In the high-stakes world of energy markets, not all oil prices are created equal. “Paper oil” refers to benchmark futures contracts traded on exchanges like NYMEX (WTI) and ICE (Brent)—financial instruments where the vast majority […]
Energy News Beat Channel Exclusive Analysis – March 21, 2026 The U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, which escalated dramatically in early March 2026, has rapidly transformed into a full-scale “energy war.” Both sides and their proxies […]
Iranian missile strikes have inflicted “extensive damage” on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, home to the world’s largest LNG export complex and a facility that historically supplied roughly one-fifth of global LNG. QatarEnergy declared force […]
In a sign of cautious optimism across the U.S. energy sector, drillers added oil and natural gas rigs for the second consecutive week — the first back-to-back gains since early February — according to the […]
California’s refining industry — once the backbone of the West Coast’s fuel supply — stands at a make-or-break moment. With just seven refineries still operating as of March 2026, the state is weeks away from […]
America’s energy future is bright—but only if we build the pipelines to deliver it. Surging electricity demand from data centers, AI, manufacturing, and electrification is driving a wave of new natural gas-fired power plants. The […]
In a dramatic escalation of the ongoing Middle East conflict, QatarEnergy — the world’s second-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) — has confirmed it will likely invoke force majeure on long-term supply contracts with […]
As the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran roils global energy markets and pushes benchmark crude above $100 per barrel at times, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is wielding sanctions policy like a supply-side tool. With the Strait […]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opened bids yesterday for the first competitive oil and gas lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A) since 2019 — and the results are stunning. Industry submitted 430 […]
Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar In a dramatic escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict spilling into the Persian Gulf, QatarEnergy’s flagship Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) complex — the world’s largest — has been struck and is burning. […]
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