Jones Act Barriers Limit Domestic Options The US Treasury Department is weighing a case-by-case process that could let legitimate buyers purchase certain sanctioned “shadow fleet” tankers and return them to lawful commercial service, according to reporting by Platts (S&P Global Energy) on November 10, 2026. Officials indicated the approach could cover 50–80 vessels owned by […]
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Cato’s Jones Act Waiver Tracker, as of Oct. 30, counted 337 voyages and 90.3 million barrels of gasoline, crude, jet fuel, diesel, propane and more — and called that a floor, not a complete tally. The West Coast, Puerto Rico and New England all used the waiver. Cargo must be loaded by 11:59 p.m. ET […]
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Crude is not scarce. Diesel out of the Atlantic basin is — and the refineries that could make it are not where the barrels are, or configured to run them. American margins are near records while Asian margins have collapsed, and that gap is doing more to set the price at your pump than the […]
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The war is in its ninth month and the United States has never taken Kharg. It did not have to: the blockade drove Iranian seaborne crude to zero with no American ground casualties, which is exactly what a seizure was supposed to deliver. The question worth asking is not whether America could hold the island. […]
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A letter from the Vice President is the most senior American outreach to Tehran in months, and crude drifted lower on the news. The same reporting says Washington and Israel are still preparing a week of strikes after the Nov. 3 election. Both things are true, and the gap between them is what you are […]
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In this episode of the Energy Newsbeat Podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with Dr. Beatriz Canamary, CEO of Sure Strategy Group and a leading voice in maritime infrastructure, to discuss the urgent need to rebuild America’s commercial shipbuilding industry. With the U.S. producing less than half a percent of the global fleet today—a dramatic […]
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Moscow says three cargoes are on the water under the Trump-Putin diesel deal. Diesel is $6.34 a gallon, up $2.70 in a year, and Russia’s drone-battered refineries are the real bottleneck. Why Russia has so little to sell Russia has about 6.5 million barrels a day of installed refining capacity across 32 major refineries, but […]
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Iran claims seven tankers were hit near Hormuz, and President Trump calls the hits fake. Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea bypass is rated at 7 million barrels a day. Diesel is $6.32. Here is what is confirmed, what is only claimed, and what it costs you. By Energy News Beat | Friday, Oct. 23, 2026 | […]
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Unconfirmed Houthi strike claims on Saudi oil sites and a reported mine hit in Hormuz pushed Brent past $111. With diesel at $6.32, truckers, farmers and grocery shoppers carry the load, and U.S. barrels and refineries are the cushion. By Energy News Beat | Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 | Pump prices as of 7:19 a.m. […]
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The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is locked in an intensifying bidding contest between Asia and Europe, driven by severe disruptions to Qatari supplies through the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Iran conflict that began in late February 2026. Spot prices have more than doubled—surging roughly 150% from pre-conflict levels near $10.40 per million […]
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