Daily Standup Top Stories China dominates global trade of battery minerals – What will it take for the U.S. to get on it’s own production supply line? May 21, 2025 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: The EIA released its report on selected battery trade volumes, which makes us wonder how the United States will compete for […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories How Republicans got roped into a deal that keeps the IRA—and why there’s still time to fix it May 19, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: This article is from Alex Epstein’s Substack, and I highly recommend subscribing and supporting his work here: Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein. I have interviewed Alex […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories Why Spain’s Rooftop Solar Owners Weren’t Spared From the Blackout May 4, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: Rooftop solar panels on homes are not bad; they must be appropriately designed and set up for disaster use. I have taken the time to learn how to get the rooftop solar, […] Saudis […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Why did Saudi Arabia raise prices to the Asia market while increasing OPEC+ production quotas? May 7, 2025 Clark Savage Earlier this week, I published an article titled “What does the OPEC+ increase of 411,000 mean to the United States?” I was asked about Saudi Arabia’s increase in the Asia market and how […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Saudi Arabia’s Budget Deficit Surged Before the Oil Price Crash May 6, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: The story below is from Tsvetana Paraskova on Oilprice.com, and she has some great points about the Saudi Budgets. I have been saying that the Saudis need the $80 to $85 oil, […] US Cut […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: Yesterday, we examined Cap Ex budgets, and today, we are investigating production, demand estimates, and storage. The current storage levels are low and are listed below. Here is a lot of data to chew on. Go ahead and skip to the summary if you want to know what price I think we […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories U.S. LNG will be the United States’ largest export product – Secretary Chris Wright On the Crude Truth Substack, Rey Trevino writes: Secretary Chris Wright provided a comprehensive summary of the first 100 days of the Trump administration’s energy initiatives during the cabinet meeting today. As an oil and gas exploration […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Norway’s Oil Fund to Buy Stakes in Offshore Wind for $1.5 Billion March 31, 2025 Clark Savage The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s $1.8 trillion oil fund, will buy 49% in two offshore wind farm developments of RWE for a total of $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros), the fund’s manager, Norges […] […]
Continue ReadingData source: China General Administration of Customs, Bloomberg L.P. Slower oil demand growth in 2024 led to less crude oil processed by China’s refineries and fewer crude oil imports compared with the record high set in 2023. China, the world’s largest importer of crude oil, received 11.1 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2024, down from 11.3 […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Germany on course for longest post-war recession – data January 15, 2025 Mariel Alumit GDP contracted by 0.2% in 2024 due to soaring energy costs and weak exports, official figures show The German economy contracted for a second straight year in 2024 for the first time in more than […] The EU’s Trump-China […]
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