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…
Category: Oil and Gas
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…
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…
Expert Study Shows Sanity Returning to Global Oil Forecasts, But Damage Has Been Done
It can be hard to explain to a general audience how important the release of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) is to policymakers, energy companies and investors who make hundreds…
Europe’s Outrage Over Maduro Arrest Reflects Poor Understanding of Oil Industry
The dramatic arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro sent shock waves around the world. Yet nowhere was the reaction more negative – and more baffling – than in the European Union, where outrage swept…
Africa’s Pipeline Rejects Climate Dogma and Foreign Control
This sends a terrifying signal to the climate czars that the developing world is waking up. Leaders like President Mnangagwa and industrialists like Dangote are realizing that the “Green Energy…
How One Arrest Could Refill the Strategic Oil Reserves Biden Drained
Trump said in his inaugural speech that his administration would replenish the SPR, though Energy Secretary Chris Wright has confirmed that it will take years to completely refill the reserves. In November, the DOE announced that…
Trump’s Venezuelan Gambit and the Reordering of Global Oil Geopolitics
A restored partnership with US firms, if anchored in transparent contracts and a credible constitutional transition led by a genuine elected alternative, offers something social‑engineering ‘Bolivarianism’ never delivered: sustained investment,…
Venezuelan Oil: Statism to Liberation?
There will be many geopolitical ramifications from the Venezuelan leadership change, including the termination of sanctions on Venezuela and its oil. President Trump indicated a willingness to sell oil to China,…
Climate Faithful Admit Need for Fossil Fuels
For years, sensible voices outside the climate establishment warned that a future free of fossil fuels was physically impossible. As energy sources and as feedstocks, oil, natural gas and coal…
Norway Avoids ‘Green’ Energy Quicksand
Europe built its “green” cathedral on the shifting sands of a cult. Norway built its future on rocks that happen to float in black gold.
The Gulf of America Is Back
With the December 10th lease sale, and the 29 that follow, the Gulf of America is once again positioned to anchor America’s energy future, and our workforce has a reason…
African Energy Chamber to G20: Fossil Fuel Future
“The time has come to ‘drill, baby, drill’ – responsibly, strategically and to meet the energy needs of hundreds of millions of Africans who still live in darkness.” (- African…
Trump Admin, States Beef It Out Over Massive Offshore Drilling Unveiling
The Department of the Interior (DOI) unveiled its proposal Thursday to open broad swaths of coastal waters to oil and gas drilling in a move that has drawn bipartisan resistance.
No, Al Jazeera, Fossil Fuels Aren’t Killing Billions—They’re Saving Them
The data clearly demonstrate that as fossil fuel use has expanded, global health has improved, lifespans have grown, infant mortality, starvation, and hunger have dramatically declined, and prosperity has reached…
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