The ambitious plan to build a major new crude oil export route from Iraq through Syria to the Mediterranean—explicitly designed to reduce dependence on the Strait of Hormuz—will require at least four years of construction and an investment of $15 billion or more, according to sources directly involved in the project speaking to Reuters on […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article is from America Outloud and Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaughan, and Steve Curtis. We highly recommend following them! Electricity policy, at its core, is economic policy. Nations that can produce abundant, reliable, and affordable electricity create the conditions for industrial growth, technological leadership, higher wages, and rising living standards. Those that […]
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As Europe contemplates a post-Russia/Ukraine war landscape, the imperative to re-arm and rebuild credible conventional deterrence has never been clearer. Tanks, artillery systems, armored vehicles, munitions, and supporting infrastructure all demand vast quantities of high-quality steel—often 50–60 tonnes for a main battle tank and up to 100 tonnes for certain self-propelled artillery pieces. Yet the […]
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A wild day on the Energy Realities Podcast with Dr. Tammy Nemeth, David Blackmon and Stu Turley. In this episode of the Energy Realities Podcast, host David Blackmon and panelists Dr. Joseph Fournier, Dr. Tammy Nemeth, and Stu Turley challenge the prevailing Western narrative around energy transition and expose a stark geopolitical reality: while North […]
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The American continents—North and South America combined—have reached a landmark in global energy: roughly 42 million barrels per day of total liquids production. This figure, drawn from recent assessments of crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), other petroleum fuels, ethanol, and biodiesel, marks a decisive shift in the world’s oil map. It has already surpassed […]
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Saudi Arabia is offering to sell crude oil cargoes on a ship-to-ship basis from locations off the coast of Oman, including near Sohar in the Gulf of Oman. This move signals that the kingdom may be ramping up the practice of shuttling barrels through the Strait of Hormuz—often with transponders switched off—mirroring tactics already used […]
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The elusive hydrogen economy continues to face setbacks as another high-profile green hydrogen initiative collapses under the weight of economic and regulatory uncertainties. The HyScale 100 project at Raffinerie Heide in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, has been canceled for the second time, highlighting the persistent difficulties in scaling clean hydrogen production and the broader challenges of […]
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As the Iran-U.S. conflict grinds toward the six-month mark in mid-August 2026, Tehran continues to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz—the critical chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of global oil and LNG once flowed—while the United States maintains a naval blockade on Iranian ports and escalates economic pressure. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has signaled […]
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Australia’s Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink), the flagship project of SunCable (now controlled by Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures), is sold as the pathway to making Australia a “Green Energy Superpower.” It promises the world’s largest solar array, the world’s largest battery, and the world’s longest subsea HVDC cable—exporting firmed renewable power from the Northern Territory’s Barkly region […]
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President Donald Trump stated on August 14, 2026, that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States once the ongoing conflict with Iran concludes. Speaking at the Nassau County Police Academy (also referenced as the David S. Mack Center) in Garden City, New York, Trump said: “After we finish […]
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