(By Oil & Gas 360) – Energy markets are moving beyond volatility into something more structural. This week, the story wasn’t just price swings or disruption — it was how prolonged instability is beginning to reshape economies, trade flows, and capital decisions. The longer the crisis persists, the more permanent the shifts become. THIS WEEK’S 5 HEADLINES THAT MATTERED 1.
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – Hubbert Peak Theory is having a quiet second life. Not as prophecy, and not as an obituary for oil, but as a structural framework that has finally been stress‑tested by scale, capital, and technology. The shale era did not disprove Hubbert. It revealed what his model assumed but never had to
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – (Part 1 of 6) – The oil and gas industry has already lived through the future everyone now claims to fear. It wasn’t caused by climate policy, geopolitics, or energy transition rhetoric. It was caused by us. From the early 2000s through roughly 2014, the market rewarded one thing above all else:
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – For oil and gas investors, the defining feature of energy’s resurgence since 2019 has not been commodity prices alone, nor a cyclical rebound driven by leverage to higher oil. It has been something far more fundamental, and historically rare for the sector: sustained capital discipline executed consistently by management teams across the
(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
(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
(Oil & Gas 360) – Investors are encouraged to register for EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference featuring a broad group of public and private energy companies. Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies seeking to increase their market presence DENVER – April 13, 2026 – EnerCom, Inc. (“EnerCom”) today announced that registration is now open for its 31st annual EnerCom Denver
(Oil & Gas 360) – Investors are encouraged to register for EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference featuring a broad group of public and private energy companies. Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies seeking to increase their market presence DENVER – April 13, 2026 – EnerCom, Inc. (“EnerCom”) today announced that registration is now open for its 31st annual EnerCom Denver
(By Oil & Gas 360) – The ceasefire didn’t calm energy markets; it complicated them. Prices remain elevated, supply remains uncertain, and the ripple effects of recent disruptions are still moving through the system. This week made one thing clear: even when conflict pauses, its impact doesn’t. THIS WEEK’S 5 HEADLINES THAT MATTERED 1. Ceasefire fails to stabilize oil markets Oil
(By Oil & Gas 360) – A fragile pause in Middle East hostilities is offering global energy markets a moment to breathe, even as underlying risks remain firmly in place. Recent diplomatic movement, reportedly supported by Washington and quietly reinforced by regional actors, has created a short window for de-escalation between Iran and its adversaries. Israel has signaled alignment with a
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Global energy supply is being reshaped, not by a single event, but by a shift in where the next barrels are coming from. For much of the past decade, the story was relatively clear. U.S. shale growth, OPEC+ management, and steady demand shaped a market that, while volatile, remained broadly predictable. That framework is
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Energy markets are entering a more complex phase. Prices are no longer reacting to a single catalyst but to a mix of war risk, policy response, capital shifts, and macro pressure. The result is a market that feels unstable not just because of volatility, but because the underlying drivers are pulling in different directions
