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Europe’s Gas Forecasts Are Not an Energy Strategy

U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls to Lowest Level Since 1982 Leon Stille has a background in energy sciences (MSc and BSc) and is pursuing a PhD...

Sep 28, 2026 • 5 min read

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Indonesia's Coal Exports Sink 23% as Global Demand Heads for a Record

U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls to Lowest Level Since 1982 What I Cover My focus spans the global energy landscape and the technologies reshapi...

Sep 28, 2026 • 5 min read

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U.S. Oil, Gas Drilling Perks Up As Pressure Mounts

Why Record Heat Failed to Lift U.S. Natural Gas Prices Julianne Geiger is a veteran energy journalist and market analyst with more than a decade of ex...

Sep 25, 2026 • 5 min read

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Italy Pushes Refineries to Raise Fuel Output Amid Price Surge

Why Record Heat Failed to Lift U.S. Natural Gas Prices Italy’s industry and energy security ministers will meet with executives from the Italian refin...

Sep 25, 2026 • 5 min read

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WTI Whipsaws as Hormuz Hopes Collide With Diesel Crunch

Why Record Heat Failed to Lift U.S. Natural Gas Prices November WTI crude oil futures spent the week trading a possible reopening of the Strait of Hor...

Sep 25, 2026 • 5 min read

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OPEC+ Credibility Tested by Shipping Disruptions and Saudi–Russian Tensions

OPEC+ retains major supply capacity, but quota disputes and blocked export routes are weakening its ability to shape oil markets.

Sep 21, 2026 • 5 min read

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Prague Caps Fuel Prices, Taxes Orlen's ‘Windfall’ Refining Margins

Prague Caps Fuel Prices, Taxes Orlen's ‘Windfall’ Refining Margins The Czech government will reinstate price caps on gasoline and diesel from October...

Sep 21, 2026 • 5 min read

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Bitcoin Tops $85,000 For First Time Since Late January

Prague Caps Fuel Prices, Taxes Orlen's ‘Windfall’ Refining Margins The leading economics blog online covering financial issues, geopolitics and tradin...

Sep 21, 2026 • 5 min read

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Record Diesel Prices Raise Fears of Local Fuel Shortages

Prague Caps Fuel Prices, Taxes Orlen's ‘Windfall’ Refining Margins Kurt Cobb is a freelance writer and communications consultant who writes frequently...

Sep 21, 2026 • 5 min read

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Panama Canal Slot Fees Surge as Hormuz Disruption Tightens Shipping Capacity

Canal auction prices and tanker rates have climbed as disrupted routes, higher cargo demand and limited vessel availability strain global shipping.

Sep 18, 2026 • 5 min read

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Saudi Arabia’s October Crude Allocations Leave European Buyers Short

Saudi Aramco is redirecting about 60 million barrels of Gulf crude to Asian buyers, while European term customers face zero October allocations.

Sep 18, 2026 • 5 min read

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U.S. Oil and Gas Rig Count Rises by Four as Prices Top $100

U.S. active rigs increased to 595, while crude output dipped slightly and completion crews returned to growth.

Sep 18, 2026 • 5 min read

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INEOS Launches Denmark’s Greensand CO2 Storage Project

Greensand begins with capacity to store up to 400,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, with plans to scale to 4–8 million tonnes annually.

Sep 18, 2026 • 5 min read

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Data Center Power Demand Turns to Steam as Gas Turbine Lead Times Stretch

With gas turbines booked years out, data center developers are turning to boilers and steam turbines that can draw on a more established supply chain.

Sep 14, 2026 • 5 min read

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U.S. Oil Rig Count Edges Higher as Crude Production Gains

U.S. oil rigs rose by one as weekly crude output increased, while fracking crews fell for a fourth straight week.

Sep 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Saudi Arabia’s Critical Oil Bypass Comes Under Threat

White House Weighs Defense Production Act as U.S. Refineries Maxed Out Tom majored in International Business at Amsterdam’s Higher School of Economics...

Sep 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Supertanker Rates Reach $800,000 a Day as Gulf Shipping Costs Surge

Gulf tanker rates have climbed sharply, raising the cost of moving oil and adding potential inflation pressure across fuel and freight markets.

Sep 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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IEA Cuts 2026 Oil Supply Outlook as Gulf Recovery Slips to 2027

The IEA expects a 5.7 million bpd supply drop in 2026 as Gulf disruption deepens, inventories shrink and high fuel prices weigh on demand.

Sep 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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U.S. Oil Supply: Why the 14-Day Reserve Claim Misreads the Market

The 14-day claim compares unlike measures. The SPR is a smaller emergency cushion, while U.S. oil supply depends on production, trade, inventories and...

Sep 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Record Diesel Prices Put $5 U.S. Gasoline in View Before Midterms

Diesel has topped $6 a gallon as Jeff Currie sees a high chance of $5 gasoline, with tight refining capacity and crude above $100.

Sep 11, 2026 • 5 min read