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Chevron Raises Exploration Spending by 50% as It Returns to Frontier Basins, Prioritizing Geopolitical Diversification Away from Key Chokepoints

November 1, 2026 Clark Savage500

Chevron is sharply increasing its exploration budget by roughly 50%, targeting more than $1.5 billion in 2026 compared with just under $1 billion in 2025. The move, driven by Vice President of Exploration Kevin McLachlan (recruited from TotalEnergies), marks a deliberate return to high-impact frontier basins after years of heavier focus on the U.S. Gulf […]

Shell Made $10.8 Billion While Its Qatari Gas Sat Stranded

October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 Clark Savage695

The quarter Shell lost its Qatari supply was its best since 2022, and not for the reason most people think. Refining paid for it. A portfolio of options made the difference. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 29, 2026 | Shell results published 7:00 a.m. GMT; LNG prices read 1:00 p.m. CT Shell earned $10,814 […]

Vance Tells Iran: Talks Must Cover the Nuclear Program

October 29, 2026 Clark Savage529

A letter from the Vice President is the most senior American outreach to Tehran in months, and crude drifted lower on the news. The same reporting says Washington and Israel are still preparing a week of strikes after the Nov. 3 election. Both things are true, and the gap between them is what you are […]

World Bank Raised the Price of Energy. Its Rules Keep Africa’s Gas in the Ground.

October 29, 2026 Clark Savage758

October’s Commodity Markets Outlook lifted Brent to $91 for 2026 and marked European gas up 27%. It also cut Henry Hub, the one energy forecast that fell. The stage of the gas business that Africa’s offshore fields most need is the one stage the Bank’s lending rules still bar. By Energy News Beat | Oct. […]

Dominion’s Plan Adds 39 GW of Power. Your Bill Adds $103 a Month

October 29, 2026 Clark Savage671

Dominion’s 2026 filing puts 39.2 GW of new generation and storage on the Virginia grid at a $183.4 billion portfolio cost, a present value in 2026 dollars. In nominal dollars its own table takes a typical 1,000 kWh bill from $180.31 to $283.65 by 2046; deflated at the filing’s 2% escalator, that is about $191 […]

Who Pays for the Data Center’s Power Plant? PJM Owes FERC an Answer Thursday

October 27, 2026October 27, 2026 Clark Savage636

PJM wants up to 6.8 GW of new backstop power to cover a shortfall driven by data centers. FERC put the plan on hold over who gets the bill, and DOE says households should not. This was first run on the Energy News Beat Substack. Here is what is at stake for the 13 states […]

Canada Is Building Pipelines and LNG Plants. How Much of the Steel Is Made at Home?

October 27, 2026October 27, 2026 Clark Savage428

Trump’s tariffs and China’s steel glut are squeezing Canadian mills from both sides. Algoma’s blast furnace is shut, Stelco lines sit idle, and LNG Canada Phase 2 is going back to a Chinese fabrication yard. By the ENB Research Desk for Stu Turley. Data as of Oct. 26, 2026 (CT). Bottom line up front The […]

Reclaiming Maritime Dominance: Why America Needs Ships Again

October 26, 2026 Clark Savage297

In this episode of the Energy Newsbeat Podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with Dr. Beatriz Canamary, CEO of Sure Strategy Group and a leading voice in maritime infrastructure, to discuss the urgent need to rebuild America’s commercial shipbuilding industry. With the U.S. producing less than half a percent of the global fleet today—a dramatic […]

Energy Realities – Choke Points in Motion

October 26, 2026 Clark Savage528

In this Energy Realities podcast roundtable, hosts Dr. Tammy Nemeth, David Blackmon, and Stu Turley examine the rapidly shifting global energy landscape and the contradictions embedded in Western climate policy. The discussion spans from Qatar Energy’s landmark 23-year LNG supply agreement with Chenier—signaling natural gas as a permanent fixture in the global energy mix—to the […]

Gas Hits a Two-Year Low as EQT Strikes $50 Billion-Plus Deal for Range

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Clark Savage592

Henry Hub futures slid to about $2.51 as warm forecasts trimmed heating demand. Here’s what that means for your heating bill, your power bill, and EQT’s all-stock deal for Range Resources. By Energy News Beat Natural gas fell Monday morning. The front-month Henry Hub futures contract fell more than 4% to about $2.51 per million […]

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Chevron Raises Exploration Spending by 50% as It Returns to Frontier Basins, Prioritizing Geopolitical Diversification Away from Key Chokepoints

Shell Made $10.8 Billion While Its Qatari Gas Sat Stranded

Vance Tells Iran: Talks Must Cover the Nuclear Program

World Bank Raised the Price of Energy. Its Rules Keep Africa’s Gas in the Ground.

Dominion’s Plan Adds 39 GW of Power. Your Bill Adds $103 a Month

Who Pays for the Data Center’s Power Plant? PJM Owes FERC an Answer Thursday

Canada Is Building Pipelines and LNG Plants. How Much of the Steel Is Made at Home?

Reclaiming Maritime Dominance: Why America Needs Ships Again

Energy Realities – Choke Points in Motion

Gas Hits a Two-Year Low as EQT Strikes $50 Billion-Plus Deal for Range

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