Category: Energy News Beat

Net Zero and Power Problems

Energy News Beat David Blackmon, Dr. Tammy Nemeth and Stu Turley have way too much fun today. 1. Canadian Pipeline Proposals The hosts discuss two major pipeline initiatives: Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion: A third pipeline is being added to the existing route with government and private partnerships, including undisclosed Indigenous partners. It’s facing environmental litigation […]

Iran Hits Kuwait’s Offshore Oil Platform Amid Escalating US-Iran Strikes

Energy News Beat Energy News Beat Channel – Breaking Analysis July 13, 2026 In the latest escalation of the ongoing US-Iran conflict, Kuwait reported attacks on three northern land border posts and an offshore drilling platform belonging to the Kuwait Oil Company. The platform was struck by a hostile drone, causing material damage and injuring […]

California is ramping its war with the White House over Energy

Energy News Beat California is escalating its legal and political confrontation with the Trump administration over energy policy. As detailed in a recent OilPrice.com analysis, Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration and state officials are pushing back hard against federal actions favoring fossil fuels, including the reallocation of offshore wind funds, challenges to the California Coastal Commission, […]

China Tells Refiners to Keep Fuel Output High as the Iran and Ukraine Wars Drag On

Energy News Beat Beijing has directed at least two major Chinese refineries to maintain or even increase processing rates to ensure adequate domestic supplies of gasoline, diesel, and other fuels. This comes amid renewed threats to crude shipments through the Persian Gulf tied to the ongoing Iran conflict, according to people familiar with the matter […]

How Are Gasoline and Diesel Prices Still High with Fading Oil Prices?

Energy News Beat Despite crude oil prices easing significantly after the sharp spikes tied to the 2026 Iran-related conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruptions, retail prices for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel remain elevated or are rebounding. This is creating pain at the pump and for businesses, even as the broader “crude crisis” appears to […]

The New Oil Bull Markets Will Be Dependent on China Confirming Oil Purchases and Global SPR Rebuilding

Energy News Beat In the aftermath of the 2026 Iran-Hormuz crisis, which severely disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and triggered the largest oil supply shock in decades, oil markets are shifting from acute supply fears to a more structural driver of price support: the urgent need to rebuild depleted inventories and strategic […]

Progressives and Socialist Democrats set to recharge the Green New Deal for the AI era

Energy News Beat A fresh wave of progressive Democrats, including self-described democratic socialists, is poised to reshape the Democratic Party’s approach to climate and energy policy. Fresh off primary victories that unseated moderate incumbents in safe blue districts, these lawmakers aim to revive and expand the Green New Deal (GND) to address the explosive energy […]

Russia’s Fuel Crisis Just Reached New Levels, and Second-Order Impacts Will Be Global

Energy News Beat Russia’s domestic fuel shortage has escalated dramatically in July 2026, moving beyond diesel queues at gas stations to kerosene shortages, grounded or limited flights, and export bans on key refined products. Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries and the shadow fleet tankers are removing substantial refined product supply from both domestic and global […]

Europe’s Nuclear Plants Can’t Beat the Heat

Energy News Beat A brutal European heatwave is once again exposing critical vulnerabilities in the continent’s energy infrastructure — and France’s nuclear fleet is front and center. And Germany’s nuclear fleet was blown up intentionally. Record-high river temperatures are forcing operators to curb output at up to five nuclear reactors this week, with at least […]

Where Do We Go from Here with Iran? What is the impact on the global oil and gas market?

Energy News Beat The fragile truce between the United States and Iran is unraveling. Renewed attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, fresh U.S. strikes on Iranian targets, satellite evidence of Iran rebuilding damaged nuclear sites, and mixed signals from Washington and Tehran have once again put global energy markets on edge. The […]