Articles by Stu Turley

About Stu Turley

Stuart Turley is President and CEO of Sandstone Group, a top energy data, and finance consultancy working with companies all throughout the energy value chain. Sandstone helps both small and large-cap energy companies to develop customized applications and manage data workflows/integration throughout the entire business. With experience implementing enterprise networks, supercomputers, and cellular tower solutions, Sandstone has become a trusted source and advisor. He is also the Executive Publisher of www.energynewsbeat.com, the best source for 24/7 energy news coverage, and is the Co-Host of the energy news video and Podcast Energy News Beat. Energy should be used to elevate humanity out of poverty. Let's use all forms of energy with the least impact on the environment while being sustainable without printing money. Stu is also a co-host on the 3 Podcasters Walk into A Bar podcast with David Blackmon, and Rey Trevino. Stuart is guided by over 30 years of business management experience, having successfully built and help sell multiple small and medium businesses while consulting for numerous Fortune 500 companies. He holds a B.A in Business Administration from Oklahoma State and an MBA from Oklahoma City University.

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Iraq to Lower Oil Production to Compensate for OPEC Breach – But will they really lower their output, or just a political stunt?

January 24, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note: Bloomberg has access to great data, but we are seeing from other sources that the number will be much higher. They will not be under the OPEC+ quota, but rather […]

What could Biden’s executive orders mean for Wyoming’s energy sector? – Not good for America

January 24, 2021 Stu Turley

Upon assuming office Wednesday, President Joe Biden swiftly signed several executive orders, effectively unwinding a ream of energy policies instituted by the Trump administration. Biden made repeated overtures during his campaign to fight climate change, […]

A vicious circle: How climate change increased the need for fossil fuels and their profitability in 2021 -Energy News Beat

A vicious circle: How climate change increased the need for fossil fuels and their profitability in 2021 – Didn’t see that one coming

January 24, 2021 Stu Turley

As the climate is changing, the Arctic is warming four times faster than global averages, causing the circumpolar Jetstream to weaken and move southwards. Consequently, freezing cold air masses – known as the Polar Vortex […]

Will Biden Lift Sanctions On Venezuela? – Just follow the money

January 23, 2021 Stu Turley

The country with the largest proven oil reserves in the world, clocking in at a whopping 299,953,000,000 barrels of proven oil, is currently suffering a fuel shortage so great that it is being viewed by […]

ESG and the Biden Presidency

January 23, 2021 Stu Turley

In a dramatic change from the previous administration, we expect the administration of President Joseph Biden to implement a broad range of policy changes meant to mitigate climate risk and bring the US back into […]

Biden Names Democrat Hanson as Chair of Nuclear Regulator

January 23, 2021 Stu Turley

President Joe Biden designated Christopher Hanson, currently a commissioner on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as the agency’s new chairman, effective immediately. Hanson is a former staff member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and adviser in the […]

Column: Dear Joe Biden, aside from burning down the Whitehouse in 1814, we have been pretty good neighbours

January 23, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note: We absolutely love our Canadian neighbors, and Heidi and Terry are no exception. We have had the privilege’s of working with them on a couple of podcasts episodes and really […]

China doubles new renewable capacity in 2020, but continues to builds thermal plants

January 23, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note: So as we re-join the Pairs Climate Accord, will anyone take that note that China is not on track to keep their Net Zero obligations. It is not the US […]

Iran says oil product exports hit record high despite U.S. sanctions

January 23, 2021 Stu Turley

Iran has achieved record high exports of petroleum products despite U.S. sanctions, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in televised remarks on Friday. Zanganeh said former U.S. President Donald Trump and his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, had “joined the dustbin […]

Apex International Energy makes oil discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert

January 23, 2021 Stu Turley

Apex International Energy, which is backed in part by UK energy investment firm Blue Water Energy, has announced a new oil discovery in Southeast Meleiha Concession (SEM), located in the Western Desert of Egypt. The […]