IIR News Intelligence

Africa's LNG exports surged 27% in 1Q26 with plenty more room to grow.

As oil and gas production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) faces decline, heavy hitters Equinor, Var Energi and Aker BP have agreed to work together to find the next major discoveries.

The U.S. now imports more than half of Venezuelan's crude oil and is looking to make investments to increase production in the country, although whether oil companies are on board to establishing costly infrastructure there remains an open question.

In the midst of a trade war with the United States, the Canadian government is bent on establishing the nation as an energy superpower.

NOAA and Colorado State University continue to forecast a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, citing increasing confidence that El Niño will suppress tropical development through the season's peak.

Companies behind various efforts to build out the Canadian midstream segment are making strides. But is it enough to support a move away from U.S. trade?

Extreme heat, drought and wildfires are simultaneously disrupting Europe's power generation, industrial logistics, transportation networks and economic activity

Brazil announced 18.5 billion reais (US$3.6 billion) in credit lines for local companies faced with U.S. tariffs and international conflicts. The package was unveiled on Wednesday, July 22, the same day a new 25% U.S. tariff on Brazilian goods was imposed. Brazil exported US$37.7 billion of goods to the U.S. in 2025.

Europe dominates the world when it comes to investing in the pipeline networks needed to support the commercial scale rollout of hydrogen.

Beyond power generation, China has been leveraging its domestic coal to produce fuels and chemicals, reducing its reliance on imported oil and gas.

The Canadian government left energy off the table in its response to U.S. tariff threats. But an integrated supply chain has caused concern among labor unions fretting over whether or not the escalation in tensions is even justified.

The U.S.-Canada trade and tariff conflict is either an elaborate game of signaling, the beginning of the end of mutually beneficial trade between the two countries that started before the Revolutionary War or something in between.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking Typhoon Saudel, with 120-mph winds threatening Okinawa before the storm turns toward eastern China

U.S. refinery outages are expected to decrease into next week, but crude oil prices remain stubbornly high nationwide

Venezuela is now No. 2 for oil imports to the U.S.

With imports of heavier slates of crude oil sparse because of ongoing fighting in the Middle East, the U.S. energy secretary said he was pressing domestic refiners to do more.

NOAA and Colorado State University continue to forecast a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, citing increasing confidence that El Niño will suppress tropical development through the season's peak.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $1 billion worth of dedicated wastewater treatment construction projects outside of the Oil & Gas Production Industry in the U.S. This expands to more than US$15 billion globally.

Mexico is set to dramatically increase its production of nitrogenous fertilizers in the coming years as several projects come online.

Brazil announced 18.5 billion reais (US$3.6 billion) in credit lines for local companies faced with U.S. tariffs and international conflicts. The package was unveiled on Wednesday, July 22, the same day a new 25% U.S. tariff on Brazilian goods was imposed. Brazil exported US$37.7 billion of goods to the U.S. in 2025.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking $45 billion of U.S. projects for blue hydrogen, ammonia or methanol, 65% of which has a low start-date probability

Artificial intelligence is reshaping hurricane forecasting, but its greatest value comes from strengthening human expertise and improving operational decision-making.

A potentially historic El Niño will reshape North American temperature, precipitation and energy-demand patterns through fall 2026 and winter 2026-27.

Part of a larger trend, oil companies lean into critical minerals.

The Canadian government left energy off the table in its response to U.S. tariff threats. But an integrated supply chain has caused concern among labor unions fretting over whether or not the escalation in tensions is even justified.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a round of grants aimed at projects focused on critical minerals and battery materials.

Fujimori's new government expects to authorize 240 mining projects involving exploration, exploitation, and beneficiation concessions in 2026 to speed up mining developments.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $21 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Glencore worldwide, including more than $4.5 billion worth in the U.S. and Canada

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $1 billion worth of dedicated wastewater treatment construction projects outside of the Oil & Gas Production Industry in the U.S. This expands to more than US$15 billion globally.

Brazil announced 18.5 billion reais (US$3.6 billion) in credit lines for local companies faced with U.S. tariffs and international conflicts. The package was unveiled on Wednesday, July 22, the same day a new 25% U.S. tariff on Brazilian goods was imposed. Brazil exported US$37.7 billion of goods to the U.S. in 2025.

Super Typhoon Bavi is forecast to to track near the southern Ryukyu Islands before making landfall along eastern China, threatening critical industrial infrastructure, ports, marine operations and regional transportation across East Asia.

Other nations blasted, and some U.S. trade groups supported, the results of a Section 301 trade investigation by the U.S. Trade Representative.

Industrial Info Resources data find $7.3 billion worth of Pulp & Pulp construction projects underway in the U.S. and another $5.5 billion worth in the planning and engineering stages.

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season begins with NOAA and Industrial Info Resources forecasting near- to below-normal activity. While El Niño is expected to suppress storm development, warm Atlantic waters would support tropical cyclone formation and rapid intensification. For energy and industrial operators, risk remains elevated due to the 25 refineries, 14 LNG facilities, along with petrochemical assets, and power infrastructure along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

Renovations and expansions are on the books for current construction at U.S. fish hatcheries, often intended to more than double a facility's capacity.

Tropical Storm Lala could approach hurricane strength near the Big Island, bringing threats from flooding rainfall, damaging winds, dangerous surf and coastal flooding across Hawaii.

Wildfire risk expands across major U.S. energy regions as heat and dryness increase concerns from ERCOT and the southern Plains to the Pacific Northwest.

NOAA and Colorado State University continue to forecast a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, citing increasing confidence that El Niño will suppress tropical development through the season's peak.

New-build activity dominates the U.S. Food & Beverage construction market, with notable entries from warehousing & distribution and dairy products.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $1 billion worth of dedicated wastewater treatment construction projects outside of the Oil & Gas Production Industry in the U.S. This expands to more than US$15 billion globally.

A potentially historic El Niño will reshape North American temperature, precipitation and energy-demand patterns through fall 2026 and winter 2026-27.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking about $3.3 billion worth of active and proposed projects featuring Ameresco's services, nearly half of which is attributed to projects with Ameresco as the plant owner

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $5 billion of projects from Vistra, nearly $1.5 billion of which is for projects under construction

Industrial Info Resources is tracking Typhoon Saudel, with 120-mph winds threatening Okinawa before the storm turns toward eastern China

Industrial Info Resources is tracking 441 BESS projects in China, with TIV of US$55.81 billion

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $5.3 billion worth of active and proposed projects from Evergy, covering Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma

Wildfire risk expands across major U.S. energy regions as heat and dryness increase concerns from ERCOT and the southern Plains to the Pacific Northwest.

NOAA and Colorado State University continue to forecast a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, citing increasing confidence that El Niño will suppress tropical development through the season's peak.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $1 billion worth of dedicated wastewater treatment construction projects outside of the Oil & Gas Production Industry in the U.S. This expands to more than US$15 billion globally.

Plans to phase in tariffs of 200% on generic drugs into the U.S. may bring an uptick in domestic construction in this sector of the pharmaceutical industry.

Brazil announced 18.5 billion reais (US$3.6 billion) in credit lines for local companies faced with U.S. tariffs and international conflicts. The package was unveiled on Wednesday, July 22, the same day a new 25% U.S. tariff on Brazilian goods was imposed. Brazil exported US$37.7 billion of goods to the U.S. in 2025.

Super Typhoon Bavi is forecast to to track near the southern Ryukyu Islands before making landfall along eastern China, threatening critical industrial infrastructure, ports, marine operations and regional transportation across East Asia.