Day: March 31, 2025

Norway’s Oil Fund to Buy Stakes in Offshore Wind for $1.5 Billion

Energy News Beat The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s $1.8 trillion oil fund, will buy 49% in two offshore wind farm developments of RWE for a total of $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros), the fund’s manager, Norges Bank Investment Management, said on Monday. The agreed price for 49% of the two offshore wind projects, Nordseecluster in […]

Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: Central Banks Diversify into Other Currencies and Gold

Energy News Beat The surge of the “nontraditional reserve currencies.” By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The status of the US dollar as the dominant global reserve currency has helped the US fund its twin deficits, and thereby has enabled them: the huge fiscal deficit every year and the massive trade deficit every year. The reserve currency status […]

WTI Soars Nearly 3% on Trump’s Russia, Iran Threats

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: As of recent data, the United States consumes approximately 20 million barrels of oil per day. This figure is based on averages from 2023 and 2024, with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reporting total petroleum consumption at around 20.25 million barrels per day in 2023, including biofuels. Daily […]

Energy Will Find A Way – Activist shareholders: good or bad?

Energy News Beat Energy Will Find A Way – Activist shareholders: good or bad? With the Just Stop Oil crew claiming victory and shutting down their protests, did they win? Or is there something to the rumor that people are waking up to the realities of energy? This week, David Blackmon, Irina Slav, Tammy Nemeth, […]

U.S. natural gas consumption set new winter and summer monthly records in 2024

Energy News Beat Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Monthly In 2024, U.S. natural gas consumption averaged a record 90.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) and set new winter and summer monthly records in January and July, according to data in our Natural Gas Monthly. Overall, U.S. consumption last year increased 1% (0.9 Bcf/d) from […]

Peak Permian Production – Is it near or is it past already?

Energy News Beat We may slow down, but we still have growth available. At what cost is yet to be determined. Predicting the exact timing of peak oil production in the Permian Basin is complex and depends on various factors, including geological limits, technological advancements, economic conditions, and operational strategies. However, based on available data […]

US federal judge blocks offshore lease sale over impact on Rice’s whales

Energy News Beat AmericasOffshore Noble A federal judge has blocked an oil and gas lease sale in Gulf waters off the coast of Louisiana after finding that authorities did not take into account the impact of new offshore drilling on the highly endangered Rice’s whale. The ruling from a judge in the U.S. District Court […]

Subsea7 awarded Northern Lights contract

Energy News Beat Northern Lights Oslo-listed Subsea7 has won a contract from Equinor worth between $50m and $150m for the second phase of the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project offshore Norway. Subsea7’s scope includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a five-kilometre CO2 pipeline, as well as installation of integrated satellite structures, umbilicals, […]

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund buys stake in two RWE offshore wind farms

Energy News Beat RWE Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund – often referred to as the Oil Fund – worth over $1.75trn, has bought a 49% stake in two offshore wind projects from German utility RWE. The fund bought stakes in the Nordseecluster and Thor offshore wind […]

BP, Shell, Exxon: Oil’s Future

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Why the Rubio Ceasefire Plan is DOA Part 8: The BLUF and the Overview of the Next Tranche of Papers March 30, 2025 George McMillian ENB Pub Note: George McMillan, an ENB news contributor on energy and geopolitical topics, wrote this article. You can find my interviews with George […]