Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This article was first published on the California Globe, and we highly recommend reading their work daily. Katy Grimes, Editor in Chief, and Mike Ariza have both been on the Energy News Beat Channel! What we lost was more than a refinery By Mike Ariza, June 23, 2026 4:26 […]
Energy News Beat In a clear signal of strong institutional appetite for U.S. Gulf Coast LNG infrastructure, alternative investment firm Stonepeak has raised approximately $2.5 billion in private bonds to refinance debt linked to its investment in the Louisiana LNG export terminal project. The bonds were issued by Stonepeak Wallaby I Acquiror LP, the dedicated […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is a great post on LinkedIn from Doug Sheridan, and we highly recommend following him. The FT reports that NY is confronting a tightening electricity supply just as demand begins to rise after a decade of stagnation. For years, NY expected electricity demand to remain flat, helped by […]
Energy News Beat What a great day when you can get a panel together with Steve Reese, President, Reese Energy Consulting, Kirk Edwards, President, Latigo Petroleum, and Kimberly Page with Reese Energy Consulting to cover the huge issues of the Strait of Hormuz, AI, natural gas, and Data Centers. When oil fell to-$32, Cushing, Oklahoma, […]
Energy News Beat The recent closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the resulting stranding of over 10 million barrels per day of crude from the Persian Gulf served as a stark wake-up call for import-dependent nations worldwide. In response, countries are racing to expand strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) and commercial storage capacity for both […]
Energy News Beat This is from an X Post from Jack Prandelli, The Merchant’s News Substack. This is an excellent observation on how the oil markets are changing in real time. I also did not have on my bingo card that North Korea would have benefited from the Ukraine/Russia War, but here we are. Story […]
Energy News Beat Oil futures traders appear remarkably calm amid escalating risks in one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. While headlines focus on whether the Strait of Hormuz is “open or closed,” the physical oil market is grappling with far more complex and costly disruptions that futures prices are largely ignoring. A recent […]
Energy News Beat China’s aggressive push to power its rapidly expanding AI data centers with renewables is running into practical resistance from grid operators, who warn that the sector’s inflexible power demands could increase reliability risks and complicate grid planning. Industry analysts and officials told Reuters that Beijing’s strategic goal of having renewables supply the […]
Energy News Beat In a striking development reported today by energy expert Dr. Anas Alhajji, more than 30 oil tankers carrying Iranian crude—with their AIS transponders visibly active—are currently heading to Asia. These vessels are loaded with over 50 million barrels of crude oil, according to shipping data from Kpler. This visible convoy marks a […]
Energy News Beat In a significant development tied to ongoing U.S.-Iran diplomatic efforts, the U.S. Treasury Department has issued temporary waivers suspending key sanctions on Iranian oil exports. This move, reported in connection with a preliminary agreement or memorandum of understanding from recent talks (including the Lake Lucerne Summit mediated by Pakistan and Qatar), allows […]
