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Three weeks into the Iran war that’s requested $200 billion, here’s what success for Trump might look like

The top priority remains reopening the Strait of Hormuz after the military offensive achieves enough success to weaken Iranian capabilities.

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Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves, but it can’t solve for the Strait of Hormuz ‘math problem’

Venezuelan oil is a 'drop in the bucket' of the global supply shortage triggered by the Iran war.

17.03.2026 4

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Skyrocketing energy prices and inflation woes mount as the ‘absurd’ reality in Iran sinks in

Energy prices may jump to all-time highs soon as the Iran war escalates without a ceasefire or a clear victory.

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Exxon, Chevron, and other US oil and gas producers and refiners hit all-time-high stock values amid Iran war while consumers pay the price

The U.S. aims to fill gaps in global oil and gas demand from the Iran war, but big worldwide shortfalls mean big profits.

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Oil and gas shutdowns in Iraq and Kuwait widen the Iran war’s impact on energy prices, while the U.S. lines up insurance and naval escorts in response

The U.S. plans to offer tanker and cargo insurance in a scramble to get exports moving—and ease prices.

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Trump pledged the ‘free flow of energy’ from the Middle East, and he has a week to show progress before prices really spike again

Solving the insurance and security issues is massive so long as Iran can still strike tankers.

05.03.2026 10

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U.S. oil and gas exporters can’t fill the Middle East supply gap, but Trump’s pledge to insure and protect tankers stems the tide on surging prices

Energy prices continue to spike, but a worst-case scenario has yet to unfold.

03.03.2026 6

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Energy markets offer ‘relatively small reaction’ to Iran war, but prices would spike if oil and gas aren’t flowing by the end of the week

Crude prices jumped 6% March 2, but they've risen 25% since the beginning of the year as Iranian tensions escalated.

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Your utility bills keep going up. Here’s everyone you can blame—AI data centers included

Utilities announce hundreds of billions in spending as data centers boom and ratepayers' costs rise.

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Google is building a bevy of renewable energy in Minnesota—including the world’s largest battery system providing power for a whopping 100 hours

Form Energy is nearly ready to go public and scale up with its 100-hour battery storage systems.

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Trump loves cheap gas—but a military conflict in Iran could nearly double your price at the pump

As Trump builds the biggest military force since 2003 outside Iran, the U.S. impacts could swing from $2.50 to $5 gasoline.

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Cuba is quickly nearing a point of no return as the U.S. weaponizes its Venezuelan oil supplies

A U.S. resolution in Cuba may not require full regime change, as the Cuban leadership rapidly runs out of options.

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Forgent’s IPO is ‘bringing sexy back’ to the electrical equipment helping power the AI boom, CEO says

Forgent is riding the data center and power grid boom with a nationwide manufacturing expansion.

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Sam Altman’s fusion startup Helion Energy hits 150 million degree plasma temperature—a milestone that could bring first grid power in 2028

Helion Energy achieves plasma at a stunning 150 million degree Celsius, well above the threshold to eventually generate stable fusion power.

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The Trump administration calls its climate change policy shift the ‘largest deregulatory action’ in history—but experts say the impact will be limited

The EPA rescission sets a dangerous environmental precedent, critics say. But legal challenges and prevailing trends mean the industry won’t...

12.02.2026 6

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Big Oil embraces global exploration again as Chevron returns to Libya

American Big Oil is returning to countries in the Middle East, Africa, and beyond to find new sources of oil and gas.

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The Trump administration is touting approvals for oil-exporting hubs in the Gulf of Mexico—but no one seems to want to build them

The Texas GulfLink project was just licensed to build an oil-shipping hub 30 miles into the U.S. Gulf, but demand for such projects has tumbled.

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Next-gen nuclear’s tipping point: Meta and hyperscalers start deals with Bill Gates’ TerraPower, Sam Altman-backed Oklo, and more

Meta, Google, Amazon, and more all hope to lean on a nuclear construction boom to power AI.

08.02.2026 8

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New ‘Project Vault’ critical minerals stockpile is ‘first step of many’ needed for U.S. to break China’s supply-chain chokehold

The new stockpile plans are compared the the 50-year-old Strategic Petroleum Reserve, created in response to the 1973 Arab oil embargo.

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Devon Energy CEO: ‘Stars align’ to acquire Coterra for nearly $26 billion as merger mania returns to the oilfield

The massive Permian Basin merger creates a combined Devon with a $58 billion enterprise value.

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Exxon and Chevron decline new spending in Venezuela while taking a wait-and-see approach for the years ahead

Exxon maintains long-term interest in Venezuela despite Trump's threat to keep the company out, while Chevron aims to hike its Venezuelan volumes...

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‘The new politics of electricity’: Utilities seek $31 billion in hikes as voters revolt over soaring bills

This year promises new scrutiny for justifying rate hikes and pressuring hyperscalers to cover their own power generation costs.

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Trump administration buys stake in USA Rare Earth as wave of government deals in critical minerals continues

The White House stake in USA Rare Earth could exceed 15% for the mining and magnet-manufacturing player.

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American oil company CEOs feel increasingly ‘slighted’ by Trump’s focus on Venezuela: ‘That’s bad for U.S. producers’

Trump's fixation on hiking oil volumes from OPEC and Venezuela to lower prices at the pump is leaving U.S. oil producers annoyed with weak domestic...

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Greenland rare earths mining company stock spikes nearly 150% on Trump ‘trepidation’

Critical Metals aims to launch heavy construction in early 2027 in Greenland to break China's chokehold on rare earths.

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The weak business case for Trump acquiring Greenland: a $1 trillion price tag and few returns for two decades

An annexation of Greenland would be the largest geographic acquisition in U.S. history—but financial rewards would be a long time coming.

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The oil CEO who stood up to Trump is a follower of the disciplined ‘Exxon way’ and has a history of blunt statements

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Trump threatens to keep ‘too cute’ Exxon out of Venezuela after CEO provides reality check on ‘univestable’ industry

Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods' emergence as an unofficial industry spokesman has put him at odds with Trump with his frank talk over Venezuela.

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Trump pushes for $100 billion in oil investments in Venezuela while Exxon and others say it’s currently ‘uninvestable’ without major reforms

Oil giants tell Trump they need stability and considerable legal and political reforms before investing big in Venezuela.

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Paul Singer’s Elliott Management is one of the big winners in Venezuela’s forced sale of Citgo and the toppling of Maduro

Elliott's Amber Energy is poised to close the sale of Citgo and receive more Venezuelan crude barrels.

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The U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela has cost $700 million already—and is rising by $9 million daily

Trump is urging U.S. oil companies to return to Venezuela but question marks remain with instability, high costs, and weak oil prices.

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Fusion power nearly ready for prime time as Commonwealth builds first pilot for limitless, clean energy with AI help from Siemens, Nvidia

New construction milestones bring mythical fusion power closer to reality.

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President Trump stands ready to send U.S. Big Oil into Venezuela en masse, but the messy reality of rebuilding a ruined industry takes many years

Doubling Venezuela's weakened oil flows could cost $110 billion and take until 2030.

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Trump makes it clear shocking Venezuelan regime change is largely about oil: ‘They stole our oil … We’re going to make a lot of money’

Trump says American oil companies will rebuild the Venezuelan industry and take a "tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground."

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Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt jumps into the AI data center business with a failed, 150-year-old Texas railroad turned oil giant

Bolt and Texas Pacific Land aim to attract hyperscalers with bespoke land, power, and water services for data center campuses.

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How former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is motivated by Henry Kissinger to keep working past 70

Eric Schmidt launched Bolt Data & Energy and took control of aerospace manufacturer Relativity Space in 2025.

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Little-known underground salt caverns could slow the AI boom and its thirst for power

Power demand, gas production, and pipeline and power plant construction are soaring, but the storage space for natural gas is running out.

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CEO of nuclear fusion firm Trump Media is merging with: High-velocity capital is critical to build quickly and efficiently. The concerns are secondary

The so-called merger of equals would make TAE Technologies the first publicly traded fusion energy developer.

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Embattled BP replaces CEO, naming Woodside Energy chief as first-ever woman leader of a Big Oil giant

BP’s new American CEO is a global traveler who just helped an Australian energy player grow worldwide.

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A U.S. oil blockade on Venezuela could ‘devastate’ its economy and further pressure Maduro. But how far is Trump willing to take it?

Questions abound about whether the White House will add new sanctions to oil tankers trekking to Venezuela and how broad the oil blockade will become.

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Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel

Fuel and crude prices near five-year lows as global oil output led by OPEC and the U.S. continues to rise.

17.12.2025 6

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Everything the Trump administration is doing in Venezuela involves oil and regime change—even if the White House won’t admit it

The U.S. is weighing its military options in oil-rich Venezuela, influencing elections in other South American petroleum nations, and increasingly...

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Exelon CEO: The ‘warning lights are on’ for U.S. electric grid resilience and utility prices amid AI demand surge

The U.S. needs more generation, including renewables, and greater efficiencies to keep the grid from breaking down, Exelon CEO and president Calvin...

10.12.2025 9

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In race to end China’s chokehold on critical minerals the U.S. needs all the friends it can get

From Australia to Kazakhstan and Greenland, the U.S. requires critical minerals mining and processing partnerships around the world to achieve its...

09.12.2025 20

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How a Texas gas producer plans to exploit the ‘mega trend’ of power plants for AI hyperscalers

BKV is growing both its shale gas and power generation footprints to attract AI data center campuses.

05.12.2025 20

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The U.S. aims to breathe easy amid China’s chokehold on rare earths, but loosening the grip takes years of concerted effort

U.S. races to establish rare earths supply chains domestically and abroad in "Cold War 2.0."

17.11.2025 20

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Your electric bill has replaced the price at the pump as the hot-button, political bellwether

Residential electricity prices have skyrocketed almost 30% in four years with the AI boom expected to further pressure costs.

14.11.2025 10

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SM Energy is acquiring Civitas in $13 billion oil and gas merger of near equals in the Permian Basin

The merger is the biggest oil and gas deal in months as the U.S. industry continues to consolidate.

03.11.2025 6

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Exxon and Chevron hike oil production despite global glut and see more ‘frontier exploration’ as U.S. shale boom slows

Chevron cited more exploration efforts in Suriname, Brazil, Angola, Nigeria, Namibia, and the Middle East.

31.10.2025 6

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From ‘greenwashing’ to ‘greenhushing,’ clean energy momentum advances despite political roadblocks

More clean energy and electrification projects are competing economically with alternatives, executives said.

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