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[ January 28, 2026 ] Oil Exploration Drastically Lagging Demand – We are approaching a crtical junction of lack of investment Crude Oil News
[ January 27, 2026 ] Gas Turbines Suffer Economic Hardships Due to Stress Placed on Them by Wind and Solar Electrical Generation / Utilities
[ January 27, 2026 ] Thank Heaven for Coal, Oil, Natural Gas and Trash Burning This Week on the US Grid Coal
[ January 27, 2026 ] China Grabs a Canadian Gold Mining Company in a $5.5 Billion Takeover After Carney’s Trip to China Critical Minerals
[ January 27, 2026 ] Saudi Aramco Raises $4 Billion as Oil Prices Remain Under the Oil Glut Threat Crude Oil News
[ January 27, 2026 ] How Did Texas ERCOT Handle Winter Storm Fern? Coal
[ January 26, 2026 ] Natural Gas Spikes and What Should Investors and Consumers Look For? Exports
[ January 26, 2026 ] Chevron Charters Largest Tanker Fleet in a Year to Ship Venezuelan Oil Crude Oil News
[ January 26, 2026 ] Russia LNG Exports to China Flow Despite Sanctions Exports
[ January 25, 2026 ] Nat Gas – Silver – Grid we have a lot to unpack including Canada and JP Morgan Crude Oil News

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China Grabs a Canadian Gold Mining Company in a $5.5 Billion Takeover After Carney’s Trip to China

China Grabs a Canadian Gold Mining Company in a $5.5 Billion Takeover After Carney’s Trip to China

Natural Gas Spikes and What Should Investors and Consumers Look For?

Natural Gas Spikes and What Should Investors and Consumers Look For?

Chevron Charters Largest Tanker Fleet in a Year to Ship Venezuelan Oil

Chevron Charters Largest Tanker Fleet in a Year to Ship Venezuelan Oil

Russia LNG Exports to China Flow Despite Sanctions

Russia LNG Exports to China Flow Despite Sanctions

If China Signs a Deal With Canada, Trump Puts a 100% Tariff on All Products from Canada

If China Signs a Deal With Canada, Trump Puts a 100% Tariff on All Products from Canada

European Natural Gas Shortage May Impact Silver Refineries: Implications for Global Markets and Investment Opportunities

European Natural Gas Shortage May Impact Silver Refineries: Implications for Global Markets and Investment Opportunities

South Korea’s Developing Net Zero Debacle

South Korea’s Developing Net Zero Debacle

The Davos Crowd Just Got The Royal Trump Treatment

The Davos Crowd Just Got The Royal Trump Treatment

Geopolitical

China Grabs a Canadian Gold Mining Company in a $5.5 Billion Takeover After Carney’s Trip to China

Chevron Charters Largest Tanker Fleet in a Year to Ship Venezuelan Oil

Russia LNG Exports to China Flow Despite Sanctions

If China Signs a Deal With Canada, Trump Puts a 100% Tariff on All Products from Canada

The Davos Crowd Just Got The Royal Trump Treatment

Canada Has Imported Billions of Dollars of Oil, Yet It Remains an Oil and Gas Rich Country

The EU Will Thank President Trump for Forcing Them To Stand On Their Own – Or They Will Fail.

Negotiations Over Greenland Are Moving in a Positive Direction, Says Trump

OPEC & OPEC +

Saudi Aramco Raises $4 Billion as Oil Prices Remain Under the Oil Glut Threat

Saudi Aramco Raises $4 Billion as Oil Prices Remain Under the Oil Glut Threat

Cracks Are Emerging in Iran’s Once-Resilient Oil Sector

Cracks Are Emerging in Iran’s Once-Resilient Oil Sector

How President Trump Changed the Global Oil Market and Sold Venezuelan Oil

How President Trump Changed the Global Oil Market and Sold Venezuelan Oil

How Will a Revolution in Iran Impact the Global Oil Markets? Could Iraq potentially also be an influence?

How Will a Revolution in Iran Impact the Global Oil Markets? Could Iraq potentially also be an influence?

Don’t Count the U.S. Dollar Out Yet: Venezuela Was the Key

Don’t Count the U.S. Dollar Out Yet: Venezuela Was the Key

OPEC Oil Supply Flat as Venezuela Output Falls

OPEC Oil Supply Flat as Venezuela Output Falls

US May Now Hold Pricing Sway Over Oil After Maduro Capture

US May Now Hold Pricing Sway Over Oil After Maduro Capture

OPEC+ Country Members Reaffirm Commitment to Market Stability

OPEC+ Country Members Reaffirm Commitment to Market Stability

India

UAE to Double Trade with India, Signs Long-Term LNG Contract

UAE to Double Trade with India, Signs Long-Term LNG Contract

US Seizes Another Dark Fleet Tanker: Tightening the Grip on Sanctioned Oil Flows

US Seizes Another Dark Fleet Tanker: Tightening the Grip on Sanctioned Oil Flows

How Are the Oil Markets Shifting in Real Time?

How Are the Oil Markets Shifting in Real Time?

Vitol and Trafigura Group discussing sales of Venezuelan Oil to Asia’s Big Buyers

Vitol and Trafigura Group discussing sales of Venezuelan Oil to Asia’s Big Buyers

U.S. Breaks 15-Year Run Of Coal Declines With Increased Demand

U.S. Breaks 15-Year Run Of Coal Declines With Increased Demand

Chinese Teapot Refiner Buys Russian Oil at Steep Discount – Sanctions don’t work as intended

Chinese Teapot Refiner Buys Russian Oil at Steep Discount – Sanctions don’t work as intended

Global Oil Demand to Increase Over the Next 15 Years: What Does This Mean for Investors?

Global Oil Demand to Increase Over the Next 15 Years: What Does This Mean for Investors?

The C5 Would Be A Pragmatic Format For Managing The Global Systemic Transition

The C5 Would Be A Pragmatic Format For Managing The Global Systemic Transition

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco Raises $4 Billion as Oil Prices Remain Under the Oil Glut Threat

Saudi Aramco Raises $4 Billion as Oil Prices Remain Under the Oil Glut Threat

Gov Newsom Under Fire yet Again as Shell Closes 1,100 Gas Stations, Causing Hardship on Citizens

Gov Newsom Under Fire yet Again as Shell Closes 1,100 Gas Stations, Causing Hardship on Citizens

Canada Has Imported Billions of Dollars of Oil, Yet It Remains an Oil and Gas Rich Country

Canada Has Imported Billions of Dollars of Oil, Yet It Remains an Oil and Gas Rich Country

OPEC Oil Supply Flat as Venezuela Output Falls

OPEC Oil Supply Flat as Venezuela Output Falls

Saudi Arabia Taking 2026 Energy Leadership Seriously

Saudi Arabia Taking 2026 Energy Leadership Seriously

Oil Glut and Surging Barrels at Sea Have Spooked Oil Traders and the Market, but Is This Market Dysfunction Rather Than a Glut?

Oil Glut and Surging Barrels at Sea Have Spooked Oil Traders and the Market, but Is This Market Dysfunction Rather Than a Glut?

US Rig Count Up Amid Continued Glut Warnings

US Rig Count Up Amid Continued Glut Warnings

OPEC+ Production Increases and Spare Capacity Audit – Oil Market Implications

OPEC+ Production Increases and Spare Capacity Audit – Oil Market Implications

China

China Grabs a Canadian Gold Mining Company in a $5.5 Billion Takeover After Carney’s Trip to China

China Grabs a Canadian Gold Mining Company in a $5.5 Billion Takeover After Carney’s Trip to China

Russia LNG Exports to China Flow Despite Sanctions

Russia LNG Exports to China Flow Despite Sanctions

Nat Gas – Silver – Grid we have a lot to unpack including Canada and JP Morgan

Nat Gas – Silver – Grid we have a lot to unpack including Canada and JP Morgan

If China Signs a Deal With Canada, Trump Puts a 100% Tariff on All Products from Canada

If China Signs a Deal With Canada, Trump Puts a 100% Tariff on All Products from Canada

The Davos Crowd Just Got The Royal Trump Treatment

The Davos Crowd Just Got The Royal Trump Treatment

Canada Has Imported Billions of Dollars of Oil, Yet It Remains an Oil and Gas Rich Country

Canada Has Imported Billions of Dollars of Oil, Yet It Remains an Oil and Gas Rich Country

Cracks Are Emerging in Iran’s Once-Resilient Oil Sector

Cracks Are Emerging in Iran’s Once-Resilient Oil Sector

UAE to Double Trade with India, Signs Long-Term LNG Contract

UAE to Double Trade with India, Signs Long-Term LNG Contract

Russia

Russia LNG Exports to China Flow Despite Sanctions

Russia LNG Exports to China Flow Despite Sanctions

Extreme Volatility Returns to Europe’s Natural Gas Markets

Extreme Volatility Returns to Europe’s Natural Gas Markets

How President Trump Changed the Global Oil Market and Sold Venezuelan Oil

How President Trump Changed the Global Oil Market and Sold Venezuelan Oil

What If President Trump Uses NATO Membership as Leverage to Buy Greenland?

What If President Trump Uses NATO Membership as Leverage to Buy Greenland?

Oil, Gold and Silver Rolling Up: Geopolitical Tensions Fuel a Commodities Surge

Oil, Gold and Silver Rolling Up: Geopolitical Tensions Fuel a Commodities Surge

China’s Oil and Gas Drilling Program Improvements Are Now Capable of Impacting Markets

China’s Oil and Gas Drilling Program Improvements Are Now Capable of Impacting Markets

Don’t Count the U.S. Dollar Out Yet: Venezuela Was the Key

Don’t Count the U.S. Dollar Out Yet: Venezuela Was the Key

Another Dark Fleet Tanker Boarded and Seized: U.S. Intensifies Crackdown on Sanctioned Oil Flows

Another Dark Fleet Tanker Boarded and Seized: U.S. Intensifies Crackdown on Sanctioned Oil Flows

EU

Oil Exploration Drastically Lagging Demand – We are approaching a crtical junction of lack of investment

Gas Turbines Suffer Economic Hardships Due to Stress Placed on Them by Wind and Solar

Thank Heaven for Coal, Oil, Natural Gas and Trash Burning This Week on the US Grid

China Grabs a Canadian Gold Mining Company in a $5.5 Billion Takeover After Carney’s Trip to China

Saudi Aramco Raises $4 Billion as Oil Prices Remain Under the Oil Glut Threat

How Did Texas ERCOT Handle Winter Storm Fern?

Natural Gas Spikes and What Should Investors and Consumers Look For?

Chevron Charters Largest Tanker Fleet in a Year to Ship Venezuelan Oil

UK

Natural Gas Spikes and What Should Investors and Consumers Look For?

The Davos Crowd Just Got The Royal Trump Treatment

Trump Takes Aim at Britain’s Net Zero Agenda in Davos Tirade

Miliband Prepared to Add £1.8 Billion to Energy Bills with Wind Farm Blitz

EU Readies $93 Billion Tariffs in Retaliation for Trump’s Greenland Threat

Electrification – Can the Grid Cope? – Kathryn Porter’s Report from Watt-Logic

BP and Ford’s Scaling Away from Net Zero: A Sign of Shifting Funding Priorities?

What If President Trump Uses NATO Membership as Leverage to Buy Greenland?

Iran

Cracks Are Emerging in Iran’s Once-Resilient Oil Sector

Harold Hamm Says There Is No Need to Drill at $58 per Barrel

How President Trump Changed the Global Oil Market and Sold Venezuelan Oil

Oil, Gold and Silver Rolling Up: Geopolitical Tensions Fuel a Commodities Surge

How Are the Oil Markets Shifting in Real Time?

How Will a Revolution in Iran Impact the Global Oil Markets? Could Iraq potentially also be an influence?

U.S. Seizure of Russian-Flagged Tanker Sends Message to the Shadow Fleet

Asia Dominates the Nuclear Growth Under Construction

Ukraine

How President Trump Changed the Global Oil Market and Sold Venezuelan Oil

Doomberg Stops By to discuss “Where is the Oil Glut?” We also cover Venezuela and Greenland

Five Energy Market Trends to Track in 2026: The Year of the So-Called Glut

The 7 Most Impactful Energy Events Of 2025

Ukraine Says It Strikes Rosneft’s Syzran Oil Refinery in Samara

Zelenskiy Expects to Meet with Trump Sunday in Florida

Oil Glut and Surging Barrels at Sea Have Spooked Oil Traders and the Market, but Is This Market Dysfunction Rather Than a Glut?

Trump Administration Intercepts a Second Tanker in Venezuela Oil Tanker Blockade – Update US Is Said to Board Third Tanker Off Venezuela as Tensions Mount

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