In a move that signals business-as-usual intent amid extraordinary disruption, OPEC+ delegates have outlined plans to press ahead with a series of oil production quota increases, aiming to fully unwind the final layer of voluntary cuts announced in 2023 by the end of September 2026. According to Bloomberg reporting, key members intend to raise targets […]
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Europe’s shift away from Russian pipeline gas has come at a steep price: a rapidly deepening reliance on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG). According to a new analysis highlighted today by OilPrice.com, the European Union’s dependence on American LNG is projected to climb sharply, reaching as high as 80% of all LNG imports within two […]
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Oslo, Norway – In a significant move to bolster European energy security, Norway’s Ministry of Energy has approved the reopening of three long-idle North Sea gas fields that were shut down in 1998. The fields—Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk, and Tommeliten Gamma—are located less than 10 km west of the giant Ekofisk complex and will resume […]
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Ukrainian drone strikes continue to hammer Russian oil infrastructure, with the latest assault on the Tuapse Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai marking the third hit on the facility in April alone. Overnight on April 27-28, 2026, drones ignited fires and damaged additional storage tanks, triggering a state of emergency, an oil spill, and direct Kremlin […]
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In a striking intervention that challenges Europe’s long-standing energy decoupling strategy, Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Italy’s state-backed energy giant Eni, has publicly urged the European Union to suspend its upcoming ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG). Speaking at a political event organized by Italy’s Lega party, Descalzi stated: “I think that it is necessary […]
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President Donald Trump’s recent comments on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures have sparked intense debate in energy circles. In the April 12, 2026 interview, Trump acknowledged that U.S. gasoline prices “could be the same or maybe a little bit higher” by the November midterm elections, despite earlier hopes for a quick resolution. This marks a […]
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This article was originally posted on Andrew Korybko’s Substack, and we recommend reading and subscribing for a different viewpoint from Main Stream Media. The EU has no tolerance for real nationalists and the diplomats that represent them. Leaked calls between Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov recently circulated in which he’s […]
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A viral X post from @LimitlesCobz captured the moment perfectly on April 1, 2026. It laid bare what EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen just told member states after an emergency energy ministers’ meeting: Europeans should work from home, drive less, fly less, and cut back on energy use because of the ongoing Gulf (Iran) conflict. […]
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The global energy domino is falling fast — and it is carving the world into two stark categories: nations with enough fuel buffers, refining muscle, and diplomatic leverage to ride out the storm, and those staring down fuel rationing, failed harvests, and economic free-fall. One month into the Iran war, the closure of the Strait […]
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Russia’s two largest oil export terminals on the Baltic Sea — Primorsk and Ust-Luga — have suspended all crude oil and petroleum product loadings following a series of intense Ukrainian drone attacks this week. The shutdowns represent one of the most severe disruptions to Russian energy exports in modern history and come amid escalating Ukrainian […]
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