Author: Erick Parel

Latin American Leaders Gather in Honduras

Energy News Beat Members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States critiqued tariffs and strategized about the future of the United Nations. ​ By Catherine Osborn, the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Latin America Brief. CELAC Summit Yields ‘Sufficient Consensus’ On Wednesday, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held its […]

The Battle for Diablo Canyon: Nuclear Energy, Tribal Land Rights, and California’s Energy Future

Energy News Beat In this episode of Energy Newsbeat – Conversations in Energy, host Stuart Turley engages with Doug Sandridge to explore the complex issues surrounding the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California. They discuss the impact of the plant’s closure on the Northern Chumash Tribe, as well as the tribe’s efforts to purchase the […]

Mubadala to take stake in Kimmeridge’s Commonwealth LNG

Energy News Beat According to a joint statement, Mubadala has signed an agreement with Kimmeridge to acquire a 24.1 percent interest in the latter’s SoTex HoldCo via the issuance of new equity. SoTex holds two portfolio companies: Kimmeridge Texas Gas, which operates an upstream unconventional gas business in the Eagle Ford in South Texas, and […]

US LNG exports climb to 30 cargoes

Energy News Beat EIA said in its weekly report, citing shipping data provided by Bloomberg Finance, that the total capacity of these 30 LNG vessels is 113 Bcf. This compares to 28 shipments and 106 Bcf in the week ending April 2. According to data from S&P Global Commodity Insights, average natural gas deliveries to […]

Taiwan’s LNG imports climb in March

Energy News Beat Preliminary data from the Directorate General of Customs shows that the country received 2.08 million tonnes of LNG in March. This is up by 10.1 percent year-on-year compared to 1.89 million mt in March 2024. March LNG imports also rose compared to 1.80 million tonnes of LNG in February and 1.48 million tonnes […]

Spanish LNG imports jump

Energy News Beat LNG imports rose by 39.8 percent year-on-year to 25.2 TWh in March and accounted for 71.8 percent of the total gas imports, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas. Imports also rose compared to 12.6 TWh in February and 23 TWh in January. Including pipeline imports from Algeria (9.5 […]

World’s largest ECA to stretch from Portugal to Greenland

Energy News Beat At this week’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting held at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the world’s biggest emission control area (ECA) has been agreed upon.  The new Northeast Atlantic ECA stretches along coastlines from Portugal to Greenland (see map below), joining existing nearby ECAs in the North Sea, Baltic Sea […]

The dangers of sea blindness

Energy News Beat Andrew Craig-Bennett reflects on Signalgate and the sale of Hutchison Ports, two events that highlight how ignorant most people are about all things maritime. There is a thing called sea blindness. It is not a disease of seafarers, like scurvy once was. It is not even a mental condition of seafarers, like channel […]

U.S.-China Trade War Worries Markets, Sparks Tariff Negotiations

Energy News Beat Beijing is seeking new deals elsewhere to weather the storm, but some countries are opting out for fear of angering the White House. ​Report By Alexandra Sharp, the World Brief writer at Foreign Policy. U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade moves are still top of mind for most foreign powers, global markets, […]

House GOP Probes Secret Biden-Era Deal That Forced Out Family Ranches

Energy News Beat Congress is probing green groups and Biden officials over a secretive deal that shut down historic ranches in Point Reyes for ‘climate’ reasons. ​A top House panel that oversees public land policies is investigating five green groups that brokered a settlement with federal officials in the waning days of the Biden administration, […]