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Can This New CEO Save BP From Its Own Past?

Can This New CEO Save BP From Its Own Past?

Amid a series of record and near-record profits being reported by the world’s corporate major integrated oil companies, venerable British major BP...

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Lost In The Iran Noise: American Energy Leadership Still Matters

Lost In The Iran Noise: American Energy Leadership Still Matters

Lost in the breathless media coverage of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is a critical reality that too many politicians, activists and talking heads...

01.08.2026 6

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Lawfare’s Fingerprints Are All Over National Academies’ Landmark Climate Report

Lawfare’s Fingerprints Are All Over National Academies’ Landmark Climate Report

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine just released a major report on extreme event attribution science, the increasingly...

29.07.2026 2

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When OPEC Quotas Don’t Matter Anymore

Lost in much of the discussion about the current global deficit of crude oil is a new reality that had been brewing for some time even before the Iran...

25.07.2026 9

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New Houthi Threat Makes Future Of Oil Prices Look Even Uglier

Oil prices are surging again amid renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran that has again halted tanker traffic via the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S....

22.07.2026 5

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Socialist Candidates Want To Resurrect Green New Deal Corpse

Every time you think the energy policies pushed by the Democratic Party can’t possibly get any crazier, they go and fool you again.

10.07.2026 10

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America’s Energy Dominance: The Fruit Of Freedom On Our 250th

'Energy wealth'

04.07.2026 10

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Trump Continues Dismantling Biden’s Offshore Wind Dreams

'Wind fiasco'

02.07.2026 10

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Europeans Discover Simple Luxury As They Descend On US For World Cup

'Contrast with America could not be clearer'

27.06.2026 10

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Chevron And Microsoft Chart New Path To Power In Landmark Data Center Deal

'Green fever dreamers'

23.06.2026 40

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Solar Doesn’t Use Much Farmland — Until You Define What ‘Much’ Really Means

'Laughed out loud'

21.06.2026 10

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Why The Iran Peace Deal Is Really An Oil Deal

The peace deal between the U.S. and Iran is, at its heart, an oil deal.

16.06.2026 10

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US Natural Gas In A Dominant Position For Decades To Come

'Transatlantic divergence'

15.06.2026 10

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Higher For Longer: Why Oil Prices Are Headed Higher Despite Recent Headlines

'Stubborn realities reassert themselves'

10.06.2026 10

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Exxon, Chevron Warn Another Oil Price Spike Coming Soon

'Painful reminder of global interdependence'

05.06.2026 10

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How Texas Leads The New Natural Gas Pipeline Boom

'Unrivaled energy powerhouse'

30.05.2026 10

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BP Chairman’s Ouster Is Corporate Self Sabotage At Its Finest

'A struggling giant'

27.05.2026 10

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Record Oil Deal’s Benefits Go Beyond Big Business

'Lesson to policymakers'

23.05.2026 20

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Cuba’s Officially Out Of Oil. Here’s What Happened

'Future of the Americas'

17.05.2026 30

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Iran War’s Shockwaves Haven’t Fully Arrived Just Yet. But They’re Coming.

Wake up call?

13.05.2026 20

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The Harsh Reality Everyone’s Missing About Massive Lithium Find In Appalachia

'Irrational exuberance'

06.05.2026 20

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California Copied Europe’s Insane Energy Playbook, And Now Residents Are Really Paying The Price

'Expensive warnings'

02.05.2026 20

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What The UAE’s OPEC Breakup Actually Signifies

'Donroe doctrine'

29.04.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump DPA Orders Shift Energy Dominance Agenda Into High Gear

American Energy Dominance

22.04.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: When ‘Investigations’ Become Advocacy In Louisiana’s Coastal Lawsuits

irony is so thick

18.04.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: Chevron’s And Shell’s Venezuela Deals Vindicate Trump Strategy

It’s about results

15.04.2026 20

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Blackmon: Drill, Baby, Drill Makes Modest Comeback

Oklahoma-based Continental Resources made news this week by announcing it will increase its drilling and production capital budget in response to the...

12.04.2026 30

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DAVID BLACKMON: LNG Will Play Major Role In Trump’s ‘Energy Fortress America’

LNG will be a watchman

11.04.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: World Needs Alternative To Hormuz Status Quo

highest risk option

08.04.2026 40

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DAVID BLACKMON: Drill, Baby, Drill Makes Modest Comeback

Strategic approaches

04.04.2026 20

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Blackmon: Competition, Not Monopoly Control, The Answer To Grid Reliability

America’s electricity debate is drifting toward a dangerous simplification: that if prices rise or investment lags, the culprit must be “the...

04.04.2026 30

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DAVID BLACKMON: Strait Of Hormuz Closure Impacts Much More Than Just Oil

feel their impact

01.04.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: Competition, Not Monopoly Control, The Answer To Grid Reliability

competition is not the problem

28.03.2026 30

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DAVID BLACKMON: EU Must Ratify Trump’s Turnberry Deal Or Forfeit First Call On US LNG

the new reality

25.03.2026 40

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DAVID BLACKMON: Don’t Let Newsom’s Butterfly Bridge To Nowhere Kill Effective Animal Conservation

incompetence and abuse

21.03.2026 20

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Trump's Energy Dominance Has Protected Americans from the Worst Effects of the Iran Conflict

The ongoing conflict with Iran led by the U.S. and Israel has presented a mixed bag for American consumers, who have been hit with rising gasoline...

21.03.2026 30

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DAVID BLACKMON: Why Climate Lobby Fears American Citizens Deciding Elections

they’re fighting tooth and nail

17.03.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: Oil Price Fear Premium Returns With A Vengeance

back and as big as ever

14.03.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: When It Comes To Energy Dependence On Other Countries, Americans Have An Easy Choice

Take your pick

12.03.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: How Trump’s Energy Dominance Insulates Americans From Worst Impacts Of Iran Conflict

Drill, Baby, Drill

07.03.2026 30

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DAVID BLACKMON: Geopolitical Risks In The Strait Of Hormuz And Implications For Global Energy Markets

policy debates persist

05.03.2026 50

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DAVID BLACKMON: Why The 10-Year Anniversary Of US LNG Is Worth Celebrating

American Energy Dominance

01.03.2026 40

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DAVID BLACKMON: Stellantis Pivots To Diesel – What That Means For Europe’s EV Future

corporate U-turns

22.02.2026 200

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DAVID BLACKMON: Chris Wright Delivers Lightning-Fast Progress In Venezuela

once again becoming investable

19.02.2026 40

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DAVID BLACKMON: Endangerment Finding Rescission Ends Series Of Legal Perversions

most perverse three-legged stool

15.02.2026 200

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DAVID BLACKMON: How Climate Superfund Laws Take More Money Out Of Your Wallet

economic and energy reality

12.02.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: EV Market Evolves Towards Chinese Monopoly

a stark choice

08.02.2026 30

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DAVID BLACKMON: High Electric Bills A Political Choice In America

a choice

05.02.2026 30

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DAVID BLACKMON: Michigan’s Outgoing AG Joins Climate Lawfare Parade

the same flawed premise

30.01.2026 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: Bessent Torches Biden ‘Muppets’ On Rare Earth Minerals Crisis

inseparable from national security

25.01.2026 30

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