NOW: Chevron is cutting up to 9,000 jobs this year. That's a fifth of its global workforce, gone, while it digests the $53 billion Hess deal. ExxonMobil trimmed 2,000. #EnergyIndustryWorkforceRestructuringUpdate#Layoffs
INSIGHT: Bangladesh's $12.65B nuclear bet faces a test as nations turn to atomic power to solve the energy trilemma of security, affordability, and sustainability amid AI and oil shocks. #Nuclear#Energy#Bangladesh
INSIGHT: U.S. Central Command says it continues to enforce a naval blockade against Iran, while Kuwait and Bahrain say they have intercepted more Iranian projectiles. #Iran#NavalBlockade#MiddleEast
INSIGHT:Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is visiting the U.S. this week. He met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. #Iraq#Trump#WhiteHouse
INSIGHT: One seafarer was killed and three were injured in attack on the crude oil tanker Al Bahyah off Oman's coast on Tuesday. #MaritimeSecurity#TankerAttack#Oman
INSIGHT: Overlooked by Wall Street, cesium is a strategic priority for US defense tech. Scarcity and supply from just a few mines make this rare metal the year's top critical mineral story. #Cesium#Defense#Mining
INSIGHT:Oil producers are building or contemplating new pipeline projects to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, but this infrastructure is still vulnerable, analysts said. #Oil#Pipelines#StraitOfHormuz
INSIGHT: Global fusion investment surged 69% to a record $4.5B in 2025, driven by AI data centers and energy security. 71% of firms expect to deliver power to the grid by the 2030s. #NuclearFusion#AI#Energy
INSIGHT: The AI boom has ended a decade of stagnant U.S. power use, driving demand and generation to record highs through 2025. Natural gas remains the mainstay of the U.S. power mix. #AI#Energy#NaturalGas
INSIGHT:Several consecutive days of strikes exchanged between the U.S. and Iran have cast uncertainty on the European Central Bank's interest rate decision next week. #ECB#USIran#InterestRate
INSIGHT: Oil prices rose Wednesday after U.S. forces struck Tehran and Washington reinstated its naval blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz. #OilPrices#Geopolitics#StraitOfHormuz
INSIGHT: China's record 41M barrel June stock draw allowed refiners to bypass high Mideast prices, leaving more supply for others; the next oil rally now hinges on Chinese demand recovery. #OilMarket#China#Energy
INSIGHT:Oil prices rose Wednesday after U.S. forces struck Tehran and Washington reinstated its naval blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz. #OilPrices#Geopolitics#StraitOfHormuz
INSIGHT: Canada, Alberta, and producers reached a deal for the 1M bpd West Coast Oil Pipeline to BC. Alberta will provide financial support to enable required oil sands production growth. #Oil#Canada#Energy#WCOP
INSIGHT: For shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd, it is "fundamentally wrong" to charge tolls for passage through international waters, regardless of the country in charge. #HapagLloyd#Tolls#InternationalWaters
INSIGHT: Chinese refiners slashed August Saudi crude orders as weak demand, producer competition, and Strait of Hormuz risks reshape trade flows. #OilMarket#China#SaudiArabia#Energy