Category: Energy News Beat

Guyana’s Oil Exports Skyrocket—And Europe’s Refiners Love It

Energy News Beat Guyana’s oil production and exports are surging, with output exceeding 660,000 bpd and expected to reach 1.3 million bpd by 2030. Europe is the biggest buyer of Guyana’s crude, with 66% of its exports heading there in 2024. ExxonMobil and partners are expanding operations, planning gas-to-shore projects, increasing gas production, and considering […]

Trump Energy Policies Reshape Renewables Sector

Energy News Beat The Trump administration declared a national energy emergency to accelerate fossil fuel development and imposed tariffs that increased costs for the renewable energy sector. Negotiations between the US and Ukraine regarding Ukraine’s mineral reserves ended without an agreement, leading to the temporary suspension of US military aid. The Renewables Monthly Metals Index […]

Will Trump Use the Federal Reserve as Leverage, Too?

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: The Fed is a private company that behaves like the Federal Government. In my opinion, it has lost the trust of the American people. President Trump’s actions have indicated that he is looking to back the U.S. dollar with tangible assets and get away from printing money. With the […]

Week Recap: The State of U.S. Energy: Oil, Gas, and Policy Shifts Under the Biden Administration

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories  Chris Wright Moves to Refill The Strategic Petroleum Reserve March 9, 2025 Clark Savage Many people are curious about the Trump administration’s plans to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) that was so callously abused by whomever was making decisions in the Biden administration, which drew this national security […] […]

U.S. Rig Count Stalls as Oil Prices Keep Drillers in Check

Energy News Beat The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States held steady this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a 1-rig decrease in the week prior. The total rig count in the US stayed at 592 rigs, according to Baker Hughes, […]

Just 36 Companies Responsible for Half of Global Emissions

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Excellent article from Oilprice.com. Felicity points out some outstanding points about the 36 companies that are the world’s biggest carbon emissions producers. What is missing from this discussion is the definition of pollution. Is it the particulate matter in the air or the CO2? Under the worldwide Green New […]

The Cost of Ignoring Geopolitics

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is a fascinating look from an EU perspective on the current geopolitical issue facing the EU. What Jo Inge also points out is that the left in power mocked President Trump when he called out their dependence on cheap Russian natural gas and pointed out that a nation’s […]

Biden’s Water Heater Regs Threatens U.S. Jobs, Exempts Foreign Models

Energy News Beat Biden’s regulation on tankless water heaters could harm U.S. manufacturing by exempting foreign-made models, threatening American jobs and consumer choice. ​ Right after Christmas, Team Biden, in an effort to put an exclamation point on its sad, pointless climate agenda, finished a regulation that set new efficiency standards for gas tankless water […]

China, Russia, and Iran Hold Nuclear Talks

Energy News Beat   High-level diplomats urge Washington to lift nuclear sanctions on Tehran.By Alexandra Sharp, the World Brief writer at Foreign Policy.   Sanctions Pushback High-level officials from China, Russia, and Iran convened in Beijing on Friday to call for an end to U.S. sanctions on Tehran over its advancing nuclear program. “[T]he relevant […]

Will Economic Detox Lead to a Recession? Maybe Not. But a Long Deep Stock Market Rout Will (See Dotcom Bust)

Energy News Beat “We’re focused on the real economy,” Bessent said. “Ouch,” stocks said. Where did the Trump put go? By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. One issue is, how do you get an economy addicted to government deficit spending off this drug? Another issue is, how do you get Corporate America addicted to cheap labor overseas off […]