Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Venezuela-Guyana Feud Halts Exxon Project

From The Wall Street Journal An oil exploration ship run by Exxon Mobil Corp. halted work and fled after being intercepted by Venezuela’s Navy, rekindling a border dispute between the two nations just as a separate political crisis threatened Guyana’s government. Owned by Norway’s Petroleum Geo-Services and bearing a Bahamian flag, the seismic-survey vessel was stopped by a Venezuelan Navy ship Saturday

China Cracks Open Door for U.S. Natural Gas Imports as Wintry Cold Hits

From Bloomberg China last month imported two tankers of U.S. liquefied natural gas, nudging open a doorway that had been closed shut for a month at a time when America is rapidly expanding its ability to export the heating fuel. The three operating U.S. terminals soaked up more than 5.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas from American shale basins

U.S. Manufacturers Report Optimism Heading into 2019, but Tariff-Induced Costs, Fed Rate Hikes, Trade Tensions, and Dem Pledge to Roll Back Tax Cuts in New Congress Weigh on Optimism

From the Washington Times American manufacturers think the future looks bright. The GOP-led tax cuts and President Trump’s deregulation efforts are driving record-high optimism in the industry heading into 2019, findings that come amid significant volatility on Wall Street as investors brace for a potential slowdown in the U.S. economy next year. Nearly 89 percent of the 539 companies polled

Argentina is offering its first-ever liquefied natural gas cargo, putting the nation on the verge of becoming a regular exporter of the fuel. Oil & Gas 360

World’s largest floating LNG platform starts production in Australia

From Reuters Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it has begun output at its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility in Australia, the world’s largest floating production structure and the last of a wave of eight LNG projects built in the country over the last decade. Though the project started up later and cost more than originally estimated, it