Daily Standup Top Stories Saudi Arabia Spends Like Oil’s Still at $90 May 12, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: Excellent article from Irina Slav at Oilprice.com. This article reinforces Doomberg’s comments about OPEC and its viability in the future as a cartel. Last week on the Energy News Beat podcast, he […] Republicans Push to Refill […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: Excellent article from Irina Slav at Oilprice.com. This article reinforces Doomberg\’s comments about OPEC and its viability in the future as a cartel. Last week on the Energy News Beat podcast, he had stated that the oil pricing matrices have changed, and that OPEC may not be able to be a viable […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: This article from Oilprice.com follows last week\’s statements from Chris Wright that the SPR had damage from oil being withdrawn so fast, and only saw a 40-cent reduction at the pump for the primaries. The money being requested won\’t be felt at the pump that hard, as it will take time to […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories U.S. Largest Grid Operator is warning of Summer Power Shortages May 11, 2025 Clark Savage Key Points Research suggests potential summer power shortages in the U.S. grid, especially in PJM’s region, due to high demand and retiring plants. It seems likely that extreme heat could strain the grid, potentially causing […] Newsom asks […]
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ENB Pub Note: We will cover this issue on the Energy Realities podcast with David Blackmon, Irina Slav, Tammy Nemeth, and Stu Turley live on X, YouTube, and LinkedIn Monday morning at 8:00 Central US. Watch to see Shell and/or BP move to the U.S. to avoid long-term regulatory and windfall profit taxes from the […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories Why Spain’s Rooftop Solar Owners Weren’t Spared From the Blackout May 4, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: Rooftop solar panels on homes are not bad; they must be appropriately designed and set up for disaster use. I have taken the time to learn how to get the rooftop solar, […] Saudis […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: This quiet story of the U.S. and Russia looking at bringing natural gas back to the EU has a lot of implications that I have been talking about for a long time. George McMillan, Energy News Beat contributor on the podcast, talked about the Trump administration team not understanding Putin\’s motivation, and […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: Sanctions don\’t work as intended is a great line that Irina Slav has said. There are an estimated 1400 dark fleet tankers, and 230 being sanctioned is inconvenient for Russia, but won\’t stop the oil trade. It will be the secondary sanctions that the U.S. would put in place against China\’s or […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Why did Saudi Arabia raise prices to the Asia market while increasing OPEC+ production quotas? May 7, 2025 Clark Savage Earlier this week, I published an article titled “What does the OPEC+ increase of 411,000 mean to the United States?” I was asked about Saudi Arabia’s increase in the Asia market and how […]
Continue ReadingMake no mistake, Doomberg is a national treasure. I have thoroughly enjoyed my podcasts with him, and his Substack is worth every penny. The last time Doomberg was on the podcast, we had Chris Wright, our new Secretary of Energy, on the panel. This podcast is also going out on David Blackmon’s Substack and podcast […]
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