Houston, TX – April 16, 2026 – The latest U.S. rotary rig count data shows a modest pullback in drilling activity. According to Baker Hughes, the total U.S. rig count for the week of April 10, 2026, stands at 545 rigs, down 3 rigs week-over-week (WoW) from 548 the prior week. Year-over-year (YoY), activity is […]
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The U.S. shale revolution didn’t just transform American energy—it created a blueprint the rest of the world now wants to copy. After two decades of explosive growth that made the United States the world’s top oil and gas producer, the playbook of horizontal drilling, multi-stage fracking, and relentless cost-cutting is crossing borders. Energy security, once […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first ran in the Washington Times, and it is spot on. My Grandfather is credited with being one of the geologists who discovered the North Slope, and we have yet to take advantage of the resources there. We will cover this on the Next Energy News Beat Stand Up. […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was originally run on the California Globe, and we recommend following their productions. Californians consumed 484 million barrels of oil in 2025, with in-state production only providing 111 million barrels By Edward Ring, April 15, 2026 4:00 pm With war in the Middle East disrupting shipments of crude oil, we have another […]
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This ain’t your Cats and Dogs living with each other, this is a full-blown apocalypse about to happen. This is a follow-up podcast to the one I had with Mike Ariza, and this time, David Blackmon and Professor Mike Mische are here to discuss the potential 7 Executive Orders that President Trump must enact to […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was first published on America Outloud, and both Ronald Stein and Professor Mische have been on the Energy News Beat Podcast. We are recording Professor Mische’s podcast shortly. With no crude oil pipelines over the Sierra Mountains, California is an energy island separated from the crude oil supply and the […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first appeared on the California Globe, written by Michael Mische, Professor, and Stu Turley and David Blackmon are interviewing him and Mike Ariza on the Energy News Beat and Energy Impact joint podcast today. An imminent collapse in gasoline imports and a significant decline in California refinery output create a […]
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In just six weeks, the global energy paradigm has flipped. What a decade of climate summits, net-zero pledges, and green industrial policy could not achieve, Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz—and the raw reality of AI’s insatiable power hunger—has done in a flash. Energy security is no longer a side note; it is […]
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In a significant move signaling renewed foreign investment in Venezuela’s oil sector, Chevron has executed a strategic asset swap with Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) and its subsidiaries. Announced on April 13, 2026, and signed in Caracas in the presence of interim President Delcy Rodríguez, the deal allows Chevron to sharpen its focus on high-value […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was first published on the California Globe, and I will be interviewing Mike Ariza tomorrow with Professor Mische and David Blackmon on this crisis. California’s Oil and Gas Crisis: From Military Threat to Mass Starvation Since 2023, California’s policies have resulted in a loss of 700,000 barrels per day, or […]
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