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au energy 6 10m ago 3 min read

Two Greenpeace Activists Charged After Occupying Woodside's $12.5 Billion Scarborough Gas Platform

Two men, aged 48 and 52, face charges carrying up to 10 years in prison after Greenpeace activists boarded Woodside's Scarborough floating production unit off Western Australia on Oct. 17. Woodside paused pre-commissioning work, warned of significant additional costs, and has given no restart date for a project that is 98% complete and targeting first LNG in the fourth quarter.
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au energy 6 49m ago 4 min read

Minns Government to Legislate 32% Coal Output Increase at Mount Pleasant Mine, 12 Days After High Court Ruling

NSW Premier Chris Minns said Monday, Oct. 19, he will introduce a special bill letting MACH Energy raise Mount Pleasant output from 12.5 to 16.5 million tonnes a year until 2032. The High Court threw out the mine's larger expansion approval on Oct. 7. The bill is due in the next sitting fortnight, and the community group that won the case calls it a law written for one company.
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ir energy 8 59m ago 4 min read

Two More Supertankers Hit Mines in Hormuz Sunday, Iran's State Media Says, as WTI Holds Above $100

Iran's state news agency IRNA said two supertankers carrying about 2 million barrels each caught fire Sunday after striking mines in the Strait of Hormuz, bringing the week's tanker toll to four. The administration says non-Iranian oil is moving at prewar volumes. Tanker-tracking data cited by Tech Times shows a sharp drop earlier this month, so the question now is whether the US-assisted exports can survive mines in the shipping lanes.
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us energy 7 1h ago 4 min read

Senate Blocks Data Center Ratepayer Bill 57-43 as Gas Averages $4.33 Heading Into Midterms

Senate Democrats blocked Sen. Jon Husted's Ratepayer Protection Act 57-43, leaving Republicans without a legislative answer on energy costs 15 days before Election Day. The bill was voluntary for states, Democrats called it toothless, and senators are expected to leave Washington until after the vote.
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ir energy 9 3h ago 4 min read

UN Maritime Chief Says 6,000 Seafarers Remain Trapped Near Hormuz as Ship Attacks Mount

International Maritime Organization chief Arsenio Dominguez said Sunday that about 6,000 seafarers remain stuck near the Strait of Hormuz, with 24 ships reportedly attacked in roughly two weeks. Iran separately accuses U.S. forces of using the international distress channel to threaten its crews, and CENTCOM says its blockade is conducted professionally. With the Nov. 3 midterms two weeks away, the strait remains a live flashpoint.
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us energy 8 4h ago 5 min read

Tanker Freight Adds $30 to $40 a Barrel on Long Hauls as U.S. Gasoline Averages $4.36

Getting crude out of the Persian Gulf now costs about $33 a barrel in freight, up from roughly $2, and AAA says U.S. gasoline has never been this high for mid-October. The Trump administration is weighing looser sanctions on shadow-fleet tankers to add ships, but industry analysts expect only a modest effect.
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us energy 7 7h ago 4 min read

Google Signs 20-Year Deal for 890 MW of Nuclear Uprates as DOE Offers Vistra $4.2 Billion Conditional Loan

Constellation Energy will spend more than $4.3 billion to squeeze extra output from 11 reactors, with Google buying the power, while the Energy Department offered Vistra a conditional loan of up to $4.2 billion for similar upgrades. The extra power is small next to AI-driven demand, and the first uprated capacity is not due until 2028. Each project still needs Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval.
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us energy 8 10h ago 4 min read

Wright and Bessent Defend Trump's Russia Sanctions Waiver on Sunday Shows as Tillis and Darline Graham Push Back

Since Trump signed an order Friday waiving the Graham Act's Russia sanctions and tariffs, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have defended it as leverage for peace, not relief for Moscow. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and Sen. Darline Graham, who holds her late brother's seat, publicly disagree. The 60-day review window runs past the Nov. 3 midterms, with diesel above $6 a gallon.
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us energy 7 12h ago 4 min read

Bessent Says Falling Oil Prices Depend on the Iran War, With Gas at $4.29 and Inflation at 3.7%

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sunday news shows that relief at the pump "will depend" on the Iran conflict, and predicted Tehran will run out of oil to sell within about two weeks. September CPI data contradict part of his case on core inflation and rents. Trump's weekend waiver of Russia sanctions, which Bessent defended, starts a 60-day window that will be tested alongside the Iran deadline.
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us energy 7 15h ago 4 min read

Utilities Demand Collateral and Longer Contracts as Speculative AI Data Center Requests Swamp the Grid

Utilities are requiring binding financial commitments from data center customers after grid requests ballooned, and Exelon's list of high-probability projects fell from 18,000 megawatts to 11,000 once collateral was required. Washington is also moving, with $1.9 billion in federal grid grants and a bipartisan Senate permitting proposal that utilities have historically opposed. The open question is who pays if projects get built out and customers walk away.
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us energy 6 16h ago 3 min read

NERC Issued Its Highest-Severity Grid Alert in May After Data Center Load Kept Dropping Off Without Warning

On May 4, 2026, NERC issued a Level 3 "Essential Actions" alert after multiple incidents in which 1,000 megawatts or more of computing load vanished from the bulk power system. One event removed 1,800 MW in a single movement. NERC's own chief engineer still calls a cascading national collapse "unlikely."
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us energy 6 17h ago 4 min read

Strengthening El Niño Could Raise Northern U.S. Wildfire Risk and Lower It in the South, NOAA Research Finds

Since NOAA's Oct. 15 winter outlook, the focus has shifted to regional effects. NOAA-linked research says an autumn El Niño can raise fire danger in parts of the northern U.S. into next spring and summer while cutting it across the South and Southwest. The Climate Prediction Center puts the odds of a "very strong" event above 90 percent, so the winter's flood-versus-fire split is likely to widen.
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ru energy 8 20h ago 4 min read

Russia Says It Downed 1,015 Ukrainian Drones as St. Petersburg Oil Terminal Burns, Two Days After Trump Waived Sanctions Law

Ukraine sent more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, setting fire to oil sites in St. Petersburg, days after Kyiv said it was done with Trump's "energy ceasefire." The strike follows Trump's Oct. 9 diesel deal with Putin and his Friday waiver of a sanctions law that passed the Senate 86-11. Russian diesel under the deal is licensed through April 2027, and the next promised tranche is due in November.
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ir energy 8 20h ago 3 min read

Iran's Foreign Minister Says Seven-Day Hormuz Plan Still Stands as Tehran Reviews U.S. Comments

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday, Oct. 18, that Iran's conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz are unchanged while Tehran reviews U.S. comments on its September plan. Washington's demand to put the nuclear program on the table from day one remains the main sticking point, and a tugboat was hit by two unidentified projectiles off the UAE coast the same day.
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in energy 7 23h ago 4 min read

Refiners in India, Turkiye and Brunei Sent €1 Billion in Fuel to Sanctioning Countries in September, CREA Says

Refineries that run on Russian crude shipped €1 billion ($1.2 billion) of oil products to the EU, US, Australia and New Zealand in September, up 43% from August, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. CREA estimates €295 million of that was refined from Russian crude. On Friday, Oct. 16, President Trump waived the sanctions and tariffs his new Russia sanctions law required, and Kpler expects India's October Russian crude intake to hold near 1.8 to 1.9 million barrels a day.
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cn energy 8 1d ago 4 min read

China Proposes Export Bans on 14 Technologies and Limits on 26 More Across AI, Biotech and Solar

China's Commerce and Science ministries on Oct. 16 proposed adding 40 AI, biomedicine and solar technologies to its export control catalog, and a registration requirement for such transfers took effect the same day. Public comment runs through Nov. 15. Beijing calls it routine, and the plan puts Chinese AI know-how, gene therapy platforms and next-generation solar manufacturing under state licensing.
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in energy 7 1d ago 4 min read

Rubio Skips New Delhi for Mumbai Talks and Reliance's Jamnagar Refinery, Drawing Indian Opposition Fire

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due in Mumbai on Monday, Oct. 19, to meet Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, then tour Reliance's Jamnagar refinery. Indian opposition leaders say the itinerary has Jaishankar being "summoned" on home soil. Diesel is at $6.33 a gallon in the U.S. and Brent crude settled near $110 on Friday, so the oil question is what the trip is about.
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us energy 5 1d ago 4 min read

Niger Bans Diesel and Premium Petrol Exports, Citing Fuel Shortages at Home

Niger's trade and industry ministry has banned exports of diesel and premium petrol after supply problems in recent days, saying domestic output is meant first for the home market. Surplus fuel can still leave the country, but only through two designated companies and with a special license. The move lands in a world where diesel is scarce and several producers are keeping what they make.
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us energy 6 1d ago 4 min read

NOAA Adds 'Particularly Dangerous Situation' Wording to Winter Warnings as El Niño Outlook Draws Spring Planting Concerns

Since NOAA's Oct. 15 winter outlook, the details that matter locally have emerged: a new warning label for historic blizzards and ice storms, a wetter Gulf Coast, and farm worries about saturated fields in spring 2027. Seasonal outlooks give odds, not storm forecasts, and NOAA's next update is due Nov. 19.
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ve energy 8 1d ago 3 min read

Venezuela's Rodríguez Projects Nearly $76 Billion in Oil Investment Over Five Years After 61 Agreements Signed

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Saturday, Oct. 17, that Venezuela expects almost $76 billion in oil investment over five years under 61 recently signed agreements, including a U.S. bilateral accord covering 17 oilfields. The figure is a government projection, and the first hard test is her claim that Zulia state output will hit 400,000 barrels a day by year-end.
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