Category: gas
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Egypt Avoids Extensive Blackouts Amid FSRU Connection Delays
11 Jul 2025 Issue: 68 / 28 By: Peter Stevenson Peak summer gas demand is here, yet Cairo’s recently procured additional FSRUs are sitting idle. Sporadic blackouts returned earlier this month but the first new FSRU is not expected to start operations until next week following some delays. As temperatures soar in the East Med, electricity demand…
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The D Brief: Trump’s first Ukraine aid?; China’s new coercion tool; State layoffs, imminent; Spies find it harder to hide; And a bit more.
For the first time since taking office in January, President Trump has reportedly authorized unspecified U.S. weapons transfers to Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which takes from U.S. stockpiles, Reuters reported Thursday. The possible arms transfer is expected to total around $300 million. Trump also told NBC he will deliver a “major statement” regarding…
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Forecasting Trouble: The IEA, Peak Demand and ‘Missing Barrels’
T. Schneider/Shutterstock The International Energy Agency (IEA) was created a half century ago in response to geopolitical disruption in Middle East. As recent events show, the region remains critical to world oil markets. And oil remains critical for global economies. It is obvious to any observer that an escalation in the Israel/Iran conflict could upend…
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Do Trump and Bibi Have a Longer-Term Middle East Strategy?
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his third official visit to Washington since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January—the most of any world leader. The two discussed the contours of a potential cease-fire in Gaza, as well as their recent decision to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Beyond the here and now,…
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No Real Alliance for Iran and “Stans”: Iran’s Post-Soviet and Islamic Neighbors to the North-East Refuse to Join Its Confrontational Agenda
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 141 (July 10, 2025) None of the Muslim states bordering Iran to the northeast (they are usually called ‘stans’, from the Persian word “country”)—including Central Asian post-Soviet states (Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan), Pakistan and Afghanistan —are willing to become entangled in Tehran’s escalating confrontation with Israel or the West. This…
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Oil Demand: Majors Sign Up to Opec’s Bullish Rhetoric
William Potter/Shutterstock Opening the biannual Opec International Seminar in Vienna on Jul. 9, Secretary-General Haitham al-Ghais flagged up “a lot of surprises” to be unveiled in Opec’s 2025 World Oil Output (WOO) report to be released on Thursday. Talk is that the 2025 WOO will see a further hike in Opec’s already bullish long-term oil…
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Iranian Women Don’t Need Saving
Israel and the United States say that their attacks on Iran are for the benefit of its women. Iranian feminists couldn’t disagree more. Young Iranian women walk past a banner featuring portraits of the IRGC generals and nuclear scientists who were killed in Israeli attacks, in northern Tehran, June 30, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto…
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Challenge And Response In War
Every military revolution in arms has always forced soldiers to re-equip themselves, usually by bulking up as well as wising up. This latest revolution will be no different, except insofar as the pace of change has been advancing exponentially, as thus so must be the responses. Slingshots, “Greek fire,” stirrups, war chariots, battle elephants, gunpowder,…
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Exxon Sees $1.5B Earnings Hit From Lower Oil, Gas Prices
by Bloomberg | Kevin Crowley | Tuesday, July 08, 2025 | 5:00 PM EST Exxon Mobil Corp. expects lower oil and gas prices to reduce the company’s earnings by about $1.5 billion as a volatile quarter for commodity prices weighs on second-quarter profits. Oil prices pulled down earnings by about $1 billion while gas contributed another…
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Episode #67: From Energy Poverty to Progress with Dr. Scott Tinker
Episode #67: From Energy Poverty to Progress with Dr. Scott Tinker Can energy solve poverty? Join hosts David De Roode and Victoria Beard for a thought-provoking episode of Oilfield 360 as they sit down with Dr. Scott Tinker, a globally recognized geologist, energy visionary, and advocate for energy education. Together, they explore Dr. Tinker’s remarkable…
