Energy News Beat It was a wild day on the Energy News Beat News desk today, and we have John Rich getting into the AI and Data Center rumble in Georgia Power. We love John Rich, and when we saw that he was jumping into the mix, we had to find out what was going […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Just a friendly reminder that we have been tracking a national security issue in California. The following is from Ronald Stein on America Outloud, and we recommend following and subscribing! California is the 4th largest economy in the world and an “ENERGY ISLAND that is isolated from the other […]
Energy News Beat A viral X post from @WallStreetApes on May 11, 2026, has spotlighted a growing tension in rural Georgia: the use of eminent domain by Georgia Power to acquire land and easements for high-voltage transmission lines. The lines are needed to support surging electricity demand, much of it from new hyperscale data centers […]
Energy News Beat The world is facing its most severe oil and gas supply crunch in history, triggered by the ongoing Middle East conflict and prolonged disruptions to flows through the Strait of Hormuz—the chokepoint carrying roughly 20% of global oil. What began in late February as a short-term geopolitical flashpoint has evolved into a […]
Energy News Beat The Strait of Hormuz crisis, now in its third month, has evolved from a dramatic military flashpoint into a grinding economic and diplomatic stalemate. As of May 12, 2026, President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s latest counterproposal as “totally unacceptable,” describing the broader ceasefire as on “life support.” The Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
Energy News Beat As the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran disrupts key Middle East energy routes and chokes global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies, Asia’s top LNG importers are turning back to coal to keep the lights on. Spot LNG prices have roughly doubled, while Asian LNG imports have fallen sharply—the biggest drop since 2022—prompting utilities […]
Energy News Beat Australia’s own Treasury has run the numbers on a nightmare escalation of the Iran conflict — and the result is a doomsday scenario that would send global oil prices to $200 a barrel, throw the world economy into chaos, and expose just how fragile Australia’s energy position has become. In its annual […]
Energy News Beat The Trump administration continues its aggressive use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to stabilize surging oil prices and provide relief to American consumers amid ongoing global supply disruptions tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of an additional 53.3 million barrels of […]
Energy News Beat Independent “teapot” refiners in China — the smaller, privately owned facilities concentrated in Shandong province that account for roughly a quarter of the country’s refining capacity — are slashing production rates as the ongoing paralysis in the Strait of Hormuz drives crude prices higher and crushes refining margins. According to industry sources […]
Energy News Beat This means restoring normal supply-demand equilibrium, rebuilding severely depleted global inventories, repositioning tankers and supply chains, restarting/rebalancing production flows, ending demand rationing/destruction, and removing the geopolitical risk premium that has driven price volatility and tightness. Nasser emphasized that simply reopening shipping routes (like the Strait of Hormuz) is not the same as […]
