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How Offshore Infrastructure Is Reshaping Global Energy Security
Every year, the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston serves as a barometer for where global energy infrastructure is heading.
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5 Big Energy Stories - 5.15.2026: Americans Want Permitting Reform - Climate Alarm Lobby Hardest Hit
Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil - So, what comes next, now that Cuba’s oil supplies - key to its power grid remaining online - have run out?
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A Message For Datacenter Developers: Get Your Act Together, Pronto
Yesterday, this post appeared on X describing a situation in which public utility Georgia Power is preparing to exercise eminent domain to condemn at…
May 13
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Markets Priced In Oil Shock, But More Pain Is Still to Come
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been at a virtual standstill for two months now.
May 13
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5 Big Energy Stories - 5.12.2026: Trump/Xi Summit, Datacenter Wars, No Deal in Iran
Aramco Sees Oil Market Losing 100 Million Barrels a Week if Hormuz Remains Closed - Solid analysis here from Giulia Petroni at the WSJ on remarks by…
May 12
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The Energy Realities Podcast - 5.12.2026: UK Elections Take Center Stage as Iran Deal Remains a No-Go
One thing you can say about this energy news cycle is that there is no shortage of topics, so the Energy Realities Team of David Blackmon, Irina Slav…
May 12
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Aramco CEO’s Bombshell Warning Exposes the Fragile State of Global Energy Markets
Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser didn’t mince words during the company’s first-quarter earnings call on Monday.
May 11
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4 Big Energy Stories - 5.11.2026: Stop this Madness, Please
Oil rises after Trump rejects Iran’s response to US peace proposal - this would qualify as our least surprising headline of the day, one that’s been…
May 11
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The War Between Refiners Over E15 Rises Again This Week In Washington
The battle pitting factions of the U.S.
May 10
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Big Oil Pulls Back From Green Spending in 2025
Just posted this on X:
May 9
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4 Big Energy Stories - 5.8.2026: Another 'Above Average' Hurricane Season Looms as API Takes the Wrong Side on E15 Mandates
Let’s begin with this video clip of API President Mike Sommers talking about the incredible benefits of natural gas in power generation:
May 8
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Steve Everley: War on Datacenters is a Replay of the War on Fracking
A dark money war on datacenters funded by the same billionaire and foreign interests who tried and failed to kill hydraulic fracturing 20 years ago is…
May 7
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