China is boosting domestic natural gas production, and it is doing it fast. A major LNG consumer—and importer—the country has been key in LNG demand forecasts. Now, these forecasts will need to be revised. Less than ten years ago, China was struggling to…

China looks to reduce emissions in industry by introducing a new policy for industrial parks to use more renewable energy from their micro-grids and dispatch less green energy to the main grid. Chinese authorities on Friday issued new guidelines on micro…

Global economies are increasingly splitting into two opposing camps when it comes to energy policy. While many nations are moving toward electrification and installing record-breaking amounts of clean energy capacity, other nations – most notably the Uni…

For months, anger has been building in the communities that are involuntarily footing the bill for the AI boom. As data center clusters pop up around the globe to feed AI’s massive and growing computational needs, nearby communities are seeing their util…

Tidal energy is gradually growing in popularity as companies worldwide invest in innovative clean energy solutions in the pursuit of a green transition. Unlike solar and wind energy, tidal power is highly reliable. In the past, the slow uptake of tidal p…

US power markets are still underestimating the economically disruptive role of renewables in power generation. According to a German study released last week (Weidlich, et al, 2025 “Base load power plants are not essential for future power systems”, Cell…

President Trump on Friday framed a sweeping new Venezuela oil deal as a once-in-a-generation opportunity for U.S. energy companies and the American economy, telling executives that the agreement would generate “tremendous wealth” for industry and “great …

As the world races to mine and refine more lithium, the United States has big production plans to boost self-sufficiency and reduce its reliance on China. President Trump aims to rapidly expand the United States’ mining sector during his second term in o…

The volume of Venezuelan crude floating at sea has spiked to the highest level in more than three years.Venezuela Oil Being Held at Sea Swells

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After the latest political shock in Venezuela, speculation has surged over the prospects of a recovery for the country’s oil industry. On paper, Venezuela still holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves. In reality, production remains a fraction of w…

Russia’s crude oil production dipped to 9.326 million barrels (bpd) in December, down by over 100,000 bpd from November and nearly 250,000 bpd lower than Moscow’s OPEC+ quota, sources familiar with classified government data told Bloomberg on Friday. The…

The current US administration has made the expansion of nuclear power a key priority, and through the Janus Program, the United States Army is placed to implement new, portable nuclear technology.The program unveiled last year aims to supply “microreacto…

China’s meteoric rise to become the world’s first ‘electrostate’ is poised to shake up the entire global economy and the future of energy markets. The country is breaking away from the rest of the world both in terms of what it's investing in and how muc…

Oil prices rose for a third week as unrest in Iran heightened geopolitical risk.Iran Turmoil Pushes Oil to Weekly Gain Streak

Even as geopolitical developments, such as Venezuela and Iran, are making headlines, another major energy-related issue is currently being unwound. At present, the fire sale of Russian oil and gas giant Lukoil’s empire is ongoing, in the only way this ca…

A week after President Donald Trump’s bold talk about U.S. oil majors “going in and spending billions” to revive Venezuela’s wrecked crude industry, the administration is now walking back the idea of direct U.S. cash backing for that effort, even as it c…

Russia's crude oil production plunged by the most in 18 months in December.Russia's Crude Output in December Made Deep Plunge

The global mining landscape is bracing for a seismic shift after Rio Tinto and Glencore confirmed they are in talks regarding a potential merger. A tie-up between the two FTSE 100 titans would create the world’s largest mining entity, boasting a combined…

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell by 4 this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published earlier this week, bringing the total rig count in the US  to 544 this week, down 40 from this same time …