Category: Energy News Beat

Tellurian explores sale of Haynesville upstream business to develop natural gas offerings

Energy News Beat (WO) – Tellurian Inc. has asked its financial advisor, Lazard, to explore opportunities for the sale of Tellurian’s Haynesville upstream business. Tellurian natural gas assets 2024 (Graphic: Business Wire) Tellurian produced 19.5 Bcf of natural gas for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. Tellurian’s natural gas assets include 31,149 net acres, interests […]

Texas to explore new grid recovery options after 82% of blackstart units failed during Winter Storm Uri

Energy News Beat Dive Brief: There have been significant reliability improvements made to the Texas electricity grid since Winter Storm Uri in 2021 but the state should still consider new approaches to system recovery including the use of battery storage as a “blackstart” resource, representatives of Texas RE told regulators on Thursday. About 82% of […]

Still waiting for peak coal

Energy News Beat In a nutshell Worldwide coal capacity and consumption continue to climb Asian demand growth is outpacing cuts in Western economies China’s appetite for transitioning from coal will set the global pace Despite the climate pledges struck at the COP28 summit last December, global coal has not yet seen peak demand. While coal […]

Iran Launches New Gas Pipeline in SP Phase 16

Energy News Beat TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A new offshore gas pipeline was put into operation at Phase 16 of Iran’s South Pars Gas Field on Tuesday. The new offshore gas pipeline, costing €130 million to build, came into operation at the order of Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji, concurrent with the 45th victory anniversary of the victory […]

Heavier EVs tearing up California roadways but paying nothing for road maintenance

Energy News Beat Can it be true that California, in pursuit of reduced emissions from internal combustion engine vehicles, has mandated that heavier EV cars and trucks tear up the state’s roads? Shockingly, the state has no accompanying mandate on those heavier vehicles to contribute funds to the maintenance and repairs of the roads they […]

Biden Makes Coal Great Again As Exports Soar To India

Energy News Beat US thermal coal exporters recorded more than $5 billion in overseas sales in 2023, shipping upwards of 32.5 million metric tons of the high-polluting power fuel, according to Reuters, citing data from ship-tracking firm Kpler. These coal export earnings were the second highest since 2017, trailing only behind 2022’s $5.7 billion. This comes […]

Vietnam’s VLCC fleet grows

Energy News Beat AsiaTankers Johnnie / MarineTraffic Greece’s Capital Maritime and Trading has sold the youngest VLCC to be flagged under the Vietnamese flag. At the end of last year, Evangelos Marinakis quietly sold a 14-year-old Universal-built mammoth named Alexander the Great, now named Felix, with VesselsValue tagging Phuong Dong Petrol Transport as the buyer. Four VLCCs […]

GEFO orders 10 chemical tankers

Energy News Beat EuropeTankers GEFO German owner GEFO is expanding its fleet with an order for 10 stainless steel chemical tankers at the Xiangyu shipyard in Nantong, China. A three-digit million-dollar sum will see the 3,850 dwt ships delivered between 2026 and 2028. In 2022, GEFO launched a €400m ($430m) investment programme in a series […]

Ship damaged as ceasefire talks are discussed around the Middle East

Energy News Beat A Barbados-flagged, United Kingdom-owned general cargo ship incurred physical damage from a drone hit in between Eritrea and Yemen just after midnight. According to security consultant Ambrey, the ship incurred minor damage on its port side but was able to continue on its voyage. No injuries were reported. The United Kingdom Maritime […]

Inland cargo ship sinks in port of Hamburg

Energy News Beat Hamburg Port Authority An inland waterway ship carrying 3,500 litres of diesel and 1,400 tonnes of potassium chloride has sunk in Hamburg. At the time of the incident, the 80-meter-long ship was moored to the quay in Kalikai, one of Hamburg’s most known locations for the export of bulk goods, and it […]