US Oil, Gas Rig Count Unchanged at 589 in Week to Dec 13, Baker Hughes Says

(Reuters) – U.S. energy firms this week operated the same number of oil and natural gas rigs as they did last week, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its…

Venture Global Produces First LNG from Plaquemines Plant, Company Says

This marks the first new U.S. plant in two years to produce the super-chilled gas, beating Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi midscale expansion project to market. With first production of super-chilled…

Interview: How the Incoming Administration Can Unleash American Energy – Alex Epstein

The full video and transcript are below. As a preview, here’s what I view as the top 5 energy policy priorities: Liberate responsible energy development End preferences for intermittent electricity…

Biden’s $400 Billion Green Bank Gets Ready for Trump

With President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration less than a month away, the Energy Department is getting clean tech loans finalized. Today’s newsletter looks at who’s getting loans — and how Trump…

AI Wants More Data. More Chips. More Real Estate. More Power. More Water. More Everything

It looks easy enough: Ask ChatGPT something, and it responds. But pull back the curtain, and you’ll find that every ChatGPT prompt and Microsoft Copilot task consumes vast resources. Millions…

Exxon’s AI Power Play Aims to Beat Nuclear

Race for power. Photographer: Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg To most of us, a power plant is a source of electricity. To Exxon Mobil Corp., it’s a machine that converts natural gas into…

No Winners Seen in Trump’s ‘Hugely Destructive’ Energy Tariffs

While tariffs can be disruptive in any market, they threaten to be particularly troublesome for a North American energy industry that already largely favors U.S. interestsBloomberg NewsThough U.S. president-elect Donald…

US House Panel Finds BlackRock, Other Asset Managers Leery of Joining Climate Initiative

(Reuters) – Top U.S. asset managers worried that signing up to an industry climate initiative could make them appear to be working too closely together and draw regulatory scrutiny, according…

Marathon, Teamsters Reach Pay Deal at Detroit Refinery

By Reuters Dec 15 (Reuters) – Teamsters members working at Marathon Petroleum’s  Detroit refinery have voted to ratify a seven-year collective bargaining agreement, the company and the union said on Sunday, three…

Enbridge Reports 265,000-Litre Oil Spill in Wisconsin

EDMONTON — Calgary-based pipeline giant Enbridge says it has cleaned up about 60 per cent of a nearly 265,000-litre oil spill in Wisconsin that was discovered last month. Enbridge says…