The President signed the refining authority in April, and $1 billion has moved to the Energy Department. But ENB found no refinery award; most of the law expires Dec. 11, and the first big new refinery since 1977 is not due until 2028-29. The barrels that could come fastest are restarts and a wider shipping […]
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By Stuart Turley, host of the Energy News Beat podcast • Published Oct. 10, 2026 • Strike, reactions, prices and storm data as of 6:30 a.m. CT, Sat., Oct. 10, 2026 • Follows our Friday report, Trump Says Russia Will Supply Diesel If you haul freight, plant wheat or heat a house with oil, this […]
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Crude moving through the Strait of Hormuz fell 27% in a week, to at least 10.1 million barrels a day, as tanker attacks picked up and Yemen’s Houthis warned everyone who works at a Saudi oil site. Here is what has actually been hit, what is only claimed, and how much oil can still get […]
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving ahead with a new Canada-EU “alliance” to be launched at the Canada-EU summit in Montreal on October 29-30, 2026. In an October 8 appearance in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he framed the step as advancing the relationship European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated on September 16—Canada as the EU’s […]
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India Hits Seven-Year High in Venezuelan Crude as Reliance Loads Up Jamnagar October flows could top 465,000 b/d—the strongest since 2019—while India’s decade-long import reshuffle and its No. 2 global refined-product export role show how discounted heavy barrels still clear through the world’s most complex refineries. India’s Venezuelan crude imports are on track for a […]
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Global energy markets are undergoing a dramatic rebalancing, and most people have no idea what’s happening. While politicians argue about which energy sources to cancel, real-world supply constraints are forcing a reckoning. Ukraine sanctions have wiped out Russian refinery capacity, diesel prices are spiking worldwide, and the U.S. is caught in a policy whiplash China […]
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Supertankers are racing into the Persian Gulf for record fees, and that single migration is redrawing how crude moves. More than 40 percent of the world’s roughly 850 very large crude carriers are now inside the Gulf or within a couple of days’ sail of it, according to Signal Ocean data cited by Bloomberg. Empty […]
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Crude is moving again through the Strait of Hormuz. The fuel Americans actually buy is not. That is the gap David Blackmon flags in his October 7 Forbes piece, “Oil Is Flowing Again But Gasoline, Diesel Prices Aren’t Cooperating,” and the data behind it explain why pump prices remain stuck near records even as headlines […]
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The likely first hurricane of 2026 is forecast to cross deepwater fields that pump about 15% of U.S. crude and reach the coast late Friday. The latest NHC track has shifted east toward Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, which lowers the odds for the Mississippi River refining corridor. It does not take Pascagoula, the Colonial […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on Doug Sheridan’s LinkedIn, and we highly recommend connecting. Hat Tip to David Blackmon for running on his Substack, and we recommend subscribing there as well, only after subscribing to the Energy News Beat Substack. – Just saying. Five years ago, Mark Carney wanted finance to accelerate […]
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