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.
New IIR Energy Platform Provides Gas Market Participants with Unparalleled Market IntelligenceNatural gas' extreme price volatility in 2021 made some companies rich and others poor. Prices at Henry Hub, Louisiana, started the year at about $2.50 per million British thermal units (MMBtus), then shot up to $6.20 per MMBtu near the end of the year. Read Article
Powerful Refining Platform Optimizes Decision-MakingThe old saying, "Garbage in, garbage out," has never been truer, or more expensive, than in today's global Petroleum Refining market, where there is a dizzying number of crude oil inputs and product yields. Read Article
Rush to Renewables Shows No Sign of Slowing DownThe turn of the calendar year has not slowed the rush to build new renewable electric-generation capacity in the U.S., according to multiple sources. Industrial Info is tracking 2,348 renewable-generation projects scheduled to be brought online between November 2021 and October 2024. 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 spent the last 13 years with IIR covering 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.
Europe Strikes Major LNG Deal with U.S.The European Union (EU) is to get a significant boost in liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from the U.S. this year as part of a plan to reduce its dependency on Russian gas. Read Article
Denmark's Topsoe To Build Largest Hydrogen Electrolyzer PlantDanish chemical technology company Topsoe has made a final investment decision (FID) to construct the world's largest SOEC (solid oxide electrolyzer cell) electrolyzer manufacturing plant in Herning, Denmark. Read Article
Germany Secures Four Floating LNG Carriers to Replace Russian GasThe German government has moved quickly to increase its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capabilities in light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict by renting four floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). 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.
U.S. LNG Building Up Fast, but It Has Its LimitsAs Washington presses U.S. oil producers to pick up the pace, exporters of U.S.-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) are moving even more quickly to shore up new deals. Read Article
More U.S. LNG Coming, but Where Will it Go?More natural gas volumes from shale plays will be coming to the global energy market, now that federal regulators approved new projects to feed export terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Read Article
ExxonMobil Mulls Blue Hydrogen for BaytownBuilding on Houston-area ambitions to establish a carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas) said it was planning a blue-hydrogen production facility at its petrochemicals plant in Baytown, Texas, a facility that would require carbon sequestration. 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.
Pemex Oil Output Hits Two-Year High in JulyMexico's state-run Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) recently announced its production results for July, registering the strongest monthly oil output in at least two years. Read Articles
Brazil's Petrobras Seeks to Divest Ahead of Presidential ElectionsRio de Janeiro, Brazil) has revived the potential sale of its refineries months before the next presidential elections. The company has publicized the divestment of the 230,000 barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Refineria Abreu e Lima (RNEST), the 207,000-BBL/d Refineria Presidente Getulio Vargas (REPAR) and the 201,000-BBL/d bpd Refineria Alberto Pasqualini (REFAP) in its latest efforts to sell more downstream units after a successful first phase. Read Articles
U.S., Canada Protest Mexico's Energy PoliciesU.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and her Canadian counterpart Mary Ng recently expressed opposition to Mexican policies that they believe undermine trade within North America. 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.
What Is the Future for Blue and Green Hydrogen?-Over the last few weeks, we've looked into the hydrogen economy and its four main objectives for using hydrogen as fuel: transportation, grid power generation, industry, and home/office heating and cooling. Read Article
Use of Hydrogen in Industry Comes from Two DirectionsThe discussion of how to integrate industry into the hydrogen economy involves two different aspects of "use." Currently, the great majority of hydrogen is already used in industry--as a feedstock. It goes into ammonia, which becomes fertilizer, which boosts food production across the globe. Read Article
Oil Giants Continue Investment in Renewable Diesel, Other BiofuelsBefore the rise of the oil and gas industry, homes were heated by coal or wood, and they were lit by whale oil, lard oil, coal oil, etc. To the great benefit of whales, by the mid-1870s, most of these options were being replaced by petroleum-based kerosene. Read Article |
