NatGas Spikes As Major West Virginia Pipeline Declares Force Majeure

TC Energy’s Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO) declared force majeure Thursday after an unexpected mechanical issue on the Mountaineer XPress (MXP) system forced an immediate pressure reduction on Line 100 between the Mt. Olive Compressor Station in Jackson County and the Saunders Creek Regulator Station in Cabell County, West Virginia. The restriction takes the MXPSEG MA42 […]

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What if 9 Substations were Targeted on the US Grid? Would Jon Wellinghoff’s Prediction of an 18-Month US Grid Blackout Happen?

The U.S. power grid faces a long-standing vulnerability that has resurfaced in recent discussions: a coordinated attack on a small number of critical substations could trigger a cascading nationwide blackout lasting months—or longer. This warning, originally highlighted by former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, stems from analysis following the 2013 Metcalf substation […]

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NextDecade Snags $4.6B Financing for Rio Grande LNG Growth

HOUSTON — NextDecade Corporation has locked in approximately $4.6 billion in financing tied to its Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project in South Texas, strengthening the balance sheet for Phase 1 while advancing expansion plans. The moves, detailed in the company’s second-quarter 2026 business update released July 30, 2026, refinance existing construction debt and free bank […]

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Peace Talks In Ukraine Cut Short

Daily Standup Top Stories Russia-Ukraine Talks Stall: Will Congress Ramp Up Sanctions Pressure on Moscow? June 2, 2025 Clark Savage It has been clear for well over 6 months that President Trump does not have the information he needs to end the war in Ukraine, and we are watching peace slip through his fingers, which […] Trump […]

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Energy Sec\’s Policy Shift

Daily Standup Top Stories  Venezuela Stops Taking US Deportees After Trump Orders Chevron Out March 11, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: We kind of need the Canadian heavy oil sands more now – just saying.  In 2023, Chevron’s joint ventures with Venezuela’s state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), were producing approximately […] ‘Strangling Our […]

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Rafael Threatens Gulf Production

Daily Standup Top Stories Trudeau to Order Oil, Gas Producers to Cut Emissions by 35% November 4, 2024 Clark Savage Industry limit to be implemented through cap-and-trade system Canada to start collecting data in 2026, enforcement in 2030 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will require Canada’s oil and gas industry to cut emissions by 35% from 2019 […] South […]

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Rare Metals Prices Surge

  Daily Standup Top Stories OPEC+ Close to Delaying Oil Supply Increase, Delegates Say September 4, 2024 Stu Turley Group had scheduled October production boost of 180,000 b/d Rethink comes after downbeat economic data from China, US OPEC+ is close to agreement on delaying a planned increase in oil production after prices plunged amid fragile […] Facts & […]

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