Author: Erick Parel

Ukraine rejects US bid for 50% of rare earth minerals, FT says

Energy News Beat Ukraine has rejected a bid by the US to own 50% of the country’s rare earth minerals, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy seeks to negotiate a better deal, the Financial Times reported. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent presented the proposal to Zelenskiy in a draft contract, which was brought to their meeting on Wednesday, NBC reported earlier, […]

Is the war on coal over?

Energy News Beat Is the war on coal over? You do not want to miss this episode of the LIVE Energy Realities Podcast on LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. David Blackmon, Tammy Nemeth, Irina Slav, and Stu Turley host a wild topic that we secretly had on our Bingo Cards: “Is the War on Coal Dead?” […]

Trump’s Reality Check: The Ukraine conflict won’t be settled like a business deal

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Check out the articless on the George McMillian page on how we got here.  How will the situation develop if the US president’s efforts to end the war fail? ‘Deal’ – it’s the key word in Donald Trump’s vocabulary and he’s built his career on striking them, but as […]

The Crude Truth about Russian Sanctions, and the upcoming Russian Peace talks in Saudi Arabia

Energy News Beat It was truly an honor to be on the Crude Truth podcast with Rey Trevino, David Blackmon, and Dr. Ed Ireland. There are two videos below; the first is a short 7-minute part about the Russian/Ukraine war peace talks. The Second video is the full interview from Rey’s YouTube feed with the […]

Why China is Winning the Nuclear Energy Race

Energy News Beat China has significantly increased its nuclear energy capacity in the last decade, positioning it to become the world’s largest nuclear energy producer. China is actively developing and deploying advanced nuclear technologies, such as small modular reactors and thorium-fueled reactors, outpacing Western development in these areas. The cost and time required to build […]

Chevron Move to Boosts Venezuelan Oil Exports Amid U.S. Policy Shift

Energy News Beat Chevron Corp. plans to ratchet up oil exports from Venezuela to a seven-year high as a reset of the country’s relationship with the US eases concerns that trade restrictions will increase. Exports of synthetic oil from Chevron’s Petropiar project are expected to rise about 50% to about 143,000 barrels a day this […]

California Governor Newsom has positioned the state to be a national security risk for the entire USA

Energy News Beat California is home to 9 International airports, 41 Military airports, 3 of the largest shipping ports in America, as well as more than 30 million registered vehicles, all of which cannot operate without imported foreign oil from other nations like Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Iraq, Columbia, and Russia. Thus, California is a serious […]

EU gas imports from Russia soar – media

Energy News Beat The bloc imported nearly $2 billion worth of the fuel in December, according to data Russian gas purchases by EU member states jumped to nearly €2 billion in the final month of last year, their highest point since early 2023, TASS reported on Monday, citing Eurostat data. The surge occurred ahead of […]

Eni, TotalEnergies to send Cyprus gas to Egypt’s Damietta LNG export plant

Energy News Beat The two energy firms signed in Cairo on Monday the host government agreement with Egypt and Cyrpus for the exploitation of Cyprus’ Cronos Block 6 resources. Eni said in a statement this agreement is a “concrete milestone” to establish a gas hub in the Eastern Mediterranean, capitalizing on Egypt’s existing hydrocarbon infrastructure […]

France to keep regulating power prices

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