The global diesel market is no longer just tight. It is rationing by price. This week the ICE gasoil crack — the difference between a barrel of crude and the diesel refined from it — hit a record $79 a barrel. In the United States, the diesel crack is trading well above $100 a barrel […]
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This was a fun podcast with Mark LaCour, OGGN Podcast Host, and Joe Leather, host of Wind, Waves and Wells. Buckle Up: We Solve the World’s Energy Crisis In a wide-ranging discussion that cuts through the noise of energy policy debates, three industry experts—Joe Leather (HSE Professional and Offshore Wind & Oil Podcast Host), Mark […]
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American electricity customers are facing sticker shock that goes far beyond ordinary inflation. In the nation’s largest grid region, PJM Interconnection—serving 65 million people across 13 states and Washington, D.C.—capacity prices have risen from roughly $29 per MW-day in the 2024/2025 auction to $270, then $329–$333 per MW-day in subsequent auctions. That is an increase […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud by Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza. Both are great energy leaders and have been on the Energy News Beat Podcast. We highly recommend checking out America Outloud and subscribing. Because California’s transportation fuel market is isolated from the rest of the country, with no major transportation […]
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Dr. Tammy Nemeth leads the fun discussion with David Blackmon and Stu Turley In this episode of the Energy Realities Podcast, host Dr. Tammy Nemeth brings together energy industry veterans David Blackmon and Stu Turley for an in-depth roundtable discussion on the seismic shifts reshaping global energy markets. From a landmark Venezuelan oil deal that […]
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ENB Pub Note: This is an outstanding article from Dr. Tammy Nemeth on the Nemeth Report Substack. We highly recommend subscribing! Norway has punctured the illusion that Europe’s net-zero transition is attainable. At the end of August, Energy Minister Terje Aasland not only declared that Norway as Europe’s “green battery” was “a flawed idea”, but also made […]
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Energy News Beat — The question is no longer whether Winter Storm Uri was a one-off. The question is whether the United States is still pricing electricity as if kilowatt-hours were interchangeable, when what grids actually sell is energy that shows up when people need it. A widely circulated Electroverse post this weekend put the Texas […]
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit down Tuesday afternoon, September 1, with executives from at least 10 U.S. fuel makers and distributors. The agenda is straightforward and politically urgent: persistently high gasoline and diesel prices, what the industry can do about them, and how to expand domestic refining capacity. We hope he looks for […]
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That is not a talking point. It is the arithmetic of an integrated energy market that Ottawa cannot wish away, and Washington already understands. Smith’s warning, circulating widely after her CBC Power & Politics appearance and a clip posted by Stephen Taylor, is blunt: Alberta businesses will be hurt more by Canada’s own counter-tariffs than […]
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The United States has pulled ahead of China in building natural gas plants to feed AI data centers. That is a real, measurable shift. It is also not the whole race. Global Energy Monitor’s mid-2026 update, reported by the Washington Examiner, shows U.S. gas projects under construction at 52 GW after a 76% jump in […]
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