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German Industry Warns Energy-Price Shock is Crippling Investment and Growth

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 Clark Savage454

German companies are delaying investments and increasingly eyeing production moves abroad as stubbornly high energy costs erode competitiveness, according to the latest survey from the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK). The findings, highlighted in a July 27, 2026 Bloomberg report drawing on the DIHK’s Energiewende Barometer 2026, underscore deepening structural pressures from Germany’s […]

U.S. Refinery Utilization Hits 96.2% as Global Markets Tighten

July 23, 2026 Clark Savage1206

U.S. refiners are operating near full tilt, with utilization rates holding above 96% amid record refining margins, a global diesel squeeze, and disruptions from Russian refinery outages and Middle East tensions. The latest U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Weekly Petroleum Status Report for the week ending July 17, 2026, shows U.S. refineries running at 96.1% […]

WellDatabase Weekly Rig Report for July 18, 2026: US Rig Count Climbs Up 11 with Strong Horizontal and Oil Activity

July 18, 2026July 18, 2026 Clark Savage703

The latest WellDatabase US Rig Report (dated July 18, 2026) shows the U.S. active drilling rig count at 567, marking a solid +11 week-over-week (WoW) increase and +37 year-over-year (YoY) gain. This reflects resilient drilling activity amid a stable-to-rising trend over the past 12 months, with the count holding in the mid-to-high 500s range. Key […]

PG and E Cuts Power to ~7,800 Customers in Proactive Public Safety Power Shutoff Amid High Winds and Elevated Wildfire Risk

July 16, 2026July 16, 2026 Clark Savage539

Energy News Beat Channel | July 16, 2026 Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has implemented a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) affecting approximately 7,800 customers across small portions of 10 counties in Northern and Central California. The action, announced on July 14, 2026, began in the afternoon of July 15 as a precautionary measure […]

California is ramping its war with the White House over Energy

July 12, 2026 Clark Savage248

California is escalating its legal and political confrontation with the Trump administration over energy policy. As detailed in a recent OilPrice.com analysis, Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration and state officials are pushing back hard against federal actions favoring fossil fuels, including the reallocation of offshore wind funds, challenges to the California Coastal Commission, and the use […]

Russia’s Fuel Crisis Just Reached New Levels, and Second-Order Impacts Will Be Global

July 11, 2026July 11, 2026 Clark Savage1698

Russia’s domestic fuel shortage has escalated dramatically in July 2026, moving beyond diesel queues at gas stations to kerosene shortages, grounded or limited flights, and export bans on key refined products. Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries and the shadow fleet tankers are removing substantial refined product supply from both domestic and global markets. This is […]

Ringside: The Dismal Economics of Floating Offshore Wind

July 9, 2026July 10, 2026 Clark Savage395

Floating offshore wind is similarly preposterous. It must be canceled before any more money is wasted. This was posted on the California Globe, and we highly recommend reading their publication. By Edward Ring, July 9 There are at least three ways to evaluate the economic viability of energy projects. The easiest way is to just repeat […]

The nine energy questions that could decide America’s future

July 8, 2026July 10, 2026 Clark Savage333

ENB Pub Note: This article was first run on America Outloud by Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza. We highly recommend reading and following them. California, the 4th-largest economy in the world, is increasing its dependence on transportation fuels produced from refined crude oil at foreign refineries, a trend that is becoming a national security risk […]

Abandoned oil wells could power AI data centers as energy storage systems

July 8, 2026 Erick Parel301

This was originally posted on American Bazaar Online. By Phil Cruver As AI data centers face rising power demands, abandoned oil wells are being repurposed into long-duration energy storage systems that could stabilize electric grids and create new economic value. The recent analysis “The Borehole Battery: From Liability to Long Duration Storage Asset” by Gilles Chaspierre, […]

The Spread Between Crude Oil and Refinery Pricing: What It Means, and Is Gouging Possible?

July 2, 2026 Clark Savage1715

This article was first published on the Energy News Beat Substack. In energy markets, the key metric that separates crude oil prices from what consumers ultimately pay at the pump is the crack spread—the difference between the cost of crude oil feedstock and the market value of refined products such as gasoline, diesel, and jet […]

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German Industry Warns Energy-Price Shock is Crippling Investment and Growth

U.S. Refinery Utilization Hits 96.2% as Global Markets Tighten

WellDatabase Weekly Rig Report for July 18, 2026: US Rig Count Climbs Up 11 with Strong Horizontal and Oil Activity

PG and E Cuts Power to ~7,800 Customers in Proactive Public Safety Power Shutoff Amid High Winds and Elevated Wildfire Risk

California is ramping its war with the White House over Energy

Russia’s Fuel Crisis Just Reached New Levels, and Second-Order Impacts Will Be Global

Ringside: The Dismal Economics of Floating Offshore Wind

The nine energy questions that could decide America’s future

Abandoned oil wells could power AI data centers as energy storage systems

The Spread Between Crude Oil and Refinery Pricing: What It Means, and Is Gouging Possible?

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