Category: Energy News Beat

Trump, Cabinet Leverage The Power of Energy Policy – David Blackmon

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is another story by David Blackmon, from his Substack. We highly recommend subscribing to his Substack, and we will be covering this on an upcoming podcast.  During the latest marathon cabinet meeting on December 2, Energy Secretary Chris Wright made news when he told President Donald Trump that […]

U.S. Oil Inventories Climb, But Yet Still Below the 5-Year Average. What Does This Mean for Investors?

Energy News Beat In the volatile world of energy markets, where geopolitical tensions and supply chain dynamics can swing prices overnight, the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) offers a mixed bag for oil investors. U.S. crude oil inventories have ticked upward in recent weeks, signaling a slight easing of supply tightness—but […]

ExxonMobil Prepares to Close Singapore Petrochemical Unit Permanently – What does this mean to investors?

Energy News Beat In a stark illustration of the petrochemical industry’s deepening woes, ExxonMobil is set to permanently shutter one of its two steam crackers at its sprawling Jurong Island complex in Singapore. The decision, first reported by Reuters and echoed across global energy outlets, marks a pivotal moment for the U.S. energy giant and […]

New York to Ration Fossil Fuels – And Add New Taxes

Energy News Beat Michael Tanner and Stu Turley cover several significant developments in the energy industry. First, they discuss New York’s new “Cap and Invest” program, which will ration and tax fossil fuels. We do not see this as being ineffective and costly for consumers. This will do nothing but drive more people out of […]

2025: A No Good, Terrible, Very Bad Year For The Energy Transition – David Blackmon on Forbes

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is an excellent article from David Blackmon, which was originally published on Forbes, and backlinks are provided. I will be talking to him about this on an upcoming podcast. As we have discussed on the Energy News Beat Podcast, we are not in an ‘Energy Transition’ with our […]

America’s New Manufacturing Powerhouse: Why the Shale Crescent Will Lead the Next Boom

Energy News Beat In this episode of Energy Newsbeat – Conversations in Energy, host Stu Turley sits down with Nathan Lord, President of Shale Crescent USA, to unpack why Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania may be the world’s most overlooked manufacturing and energy powerhouse. Nathan explains how the region’s abundant, low-cost natural gas creates a world-class […]

New York’s climate law will ration fossil fuels and tax the rations – David Wojick on CFACT

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This excellent article is from Cfact.org and David Wojick. Stu Turley and Michael Tanner will be covering this on the next Energy News Beat Stand Up. If you don’t see the correlation between high energy costs and Democrat policies, you are not doing your own research and listening only […]

The Global Fall Out from COP30

Energy News Beat The Energy Reality team from Bulgaria, the US, and the UK had a fun energy discussion at the expense of the COP30 participants. When you get Tammy Nemeth, David Blackmon, Stu Turley, and Irina Slav on a podcast, buckle up, as fun is around the corner. The main topics The Energy Realities […]

Hurricanes in 2024 led to the most hours without power in the United States in 10 years

Energy News Beat Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Annual 2024 Data values: Distribution System Reliability, Reliability metrics of U.S. distribution system U.S. electricity customers experienced an average of 11 hours of electricity interruptions in 2024, or nearly twice as many as the annual average experienced in the decade before, according to our Electric Power Annual 2024 report. Major […]

Venezuela is Suddenly Alone: Allies Step Back Amid Escalating U.S. Pressure

Energy News Beat In a dramatic shift for global energy geopolitics, Venezuela finds itself increasingly isolated as its two primary allies, Russia and China, dial back their support for President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. This development, highlighted in a recent LinkedIn analysis by energy expert Giacomo Prandelli, comes at a time when U.S. pressure is intensifying, […]