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Trump and an oil shock aren’t enough for Texan drillers

“‘Drill, baby, drill’ is basically drill as much as you can to commit economic suicide,” one of the Permian Basin’s top CEOs said.
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Breach of Paris Agreement global warming level ‘inevitable,’ UN says

Overall global warming is now likely to be between 2.6℃ and 2.8℃ by the end of the century, the UN Environment Programme predicted.
The Tefe lake in Brazil suffering severe drought.
Bruno Kelly/Reutrs

European airfares will jump next year, Ryanair CEO warns

Ticket prices could jump as much as 20%, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary predicted.
Planes at Rome’s Fiumicino airport
Matteo Minnella/File Photo/Reuters

Rubio to push India on refining more crude

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed India as a “refining superpower” during his visit to the country.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Kylie Cooper/Pool via Reuters

For investors, the Iran war redefined energy security

Local electrons are safer than foreign molecules.
Solar panels on the rooftops of residential properties in Qamishli, Syria.
Orhan Qereman/Reuters

The EU’s methane rule pause may not help energy prices

The EU’s decision to delay the implementation of its methane regulations won’t help consumers much, environmental groups argued.
European Union flags.
Yves Herman/Reuters

Big Law talent battle for data center expertise moves South

The top 200 US firms are on pace to hire nearly 300 data center lawyers this year, up 21% from the year before.

Fossilflation is a permanent risk to the US

Rising energy costs were a major driver of the hotter-than-expected US inflation figures reported yesterday.

Ukraine to restart strikes on Russian refineries

Washington has pressed Zelenskyy to curb attacks on energy facilities, linking them to the rising fuel prices.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.