Europe’s Hormuz Armageddon

Its Father Jupiter, not Mother Gaia, that the haughty Europeans should have prayed to.

The Iran War Reveals Who Is Living In A Fantasy World

Whether you like it or hate it, the war in Iran has definitely had the effect of exposing some of the ridiculous fantasies in the world to a serious dose…

Looming Aviation Fuel Shortages

Little wonder, when oil refineries are punished with carbon taxes, electric car mandates and the Net Zero energy transition.

The Biased Oxford University Report That Claims Renewables Are Cheaper Than Gas

Until green ideology is exorcised from the Westminster bubble and woke universities, the climate idiocracy will continue to shape policy — and ordinary British families will continue to pay the…

Great News: Oil Majors Are Backing Down on “Green” Energy Projects

It is a good thing that these massive multinational companies are reducing their investment in green boondoggles, even if that divestment is only by a third or so. More money…

Starmer: It’s Up to Miliband Whether We Drill in North Sea

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is Ed Miliband’s decision whether Britain drills for oil and gas in the North Sea, claiming he has no power in the matter.

The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Shows the World Still Runs on Fossil Fuels

The world will remain vulnerable to disruptions in oil and gas supply. And few places embody that vulnerability more clearly than the Strait of Hormuz. A sliver of water in…

Will Canada unshackle itself in time? The global energy and minerals window of opportunity

Canada has to deal with some of the regulatory calcification we’ve let build up for some time, before we will be an attractive investment destination. We are still paralyzed by…

Rosebank Could Be Producing By Autumn If Miliband Says Yes

Gas from Rosebank would be used in the UK and contribute to around 1 per cent of national needs.

Russian Oil Poised To Flood World Markets As Trump Admin Lifts Sanctions

Over 130 million barrels of Russian crude oil remained on the sea as of March 6, according to a report by Kpler.

Energy Dominance 2.0: Permian Basin Edition

Guest “Making American ‘Shale’ Greater Again” by David Middleton As noted in a previous post, the Permian Basin would rank 4th in the world in natural gas production, if US…

AEP Wants North Sea Oil & Gas Now!

What does AEP suggest we do when the wind does not blow?

US Energy Realism Pays Off in Iran Crisis

What the current crisis proves is simple: Energy security resides in the ability to secure physical molecules – oil, gas, coal and uranium – when geopolitical storms hit. Europe, and…

UN: “War-driven energy price spikes highlight value of renewables”

“… Sunlight doesn’t depend on narrow and vulnerable shipping straits, wind blows without massive taxpayer-funded naval escorts …”

The Politics of Oil and the Origins of the IEA

The IEA remains the energy security backbone for OECD plus other member states, all 32 of which hold at least 90 days of net oil imports as strategic reserves. Even…

The Iran Oil Crisis + Australia’s Failed Green Energy Policies are Collapsing our Farming and Fishing Industries

Miners could be next.

Barclays Sounds the Alarm on Renewable Energy

Yet, as the Barclays analysts point out, the real risks now lurk in the renewable sector. “Stranded-asset risk is becoming system wide,” the paper warns. “Historically, stranding meant coal plants.…

U.S. Gas and Renewables Help Buffer Power Consumers From War Costs

The huge growth of U.S. natural gas production and renewable energy together helps insulate consumers from global volatility and price increases today. But it also offers the opportunity through permitting…

Iran Nearly Crippled Global Energy, But Trump Found A New Weapon

On Tuesday, President Trump announced on Truth Social that the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) would provide political risk insurance and even U.S. Navy escorts for merchant vessels in the Strait…

Crudely Put: Oil Is Everywhere

Not for nothing do carbon critics such as Al Gore, John Kerry, Bill McKibben, and, recently, even  Saint Greta, take to the sky in flying machines powered by aviation fuel…