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Saudi attacks shake the confidence of foreign investors

International energy bosses were largely absent from this week’s World Petroleum Council Energy Congress, held in Riyadh, after the Houthi attack.
Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid airport after Houthi attack.
Social Media/Reuters

Trump’s Russian energy strategy could backfire

The contradictory tangle of energy policy actions taken by Trump toward Russia risks repeating mistakes that he often slammed his predecessor for.
US President Donald Trump with US Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso.
Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

Power firms cut waste and modernize systems to meet surging demand

Companies are positioning their commercial offerings for the huge demand growth of the coming decades.
Power lines in Texas.
Shelby Tauber/Reuters

Octopus looks to buy software startups to manage data center demand

“We’re very much looking for interesting opportunities in that space,” Octopus US CEO Nick Chaset told Semafor.
Battery banks in a data center.
Vincent West/Reuters

Rates for oil tankers hit record high, as more crude passes through Hormuz

It now costs up to $77 million to hire a large tanker to move crude from the US to Asia, up from less than $10 million last year.
A picture of crude oil tanker Odessa.
Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters

US, Russian officials discuss Nord Stream investment: Report

Top US and Russian officials have discussed selling part of the suspended Nord Stream pipeline to an American investor, Reuters reported.
Jared Kushner, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev
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Tanker hiring costs surge amid shipping threats

The cost of hiring one very large crude carrier to move US oil to Asia topped $77 million, new data showed Wednesday.

China expands ultra-deep oil and gas drilling efforts

China broke oil and gas production records in 2025, though it has hastened its efforts this year in a bid to shield itself from war-related vicissitudes in global energy markets.

Bulgarian tankers struck in Black Sea as shipping fears mount

Drones struck two tankers in the Black Sea near Bulgaria on Tuesday, in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone.

Iberdrola becomes the world’s largest power provider by market cap

Iberdrola’s growing strength comes from its broader global footprint.

El Niño comes to Ukraine’s aid

As Russia again ramps up its attacks on Ukraine’s electricity grid ahead of the winter heating season, this time Kyiv has a new ally in its corner: El Niño.

Trump to sign executive order in effort to contain diesel prices

The executive order will reportedly expand access to tax-exempt diesel.

Oil drops as Hormuz traffic rebounds

The rise in sales came alongside G7 nations releasing energy stockpiles in a bid to tame surging diesel prices.

‘Enough to go around’: Brookfield’s bullish on AI investing, even if it has to share it with rivals

CEO Connor Teskey sees no end in sight to demand for the energy and materials to feed the AI boom.

EU faces diesel shortage as major refiners ban exports

EU member states readied for talks over a feared diesel shortage, after the US, Russia and China all touted banning or suspending exports as global prices surge.

US pressures European nations to release emergency diesel supplies

The White House administration turned to coercion in efforts to tame surging fuel prices, telling European capitals to either release their emergency diesel supplies or face a US diesel export ban.

UAE pushing for more investment in global water infrastructure

Despite attacks by Iran on desalination plants this year, the UAE hasn’t experienced a single day of water supply cuts.

Texas politics could delay investment decision for huge Chevron data center

Project Kilby is moving forward while grappling with the public AI backlash.