Day: December 17, 2025

Venezuela Isn’t Escalation — It’s Supply Management

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This was originally published on the Hot Take of the Day Substack by David Ramsden-Wood, or as I call him, “DRW”. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of my podcasts with DRW, and he has been a great friend to the Energy News Beat Channel. We highly recommend subscribing to […]

Ukraine Hits Slavyansky Oil Refinery and Rostov Depot in Escalation of Drone Attacks on Russian Energy

Energy News Beat In a bold escalation of its campaign against Russia’s war machine, Ukraine launched overnight drone strikes on key energy infrastructure deep inside Russian territory. The attacks targeted the Slavyansky Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar region and the Nikolaevskaya oil depot in Rostov, disrupting fuel supplies critical to Moscow’s military operations. Confirmed by […]

Phillips 66 Sees an Opportunity to Supply the West Coast with the Western Gateway Pipeline: A National Security Imperative

Energy News Beat In an era when energy independence is paramount to national security, California’s aggressive push to phase out fossil fuels under Governor Gavin Newsom has created a precarious situation. Refineries are shuttering, fuel shortages loom, and the Golden State is increasingly reliant on imports—including jet fuel from India, much of which is refined […]

Trump Announces Blockade on Sanctioned Dark Fleet Tankers

Energy News Beat In a bold escalation of U.S. policy toward Venezuela, President Donald Trump has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the country. The announcement, made via Truth Social, comes amid rising tensions over Venezuela’s use of shadowy “dark fleet” vessels to evade international sanctions and […]