Oil Chokepoint Problem Worsens in the Middle East
The World’s Oil Chokepoint Problem Is Getting Worse For decades, the biggest geopolitical risk hanging over the oil market has […]
Robert’s Realm
Diesel Hits A Weekly Record. Is An Annual Record Next?
Diesel prices in the U.S. just climbed above the previous weekly record set in 2022, and the 2026 annual-average record
U.S. SPR Oil Release: What Happens When It Stops?
Claims have been circulating on social media that the United States has only about two weeks of oil left. The
How Presidential Announcements Can Be Exploited for Profit
President Donald Trump made a potentially market-moving announcement Friday evening. He said the United States had reached what he called
The AI Boom Is Becoming an Energy Boom
Global data-center electricity demand is growing at a remarkable pace, and no country is driving that growth more than the
Solar is Surging, But Fossil Fuels Aren’t Shrinking
In 2007, nearly two decades ago, I wrote an article called “The Future Is Solar.” At the time, my argument
Global Nuclear Power Growth
Global nuclear power generation reached an all-time high in 2025, and China supplied all of the net growth. According to
Why Record Coal Consumption Did Not Mean Record Coal Power
Global coal consumption reached another record in 2025, seemingly contradicting years of discussion about phasing out the world’s most carbon-intensive
How the U.S. Came to Dominate Global LNG Growth
Global liquefied natural gas exports grew by about 1.2 trillion cubic feet in 2025. The United States supplied approximately 1.10
The U.S. Remains The World’s Oil Giant
The newly released 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy reinforces a point that sometimes gets lost in political discussions about
