Cheniere Sags on Surprise $3.5 Billion Loss

Houston, May 7, 2026 — Cheniere Energy Inc. (NYSE: LNG), the largest U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, delivered a stark headline miss in its first-quarter 2026 results, swinging to a $3.5 billion net loss (or $16.65 per share) from a $353 million profit a year earlier. The surprise shortfall — which caught all 14 […]

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What Does Mozambique and California Have in Common? Rising Diesel Prices on the Horizon as Both Depend on Imports Tied to the Strait of Hormuz

In a striking parallel amid the ongoing U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, two distant regions—sub-Saharan Africa’s Mozambique and the U.S. West Coast’s California—are facing acute fuel supply pressures. Both heavily rely on petroleum products whose supply chains trace back to the Strait of Hormuz, the critical chokepoint through which roughly 20-25% of global seaborne oil and […]

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Haynesville Expansion Pushes into East Texas as Caturus, Aethon Seek New Inventory

The Haynesville-Bossier Shale play, long anchored in Northwest Louisiana, is redrawing its boundaries westward into East Texas. Operators are chasing fresh drilling inventory in the Shelby Trough and surrounding counties as core areas mature and Gulf Coast LNG demand surges. Leading the charge are Caturus Energy, Adamas Energy (formerly Aethon Energy), and other well-capitalized players […]

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California’s Self-Inflicted Energy Disaster: Steve Hilton, Chris Wright Slam Dems With The Truth

ENB Pubnote: This article was run on David Blackmon’s Energy Additions Substack, and we highly recommend subscribing. This morning on Mornings with Maria, Secretary Chris Wright hit it out of the park, and we will have that information out later. California is a self-imposed energy island with a crisis brewing, and Secretary Wright is spot […]

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Illinois is Losing People as They Flee Democrat Over-Regulation — and Now Natural Gas Turbines

In a move that perfectly symbolizes the self-inflicted wounds of blue-state energy policy, Illinois is not only hemorrhaging residents — it’s literally watching critical power infrastructure roll out of the state on flatbed trucks headed for Texas. The owner of two-thirds of the massive Elwood Energy natural-gas-fired peaker plant in Will County has decided it’s […]

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Diamondback Energy is immediately lifting higher oil output in response to the ongoing oil price rally

According to the Bloomberg article (May 4, 2026) and Diamondback’s Q1 2026 earnings release/letter to shareholders: The company is currently pumping >520,000 barrels per day of oil (3% above its original full-year 2026 guidance midpoint of ~505,000 bpd). It is raising full-year 2026 guidance to 520,000+ bpd oil and 972,000+ boe/d total (up from the […]

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Reality Just Slammed into Nissan: They Ditch EVs and Redirect Focus to Trucks, SUVs in Mississippi

Nissan has officially scrapped its ambitious plans to convert its massive Canton, Mississippi, assembly plant into an electric-vehicle (EV) manufacturing hub. Instead, the Japanese automaker is redirecting operations — and a $500 million investment originally earmarked for EVs — toward gas-powered and hybrid trucks and SUVs that American consumers actually want to buy. This isn’t […]

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