Daily Standup Top Stories Trump to sign executive orders aimed at reviving coal April 8, 2025 Clark Savage President Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive orders Tuesday to bolster the coal industry, including using his emergency authority to force some coal-fired power plants set for closure to stay open and keep producing […] U.S. Nuclear is […]
Continue ReadingTrump’s sweeping tariffs and China’s retaliation triggered a sharp drop in oil prices. The oilfield services sector is particularly vulnerable, facing reduced demand and profit margins due to falling oil prices, higher import costs, and tighter client budgets. With WTI hovering near breakeven levels and OPEC+ unexpectedly ramping up output, analysts foresee consolidation among oilfield […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Trump Threatens 50% More China Tariffs, Teases Talks With Others April 7, 2025 Clark Savage President Donald Trump threatened to slap additional 50% import taxes on China, while readying negotiations with Japan and Israel, leaving markets struggling to grasp his intentions for his sweeping tariff plans. Stocks swung wildly on Monday as […] Markets, Oil […]
Continue ReadingOil continued its downward trajectory on Monday afternoon, with the stock market briefly reversing losses after CNBC reported the White House was considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for everyone except China. Oil prices barely got to respond before the White House walked the report back as “fake news”. On Monday at 11:12 a.m. ET, […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: This article first ran on The Crude Truth Substack by Rey Trevino here: https://crudetruth.substack.com/p/what-is-impacting-oil-prices-today. I agree with the article and the author, but what do you think? Do you think Saudi Arabia can control production, or will it just give up? When countries that can just print money do it, what is […]
Continue ReadingOPEC+ agreed to make a larger than expected oil supply hike in May, deepening the slump in oil prices triggered by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia will add 411,000 barrels a day to the market next month, the equivalent of three monthly tranches from its previous plan to revive […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories After Only 15 Years Of Operation, Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm Being Scrapped March 17, 2025 Stu Turley Germany’s Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm, in operation for 15 years, will be dismantled due to unprofitability after subsidies expired. The Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm near the German North Sea island of Borkum […]
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ENB Pub Note: While much of the markets are looking to the bearish side of the oil market, I am almost in the perma bull market looking to the $80 dollar, and Michael is leaning more to the lower side. We will be covering much of this in the next few weeks on the podcast. […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories PetroVietnam Gas seals long-term LNG supply deal for Nhon Trach power plants March 3, 2025 Mariel Alumit According to a PV Gas statement, the two units of state-owned PetroVietnam signed the LNG supply contract for Vietnam’s first two LNG power plants for 25 years. This move follows a contract signed by PV […] […]
Continue ReadingThe eight OPEC+ countries, which previously announced additional voluntary adjustments in April and November 2023, namely Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman met virtually on March 3, 2025, to review global market conditions and the future outlook. Taking into account the healthy market fundamentals and the positive […]
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