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Diversified Energy is buying Elliott-backed Birch Permian Holdings for about $1.8 billion, its largest deal in 25 years, and using Carlyle-backed asset-backed securities to scale a PDP platform in the Midland Basin without a large equity raise.

September 3, 2026 Clark Savage369

The transaction, announced September 2, 2026, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary conditions and a $50 million break fee. It expands Diversified Energy Company (NYSE/LSE: DEC) from a multi-basin PDP consolidator into a scaled, operated Permian producer with integrated midstream and water infrastructure. Deal structureGross purchase price is […]

New Jersey just made plug-in solar panels legal. No roof required.

September 2, 2026September 2, 2026 Clark Savage353

New Jersey just made plug-in solar panels legal. No roof required. For renters, condo owners, and anyone whose roof is shaded, leased, or owned by someone else, that is not a slogan. It is a change in the rules.solarpowerworldonline.com On September 1, 2026, Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the Garden State Balcony Solar Act (S2368/A4836, now […]

Cheniere Finishes Corpus Christi LNG Expansion as Overseas Markets Squeezed

September 1, 2026 Clark Savage288

Cheniere Energy has handed over the last piece of its Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion just as the global LNG market is being pulled in two directions: Asia bidding hard for cargoes, and Europe trying to refill storage that is running well behind seasonal norms. The timing is not a coincidence. It is the point […]

What Is the Reason for the 1000% Increase in Power costs to Consumers?

September 1, 2026 Clark Savage395

American electricity customers are facing sticker shock that goes far beyond ordinary inflation. In the nation’s largest grid region, PJM Interconnection—serving 65 million people across 13 states and Washington, D.C.—capacity prices have risen from roughly $29 per MW-day in the 2024/2025 auction to $270, then $329–$333 per MW-day in subsequent auctions. That is an increase […]

UK refineries are being killed off by high carbon costs. How U.S. Blue States are following the same playbook

September 1, 2026 Clark Savage363

Britain’s downstream oil sector is shrinking in real time. Two refineries closed in 2025—Grangemouth in April and Lindsey in August—leaving only four operating sites: Fawley, Humber, Pembroke, and Stanlow. Liquid fuels still account for 47 percent of UK final energy consumption. There are no scalable near-term substitutes for diesel in freight, agriculture, and construction or […]

California is handing control of its fuel supply to foreign refineries

August 31, 2026 Clark Savage151

ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud by Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza. Both are great energy leaders and have been on the Energy News Beat Podcast. We highly recommend checking out America Outloud and subscribing. Because California’s transportation fuel market is isolated from the rest of the country, with no major transportation […]

Global Diesel Shortage on the Horizon

August 31, 2026 Clark Savage688

If you think diesel prices will ease next year, Wall Street is not with you. On August 31, 2026, CoinBureau founder Nic Puckrin flagged Goldman Sachs for more than doubling its 2027 diesel-margin forecasts, arguing that refineries are being hit from every direction—Middle East strikes, Russian export bans, and winter demand—with diesel at the epicenter […]

“Profound Game-Changer”: Musk Launching New Turbine Blade Factory To Solve Shortage Threatening AI Boom

August 30, 2026 Clark Savage681

Elon Musk confirmed on August 29 that SpaceX is bringing the hardest part of the gas-turbine supply chain in-house: casting hot-section blades and vanes at a new foundry in Bastrop, Texas. He called the move “a profound game-changer” because those parts—not the rest of the machine—are what now set the pace of new natural-gas generation […]

Can We Learn From the Texas Blackout in 2021 to Avoid What’s Coming?

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Clark Savage389

Energy News Beat — The question is no longer whether Winter Storm Uri was a one-off. The question is whether the United States is still pricing electricity as if kilowatt-hours were interchangeable, when what grids actually sell is energy that shows up when people need it. A widely circulated Electroverse post this weekend put the Texas […]

President Trump to Meet With Key Oil Refiners Next Week

August 29, 2026 Clark Savage587

President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit down Tuesday afternoon, September 1, with executives from at least 10 U.S. fuel makers and distributors. The agenda is straightforward and politically urgent: persistently high gasoline and diesel prices, what the industry can do about them, and how to expand domestic refining capacity. We hope he looks for […]

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Diversified Energy is buying Elliott-backed Birch Permian Holdings for about $1.8 billion, its largest deal in 25 years, and using Carlyle-backed asset-backed securities to scale a PDP platform in the Midland Basin without a large equity raise.

New Jersey just made plug-in solar panels legal. No roof required.

Cheniere Finishes Corpus Christi LNG Expansion as Overseas Markets Squeezed

What Is the Reason for the 1000% Increase in Power costs to Consumers?

UK refineries are being killed off by high carbon costs. How U.S. Blue States are following the same playbook

California is handing control of its fuel supply to foreign refineries

Global Diesel Shortage on the Horizon

“Profound Game-Changer”: Musk Launching New Turbine Blade Factory To Solve Shortage Threatening AI Boom

Can We Learn From the Texas Blackout in 2021 to Avoid What’s Coming?

President Trump to Meet With Key Oil Refiners Next Week

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