Energy News Beat | August 27, 2026 The U.S. diesel market is doing what tight commodity markets always do: it is advertising the shortage in the only language that matters — price. For the week ending August 21, EIA distillate stocks fell 2.2 million barrels, or 2.1%, to 103.4 million barrels. That is the lowest […]
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Jeff Currie, founder and CEO of Real Macro and a veteran commodities strategist formerly of Goldman Sachs and Carlyle, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on August 26, 2026, and cut through the usual noise. The segment title said it plainly: “The Strait of Hormuz is just one of many choke points being squeezed right now.” […]
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It was an honor to be on the Energy Gab with Amy Cooke, and we had a blast. This was an absolute blast, and I am looking forward to having Amy Cooke and the Energy Bad Boys on the Energy News Beat Podcast. Amy does a great job wrangling tPowerGab Podcast: Energy Policy, Grid Reliability, and the Cost […]
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Gavin Newsom’s California is set to become more expensive starting in 2029 under new state tire efficiency rules approved last week by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Dunlop Tires North America President and CEO Darren Thomas used a lengthy Monday press conference to warn of higher costs, reduced consumer choice, and unintended consequences for drivers […]
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Diesel refining margins—known as crack spreads—have exploded to extreme levels across the three major refining hubs, signaling a tightening global middle distillate market that is only in its early stages. As of late August 2026, the US Gulf Coast ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) crack versus WTI stood near $93–94 per barrel (after briefly topping a […]
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HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE: DINO) just delivered its strongest quarterly results in years while simultaneously announcing it will retire the base oil refining assets at its Mississauga, Ontario facility—Canada’s largest (and essentially only significant) producer of Group II and Group III base oils. The decision comes amid a highly profitable lubricants segment, not losses. The […]
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In this episode of the Energy Realities podcast, hosts Stu Turley, Dr. Tammy Nemeth, and David Blackmon tackle the most pressing energy security challenges facing the Western world today. From the UK’s crumbling electrical grid infrastructure to record-breaking diesel price spikes that threaten global supply chains, the conversation reveals a troubling pattern: energy crises are […]
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Hedge funds have sharply reduced their short-only positions on European diesel (ICE gasoil) to the lowest level in more than two years while adding fresh long positions, signaling that traders expect the current historic fuels supply crunch to persist. According to ICE Futures Europe data cited in reports of the Bloomberg story, funds cut short-only […]
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The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with the Department of Energy (DOE), issued a temporary emergency fuel waiver on August 20, 2026, allowing an early transition to winter-grade gasoline blends. This move aims to boost domestic supply and ease pressure on pump prices amid ongoing disruptions tied to the Iran conflict and […]
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On the morning of August 21, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Russia’s Perm Krai, more than 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Thick black smoke rose over the facility, one of Russia’s 10 largest refineries with a design capacity of around 13 million metric tons of crude per year (approximately 262,000 […]
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