Category: Energy News Beat

Weir opens new foundry in Xuzhou, China

Energy News Beat   ​[[{“value”:” The Weir Group has officially opened its new foundry in Xuzhou, China. The foundry, which is part of Weir’s ESCO global foundry network, expands capacity for the manufacture of ESCO ground engaging tools (GET). The opening ceremony, hosted by Weir’s CEO Jon Stanton, was attended by a senior leadership team […]

US Strategic Metals appoints new chief financial officer

Energy News Beat   ​[[{“value”:”Stock image. Battery metals producer and recycler US Strategic Metals announced the appointment of Thomas M. Boehlert as chief financial officer (CFO). Boehlert, with his extensive background and expertise will play a pivotal role in guiding the company’s fiscal health and strategic initiatives, focusing on establishing a robust domestic supply of […]

Northisle’s new gold resource may boost Vancouver Island project’s economics

Energy News Beat   ​[[{“value”:” Northisle Copper and Gold (TSXV: NCX) says its first resource estimate for the Northwest Expo deposit at its North Island project in British Columbia beat expectations and bodes well for rapid development. Northwest Expo holds 40.3 million indicated tonnes grading 0.1% copper and 0.7 gram gold per tonne for 100 […]

Kimmeridge makes new $2.1 bln offer for SilverBow

Energy News Beat March 13 (Reuters) – Kimmeridge Energy Management has submitted a new offer to acquire SilverBow Resources (SBOW.N), opens new tab that values the U.S. oil and gas producer at close to $2.1 billion, including debt, the investment firm said on Wednesday. The offer is a variation of previous unsuccessful bids for SilverBow that Kimmeridge […]

Many countries want to start rupee trade with India in “game-changing” de-dollarisation step

Energy News Beat Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher On Monday, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that many large and small economies around the world have expressed willingness to start trading in rupee terms with India, which could be a “game-changing” development for India’s trade. This is another important step […]

Biden’s full year 2025 budget hurts oil and gas industry by repealing long-standing tax provisions, IPAA admonishes

Energy News Beat (WO) – The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s FY 2025 Budget that would repeal many long-standing oil and natural gas tax provisions. IPAA President & CEO Jeff Eshelman said, “As we stated last week after President Biden’s State of the Union address, […]

‘Deforestation is actually being accelerated in the name of climate change’

Energy News Beat Burning woody biomass to generate renewable energy is controversial. Wood pellets are supposed to be CO2-neutral fuel because growing trees absorb the greenhouse gas that was released in the burning. But the Clean Air Committee (Comité Schone Lucht) says harvesting wood pellets leads to major damage to nature and biodiversity. How sustainable […]

ENB # 199 Uncovering Antarctica: Inconsistencies in Climate Information – Are the sensors bad, or is the data being sensored?

Energy News Beat Today on our podcast, we interview Frits Buningh, a Data analyst and overall cool cat. I really enjoyed my time on the podcast, and we had a great conversation about the global warming phenomenon. But what I did not expect was actually finding out how the narrative of global warming has been […]

EV euphoria is dead. Automakers are scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans

Energy News Beat KEY POINTS Automakers from Ford Motor and General Motors to Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin are scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans. Though consumer demand for EVs hasn’t shown up in the way executives had expected, sales of the vehicles are still predicted to increase in the […]

Oil Steady as EIA Confirms Crude, Gasoline Draws

Energy News Beat The Energy Information Administration reported an estimated inventory draw of 1.5 million barrels for the week to March 8. Gasoline stocks also declined while middle distillates inched up. The figures compared with a crude oil inventory build of 1.4 million barrels for the previous week, with substantial declines in both gasoline and middle distillates for that […]