Category: Energy News Beat

BOEM reschedules Gulf of Mexico lease sale 261 for third time after court order

Energy News Beat World Oil (WO) — As a result of the order issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Nov. 14, 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has scheduled Lease Sale 261 for Dec. 20, 2023. Source: World Oil The Gulf of Mexico oil and gas […]

The UAE could raise oil production regardless of OPEC+ decision

Energy News Beat Oil Price OPEC’s third-largest producer, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), could raise its oil output next year as it has won a higher quota under the OPEC+ agreement. Source: Oil Price The UAE, OPEC’s third-biggest producer after Saudi Arabia and Iraq, said in the summer that it would not join the Saudis in making […]

Microgrid model spreads in Massachusetts as cities look to lessen costs, outages  

Energy News Beat ​ A pair of community microgrid projects in Massachusetts are already helping to inspire similar projects in the state before construction has even begun. The city of Chelsea and Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood are each developing projects that supporters hope can become powerful case studies for the potential of microgrids to increase resilience […]

The White House does not expect Arab states to weaponize oil – Biden administration playing ostrich again.

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: The US administration clearly has its head in the sand. China and Saudi Arabia have just exchanged billions in currency to trade oil outside the “Petro Dollar.” After the Biden administration weaponized the dollar through sanctions, they escalated the total devaluation of the dollar and subsequently crippled the US’s […]

Brent, US crude futures climb over 2% as OPEC cuts expected

Energy News Beat Investing Brent and U.S. crude futures climbed more than 2.5%, gaining $2 a barrel on Monday, as further supply cuts in OPEC+ production are expected in the coming weeks. Source: Reuters Brent crude futures were up $2.19 to $82.80 a barrel by 10:32 a.m. CT (1632 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $1.98, […]

Potential Chesapeake-Southwestern merger gains support from top investor Kimmeridge

Energy News Beat World Oil (Bloomberg) — Kimmeridge Energy Management Co., which is among the most active and outspoken U.S. oil and gas investors, said a merger of Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Southwestern Energy Co. would create one of the industry’s most sought-after stocks. Source: Reuters “There are only a few must-own stocks in the […]

Oman LNG seals supply deal with BP

Energy News Beat Image: Oman LNG State-owned producer Oman LNG has signed a deal to supply liquefied natural gas to UK-based energy giant BP. Oman LNG announced the signing of the sales and purchase agreement on Tuesday. Under the SPA, Oman LNG will supply 1 million metric tonnes per annum of LNG to BP for […]

China and Saudi Arabia set up currency swap line – Petro Dollar Dies Sooner Than Later

Energy News Beat BEIJING, Nov 20 (Reuters) – The People’s Bank of China and the Saudi Central Bank recently signed a local currency swap agreement worth 50 billion yuan ($6.93 billion) or 26 billion Saudi riyals, both banks said on Monday, as bilateral relations continued to gather momentum. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, […]

ERCOT’s latest failure shows: we can’t backtrack on reliability

Energy News Beat The regional electric grid operator in Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), sent a request to stakeholders earlier this year asking for more reserve generating capacity for this upcoming winter when electricity demand is typically at its highest. The request specifically targeted decommissioned coal and natural gas plants owned by municipalities, wanting […]

Natural gas combined-cycle power plants increased utilization with improved technology

Energy News Beat  November 20, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, Monthly Electric Power Industry Report The average utilization rate (or capacity factor) for the entire U.S. fleet of combined-cycle natural gas turbine (CCGT) electric power plants has risen as the operating efficiency of new CCGT units has improved. The CCGT capacity […]