Day: March 23, 2026

Security experts concerned on potential harm of EV batteries

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This article is from Ronald Stein and was posted on AmericaOutloud.com. They bring up a huge issue!     Cybersecurity and national security experts have explored how EV batteries and the connected technology of electric vehicles could potentially be weaponized in other ways to cause significant disruption or mass casualties […]

Toyota Announces $1 Billion Investment in US Plants for Grand Highlander SUV and New EV

Energy News Beat Toyota Motor North America today announced a major $1 billion investment across its manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Indiana. This strategic expansion targets increased production of the popular Grand Highlander SUV while accelerating preparations for new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at its flagship Kentucky plant. The move is the latest step in […]

X-Energy Submits Draft Registration Statement to the SEC for Initial Public Offering

Energy News Beat In a move that underscores the surging momentum behind next-generation nuclear power, X-Energy, Inc. announced on March 20, 2026, that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its Class A common stock. […]

Global Energy Supply Crisis

Energy News Beat The Energy Realities Team has a wild discussion and crazy comments from the live podcast! A wild day on the Energy Realities podcast with Dr. Tammy Nemeth, Irina Slav, David Blackmon, and Stu Turley. Just as we started, President Trump postponed the bombing of Iranian Electrical Plants, and we had a wild […]

Interior Department reaches an agreement with TotalEnergies to renounce costly offshore wind leases and redirect company’s investment into U.S. LNG production

Energy News Beat WASHINGTON — In a major victory for President Donald J. Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced today a landmark agreement with TotalEnergies that ends the French energy giant’s involvement in two expensive offshore wind leases and redirects nearly $1 billion into reliable American natural gas and LNG […]

Venture Global, Vitol Ink Five-Year LNG Supply Deal

Energy News Beat Arlington, Va.-based Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE: VG) and global commodities trader Vitol have executed a binding agreement for the supply of approximately 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Venture Global’s portfolio. The five-year deal commences in 2026 and marks another step in the U.S. LNG […]

Massive Ukrainian Drone Strikes Blew Up Vast Areas of the Port of Primorsk, Russia’s Largest Oil Export Terminal

Energy News Beat Energy News Beat | March 23, 2026 In a bold escalation of Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign against Russian energy infrastructure, a massive swarm of Ukrainian UAVs struck the Port of Primorsk overnight on March 22-23, 2026. The assault ignited fires across multiple fuel storage tanks and damaged critical oil-loading infrastructure at Russia’s […]

President Trump Halts Further Strikes on Iranian Energy Infrastructure: De-Escalation Signal Amid Ongoing Conflict – What It Means for Investors, Consumers, and Oil Markets

Energy News Beat Energy News Beat Exclusive March 23, 2026, In a notable pivot amid the escalating U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, President Donald Trump has directed Israel to cease attacks on key Iranian energy infrastructure, specifically targeting the world’s largest natural gas field. This move comes as tit-for-tat strikes on energy assets have already sent […]

Oil and LNG Market Seaborne Buffer Runs Low and Iran War Drags On – The world is still pumping oil, just not as much as we need.

Energy News Beat The Iran war, now stretching into its third week with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed since early March 2026, has delivered the largest oil supply disruption in history. Gulf producers have slashed output by at least 10 million barrels per day (mb/d), but the global shortfall is “only” 8–10 mb/d thanks […]