Energy News Beat In a remarkable display of strategic foresight and engineering resilience, Saudi Arabia has ramped its East-West Pipeline—also known as the Petroline—to full capacity of 7 million barrels per day (bpd), fully bypassing the disrupted Strait of Hormuz. This milestone comes at a critical moment. The ongoing Iran conflict has effectively closed the […]
Energy News Beat As the world’s largest oil and gas companies slash spending on low-carbon “transition” projects for the first time in eight years, one thing is crystal clear: U.S. oil majors are proving that fiscal discipline and bold upstream development are not mutually exclusive—they are the winning formula. According to BloombergNEF data highlighted in […]
Energy News Beat The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed amid the ongoing U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, halting nearly all tanker traffic through the critical chokepoint that normally carries about 20% of global oil and LNG trade, along with roughly 5 million barrels per day (mbd) of refined petroleum products. JP Morgan Commodities Research has […]
Energy News Beat As energy security concerns mount amid ongoing disruptions in the Middle East, several nations are reversing course on coal phase-outs and ramping up existing coal-fired power plants. Japan is the latest example, with the government preparing emergency measures to lift restrictions on older coal facilities for the fiscal year starting April 2026. […]
