Energy consultant Kathryn Porter, founder of Watt-Logic, has issued one of the clearest practical warnings yet about the United Kingdom’s electricity system. In her recent Daily Mail piece, she describes a nightmare scenario in which the National Grid collapses under the weight of Net Zero policies: supply-demand imbalance triggers cascading failures, plunging homes, businesses, hospitals, […]
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Britain is running out of shallow waters suitable for fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines and is now pivoting aggressively to floating wind farms in deeper seas around Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall. According to recent reporting, the government aims for roughly 3,000 new floating turbines over the next 10–15 years (about 500 by 2030), adding around 30 […]
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Nigeria is positioning itself at the forefront of a global shift in oil and gas investment, targeting up to $50 billion in new offshore projects that could help diversify supplies away from the world’s most vulnerable maritime chokepoints. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has highlighted that new incentives for offshore oil and gas […]
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The American continents—North and South America combined—have reached a landmark in global energy: roughly 42 million barrels per day of total liquids production. This figure, drawn from recent assessments of crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), other petroleum fuels, ethanol, and biodiesel, marks a decisive shift in the world’s oil map. It has already surpassed […]
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Australia’s Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink), the flagship project of SunCable (now controlled by Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures), is sold as the pathway to making Australia a “Green Energy Superpower.” It promises the world’s largest solar array, the world’s largest battery, and the world’s longest subsea HVDC cable—exporting firmed renewable power from the Northern Territory’s Barkly region […]
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The Trump administration’s third mandated offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America (formerly the Gulf of Mexico) offered more than 81 million acres across roughly 15,100 unleased blocks on August 12, 2026. Conducted by the Marine Minerals Administration (the agency formed by combining the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the […]
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We had Doomberg ready, and the system was overwhelmed, so we rescheduled for tomorrow. How will the US Grid Handle the Cuts to Wind, increased Nat Gas, and can it be maintained? Tomorrow we have the CEO of Jackery Power Solutions and Doomberg stopping by the podcast for two different interviews. We will be covering the home […]
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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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U.S. drilling activity showed mixed signals this week as different rig count providers reported divergent weekly moves against a backdrop of solid year-over-year gains. The latest WellDatabase US Rig Report (dated July 24, 2026) puts the active U.S. rig count at 575, up 1 from the prior week and up 47 from a year earlier. […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was first run on RHG Phoenix Petroleum’s Blog. We will be interviewing them on the podcast soon. Halliburton executives signaled a positive outlook for North American oilfield activity in 2026 during the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings release and conference call on July 21, 2026. The Houston-based oilfield services giant highlighted recent gains […]
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