(By Oil & Gas 360) – Geothermal energy is having a moment, and this time, it’s not driven by policy headlines or climate targets alone. It’s being pulled forward by something more immediate: the need for reliable, always-on power. A series of recent developments is reshaping how investors and operators think about geothermal’s role in the U.S. energy mix. EIG’s
(Oil & Gas 360) – The Middle East remains the center of gravity in global energy, but it is no longer viewed as a stable foundation. It is now both the system’s anchor and its primary fault line. No other region combines scale, cost advantage, and spare capacity the way the Middle East does. Saudi Arabia and the UAE continue
(Oil Price) – Higher oil and gas prices and volatile energy commodity markets are set to more than offset production losses from the Middle East at French supermajor TotalEnergies, which expects significantly higher upstream and LNG trading profits. In the early days of the war, TotalEnergies warned that the conflict had effectively shut in 15% of its global oil and gas output, while
(World Oil) – The Mexican Association of Hydrocarbons Companies (AMEXHI) has expressed support for the federal government’s gas strategy aimed at strengthening energy sovereignty, while emphasizing the need for improved investment conditions to advance oil and gas development. The industry group said that enhancing competitiveness, regulatory certainty and physical security will be critical to attracting capital and accelerating upstream activity in
(BOE Report) – China continued to build the world’s largest stockpile of crude oil in March even as the rest of the world started to draw on inventories to compensate for the loss of millions of barrels from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. China, the world’s biggest crude importer, had surplus oil of 1.74 million barrels per
(Oil Price) – The global battery sector is on fire – and we’re not just talking about lithium-ion battery explosions. In 2025, the global lithium-ion battery market topped USD $150 billion in 2025, marking a stunning 20 percent year-on-year increase. But current lithium-ion battery design has some key limitations, opening up a potentially massive market for competitive designs. One of the major
(Investing) – WASHINGTON – Washington’s top derivatives regulator on Thursday reassured lawmakers that the United States will punish fraud as concern mounts on Capitol Hill that oil, stock and prediction market players are illicitly trading on inside information from the White House, according to prepared remarks seen by Reuters. The first congressional testimony by the current chair of the U.S. Commodity
Natural Gas Inventories as of April 10, 2026 The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 59 Bcf as of April 10, 2026. Working gas in storage was 1,970 Bcf as of Friday, April 10, 2026, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 59 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were
