Oil & Gas

Crude oil, natural gas, drilling, production, refining, LNG, and global supply-demand trends.

Oil & Gas

Oil’s Risk Premium Cools, But the Strait of Hormuz Still Has Receipts

Jun 23, 2026

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Oil’s Risk Premium Cools, But the Strait of Hormuz Still Has Receipts

Crude prices are backing away from panic mode, but the market is still one Strait of Hormuz headline away from checking its blood pressure again.

Energybrew Crew

Oil & Gas

Jun 18, 2026

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1 min read

Outback Wires Are Getting Retired

Remote communities are trading fragile transmission for solar, wind, and batteries close to home

Energybrew Crew

Oil & Gas

Permitting Is the Real Constraint on the Renewable Build-Out, Not Panels.

May 10, 2026

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4 min read

Permitting Is the Real Constraint on the Renewable Build-Out, Not Panels.

Solar costs have collapsed 89% since 2010, but renewable capacity growth is slowing. The bottleneck isn't technology; it's the five-to-nine-year permitting gauntlet.

Energybrew Crew

Oil & Gas

When the Sun Sets but the Grid Doesn't: How Solar-Plus-Storage Is Quietly Eating the Peaker Market

May 10, 2026

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4 min read

When the Sun Sets but the Grid Doesn't: How Solar-Plus-Storage Is Quietly Eating the Peaker Market

As lithium costs plummet and solar-plus-battery projects scale, the grid's marginal flexibility unit is no longer thermal; it's a battery cabinet.

Energybrew Crew

Oil & Gas

Uncontrolled Oil Discharge in Gulf of Mexico

May 7, 2026

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Uncontrolled Oil Discharge in Gulf of Mexico

An uncontrolled release of oil and natural gas has been gushing for over a week from a well at Spectrum OpCo’s Garden Island Bay facility

Energybrew Crew

Oil & Gas

OPEC+ to Ramp Up Oil Output Despite Weak Global Demand

May 5, 2026

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2 min read

OPEC+ to Ramp Up Oil Output Despite Weak Global Demand

In a move that could intensify ongoing challenges in the global energy markets, OPEC+ has announced plans to increase oil production by 411,000 barrels per

Energybrew Crew