(By Oil & Gas 360) – Energy markets moved into a more fragile phase this week. Even as talk of diplomacy resurfaced, physical disruptions continued to ripple through oil and gas flows. The result is a market that no longer reacts to single events but to overlapping risks, supply interruptions, demand shifts, and policy responses all at once. THIS WEEK’S
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Two countries. Two frontier basins. Two very different stages of the same story. Guyana and Namibia are now central to the next wave of global oil supply. Both have delivered major discoveries, attracted the world’s largest oil companies, and reshaped the flow of capital into frontier exploration. But beyond the surface similarities, they represent very
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – Texas has LNG export terminals. Louisiana has many. The United States is now the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas. Mississippi, despite its Gulf Coast location and long history with energy infrastructure, has none. At first glance, that absence appears anomalous. Mississippi sits between two LNG powerhouses, has access to major
(By Oil & Gas 360) – As established supply centers face constraints, attention is shifting toward the next wave of production. These are not traditional basins. They are emerging, less developed, higher-risk regions, but increasingly necessary in a market that needs new supply. Frontier exploration is back. Recent offshore discoveries in Namibia have re-energized interest in underexplored basins, suggesting that
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – Thailand’s recent decision to explore crude supply options with Oman reflects not a collapse in access to Iranian oil, but a deeper vulnerability to the geopolitical architecture surrounding it. Thailand does not meaningfully import Iranian crude. However, the U.S.–Iran war, combined with Washington’s tightened maritime blockade and secondary sanctions, has exposed how
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Greenland has been called the next frontier in oil and gas for decades. What’s changing now is that the conversation is shifting from possibility to relevance. As global supply becomes more fragmented and geopolitical risk reshapes energy flows, previously overlooked regions are coming back into focus. Greenland sits squarely in that category, remote, complex,
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – For most of the modern energy era, the United States was viewed as a permanent importer of natural gas. That assumption collapsed in 2016, when LNG cargo Asia Vision departed Louisiana’s Sabine Pass terminal, marking the first large‑scale export of shale‑era U.S. natural gas. In less than a decade, the United States
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Eurasia holds some of the largest natural gas resources in the world. The challenge has never been geology; it’s been access. From Russia’s vast reserves to Central Asia’s underdeveloped basins and the emerging potential of the Caspian and Eastern Mediterranean, Eurasia is rich in gas. Yet much of that supply remains constrained by infrastructure, geopolitics, and
(By Oil & Gas 360) – If oil built the global energy system, LNG is quietly rewriting it. The rise of liquefied natural gas is doing more than adding supply, it is transforming how energy moves across regions. Unlike pipeline gas, LNG creates a flexible, global market where cargoes can shift in response to price, demand, and geopolitical conditions. At
(Oil & Gas 360) – By Greg Barnett, MBA – OPEC+ was once sold as a stabilizing force in global energy markets, a mechanism through which oil‑producing nations could smooth volatility, protect investment, and prevent destructive price collapses. That argument made sense when oil demand was rising rapidly, capital was scarce, and non‑OPEC supply was marginal. None of those conditions hold
(Oil & Gas 360) By Michael Smolinski – Our Predictions: Strait Of Hormuz Safely Open In 3-4 Weeks, We’ve Seen Retail Oil Price Highs, Much Higher Natural Gas Prices Will Follow April Lows. Operation Epic Fury jumped retail oil prices to burdensome highs. Responses to Operation Epic Fury include the Weekly California No. 2 Diesel retail price jumping
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Colombia’s oil and gas sector is at a turning point. It remains one of Latin America’s more established producers, with meaningful output, functioning infrastructure, and a strong national oil company. At the same time, policy direction, political uncertainty, and declining reserves are reshaping how investors view the country. What used to be a relatively straightforward upstream
