Energy News Beat Iranian missile strikes have inflicted “extensive damage” on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, home to the world’s largest LNG export complex and a facility that historically supplied roughly one-fifth of global LNG. QatarEnergy declared force majeure on its entire LNG output following the attacks, with two of 14 production trains damaged and […]
Energy News Beat In a sign of cautious optimism across the U.S. energy sector, drillers added oil and natural gas rigs for the second consecutive week — the first back-to-back gains since early February — according to the latest Baker Hughes weekly rig count released Friday. The total number of active rotary rigs climbed by […]
Energy News Beat In a shocking escalation of the escalating Middle East conflict, Iranian missile and drone strikes have delivered a devastating blow to QatarEnergy’s core operations at Ras Laffan Industrial City — the world’s largest LNG export hub. The attacks have shuttered 17% of Qatar’s LNG production capacity for up to five years, triggering […]
Energy News Beat California’s refining industry — once the backbone of the West Coast’s fuel supply — stands at a make-or-break moment. With just seven refineries still operating as of March 2026, the state is weeks away from the next wave of closures that will slash capacity by another 17–20%. Phillips 66’s Wilmington complex shut […]
Energy News Beat America’s energy future is bright—but only if we build the pipelines to deliver it. Surging electricity demand from data centers, AI, manufacturing, and electrification is driving a wave of new natural gas-fired power plants. The U.S. has abundant, low-cost natural gas thanks to the shale revolution. The missing link? Pipeline infrastructure to […]
