ENB Pub Note: This article was originally published on America Out Loud, and we recommend reading and following Ronald Stein! Most California politicians have hated the zero-emissions electricity generated by nuclear power since 1976, when they passed a moratorium on new nuclear power plants. Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, proven, least-emitting fuel of all, and yet most […]
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For years, the dominant energy narrative has been a single, heavily marketed story: the world is undergoing an inevitable, morally urgent transition away from fossil fuels toward wind, solar, and battery storage. Climate activists, aligned media, and policymakers have framed this as both destiny and imperative. As David Blackmon observed in his August 2, 2026, […]
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EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT), the largest natural gas producer in the United States, delivered a standout second quarter of 2026 and raised full-year production guidance, underscoring the strength of its low-cost model and positioning the company at the center of growing domestic and global natural gas demand. On July 21, 2026, EQT reported sales volumes […]
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HOUSTON — NextDecade Corporation has locked in approximately $4.6 billion in financing tied to its Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project in South Texas, strengthening the balance sheet for Phase 1 while advancing expansion plans. The moves, detailed in the company’s second-quarter 2026 business update released July 30, 2026, refinance existing construction debt and free bank […]
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Texas ratepayers are on the hook for a $33 billion high-voltage transmission expansion that critics call a classic power grab—funneling guaranteed returns to transmission monopolies, condemning thousands of acres of private land, and primarily enabling more intermittent wind and solar that many of today’s assets won’t economically or physically outlast another decade. The Electric Reliability […]
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U.S. oil and gas drillers added a single active rig in the latest weekly tallies, signaling continued capital discipline and steady rather than accelerating activity heading into late summer 2026. According to the WellDatabase US Rig Report dated July 31, 2026 (published in partnership with Energy News Beat), the national active rig count reached 576, […]
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In the second quarter of 2026, ExxonMobil and Chevron delivered blockbuster earnings, fueled by elevated oil prices stemming from the ongoing Iran conflict and associated supply disruptions in the Middle East, including pressures around the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea. These results highlight the resilience of the U.S. majors’ integrated portfolios amid geopolitical volatility, […]
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“The Tale of Two UK Oil Companies” could be the title of an old book, movie, or play. But sadly, it is a real-life story of how a once great country is imposing a self-imposed death spiral of deindustrialization and financial collapse. The very same death spiral the Blue / Net Zero crowd in the […]
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Expand Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: EXE), North America’s largest independent natural gas producer, has reported a strong initial production (IP) rate of 27.5 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) from its first horizontal wildcat in the Far Western Haynesville. The Bobby Yancey #2H well, located in Houston County, Texas, features an 8,158-foot lateral and represents an […]
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Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers is set to be significantly stronger than previously expected over the next decade. French containment-system specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz SA (GTT) has raised its forecast for LNG carrier gas-containment system design orders to about 550 vessels in the 2026–2035 period, up from its earlier estimate of more […]
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