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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…
Argentina’s Shale Boom Propels It Past Colombia in Oil Output
Argentina, in a surprise development, overtook Colombia to become South America’s fourth-largest oil producer. The country is undergoing a once-in-a-generation unconventional hydrocarbon boom, which began with Buenos Aires nationalizing integrated en…
Türkiye Turns State Owned TPAO Into a Global Player With 500,000-Barrel Goal
Trkiye’s state-run energy champion Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) is on track to dramatically scale up production, with daily oil and gas output expected to reach around 500,000 barrels by 2028, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan B…
Why China Is Driving Short-Term Oil Prices But OPEC Still Holds the Lever
For most of the past decade, oil markets have treated decisions by OPEC as the primary signal for price direction. That hierarchy is being tested, but not overturned. What has changed is where traders look for short-term cues. Increasingly, those cues…
The Storage Solutions Your Battery Hasn’t Heard About (but should)
When we talk about energy storage today, lithium-ion batteries tend to dominate the conversation. They are sleek, compact, and have become the default image of the clean energy revolution. Yet behind the headlines, a quieter cast of characters has bee…
A Big End to the Year for BP
BP is closing out the year with a flurry of moves that underline a decisive shift in strategy, marked by major portfolio changes, a leadership transition, and continued momentum in upstream project delivery.The company has agreed to sell a majority st…
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The $6 Billion Pipeline Problem No One Is Talking About
The midstream sector is currently undergoing a quiet, expensive transformation. We are moving from the era of "dig it up and see" to a regime of permanent, high-fidelity surveillance.According to a new report, the oil and gas non-destructive…
Oil Prices Rise as the U.S. Escalates Its Tanker Crackdown Off Venezuela
Oil prices climbed in early Asian trading on Monday as markets reacted to the U.S. intensifying its targeting of oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela, including the seizure of a second oil tanker and the pursuit of a third.At the time of writing, We…