Energy News Beat Houston, TX – May 6, 2026 – EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG) delivered a strong beat on first-quarter 2026 estimates, posting adjusted earnings of $3.41 per share and revenue of $6.92 billion while exceeding production guidance midpoints across oil, NGLs, and natural gas. The company also raised its full-year 2026 oil and […]
Energy News Beat The ongoing conflict in the Middle East — sparked by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in early 2026 — has delivered an unexpected windfall to the Kremlin. Global oil prices surged as threats to the Strait of Hormuz disrupted supplies from the region, pushing benchmark prices above $100 per barrel at […]
Energy News Beat Europe’s natural gas market is once again on the brink of turmoil as traders place aggressive bets that benchmark prices could more than double ahead of the 2026/2027 winter. Options contracts for the October–March delivery period have traded as high as €100 per megawatt-hour (MWh), compared to the current front-month TTF price […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pubnote: This article was run on David Blackmon’s Energy Additions Substack, and we highly recommend subscribing. This morning on Mornings with Maria, Secretary Chris Wright hit it out of the park, and we will have that information out later. California is a self-imposed energy island with a crisis brewing, and Secretary […]
Energy News Beat Oslo, Norway – In a significant move to bolster European energy security, Norway’s Ministry of Energy has approved the reopening of three long-idle North Sea gas fields that were shut down in 1998. The fields—Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk, and Tommeliten Gamma—are located less than 10 km west of the giant Ekofisk complex […]
Energy News Beat UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is under fire for blocking the release of a key government document that critics say would expose how Labour’s net zero policies are set to drive up household electricity bills while protecting profits for offshore wind developers. The controversy centers on Miliband’s decision last year to scrap […]
Energy News Beat In a move that perfectly symbolizes the self-inflicted wounds of blue-state energy policy, Illinois is not only hemorrhaging residents — it’s literally watching critical power infrastructure roll out of the state on flatbed trucks headed for Texas. The owner of two-thirds of the massive Elwood Energy natural-gas-fired peaker plant in Will County […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: I wrote about this a few days ago, and Andrew Korybko, Substack Author, just put out his article with some key points. Geopolitical choke points for energy are heating up around the world. The strategic stakes are simply too high as NATO encroaches on Russia’s entire southern periphery via […]
Energy News Beat QatarEnergy has formally extended its force majeure declaration on liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies through mid-June, according to Bloomberg. Customers received the latest notice as the Strait of Hormuz remains almost entirely closed to tanker traffic following Iranian missile strikes on the Ras Laffan Industrial City in March. This isn’t a surprise—it’s […]
Energy News Beat What a wild day on the News Desk. President Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran started lobbing drones and missiles around. Bagdad Bob showed up in Iran and claimed that they hit a US ship, but they did not. It will be interesting […]
