Category: Energy News Beat

Europe Taps Record-High Natural Gas Storage As Temperatures Drop

Energy News Beat Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Traders have begun withdrawing natural gas from Europe’s record-high inventories this week as the weather turned colder and heating demand rose. The gas storage sites in the EU were 99.57% full as of November 8, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe. In the past few days, most […]

Shell, BP seek US and EU intervention in dispute with Venture Global LNG

Energy News Beat Energy giants Shell and BP have asked the U.S.-EU Task Force on Energy Security to intervene in a dispute with Venture Global LNG over the launch of commercial operations at the latter’s Calcasieu Pass plant. Calcasieu Pass produced its first LNG on January 19, 2022, moving from FID to LNG production in 29 months, […]

Escobar: Another Snapshot Of Kiev’s Military Collapse: But It Ain’t Over Yet

Energy News Beat Authored by Pepe Escobar, The spectacular “success” of Kiev’s counter-offensive, which echoed throughout the geopolitical galaxy, has predictably engendered what everyone with a brain was expecting: a dogfight… Enter the Zelensky-Zaluzhny Show – especially after the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) admitted on the record that the war has […]

Daily Energy Standup Episode #250 – Iran-China Trade Surges, Legal Victories in Alaska, and the Growing Role of Fossil Fuels

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Explainer: Iran’s expanding oil trade with top buyer China November 11, 2023 Allen Santos Nov 10 (Reuters) – China’s oil imports from Iran have hit record highs as Iran ramps up output despite the threat of further U.S. sanctions. Existing sanctions were implemented over Iran’s nuclear programme, and U.S. […] […]

#ENB 150 Irina Slav – Why is the Energy Transition dead? And at what Cost?

Energy News Beat Irina Slav, Energy Writer, is a great friend and inspiration to me on energy and writing. This podcast with Irina is no different; There is a significant movement in the global energy transition due to unsustainable renewable energy. The world cannot print money to go to war and support renewable energy. Please […]

Dear Greta…

Energy News Beat According to the Global Carbon Atlas, the world’s top polluters are China, India, and the U.S., which accounted for 52% of the world’s CO₂ in 2021. Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu and Bruno Venditti use that data in the graphic below to explore which countries contribute the most to CO₂ emissions.   The largest […]

Diamond industry takes radical steps to stem price decline – Bloomberg

Energy News Beat Sales have plunged in 2023, following massive increases during the Covid-19 pandemic The world’s biggest diamond companies have made a series of increasingly desperate moves in an effort to stop this year’s freefall in prices, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. In 2023, prices for wholesale polished diamonds have dropped by around 20%, while […]

China Prepares To Choke Off America’s Rare Metal Supply

Energy News Beat China will tighten reporting controls on strategic rare earth elements, according to its Commerce Ministry, in a move that could choke off America’s supply of critical minerals used in the production of electric cars and missiles. The ministry said on Tuesday that exporters of rare earth elements would need to report their […]

The Globalist Vision: “15 Minute” Prison Cities And The End Of Private Property

Energy News Beat Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, As a general rule I find that whenever the public scrutinizes any particular agenda being promoted by governments and globalists their first response is to act indignant, much like a narcissist would do when they are up to no good and they get caught. “How dare […]

Ukraine aid cut from GOP-backed stopgap funding bill

Energy News Beat The legislation, which is aimed at preventing a November 17 government shutdown, is not backed by the White House Republican US House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a new stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown that does not include money for aid to Ukraine or Israel. Johnson had earlier insisted that […]