John Egan
Energy Communicator
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John EganJohn Egan is an energy communicator with over three decades of experience, including as reporter and editor for The Energy Daily, chief spokesperson for water and power utility Salt River Project, research director at E source, and founder and president of Egan Energy Communications. He holds an MBA from Arizona State University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago. He has been a contributing reporter to IIR since 2009, specializing in electric power, oil & gas, refining, and metals & minerals.
Energy Transition Hits Some Inconvenient Economic TrendsThe worldwide energy transition is running into difficult economic realities, two speakers said Tuesday at an energy conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, organized by the Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City and Dallas. Ken Medlock III, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University (Houston, Texas), told conference attendees that China plans to bring on 100 new coal mines by 2026. Read Article
Lower Natural Gas Prices Drag Down Earnings for Four Independent DrillersConsumers' gain was natural gas producers' pain during the third-quarter, as sagging prices for natural gas dragged down earnings for four large U.S. independent gas-oriented drillers: EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) (Fort Worth, Texas), Coterra Energy Incorporated (NYSE:CTRA) (Houston, Texas) and Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) (Denver, Colorado). Read Article
IEA Report Shows How Public Policies Have Propelled U.S. Clean Energy GrowthThe World Energy Outlook 2023 report, released last week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) (Paris, France), predicted the world could avert the worst impacts of global warming if it undertook five significant steps involving renewable energy and emissions reduction by 2030. Read Article |
Martin Lynch
Business/Technology Analyst
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Martin LynchMartin has been a business and technology journalist for more than 30 years and has covered all aspects of Europe's energy, heavy industry, mining, pharmaceutical, chemical and oil and gas sectors. He has worked in senior editorial roles, as editor and contributor across a number of key magazines and digital publications including Computing, Computer Reseller News (CRN), PC Direct and Gizmodo. For more than a decade Martin's focus has shifted to the power and energy sectors, covering the rapid rise of renewables like wind and solar and the rapid demise of coal and oil-fired power.
Australian Mining Giant Fortescue Frops $8 Billion Green Energy HubAustralia's Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) (East Perth, Australia) has pulled the plug on a massive US$8 billion renewable energy project in the west of the country. Read Article
Giant Queensland Hydrogen Project Wins More FundingOne of Australia's most ambitious green hydrogen projects is picking up pace, with the Queensland government awarding a second financial boost. Read Article
Europe Turns to Africa For Critical Raw MaterialsThe European Union (EU) has announced a series of major investments worth billions of euros in a number of African nations in an effort to secure supply of critical and strategic raw materials. Read Article |
Daniel Graeber
Veteran Energy Correspondent
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Daniel GraeberDaniel Graeber is a veteran energy correspondent who began his career at United Press International in the mid-2000s, just as the war in oil-rich Iraq was transitioning to the reconstruction phase. Since then, he's examined the intersection between geopolitics and energy in various capacities and serves as a regular correspondent for the Houston Chronicle, where he examines weekly trends in the price of oil. He also boasts more than 10 years of experience teaching media studies and international relations theory at the university level.
Biden Walks Energy Tightrope With Alaska Snub, Critical Mineral InvestmentsThe Biden administration doubled down on the energy transition by pulling drilling acreage in Alaska off the table while at the same time announcing capital commitments for domestic critical minerals. Read Article
Minnesota Greening Up with Nuclear Power and Midstream CO2 SequestrationWeeks after supporting more nuclear power for the grid, state regulators in Minnesota are taking additional green steps by preparing to draft an environmental review of a pipeline meant to facilitate carbon storage. Read Article
Market Looks Saturated Just as Tellurian Gets Equipment Deal for Driftwood LNGWith plans to start production by 2027, Tellurian (Houston, Texas) announced it secured a supply agreement from Baker Hughes to get the infrastructure that would support the planned Driftwood LNG facility. Read Article |
Amir Richani
Geopolitical Energy Analyst
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Amir RichaniAmir Richani is a geopolitical energy analyst focused on Latin America. Before joining IIR, Amir was Clipperdata's senior geopolitical analyst for Latin America, where he analyzed political developments and energy trends in the region. He holds an MPhil in public policy from the University of Cambridge.
Suriname Follows Guyana's Steps in Development of its Energy IndustryOn Tuesday, Staatsolie, the Surinamese national energy company, launched a new offshore auction of 11 shallow water blocks in an effort to expand the development of its energy industry. Read Articles
Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago Discuss Energy DevelopmentsOn Friday, Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Stuart Young and Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez met in Caracas, Venezuela, to deepen their energy discussions. Read Articles
Venezuela y Trinidad y Tobago negocian desarrollos energeticosEl viernes, el ministro de energÃa de Trinidad y Tobago, Stuart Young, y la vicepresidenta de Venezuela, Delcy RodrÃguez, se reunieron en Caracas para profundizar sus discusiones en materia de energÃa. Read Articles |
Paul Wiseman
Energy Analyst
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Paul WisemanPaul Wiseman has written for and about the energy industry since 1993. He has written for a variety of industry publications, domestically and internationally. His experience includes both the oil and gas industry and renewables. Making complex subjects understandable is one of the main goals of his writing.
Hydrogen Hubs, Including Houston, Ramp Up ActivityTwo recently announced hydrogen projects in the Houston/Baytown area of the Texas Gulf Coast symbolize the heightened activity for this sector since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act by the U.S. Congress. Also fueling the surge is the Biden administration's inclusion of Houston's HyVelocity hydrogen hub among seven picked earlier this year. Read Article
Nigeria's Dangote Refinery Opens, to Process Crude from State Oil FirmExporters in the U.S. and Europe will soon be sending less of their refined product to Nigeria, as the nation opens its long-anticipated Dangote Refinery in December. Read Article
GOP Presidential Debate 3 Participants Ready to Unleash U.S. Oil and Gas ResourcesThe five participants in the third Republican presidential debate Wednesday night were not asked any direct questions about oil and gas or the energy transition. But two questions from moderators, one about sanctions on OPEC+ member Venezuela, and the other about making life more affordable for the middle class, drew promises of reopening oil and gas taps as at least part of the solution Read Article |
Geoffrey S. Lakings
Energy Market Strategist
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Geoffrey S. LakingsGeoffrey S Lakings is an accomplished Architect & Advisor working on novel solutions across the Energy (Food~Water)/Environment/Sustainability ecosystem. He is an innovative results-oriented Sage Strategist possessing a rare combination of market, business, and technology acumen with a strong background in assessing, planning and directing analytical trading initiatives such as Cargill's Analytical Framework for Energy. Geoffrey is a recent graduate of Rice's Global Energy Leadership Program (GELP) in 2021 and continues to expand his education with University of Houston Energy executive courses in Hydrogen, CCUS and other disciplines. For he strives to make sense of the energy transition & transformation across multiple sectors and what the future could become.
Oil Markets: Where is the Common Sense?Bulls are stampeding because of perceived short supply driving tightness in these crude (and product) markets. However, in IIR's recent Market Scorecard, I inquired about where is rational, common sense--even being foolishly willing to get in front of this rampant Bull Train--to indicate we should see some retracement in price this week. Read Article
Markets Await the Return of Common SenseOctober 2023: In my most recent September 2023 Crude & Products Featured content I wrote then that, "Bulls are stampeding because of perceived short supply driving tightness in these crude (& product markets). However, even then in that week's IIR's Market Scorecard; I inquired about where is rational, common sense; to the point where I was foolishly willing to get in front of the rampant Bull Train; to indicate we should see some retracement in price that week. Read Article
A Summer of ExtremesThis has been a summer of extremes (heat, wildfires, and floods). Intense heat is gripping large parts of the Northern hemisphere in this summer of extremes, causing major damage to the people's health and the environment. China set a new national daily temperature record, and many new station temperature records have been broken. Read Article |
