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Canada Forges Major Energy and Trade Deals with China
Canada is cozying up to China as political tensions heat up between Canada and the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made key deals with China earlier this month on a diplomatic trip to Beijing, including major agreements for Chinese …
EIA Confirms Crude Oil Inventory Builds in US
Crude oil inventories in the United States increased by 3.6 million barrels during the week ending January 21, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Thursday. The increase brings commercial stockpiles …
Trump’s Energy Agenda Is Starting to Collide With Itself
On the campaign trail to the 2024 elections, Donald Trump made affordable energy for Americans a top priority—along with a boost for the country’s energy industry with a view to “energy dominance”. Now, conflicts are emerging between these priorit…
Europe Sets Its Sights on Brazil’s Rare Earth Riches
The European Union has been looking for rare-earth suppliers outside China for a while now. Last year, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen declared, “The aim is to secure access to alternative sources of critical raw materials in the short, med…
U.S. Intervention in Venezuela Has Shored Up Guyana’s Oil Ambitions
Oil production in South America’s Guyana has gone from strength to strength in recent years, as international oil majors develop several new oil-producing regions. This has led Guyana to become one of the most-promising oil producers in the Americas,…
Permian Basin Economy Slows Under the Shadow of Cheap Venezuelan Oil
The United States is rushing to sell off millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil after the Trump administration ousted and detained leader Nicholas Maduro on January 3. Trump has been extremely vocal of his plans to capitalize on Venezuela’s oil reserv…
Energy Providers Emerge As Top Investor AI Play for 2026
Investors continue to bet on the AI boom, but this year they see energy and power providers as the most compelling opportunities to increase exposure to the AI theme, the world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock, said in its 2026 Investment Direction…
China Moves Deeper Into Turkmenistan’s Galkynysh Gas Field
China’s National Petroleum Co. (CNPC) is set to begin work on a sector, dubbed Phase Four, of Turkmenistan’s massive Galkynysh gas field, according to a Turkmen government report.The sector, once pumping at full capacity, is expected to yield about …
Cheap Oil Is Double-Edged Sword for Trump
One of the campaign promises of President Donald Trump was to secure affordable energy for Americans. Even at the time, this promise put him at odds with the oil industry, already suffering from low oil prices. Now, the rift has deepened as the prospe…
China’s Metals Markets Surge on Bullish Outlooks
Traders are betting record amounts of money on China’s metals markets, expecting a continued rally in the prices of base metals and lithium.At the end of 2025 and the start of 2026, speculators held record-high open interest in the base metals copper…
Tanker Rate Relief Boosts U.S. Crude, For Now
A dip in tanker rates has improved the price outlook for U.S. crude this month, as it signals stronger demand. However, the relief may not last too long as most tanker market forecasts for the year still see rates much higher than they were in 2025.“…
Energy Investors Rearrange Priorities, Focus on Supply
For years, energy investors flocked to anything labeled “green” or “clean”, with governments making it clear that there is only one energy policy path forward, and that is the green, clean one. That ended in 2025 with the rise of AI, which caused …
UK North Sea Oil Enters Survival Mode as Investment Dries Up
The once-thriving UK North Sea oil and gas province survived 2025, the most difficult year since the 1960s when hydrocarbons were first discovered in the basin.Oil and gas production from the mature fields continued to decline last year, while uncerta…
The Libya Oil Story No One Is Pricing In Yet
With more than 40 companies having now registered their interest in Libya’s first oil field licensing round since the removal of Muammar Gaddafi as leader in 2011, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) is confident it can lift oil production to 2 millio…
Chinese Electric Buses Dominate Southeast Asia's Decarbonization Push
Chinese-made electric buses are rapidly gaining ground across Southeast Asia as governments push to decarbonize public transport and Chinese manufacturers seek growth beyond a slowing home market, according to Nikkei Asia.In Jakarta, that shift is alr…