Category: Energy News Beat

The World’s 3 Biggest Oil Exporters Saw Shipments Slump in August

Energy News Beat The combined crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the United States fell by nearly 700,000 barrels per day in August. The decline was primarily driven by a drop in U.S. exports, followed by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Tightening U.S. crude supplies and rising domestic demand in Saudi Arabia contributed to […]

OPEC+ Close to Delaying Oil Supply Increase, Delegates Say

Energy News Beat Group had scheduled October production boost of 180,000 b/d Rethink comes after downbeat economic data from China, US OPEC+ is close to agreement on delaying a planned increase in oil production after prices plunged amid fragile demand and plentiful supplies. Key coalition members likely won’t go ahead with the scheduled hike of 180,000 barrels […]

Invasion Of The Water Snatchers

Energy News Beat Drought has hit Schleicher County hard. Lots of the stock tanks are dry. The only plants that appear to be thriving on this part of the Edwards Plateau are scrawny mesquite trees and the ever-present prickly pear cactus. As we turned onto County Road 339, the clouds of dust from the unpaved […]

Yellen needs $3 Trillion for Climate Transition

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Amazon claims to power all its operations with renewable energy. If only that were true. July 29, 2024 Mariel Alumit When Amazon announced this month that it had achieved 100% renewable energy seven years ahead of schedule, that sounded like really good news for Virginia. Amazon owns more data centers here […]

While the west watches a game show, the rest build a new world order

Energy News Beat Some very big and important things are happening in the world, and it seems that we’re not paying attention at all. We are becoming so fixated on the simple, the sensational, that we’re not noticing the storm clouds. Now, to be clear, the ballistic winging of a high-level American politician is most […]

CapMetro stops shift to all-electric bus fleet

Energy News Beat Capital Metro is slamming the brakes on an ambitious goal of transitioning to an all-electric bus fleet, citing problems with the range of battery-electric buses. Austin voters were promised a transit system with exclusively electric vehicles when they authorized a tax increase in 2020 to fund Project Connect, the largest transit expansion […]

OPEC: Oil Is Indispensable for Global Electrification

Energy News Beat Oil and petroleum-based products are indispensable in the process of increasing electrification and expansion of power grids globally, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said on Monday, noting that the energy mix is not a zero-sum game. The head of OPEC criticized claims that there would be only one winner in the […]

Amazon claims to power all its operations with renewable energy. If only that were true.

Energy News Beat When Amazon announced this month that it had achieved 100% renewable energy seven years ahead of schedule, that sounded like really good news for Virginia. Amazon owns more data centers here than anyone else, and data center energy demand is driving Dominion Energy Virginia’s plan to renege on its climate commitments, keep dirty coal […]

Weak Demand in China Weighs on Middle East Oil Price Outlook

Energy News Beat China’s maritime imports dropped to 10 million b/d at the start of the summer. The trend of weaker demand and sluggish physical activity in China impacted Middle East oil pricing. By not cutting when regional differentials were collapsing and hiking when conditions were ripe, Aramco managed to bring its European OSPs to […]

New Gas Discovery Brings Optimism for Bolivia’s Energy Future

Energy News Beat Bolivia’s Mayaya Centro gas discovery, with an estimated 1.7 trillion cubic feet of gross unrisked resource, provides hope for arresting declining production and boosting reserves. Mayaya Centro is part of YPFB’s Upstream Reactivation Plan, which aims to prioritize investments in exploring and exploiting oil and gas reserves. Development of Mayaya Centro within […]