EU Energy Management Decisions Will Cost Them, and They Just Bought Historic Levels of Russian LNG

The European Union’s energy policymakers have spent years touting their “REPowerEU” strategy as a masterstroke of independence from Russian fossil fuels. Yet in March 2026—mere weeks after the EU began rolling out its formal ban on short-term Russian LNG purchases—the bloc imported more Russian liquefied natural gas than in any month on record. According to […]

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Post-Iran Conflict: Why LNG Markets Face a Longer, Bumpier Recovery Than Oil

While Goldman Sachs and other analysts project a relatively swift rebound in Gulf oil output once the Strait of Hormuz reopens and the ceasefire holds, the outlook for liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets is markedly more cautious. Roughly 20% of global LNG supply—primarily from Qatar—has been disrupted by the conflict, with physical damage to liquefaction […]

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Golden Pass LNG: QatarEnergy/ExxonMobil Joint Venture in Sabine Pass Makes First Shipment

Golden Pass LNG, a major joint venture between QatarEnergy (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%), has reached a historic milestone. On April 22, 2026, the company announced that its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export cargo has departed from its Sabine Pass terminal in Texas. The 174,000-cubic-meter QatarEnergy-owned carrier Al Qaiyyah loaded the inaugural cargo at the […]

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Trump Revives NY Wind Project

Daily Standup Top Stories Saudi Arabia poised to increase summer crude burn for power May 20, 2025 Clark Savage There are several ways to look at Saudi Arabia’s use of crude oil to burn for electrical generation. First, it is fiscally responsible, but it may not be the best long-term solution for their local […] QatarEnergy eyes […]

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China’s Mineral Processing

Daily Standup Top Stories Critical Minerals are not the problem that China controls. It is the processing of the mineral ore that they control. April 21, 2025 Clark Savage Examining the energy markets today, we must consider the tariff war currently underway between the United States and the rest of the world. Make no mistake, this […]

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Charting U.S. Oil Future

Daily Standup Top Stories Redrawing of global energy markets map set to heap benefits on US February 23, 2025 Clark Savage The prospects of peace and the return of Russian gas looks likely to serve the interests of Donald Trump The Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine three years ago has reverberated through the global energy industry; unravelling Europe’s […] […]

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