Energy Industry News & Market Updates

A rare red weather alert in Spain signals extreme wind, rain, snow and coastal hazards, with elevated risk to transport, power infrastructure and energy assets.

Ed Lewis, the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources (IIR), calls the IIR model "surveillance-grade" because it is active and asset-level. Now, IIR is exploring AI.

California's governor criticized the Trump administration for abandoning U.N.-backed climate initiatives.

This article summarizes, as of Tuesday afternoon, the power plants with confirmed outages either directly due to the weather or new outages overlapping with Winter Storm Fern.

A potentially significant winter storm may impact the U.S. East Coast this weekend, possibly named Gianna.

Commonwealth approval has been granted for the 2,000 megawatt (MW) Borumba Pumped Hydro Project in Queensland, Australia, allowing exploratory works to start in the coming months.

The U.S. government claims it netted $500 million from the sale of Venezuelan crude oil.

U.S. refiners may already be plotting in Venezuelan crude oil runs. That could lead to lower crude oil prices and create headwinds domestically.

The Trump administration finalized a rule January 7 scaling back the requirement that the White House Council on Environmental Quality set uniform standards for federal agencies to conduct environmental analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), continuing its effort to cut regulation and expedite the construction of infrastructure.

Industrial Info is tracking about $1.3 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Valero across the U.S., nearly 90% of which is attributed to U.S.-based crude oil-refining projects.

Greater supply of crude and refined products led to a third consecutive year of lower pump prices for U.S. drivers in 2025, according to the EIA.

U.S. President Donald Trump says the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife will benefit the nation and the world, allowing the country to reinvigorate its flagging oil industry.

Iowa's House has passed a law that completely bans the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines, which now goes to a Senate subcommittee for review.

Winter Storm Fern is emerging as the most significant winter storm since 2021, delivering widespread snow, destructive ice and prolonged Arctic cold from the southern Plains to New England.

Kinder Morgan said its fourth quarter performance in the natural gas sector was extraordinary. Amid geopolitical spats, the fate of U.S.-sourced LNG in Europe is uncertain, however.

A major winter storm could impact energy infrastructure across the U.S.

Winter Storm Fern is expected to develop this week as a major, high-impact winter weather event. Its effects are forecast to span nearly 700,000 square miles, from the Texas Panhandle to the Northeast.

Winter Storm Fern is expected to impact nearly 700,000 square miles from the southern Plains to the Northeast, bringing dangerous Arctic cold, heavy snow and significant icing that could disrupt energy infrastructure, transportation and power systems into early next week.

Industrial Info is tracking $15 billion worth of projects that are under construction in the Houston metropolitan area, with the activity spread out across a variety of major industrial sectors such as chemicals, manufacturing, and oil and gas.

Industrial Info is tracking more than $480 million worth of maintenance-related projects at chemical-processing plants across the U.S. that are set to begin in the first quarter.

Urenco USA is enlarging its Eunice facility by about 15%, after it enriched uranium above 5% U-235 in December.

The U.S. House of Representatives this month passed a bill that aims to streamline the federal permitting process to facilitate faster construction of energy infrastructure.

The U.K. government has stepped in to save its last ethylene plant at Grangemouth in Scotland with £120 (US$160 million) million funding.

Petrobras and Braskem ink feedstock supply details, with ethane volumes taking central stage as Braskem switches to gas.

Africa's leading car manufacturer and exporter, Morocco, is witnessing robust growth in its automotive industry.

Japan's still-new prime minister has called for snap elections on February 8, hoping to leverage her personal popularity to boost her party's margin in the Japanese parliament.

U.S. and Canadian automaking project activity is starting to show the effect of the slow pivot domestic automakers are making away from electric vehicles and toward hybrids and vehicles powered by traditional internal combustion engines.

TSMC plans for between $52 and $56 billion in capital spending for 2026, an increase of as much as 40% from 2025's figure.

Europe's leading nations have reacted strongly to threats by the U.S. President Donald Trump to impose fresh tariffs on eight allied nations which are opposed to his proposed takeover of Greenland.

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Brazil is expected to consume 836 barrels of oil equivalent in transportation energy demand by 2035.

Europe has taken its most decisive step yet to achieving energy independence from Russia by agreeing to permanently stop the import of Russian gas by 2027 and a phase-out of Russian oil.

Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies

Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies

Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies

Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies

Industrial Info is tracking more than $7.5 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Targa, more than 80% of which are located in Texas.

With more export commitments emerging, the amount of feedgas running to the eight operational LNG terminals across the U.S. set a record Monday

Ed Lewis is the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources, which for the last 42 years has been providing data and market intelligence across the entire supply chain of companies involved in industrial and energy-related markets.

The 2025-26 late-winter outlook is defined by short-term polar vortex variability, rather than a sustained cold regime.

A multi-day storm system will create episodic, weather-driven risks for energy and industrial operations from the Plains into the Southeast through Saturday.

The break-even price for Venezuelan crude oil is likely the highest for major global producers, which adds further complications to U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions to overhaul a delipidated industry.