BP, Shell, Exxon, and Chevron are boosting fossil fuel investments after disappointing returns on green energy ventures. BP is increasing oil and gas spending by 25% and Shell is prioritizing LNG growth. U.S. supermajors stayed the course and are now outperforming. Ever since BP admitted that its attempt to go green had ended in a […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories TotalEnergies CEO Not Ruling Out Return of Nord Stream Gas Pipelines March 26, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: Governments face a choice: follow energy policies that are not sustainable or go for low-cost energy and look to have a growing economy. We are seeing the green energy policies around the […] Climate […]
Continue ReadingBritain plans to overhaul its windfall tax regime on oil and gas producers once current levies run out in 2030, it said on Wednesday as it vowed to transform the North Sea into a renewables hub. The government is asking industry players and others to provide feedback until May 28 on policy options including taxing […]
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 ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories China discovers ‘limitless’ energy source that could ‘power the country for 60,000 years’ March 2, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: Thorium is an outstanding source of energy, and there are several reactor companies around the world working on thorium reactors. This will be one to watch, but remember that China will […]
Continue ReadingThe Republican-controlled Congress voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane. Considered a tax by the oil and gas industry, the fee was one of the previous Environmental Protection Agency\’s final measures to force producers to slash methane emissions. Repealing the methane fee is the latest […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Trafigura: Iran Sanctions Are Biggest Bullish Catalyst On Oil Prices February 26, 2025 Clark Savage Trafigura Head of Trading: U.S. foreign policy vis-a-vis Iran is the main upside risk for oil. Last year, Trump pledged in his Republican National Convention speech to dramatically lower Iranian oil exports. On Tuesday, the […] Restarting Germany’s […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories The End of Coal Is Nowhere In Sight February 17, 2025 Clark Savage Retirement of coal-fired power plants in the West has done nothing to reverse global coal demand. Global coal consumption is set to remain at these high levels—or even hit new all-time highs—for a few more […] ‘BRICS is dead’ […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Iranian Oil Exports to China are rolling February 19, 2025 Clark Savage Iranian crude oil flows to China have rebounded this month after a U.S. crackdown on shipments launched in late 2024 decimated them in January. In a last-minute push to sanction Iran, the Biden admin blacklisted […] West will have to reconsider […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories The End of Coal Is Nowhere In Sight February 17, 2025 Clark Savage Retirement of coal-fired power plants in the West has done nothing to reverse global coal demand. Global coal consumption is set to remain at these high levels—or even hit new all-time highs—for a few more […] Coal Consumption Remains High […]
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