Chris Johnson, President of the American Energy Leadership Institute, stops by the Energy News Beat podcast. What a great conversation, and you will recognize Chris from his many interviews. I have seen him on Mornings with Maria, and he’s all over the map. It is very encouraging to have young leaders trying to help with […]
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Europe’s natural gas market is once again on the brink of turmoil as traders place aggressive bets that benchmark prices could more than double ahead of the 2026/2027 winter. Options contracts for the October–March delivery period have traded as high as €100 per megawatt-hour (MWh), compared to the current front-month TTF price hovering around €45/MWh. […]
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Oslo, Norway – In a significant move to bolster European energy security, Norway’s Ministry of Energy has approved the reopening of three long-idle North Sea gas fields that were shut down in 1998. The fields—Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk, and Tommeliten Gamma—are located less than 10 km west of the giant Ekofisk complex and will resume production […]
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QatarEnergy has formally extended its force majeure declaration on liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies through mid-June, according to Bloomberg. Customers received the latest notice as the Strait of Hormuz remains almost entirely closed to tanker traffic following Iranian missile strikes on the Ras Laffan Industrial City in March. This isn’t a surprise—it’s a continuation of […]
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Irina Slav did a great job today leading the discussion, and it was interesting with the great comments from the live audience. Irina had a great point about the new Ford’s ability to shut down or allow you to use your own car due to heightened stress. This is not good, and I will not […]
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The 2026 Iran war has triggered what the International Energy Agency (IEA) calls the “largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz—through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil and significant LNG volumes flow—has upended global energy supplies. Over 50 countries have implemented emergency […]
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The European Union’s energy policymakers have spent years touting their “REPowerEU” strategy as a masterstroke of independence from Russian fossil fuels. Yet in March 2026—mere weeks after the EU began rolling out its formal ban on short-term Russian LNG purchases—the bloc imported more Russian liquefied natural gas than in any month on record. According to […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was first run on America Outloud by Ronald Stein, and we recommend signing up for his newsletter and reading America Outloud. Executive Orders in the United States are moving the country away from electric vehicles (EVs) and wind and solar electricity systems. Executive Orders issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025, ended the […]
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Ireland has taken another step toward deeper integration with its European neighbors’ electricity grids, signing memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Spain and the UK to expand interconnection capacity. While officials frame these deals as advances in “energy security” and renewable integration, a closer look at the data reveals a different story: Ireland is doubling down […]
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As the Iran war enters its third month, the world is staring down the barrel of the largest oil supply disruption in history. The Strait of Hormuz—the chokepoint for roughly one-fifth of global petroleum trade—has been effectively closed to most non-Iranian shipping since early March 2026. Bloomberg’s latest analysis warns that the resulting “billion-barrel oil […]
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