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Chevron Raises Exploration Spending by 50% as It Returns to Frontier Basins, Prioritizing Geopolitical Diversification Away from Key Chokepoints

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Chevron is sharply increasing its exploration budget by roughly 50%, targeting more than $1.5 billion in 2026 compared with just under $1 billion in 2025. The move, driven by Vice President of Exploration Kevin McLachlan (recruited from TotalEnergies), marks a deliberate return to high-impact frontier basins after years of heavier focus on the U.S. Gulf […]

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Energy Security Under Fire: Drones, Sanctions, and the New Oil Wars

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Kirk Edwards, President of Latigo Petroleum, stops by the Energy News Beat Podcast In this episode of the Energy News Beat Podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with Kirk Edwards, President of Latigo Petroleum, to discuss the critical energy challenges reshaping global markets. From diesel shortages and geopolitical tensions to drone warfare targeting refineries, the […]

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Iran’s Shadow War on the World’s Digital Arteries Tehran Threatens Global Communications Networks as Tensions Escalate

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As the conflict between Iran and the U.S.-led coalition intensifies, Tehran is signaling a dangerous new front: the world’s undersea fiber-optic cables. Iranian state-linked media has explicitly warned that the concentration of critical data cables in the Strait of Hormuz creates a “vulnerable point” for the region’s digital economy — and by extension, the global […]

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Global Supply Shock Reignites Oil Exploration Boom Global Supply Shock Reignites Oil Exploration Boom

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The world is facing its most severe oil and gas supply crunch in history, triggered by the ongoing Middle East conflict and prolonged disruptions to flows through the Strait of Hormuz—the chokepoint carrying roughly 20% of global oil. What began in late February as a short-term geopolitical flashpoint has evolved into a structural crisis, with […]

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What Does Mozambique and California Have in Common? Rising Diesel Prices on the Horizon as Both Depend on Imports Tied to the Strait of Hormuz

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In a striking parallel amid the ongoing U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, two distant regions—sub-Saharan Africa’s Mozambique and the U.S. West Coast’s California—are facing acute fuel supply pressures. Both heavily rely on petroleum products whose supply chains trace back to the Strait of Hormuz, the critical chokepoint through which roughly 20-25% of global seaborne oil and […]

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