Energy News Beat Wasif Latif, Co-Founder, President & Chief Investment Officer, Sarmaya Partners, stopped by the Energy News Beat Podcast again. This time, we covered current events in the Strait of Hormuz and the impact of the war in Iran. It does not look like they will be going away quietly into the night, and […]
Energy News Beat Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) has taken a significant step into Canada with its first international acquisition. The company announced on May 26, 2026, that it has agreed to acquire a 25% undivided non-operated interest in light-oil producing properties and substantial undeveloped acreage in Alberta’s Duvernay Shale from Parallax Energy […]
Energy News Beat Stu Turley here from the Energy News Beat Podcast. For years on this show, we’ve been hammering home a core truth: energy policy is destiny. Affordable, reliable, abundant energy drives manufacturing, jobs, investment, and GDP growth. Ideological Net Zero pursuits that ignore reality — spiking costs, killing baseload power, and forcing deindustrialization […]
Energy News Beat In a recent appearance on Squawk Box Asia, veteran commodities strategist Jeff Currie (Co-Chairman of Abaxx Markets) delivered a stark warning that resonates deeply with current market dynamics. He described an emerging “rare earth moment” — a qualitative shift where markets have been neglecting the physical world (“atoms”) in favor of financial […]
Energy News Beat In the shadow of ongoing tensions with Iran, threats to the Strait of Hormuz, and high-stakes negotiations, President Donald Trump’s administration is actively pushing to expand the Abraham Accords. Recent statements tie potential deals with Tehran directly to broader normalization between Israel and additional Arab and Muslim-majority countries — including key Gulf […]
Energy News Beat Europe is entering the critical summer injection season with dangerously depleted natural gas storage, leaving the continent vulnerable to even moderate supply disruptions. A recent analysis from OilPrice.com highlights stark warnings from senior Equinor executives: if disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz persist for another 1–3 months, Europe risks a critical shortfall […]
Energy News Beat Even the most optimistic reopening of the Strait of Hormuz won’t deliver a quick fix. Physical barrels tell a far harsher story than paper futures. Art Berman (@aeberman12) nailed it in his May 25, 2026, post: There is no clean, modelable “successful reopening” of the Strait of Hormuz. Even in the wildly […]
Energy News Beat In the shadow of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran — marked by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the largest oil supply disruption in modern history — Saudi Arabia stands out as a clear winner. While many Gulf producers face sharp production cuts, export halts, and economic contractions, the […]
Energy News Beat We cover 9 Big stories on the Energy News Beat Stand Up We cover 9 huge stories today. We would like to take a moment to wish all of our great Veterans a Happy Memorial Day, who gave their all so we could be free. Getting to spend time with my 91-year-old […]
Energy News Beat The hype around AI delivering massive cost savings and productivity gains is colliding with hard financial reality. A viral post from Crypto Rover highlighted the emerging crisis: Microsoft reportedly directed engineers to stop using Anthropic’s Claude due to exploding AI bills, while Uber admitted its entire 2026 AI budget was already exhausted […]
