. Noble said via social media channels that a one firm well plus one option well deal was awarded to the Noble Viking rig. The contract, which is a direct continuation of a previous one, is set […]