Category: Energy News Beat

ENB #171 Ralph Rodriquez, Energy Ninja – A fun conversation about “Aligning Energy with Grid Capacity”

Energy News Beat LinkedIn is fun for getting to know other people and energy industry leaders. Ralph Rodriquez is a perfect example. He had never been on a podcast, and we had an absolute blast. And anytime you can develop several T-shirt slogans, you know it will be a fun podcast. If we can’t make […]

Central Banks Brought Inflation. Now they Bring Stagnation.

Energy News Beat Although the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank’s message regarding interest rate cuts seems clear, reiterating their commitment to reducing inflation, the market is expecting between five and six interest rate cuts, between 125 and 150 basis points, in the next twelve months. This shows us the bubble bias of many investors. We live in […]

Report: Rush for ‘clean energy’ minerals in Africa risks repeating harmful extractivist model

Energy News Beat The nonprofit Global Witness investigated lithium mining projects in Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Namibia, which appear to reproduce the same model of extractivism that has impoverished African countries for centuries. In March, residents of the Namibian town of Uis took to the streets to protest the activities of Chinese […]

Argentina announces that it will not join BRICS bloc

Energy News Beat News|Business and Economy Argentina has announced that it will not join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, fulfilling a campaign promise by newly elected far-right President Javier Milei who has pledged to pursue closer ties with the West. In a letter dated December 22 but released on Friday, Milei told the leaders […]

Oil prices to end year 10% lower as demand concerns snap winning streak

Energy News Beat CNBC Oil prices are set to end 2023 about 10% lower, the first annual decline in two years, after geopolitical concerns, production cuts and global measures to rein in inflation triggered wild fluctuations in prices. Source: CNBC Brent crude futures were up 44 cents, or 0.6%, at $77.59 a barrel on Friday, the […]

QatarEnergy to supply crude oil to Shell for five years in “first ever” contract agreement

Energy News Beat World Oil (WO) – QatarEnergy has announced a five-year crude oil supply agreement with Shell International Eastern Trading Company, Singapore (Shell). Source: World Oil The agreement stipulates the supply of up to 18 MMbbl per annum of Qatar Land and Qatar Marine crude oils to Shell starting January 2024. QatarEnergy and Shell […]

Reuters claims OPEC facing significant market share loss

Energy News Beat Oil Price OPEC could potentially face further loss of market share in early 2024 following the recent departure of  Angola, weakening demand and rising output by non-OPEC producers, Reuters claims, based on its own calculations. Source: Reuters Reuters reports that OPEC’s production is set to slip below 27 million barrels per day […]

EU aspirant admits it could import more Russian gas

Energy News Beat Gazprom may once again become the only gas supplier to Moldova if the latter can secure a better price from the Russian energy giant than it can on supplies from the EU, Moldovan Energy Minister Victor Parlicov said on Friday in an interview with Publika TV. The minister also said that the […]

Russia and Iran step up de-dollarization drive with pact to shun the greenback in bilateral trade, report says

Energy News Beat Russia and Iran have reportedly agreed to avoid the dollar in bilateral trade and use their own currencies instead. The move is seen as part of the de-dollarization trend among nations to shift away from using the greenback in trade and investment. Russia and Iran, both facing US economic sanctions, have been […]

Ellipsis U.S. Onshore acquires oil, gas assets in U.S. Permian, DJ, Salt basins

Energy News Beat (WO) – Ellipsis U.S. Onshore Holdings LLC has acquired additional assets located in multiple basins onshore the U.S. Ellipsis acquired non-operated oil and gas assets with current production of more than 6,000 boed (2-stream) and significant operational upside associated with approximately 550 gross remaining locations. The assets are in the Permian basin […]