ENB Pub Note: Mike Umbro, a great guest on the Energy News Beat Podcast, was mentioned in the article, and his cover picture. He truly has the right ideas for California, unlike the current political leadership. The oil and gas business has been decimated in California by design. They want you to walk and not […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories Why the Rubio Ceasefire Plan is DOA Part 8: The BLUF and the Overview of the Next Tranche of Papers March 30, 2025 George McMillian ENB Pub Note: George McMillan, an ENB news contributor on energy and geopolitical topics, wrote this article. You can find my interviews with George on his […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories New Natural Gas Pipes and LNG Terminals Shake Up Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast – RBN Energy April 1, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: Excellent Article from RBN Energy – I recommend following them and checking out their articles: In Texas and Louisian Gulf Coast, we need the six new pipelines for LNG […]
Continue ReadingThe US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated a so-called teapot oil refinery in Shasndong, China and its chief executive officer for purchasing and refining hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian crude oil, including from vessels linked to the Houthis, and the Iranian Ministry of Defense of […]
Continue ReadingSix workers have been injured as a result of a fire at California’s Martinez Refining Company A massive fire broke out at a refinery in Martinez, California on Saturday, prompting a shelter-in-place order for surrounding neighborhoods due to concerns about air quality. The order has since been lifted. The blaze erupted after a hydrocarbon leak […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Trump Reignites Coal Industry at Davos – Make Coal Great Again MCGA January 26, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: While President Trump’s remarks are around coal, he says, “Nothing can destroy coal. Not the weather, not a bomb. It’s a great backup.” The topic around the President’s policies and comments sheds […] […]
Continue ReadingTwo months ago, Nigeria’s beleaguered energy sector witnessed a very significant event: the Dangote Oil Refinery began producing gasoline and selling it domestically to Nigeria\’s state oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), marking the first time in decades Africa’s largest oil producer is refining its own crude. The state-of-the-art $20.5 billion refinery was launched in […]
Continue ReadingFuel shipments have hit an 11-month high driven by diesel and fuel oil, the outlet has said Russia’s refined fuel exports have surged to their highest level in nearly a year, even as the US imposed new sanctions on the country’s energy sector last week, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Seaborne shipments of Russian petroleum […]
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Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Note: Retail price is for all formulations of regular grade gasoline. The U.S. retail price for regular grade gasoline averaged $3.30 per gallon (gal) in 2024, $0.21/gal less than in 2023. Lower crude oil prices and narrower refinery margins in 2024 than in 2023 both contributed to the decrease […]
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Daily Standup Top Stories Chevron Targets $6-8 bln In Free Cash Flow Growth By 2026 January 8, 2025 Clark Savage Chevron Corp.(NYSE:CVX) is well positioned to grow its free cash flow by $6 billion to $8 billion by next year, and lower expenses by “a couple billion dollars,” Chevron CEO Michael Wirth announced on Wednesday. America’s second […] Salt […]
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