Energy News Beat In a move that’s sending shockwaves through California’s already strained energy sector, oil giant Shell has announced plans to shutter or divest approximately 1,000 retail gas stations nationwide between 2024 and 2025, with significant impacts felt in the Golden State. While the company frames this as a strategic shift toward electric vehicle […]
Energy News Beat As we navigate the early days of 2026, the energy sector continues to intersect with commodities in unexpected ways. A potential natural gas shortage in Europe, driven by critically low storage levels in Germany amid one of the coldest Januaries in years, is poised to ripple through industrial operations. This isn’t just […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: We will be covering this on the Energy Realities Podcast on Monday, as well as the Energy News Beat Stand Up. We will be reaching out to Katy Grimes, Editor in Chief of the California Globe, where this article was originally published, to see if she would like to […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is an article by Vijay Jayaraj, and was posted on the California Globe. We highly recommend subscribing to the California Globe. Neglectful of the economic wreckage that net zero policies have wrought in the U.K. and Germany, economic powerhouse South Korea has declared war on coal and liquified […]
Energy News Beat On this episode of the Energy News Beat Stand Up, I cover the key issues around Davos, Greenland, and some investing stories around Oil Field Service Companies, and why this is important. The main topics discussed in this podcast are: 1. President Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where […]
Energy News Beat As an energy-rich nation with the fourth-largest proven oil reserves in the world, Canada paradoxically continues to import billions of dollars’ worth of crude oil annually. This irony was recently highlighted in a viral X post by MP Bob Zimmer (@bobzimmermp), who delivered a speech at the BC Natural Resources Forum, decrying […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This article is from Doug Sheridan’s LinkedIn account. We highly recommend following and connecting with him there. The bottom line from Davos this week is a slap in the face: if they do not stand on their own, reindustrialize, close their borders, and get control of their finances, they […]
Energy News Beat Trump argued that Britain’s commitment to net zero has curtailed domestic energy production and deterred investment in the North Sea. He criticised high oil and gas taxes and dismissed claims that the North Sea is largely depleted. The US president also attacked wind power and questioned central bank independence, adding to market […]
Energy News Beat The recent capture of Nicolás Maduro has sparked renewed optimism in the global energy sector, particularly for oilfield services (OFS) companies eyeing Venezuela’s vast untapped reserves. With the potential lifting of U.S. sanctions and a revival of operations in the Orinoco Belt, firms with expertise in heavy oil extraction and infrastructure could […]
Energy News Beat In the latest Weekly Petroleum Status Report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for the week ending January 9, 2026, U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) saw a notable increase of 3.4 million barrels, reaching a total of 422.4 million barrels. This build defied market expectations of […]
