Day: August 26, 2025

Britain’s heading for an IMF bailout? The economists are screaming 1976. For once, they might be right.

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: There is a lot more to this story than meets the eye. Why is Zelensky refusing to talk with President Putin? He is now acting like the spoiled child he is, and demanding a billion dollars a month to pay for retirement, salaries, and other programs. The UK has […]

BlackRock Gas Deal Shores Up Aramco’s Financial Firepower

Energy News Beat In a strategic move that underscores Saudi Aramco’s commitment to bolstering its balance sheet while expanding its natural gas operations, the oil giant has inked an $11 billion lease-and-leaseback agreement with a consortium led by BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). This deal, announced on August 14, 2025, involves the Jafurah gas processing […]

Why Model-Based Oil Forecasts Keep Missing the Mark

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This article from Irina Slav on Oilprice.com is spot on. She has an absolutely unique view on energy, and is spot on. We will be covering this on the podcast later. Many oil price forecasts, particularly those from the International Energy Agency and net-zero organizations, consistently predict a glut […]

Climate change supporters and their media try to hit Net Zero by 2050, but at what cost – Doug Sheridan

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This article is from Doug Seridan on LinkedIn, and he again hits it out of the park. There is no way the EU, the UK, and Canada can achieve Net Zero by 2050, as they will be bankrupt by 2028. Doug offers some great suggestions, and let’s see if […]

Dollar Slides with Fed Governor Lisa Cook Being Fired for Cause

Energy News Beat In a dramatic turn of events that has sent shockwaves through financial markets, President Donald Trump has fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for cause, citing allegations of deceitful conduct related to mortgage loans. This unprecedented move comes amid growing speculation about impending interest rate cuts, as signaled by Fed Chair Jerome […]

Nigeria LNG seals long-term gas supply deals

Energy News Beat Nigerian state-owned NNPC has a 49 percent stake in NLNG, UK-based Shell holds 25.6 percent, France’s TotalEnergies has 15 percent, and Italy’s Eni owns 10.4 percent. The Bonny Island liquefaction plant currently has six trains and a capacity of 22 mtpa, but NLNG is also adding the seventh production unit. The NLNG Train […]

MISC: LNG carrier charter rates to remain soft

Energy News Beat Despite the market headwind, MISC’s gas assets and solutions sub-segment “remained committed to improve operational efficiency and cost containment for existing steam vessels and strengthening its fleet rejuvenation strategy through the deployment of new, modern, eco-efficient LNG and ethane carriers.” MISC said in its quarterly results report that the segment is also […]

EIA expects record U.S. natural gas consumption in 2025

Energy News Beat Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), August 2025 Data values: U.S. Natural Gas Supply, Consumption, and Inventories We forecast natural gas consumption in the United States will increase 1% to set a record of 91.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2025. In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect natural gas consumption to […]